DCC decoder install in an Athearn locomotive

Installing a basic (and cheap) DCC decoder in the very common Athearn HO scale locomotive chassis.

Hopefully this can help some beginners get past the fear of trying this for themselves.

Here is the manual  for this decoder (in all of it's random linguistic glory) from the manufacturer's webpage:
http://laisdcc.com/LaisDcc_Decoders_M...


Link to the decoder I used:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/NEM65...

I did a review of a very simnilar decoder about a year and a half ago:
Cheap DCC decoder: first look
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As with all of my videos, this isn't the only way to do it.
It's probably not the best way to do it.

But it's how I do it.

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