Dear Brad,

I am a viewer of your video: PLATV: How To Hijack Fast Food Drive-Thru Frequencies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyLrus1yKvI). It was really funny, and seemed like you knew what you were doing, so I decided to try it. In your video, you basically did a tutorial of how to insert a 6.5536 mhz crystal into a Realistic TRC-207 CB Radio. I purchased both the radio and the crystal. I had an issue installing the crystal, which is why I am messaging you.

Once I unpackaged both the 6.5536 crystal and the Radio, I immediately went back to your video to watch how you installed it, because I similarly used the same exact model radio. I watched how you unscrewed the screws, and was paying very attentive detail. The first thing I noticed was this: When you unscrewed and took apart the radio, the crystal, located in the spot where you said it should have been plugged in, was missing. Here is a link to a picture of a screenshot from your video of you for the first time opening up the radio: http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i418/sportzfanatic4/NoCrystalinVideo.jpg
I was curious as to why the original crystal was not connected to the radio, unlike you said. I continued to watch, and then noticed an obvious video cut (just from editing the video, i understood why), but then the original crystal appeared in its place. I was wondering, “Why could that be”? I’m just curious, I am certainly not accusing you of making a non ligitament video or anything. Here is the screen-shot in your video of how it appeared to be in place: http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i418/sportzfanatic4/Videos_Location_of_Crystal.jpg
Here is a screen shot showing you inserting the new crystal into a “socket”: http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i418/sportzfanatic4/wherevideofitcrystal.jpg

As took the back off my radio, I looked at once to the place where you had installed this crystal, and I was surprised to find out that there was no original crystal already connected. Here is a picture I took of my radio, where the original crystal should have been: http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i418/sportzfanatic4/MyRadio.jpg Now a little skeptical, I peered around for the “socket”, like you described, and I found no obvious socket or port in which the wires on the end of a crystal could be fit into. There was, however, a gap between the circuit board and a strip of circuit board on the grey, outside wall of the radio, which had balls with pointy tips that stuck out on them. (mini boobies haha). I managed to wedge my crystal in between this gap, and it seemed to fit, however, I did not seem as though the wires underneath the crystal had made any type of connection. Here is another picture I took of where I fit the crystal: http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i418/sportzfanatic4/whereifitcrystal.jpg

You also said in the video that the two CB Radios would no longer be compatible with each other once modified. Well I bought 2 crystals and 2 radios, and after installing them both, they still seemed to work, decently… So I figured they were never modified correctly anyways.

I put the radio back together, and went to McDonald’s, and sat 10-20 ft away from the worker as she gave orders, trying to tap into the frequency. I cycled every single channel multiple times and never got any feedback.

I would really really really appreciate any help you can offer me. I invested about $40 into the crystals and radios, and I really need them to work!!

I have no doubt your video is legit, and all I need is help with the installation, this is not hate mail!

Thank You!!
Jared
aka Sportzfanatic4