TRC 458

[loosecannon]

glad to hear you found it.
be sure to post pics of your finished restoration!
LC

 

[2RT307]

Agreed... pics are a must! Those old Realistic rigs are pretty cool. Glad you got her figured out!

73,
Brett

 

[sonoma]

glad you found the problem. the old 858 radios are hard to beat for sure. I did a refurb on 3 of the washington 858 PLL radios about 3 years ago and rather use them on my base than any galaxy or other radio. I have a cherokee cb1000 and a magnum 3000B base. they just do not talk and hear as good as my Pres. washington radios.

 

[Robb]

How a fet went belly up just sitting on a shelf is still a puzzle to me; but congrats!

 

[Ryan Holter]

I am not sure how it could go bad sitting on a shelf ether but maybe they forgot to tell me that is why it was on the shelf? I will be posting pic when done I also changed the channel display to green and the meter to a galaxy smeter with a green led for back light and the red for tx. the radio is in pretty good shape as far a looks go.