IS CB RADIO AS GOOD AS IT USED TO BE?!!

They almost sounded like SSB

Will it drive a Henry 2K?

FM CB has not taken off in the US, are these convertable to AM?

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Excellent Video! Greetings from Pelion, South Carolina.

That a great HT. I got one in the US. use it all the time. I took a very long telescopic antenna measured 11 meters 1/4 wave tuned it and put on HT . hard to hold but got out great. I did clip a counterpoise wire and drop it to ground. better tune. 73's USA ,NY

Pretty cool.

Everyone needs to get one. We're going to need them.

Hi mate! Now in the USA there is 27 Mhz fm, and there are cheap radios with ctcss tones. This is a game changer. I don't mean to rain on your parade, but cb handheld antennas are so compromised that range is terrible. Hook a handheld to a real antenna and it will work just like a mobile.

I had a York rig and a fire stick, and some massive 22ft one on the house roof.

Just splashed out on a new Cobra 29 LTD classic; had one in the early 2000's that was stolen. $250 AUD posted to Australia on the Black Friday sales.
Will be setting up a tower early next year- slowly setting up my mancave/ workshop and the CB will go in there

I used a CB back in the 1970s, but it's popularity made it useless for actually communicating with someone. The channels were all clogged up, and you couldn't key up without getting stomped on. I gave up on radio until a few years ago, when I got my GMRS license.
But I found myself in situations when I was traveling with a bunch of other cars, and needed the immediate group communication that only radios can provide. I tried using the GMRS radio in my car with FRS radios that I handed out to the other drivers. That worked to a degree, but the range was very limited. Then I tried using a couple of GE Help CB radios that I found on ebay for about $10 bucks each. I discovered that CBs were useful again, with most of the channels being silent. Now I gave several models of the suer cheap emergency radios that I hand out before the trip. Range generally quite reliable a mile, and that is enough, as we can always fall back on our cell phones if we get separated. The CBs are great fr those group conversations that come up when traveling together: "Where do you want to stop for lunch?" "I need to take a bathroom break" "Are we almost there yet?" and "We missed our exit! We'll rake the best one. Just keep close so that we don't get separated." CB is better than ever for license free group comms on the cheap!

Ah I remember my old Binatone Speedway 😊

Going through london in our Skoda on the way to South of France for a holiday in my mates car the evening before Charles and Diana's wedding in 81 I think, the mag mount on the roof got us pulled up by the cops and I was arrested and put in a cell for the evening, and my President AR40 was confiscated, can you imagine nowadays looking at that as a "crime" with what goes on?
I loved that little radio. Next year I went to same place our CW caravanette was robbed Ham Major M588 and Zetagi B300p nicked.
Gave up mobile then!

I live in the US and around the very late 90's. I had a old 70's CB Base Station and antenna which would allow me to talk to people 20 miles away. About 14 miles away is a major interstate which allowed me to talk to truckers.
I since then got out of CB and currently using GMRS which allows me to reach far more people due to nearby repeaters.

Wish we could use something like that in our Explorer. Wife wants no cables etc in her car and I can see that. Problem is those short ant. I have talked with a pal and he had a hand held in a car with a regular ant. on it (had to stick it out the window). It sounded like a regular cb in our trucks. In my Ram I have a cobra with a short ant. to clear garage. You do not get out far.🦇

I’ve got the Cobra 148 gtl hooked up to the base station antenna. On side band I can talk to Australia on occasions when the skip is right and I live in the southern U.S. I don’t use hand helds they just don’t have enough power but any CB is better than none.

