Airspace/Cooling cdm1250

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KitN1MCC
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Airspace/Cooling cdm1250

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Well we are almost done here in Essex with another Steam locomotive Rebuild and it is going to get a Brand New Skate antenna and radio.

as for the radio were using a 2 channel maxtrac/Radius but they seem to last about 2 years and the Coal dust and gunk get to em and burn them

i got the Ok for a new CDM 1250 and i was going to get a remote kit and install the radio in a Sealed up Box with an air filtering system if the Box was Big enough will i need to put a Fan on it or will just the Open Space suffice.

Also the Control head is gonna be in a Clear Box ad i was going to install external Vol control and a set of external Buttons for channel Up down

any issues with an external Vol control on the External Speaker Leads
Will
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Re: Airspace/Cooling cdm1250

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KitN1MCC wrote: using a 2 channel maxtrac/Radius but they seem to last about 2 years and the Coal dust and gunk get to em and burn them
Can you elaborite on the problem(s) in the Maxtrac/Radius radios you used?
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they are in a Steam Locomotive Cab and the get Full of Coal dust and other crap and it shorts them out a few things from Logic boards frying to RF boards
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Re: Airspace/Cooling cdm1250

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KitN1MCC wrote:Well we are almost done here in Essex with another Steam locomotive Rebuild. It is going to get a Brand New Skate antenna and radio.

as for the radio were using a 2 channel maxtrac/Radius but they seem to last about 2 years and the Coal dust and gunk get to em and burn them
What controls you you need besides PTT (volume, chan select, etc)?
KitN1MCC
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Re: Airspace/Cooling cdm1250

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spareparts wrote:
KitN1MCC wrote:Well we are almost done here in Essex with another Steam locomotive Rebuild. It is going to get a Brand New Skate antenna and radio.

as for the radio were using a 2 channel maxtrac/Radius but they seem to last about 2 years and the Coal dust and gunk get to em and burn them
What controls you you need besides PTT (volume, chan select, etc)?
well thats it really i am going to put the head in an easy to open clear box to get to the rest scan is nice for when they have to site some were wich they do some times
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