The legend is still on KZread.

In my 50 years in this cb hobby I can honestly say that he is a true radio technician who does things the right way. This is something I learned years ago it separates the "TRUE" Techs from all the others.

Once I got a 10 meter converted radio i never went back. They talk so good. My first was a Stryker 440 and I loved it.

I spent 55 years as a journeyman mechanic, not a technician! Same in the radio business. There's just a tiny handful of people that can actually fix things. Im appalled at what goes on in car repair. Takes me 30 minutes to teach a "tech" how to install a pan gasket on a transmission. I've forgotten more than they know. My generation had one standard. Total perfection, period. Im just getting into radio and i need this guy to adjust and tune my radio and antenna.

@user-ek2eb5md8g

Ай бұрын

Not going to happen. Hes moved on to a better place. He was a diamond. The best one out here. Never got into pissing matches with others. Never mentioned names. Never criticized anything. Just a good, sweet human being. We miss him too.

Well said and no matter how well you explain it I still get customers that want it the old school splatter box way.

Warranty is shot the second you convert them. I've been repairing these for 40+ years. Most of the bozos out there are nothing more than smoke and mirrors light show salesmen. Good alignment takes more than just good equipment. It takes competent people to do the job properly for the frequency you intend to operate on. Any deviation from factory frequency ranges REQUIRES a complete alignment. Widebanding these chassis can be accomplished but as with any changes to the original circuitry design some degredation of receive and transmit quality and quantity will be seen. You can have it all but you can't have it all perfect lol He does a damn fine job explaining and servicing this gear from what I've seen. It's a breath of fresh air to see men trained to this level of competency. If you have a rig from him or one of us that know how to do this work properly consider your self lucky. There are plenty of charletons out there who are just taking your money.

@whatsascrewdriver5572

5 жыл бұрын

Which means: there are plenty of charlatans that will just move that single wire, charge you $40, but they don't "realign the radio with a spectrum analyzer." Because, like Smokin' shows in his video, it takes more than a wattmeter to align a radio.

@Terrestrial..1

8 ай бұрын

In the 70's I had a modified Johnson Viking 4740, went great, though nz$1,000 back then wasn't exactly cheap.

Happy to have found you here on G+ You tube.

Bells CB out of Fl did mine 94hp still clean as a bell after 6 years of use.

@DennisDeAngelis

5 жыл бұрын

Lone Wolf yes tipples

@DennisDeAngelis

4 жыл бұрын

Yes 73

@TheRoadhammer379

3 жыл бұрын

Bells did my 2970n4 RCI, it's a big hammer, 5 yrs now

@highwayman1224

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheRoadhammer379 just ordered a new Galaxy 979f from Bells yesterday, hope he makes it a talker.

@Islandboi821

2 жыл бұрын

Bells CB tech Screwdriver worked on both of my Galaxy 979 and installed a ranger echo board in one..Sounds great with the SRA198 Mic.

I know this video is a couple years old, but hands down one of the best, explanatory ..(I don’t even know if that’s a real word) 😂!! videos that I’ve seen to answer a lot of the questions that I’ve had!!! Great job.

@klv400

11 ай бұрын

😊😊

Awesome equipment man, I will set up a 'shack' like yours some day. Maybe in retirement! I wouldn't mind a 94HP but until then my old Galaxy 99 will have to do.

I like how you do things .. much respect

Lord I miss my trucking days. before I retired I had a Galaxy 99 with a monkey made antenna being driven by a Dave made Linear amplifier. All properly set up. Wow that thing kicked. Now I'm General Class with an Icom IC 7300 and life is good. But when I go to sleep at night I'm still trucking I can't escape it...

@jackbrown3761

5 жыл бұрын

I still have mine...

I am not surprised. I am not sure if anyone will possibly ever read this comment but here it is. I appreciate this video because you should know some things before you buy a cb radio. Now you may not no or believe anything that I have to say, I have sort of had some interest in cb radio for many years. I have felt some sense of accomplishment with adjustinging VR's in a realistc trc 458, it never ceases to amaze me that their is always things to consider with a CB.

