Category Archives: Radio Frequency
President Dwight D. CB Base Resto-Mod Part 3
🔬 Part 3: Documentation and Cleanup Complete – The Final Blueprint (This post directly follows the investigative findings detailed in President Dwight D. CB Base Resto-Mod Part 2.) This post marks a crucial phase transition! We executed the Initial Restoration (Cleaning) and the rigorous Technical Investigation (Data Collection) using the equivalent schematics. We now have […]
President Dwight D. CB Base Resto-Mod Part 2
🔬 Part 2: Cracking the Case – Board ID, PLL, and Hidden Mods! You can find President Dwight D. CB Base Resto-Mod Part 1 here. The moment of truth arrived! I cracked open the President Dwight D. base station, ready to confirm the board type and uncover the history hidden beneath its metal shell. This […]
President Dwight D. CB Base Resto-Mod Part 1
🎙️ Resurrection of a Classic: President Dwight D. CB Base & Astatic D-104 TUP9 Resto-Mod! Stoked to finally crack open my President Dwight D. CB Base Station! This rig, a decade-long resident of the garage, fired right up a few years ago and was technically working. Now it’s time for a proper restoration and revitalization […]
The Big AM Radio Watch
I was in my dad’s workshop the other day and I saw this big watch and was curious about it. He said take it… so I took it apart, cleaned everything, and put it back together. It is in remarkably good condition aside from a small hairline crack in the dial at about 7 o’clock […]
The APCO 25 PII SDR Receiver
Testing Latency and Audio Compression UPDATE 8/12/2025 Most groups have been fully encrypted so this project is being tabled unless/until something changes.