We are app 40+ ewery day users(150+ at weekends) in our area (north jutland) using SIRIO827 and NEW4000 the GAINMASTER5/8 AND
the NEW SSB Rigs LEAGAL for11m use.. and ECOFLEX10 or 15, H2000 H2010 for mobil use
H155 or AIRCELL7 mobil ant 1/4 hustler, monkey made SIRIO PL Twist ON rated for 1296MHz
if you seriusly make hole in you Roof and just put WalkiTalki PL/so FOOT IN YOU ROOF YOU ARE A DONKEY
And if you not by now Reckognize the DIFRENCE betwin Walkitalki and HAM equipment .. GFYS you deserv the
Shitty setup. cabels and good arials are Alpha Omega on 11 yes less can do.. when skip.. but every day use..
you need things working optimal.. not sord of. the AIRCELL7 on a SIRIO Twist on against any spring loaded buttom 11M what ever foot
Waste of time.. the AIRCELL7 and H155 Add KM to the range just like that... but this FAKT are discussed like FLAT EARTH...
even tho ther is no FLAT EARF and RG58 was HOT in 1940 not 2023.. do it WORK well yes.. but Does the other WORK WAY WAY BETTER
HELL YERH.. and DX SKIP 2000++KM CAN BE DON ON NOTHING BUt a bend Fish pole !!! BUT YOU CANT USE A BEND FISH POLE TO TALK 20KM WHEN NO SKIP... that´s why the go out on 4000M high hill with you shitty hand held ... claim record becaus of 500km range..
F off ... scammers the lot. ps... fi you meet any of the snake oil sales men.. who peddel.. MAGIC this and MAGIC That.. if you are smart you do not buy ther turbo magic ultra bright range shiner... becaus now you know better ..
yes i am a ham 1984 too but talk most of my time on 11 and i build arial´s + box´es
We also do TESTST ewery weekend country wide same time same channal all over denmark to see who can reatch who and how fare you can reatch 100+km is often the standart .. but the solar cycel 25 is going up still and the range can weary a lot often country wide 200++km even Bornholm all i try to say... a dipol is 0dbd 2.15 dbisotropic not 15 a5/8 is 1.5+dbd or 3.5dbi 1/4 -1.5dbd a 5/8 is 3dbd better then a 1/4wave 3dbd is x2 on RX/TX good luck with you com back on 11.. just remember 2023.. at this point in life the term
""" you get what you pay for""" so don´t buy on WISH or ALIBABA.

AAAAHAHAHAH CH19 sorry but you fish in a big UK pond with no fish
UK FM 27.781,25MHz I BEARLY HEAR ANY ON... EU19 IS BOOMING and SUPER BOWL CH6AM
EU FM 27.185,00MHz + REST OF THE WORLD FOR THAT MATTER
THE WALKITALKI BAND TODAY ACULEY GOES FROM 26.505 TO 27.985MHz

Good evening friend, my name is David, I would like to know if the model (thunderpole t-x) you purchased has the FCC-ID?

FM killed 70's CB that (here) used am/ssb on 26/27 mhz that was WAY more fun because we didn't need stupid repeaters to DX over thousands of miles on skip for free.

Where did you get your thunderbolt from ?

hope it comes back..but it will be in a new way. the old never comes back ..

I had a negative experience with CB. Had this bonehead in the neighborhood who had a rig and would ruin everyone's TV reception with his transmissions.Everyone petitioned the landlord to get rid of this guy - mission accomplished. I called his a bonhead because what he wound do is just talk in a nonsensical way - almost to just hear himself talking and not really have a genuine conversation with anybody. He never was asking for others call signs or station IDs.

Me thinks that your beautiful Helen is going to be more popular than you old mate..... 🤣. 👍🥃🇦🇺

Hi , 73s , Unit 21 here , my home channel is CH 23 , and CH 9 , I am in Brooklyn NY , and I talk everyday to Puerto Rico on CH 9 from Brooklyn , with a window antenna " Hustler" ,during hurricane Maria I was in PR with no electricity for 3 months , so I had to use a car battery and a Astron 99 base ant very low in height , with a very small radio , and I made it to the USA with that setup , so I would say that CB for me worked very good in a time of need when the cell service was down , 5 stations in the USA picked me up and took my info , and called my aunt in NYC to let her know I was ok , so CB for me will never die , I wish all cars came with CB radios , that would be so much fun , I have had so much fun since my childhood with this , so sad todays kids are missing out on this , every time my grandkids come over I give them the mic and they have a blast talking on it . 73s from Unit 21 (WP4WF on HAM BANDS and WREJ-401 on GMRS ) the sky is the limit take advantage of free internet communications out there . Alfred unit 21 on ch 23 /9 73s

totally fooled me, I know nothing about radios.