I have an old Connex 3300HP that I bought in 1999 and the fellow converted it to CB. Just had that same fella to check it out. Said it putting out 55watts. I talk regularly to this guy that best we can tell, is about 35 miles away. He and I understand each other fine. Matter of fact, he asked me to cut mine back some. The other day I went to the next town down from us and that’s about 17 more miles. When I got in my pickup and the radio came on, I heard him and we talked from there, roughly 50 miles. That was in the afternoon. I think it does just fine.

I'm radio lover & this is really great info. Love it!

@roberleedodson

5 жыл бұрын

become a radio operator

we used to make fun of galaxy operators back in the 90s..they would pay way too much money for a radio that had garbled audio on ssb and the circut board would crack with mobile use in short order. plus with the same amount of money one could get a much better radio with as much capability or more

@spankthemonkey3437

4 жыл бұрын

michelle grinder yea like a Cobra

@voivodeofwallachia7386

4 жыл бұрын

I have a Galaxy 88 that I bought in Kingman, AZ back in 1992. The whole time I've had it, it's been either in my truck or my car. Today it is mounted on the side of the center console, in my 1994 Mercury Cougar. It works just as well today, as it did almost 30 years ago. I guess I was one of the lucky ones that never had any problems from it.

@jeffkardosjr.3825

3 жыл бұрын

@@spankthemonkey3437 Cobra has had some poor quality control on their smaller radios. I have a Cobra power mic though that I like.

@NunYa953

2 жыл бұрын

I've never had a single issue you've stated here with any Galaxy radio. Don't be jealous that you can't afford one junior.

@user-ek2eb5md8g

Ай бұрын

Back in the 90's the Galaxy 99v retailed for $319.99. The Galaxy 77hml retailed for $249.99.

Nice a chock on the Mic. Just picked up a new idea thanks for showing..

@notsure9355

5 жыл бұрын

And in no way missed by me either....

Happy to have found you here, Very informative video love the content, honest and to the point. Your newest subscriber

Nice test gear and well explained video. Avoid hacking shops unless its a valid mod ,best clean and aligned correctly with right test kit,well said . Rob RP Comms UK

Keep up the good work 440 CB shop said that

Omfg!! Amazing video You were stunning thanks For Sharing

Very informative video! I have used several cb radios in the 1980's that were modified for extra channels and open clarifiers, etc. I used to sometimes get reports that the modulation was not so great on SSB. After watching your video I think that I understand why that may have been. Not very good modifications. I hope that you will continue to make this informative and technically sound videos. Paul.

@Terrestrial..1

8 ай бұрын

Hi yeah I had a highly modified Johnson Viking 4740 in the 70's that would cover the whole 26/27mhz in 5kc steps, awsome radio, this was when we were only allowed 9ch on AM @ 2watts.

Good job, very interesting & thanks for sharing

Your always Presenting the best videos

Getting Better All The Time💖

Great Information. Thanks!

The way u explain.... Nice 👏

was waiting for this one…. thanks

fabulous video with great information

Great demonstration, it's just like tuning carburetors on a classic car, it has to be carefully tuned and balanced in lew of the atmospheric conditions to run good and efficient. Nice video 📹. Best 73's 😉 👍 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@Terrestrial..1

8 ай бұрын

Exactly.

Wowwww... this is actually good INFO!

You should call your YT-channel " you know " .

Thanks for your honesty!

Your not the only one that knows, or thinks he knows how to work on radios

@smokinjoeselectronics442bu7

5 жыл бұрын

Never claimed to be.

@randalltufts3321

5 жыл бұрын

I think he's doing a fine job as for what I've seen. I've been doing repairs, modifications and factory service upgrades and technical bulletin servicing for over 40+ years. Good equipment and good technical knowledge of how to do the job correctly to start with is key. To be blunt, he's doing it right. Period.

@eknaap8800

5 жыл бұрын

It's "you're" ...

@TheRoadhammer379

3 жыл бұрын

He never claimed to be.

