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If you haven't already noticed--This Page Is Under Construction And Is, at this time, Simply A Proposed Index Of The Various SbS (Step-by-Step) Procedures For Applying The NPC/RC Modification To Various CB Radios. You Might Wonder Why I Even Bother To Upload This Page. This Is So Folks That Are Helping In This Project Can See What I Am Aiming For. Thank You For Your Patience While I Get These SbS Proedures Ready To Upload. At This time, The Only One That Is Uploaded Is The One For The EPT-3600-14-B. Therefore, if you click on any of the others, you will get this page with a different name or nothing.

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THE C. B. Doctor's NPC-RC Tutorial

NPC/RC for:
the EPT-3600-14-B Board

NPC/RC for:
the 6900 Series Board

NPC/RC for:
the RCI-2950

NPC/RC for:
the RCI-2950-DX SMD Board

NPC/RC for:
the Magnum Radios Late Models


NPC/RC for:
the Cobra 148 GTL

NPC/RC for:
the Cobra 29 LTD

NPC/RC for:
the Cobra 25 LTD

NPC/RC for:
the Cobra 21 LTD

NPC/RC for:
the Cobra 19 LTD

NPC/RC for:
the Uniden PC 78

NPC/RC for:
the Uniden PC 68


NPC/RC for:
the Galaxy 919

NPC/RC for:
the Galaxy 929

NPC/RC for:
the Galaxy 939

NPC/RC for:
the Galaxy 979

NPC/RC for:
the Cherokee Night Rider 150

NPC/RC for:
the Cherokee Night Rider 100

NPC/RC for:
the Galaxy 939

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NPC/RC for the Cobra 148GTL

Bad Modifications Or Mods To Stay Away From

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Enjoy Learning About
The Negative Peak Compression/Reduced Carrier Modification,
The Greatest AM Modulation Inhancement Modification On The Planet.





There are a lot of radios that use the EPT-3600 14-B board and it is probably the most used board in the industry to date. All of the DX-Galaxy radios such as the Galaxy 33, Galaxy 44, Galaxy 55, Galaxy 66, Galaxy73, Galaxy 77, Galaxy 88, and Galaxy 99 use this board. All of the early Mirages that correspond to the Galaxy's model for model and the NorthStars also used the EPT-3600-14-B pc board. The Varage, some of the Ranger units and most of the Connex radios use it.


Before doing the following modification be CERTAIN that the radio is in excellant working order. If there are ANY modulation inhancement modifications currently installed, be sure and remove them as they WILL clash with the NPC/RC Modification

Common modifications are:
  1. The insertion of a diode in series with R-238
  2. A diode simply IN PLACE OF R-238,
  3. A 220K resistor in place of R-238,
  4. A double-diode-double-resistor mod at the C-189 & R-240 location.
    This is commonly called the Christmas tree mod. When removing this
    mod, replace R-240 with a 560 Ohm, 1/4 watt resistor.

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There is NOTHING about this modification that can jeprodize ANY specification in your radio. Do NOT compromise the mod by leaving out any of the steps. The most common mistake made is to leave out the red wire on the bottom. (RWOB) The RWOB is NOT there for the purpose of so-called "volting the finals". The prupose of the RWOB is to keep the moduation transistor from running to hot and as a by-product of this step, the voltage is raised on the finals to the same voltage that it would have if it were operated on SSB. If you were to raise the final voltage to 20 volts, it still WOULD NOT BLOW the final/s as long as you follow the procedure exactly.


Locate C-189. Remove it and lay aside to be re-installed later. Clean the solder pads and prepare them to receive other components in the next step


Prepare a 1N4001 Diode and a 1/4 watt 100 Ohm Resistor as shown by twisting the wires together, soldering, and placing a shrink tubing over it. Then install in the two holes vacated by C-189 paying attention to the polarity of the diode.


Now place C-189 in it's new location on the bottem of the board and solder it to the same two pads into which you just installed the diode/resistor compressor pair.


On SSB Models locate and remove the Bias Board. Then remove the metal pin at TP-7 and replace the Bias Board. If you are doing an AM/FM only radio you need to remove the jumpers from TP-7 by de-soldering them and lifting them out of the hole and then solder them together so now the jumper goes from TP-8 to TP-9 bypassing TP-7. Just be sure that they are not touching any solder blob sticking up from the hole that they vacated. Also be sure that the two wires are well soldered at their other ends.


Next install a #16 stranded RED wire on the solder side of the board from the Emitter of TR-51 to the rear hole vacated by TP-7. Note that the photos below are expanded views of the placement of the left and right ends of the wire. This wire has been "affectionately" named The RWOB--The red wire on bottom and is designated as RWOB. and under NO circumstances should it be left out!




Locate and remove R-249 Note: This is the AM limiter and it MIUST BE REMOVED for the NPC/RC modification to function properly! IN THIS CASE, there is NOTHING wrong with removing the limiter because you are replacing it with something much better. Compression IS A FORM OF LIMITING superior to the original limiter.

This Completes TheModification
To Be Continued With The Alignment Instructions.............

THE C. B. Doctor's Study Group Dot Com

THE C. B. Doctor's NPC-RC Tutorial

NPC/RC for the EPT-3600-14-B Board

NPC/RC for the 6900 Series Boards

NPC/RC for the RCI 2950

NPC/RC for the Cobra 148GTL

NPC/RC for the Magnum S9

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The C. B. Doctor's Study Group Dot Com

THE C. B. Doctor's Study Group Dot Com

THE C. B. Doctor's NPC-RC Tutorial

NPC/RC for the EPT-3600-14-B Board

NPC/RC for the 6900 Series Boards

NPC/RC for the RCI 2950

NPC/RC for the Cobra 148GTL

NPC/RC for the Magnum S9

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