I think that radio does have an FM setting.

that looks pretty cool! a cb w a usb charger it makes sense

Got my first one in 1976 an American Cobra , the 80's had some fantastic contacts between Sydney and places in Scotland including some people sitting in a car in Glasgow could not believe i was in Sydney i was running some good gear then .

Is this compatible in the USA ?

what would be a normal usb? micro usb or usb-c?

Love my randy III´s , have a pni 82 for testing but the build and speaker Quality was .... yeah like the price, at the lower end. with a little upgrade cable you can charge the randy III also with usb ;-) it cost about 8 € @ amazon.

In India CB is only oprable on am

Sorry mate, Helen was the star of this video. Hate to “break” it to you. You and ringway keep up the good work. 73’ mate.

I was doing CB back in early 70's. Then the FCC caught me working Skip, Revoked my license. I'm now an Extra class Ham radio. I didn't know CB has FM now.

Like most of the other contributors here, I had a couple of CB's in the early 80's. At that time they were all AM (amplitude modulation). It's a vague memory now, but I think my last was a Midland 240M (my little Cobra got stolen out of the car). Fitted into a Fiat 131 Mirafiori using a 'snatch plate' with a Valour Half Breed antenna (whip). The 10-codes were a bugger to learn though!

Aye bucket mouth😮

I try to listen to CB form time to time and its just as bad as it always was.... Horrible noise and no rules, no manners.... And the amplifiers they use rival Hams. why hasn't the FCC gone after them,?

Hi from 3 Litre and China Girl 😊 many years ago ❤😅

My Dad had a CB in his car for most of the 80s. Unfortunately he passed away last year and I'd have loved to share this video with him but still brought back great memories.

Just seen this I am thinking of getting 1last used CB I late 70s

So many fond memories, I used to be big in cb until about 2002 when I got my ham license, I could still do it yet but there’s some people on there I don’t care to talk to, mud dusk is one of them. I’m in the us so I don’t know if I can get the thunder pole to but it’d be nice if I could though.

Reddit jokes are like a CB Radio ...




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Cbs were the best fun ever

Was from watching yours & Lewis's videos on the T-X that i decided tk recently purchase 1, even if its only to use once a blue moon, compare it with the Midland Portapak 27-805, old v new.
Great video, 👋 Mrs K, pleasure to meet you 🙂

Ringway is the old name for manchester airport, I'm sat in my lounge not more than 5 miles from there and I can hear you loud and proud so the chances are so can he. Catch you on the flip flop good buddy, 10-4

I thought CB radio had long died with advent of mobile phones and the internet. I had a cb back in the day early 1980's in west london living i a block of flats think it was a midland not sure of the model number and there was quite a bunch of us in my local and there was this guy and his handle was Buffalo 1 and he was the guy you went to for any repairs and i remember his house was a mess bike engines in various states of repair in his living room great guy we used to get together in his house with other cb'ers for a chat and a few beers, great memories back in the day. Do people still use handles for there radio names? Great to hear that there is still a following for cb radio.

Hi Andy , I bought a couple of days ago and loving it, possibly the best handheld CB out there , best wishes mate 🎉

That's cool over there people are more open to keep cb alive.
here , it's like everyone just rather invest in ham radio.
I can understand both sides , I wish they would make new extended coverage
systems for cb , if they did I'm sure it would be much more popular.