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I recommend Murphy's in El Cajon, CA. It's a ways south of you, near San Diego, but they specialize in military radios and equipment. Might be able to help you out with any parts you need.
http://www.murphyjunk.net/
For a battery for the PRM-34, here's a pic of one done up, I copied this gent's idea. All it needs are the connectors and battery holder, which Radio Shack carries, and 4 AA batteries to provide the juice.
Half a mile transmit is not good for the PRC-25 or -77. There's something else in there, could be any of 3 or 4 different problems.
First, make sure you have a NEW CURRENT made battery pack, I like the PRC68.com made unit, uses D cell off the shelf batteries, the old magnesium batteries that...
Well, got the test bench, well ok it's the dinner table, set up the other day to test a few PRC-25 and PRC-77 radios that customers wanted me to realign and test out, make sure they were good functioning radios. I have all the tools needed to test these out, but it is a complicated process that...