You taught me how to use it. Thanks dude

Great video, I am a ham, used a Icon 718 for years just bought an Alinco DR135 UK, I was going to use it on CB and ham but I think now I will just use on ham band. I often suspected these radios didn't work properly when opened up to 11 m

@rpcomms1

3 жыл бұрын

the Alinco DR model pretty good and already "widebanded" for UK model ,but Radio engineer is correct on these models, need to optimised for 11m use .For UK users a note: FM on some of these Export radios is set for USA for generally 10m ham FM based on 4-5khz deviation (F3E16K0), in UK they need to be set at 2.2khz (2.5khz peak deviation),in Europe 2.00khz max due to the different FM bandwidth (F3E11K0 or EU F3E8K5)systems used compared to 10m FM USA markets, this point is often overlooked when sets exported to these countries, so this is why as chap explained needs a good radio engineer with right equipment to mod\set it up on these types of sets.Your alinco worse case just needs the fm deviation checked for UK cb use,and being the UK model should be set up correctly. Rob RP Comms UK

I'm from the old CB days of the 1970s & 1980s. In those days i repaired or did mods on hundreds of radios. I lived in an area where CBers would get into splatter wars. I would do frequent mods for a select few to get away from the children. Most of the time you could find me on 27.645 or 26.805. When to skip would roll in i would be on 27.705. My first antenna was a starduster. Most of my antennas where home built. Most people would ask what kind of antenna i was using. I tell them oh just a coat hanger. Some would come by to see my antenna. People leave with their mouth wide open. Home made double stack beams on a 30 foot tower. Most of the time they stay pointed south-east. I caught the best skip roll in at 5:00 am. I now have a galaxy 959 with a few mods and a 30 watt power amp with a dipole antenna made from a couple of fire sticks. Well those where the good old days. Have a good CB day

Great job... this is really good

love it…. Really good video

Nicely done 👏

Awesome one dude.

Impressive! thanks for sharing

Back in the day. Modded a rat shack to 50w carrier and a switch to square wave over 30 channels for funsies. Took a complete new modulator circuit. BUT was an AWESOME SSB UNIT

@whatsascrewdriver5572

5 жыл бұрын

People like to get on their radios to communicate. And you like(d) to ruin it.

i've got a president jackson. totally awesome!

💚💚💚 😊Thank you so much for sharing your video

u deserve more views and fans 🔥

Great job on this 👍👍

Super🎯amazing mate

That's why I bought my Pres. Lincoln 2+ from you.....its done right and your teaching and explanations, thank you !

@yLeprechaun

5 жыл бұрын

Where is he?

Thanks for explanations! 👍👍

I've got a mirage 88th and I love it my problem is it needs to be tuned up and I don't have the equipment to do it anymore like I used to and I need to get myself a decent antenna for it one day I will do that

amazing explanation 👍

Question I have the 99v2 now been having problems with the echo not working right and if you wiggle the knob its starts to squeal and it doesn't seem to be as loud as it was when I first got it the power knob seems to be not working this raido has never been opened up so would like to know what causes it and where are you located at so I can get it looked at

This is amazing!

Great job in this video

Your right 100% Ps do you charge 50 to 75 more than 40 witch is 90 or over 100 to swap it to 11meters and tune it ?

Ok so stupid question. What about difference between the galaxy 11 meter or cb vs galaxy 10 meter tuned for cb. Is it just a power or range thing and if so what are the limitations when everyone else is underpowered.

If you do covertion your gonna have to tune to it. Cause that radio would have kicked some ass on 10 meter. But. We gotta tune to where we talk. Good video.

Nice!!!....(People really don't understand radio...just more power...)

This is so good!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

may I ask why when I look on CB frequency chart channel 8 is 27.055Mhz but on the radio in this picture the readout says 26.605?

good job dude....awesome

Is this the same with all exports? If so I turned my Lincoln 2 plus into a splatter box. Just expanded the frequency myself by adding a resistor. If so, how much would you charge me to align it from 10 to 12 wideband? As a dual purpose radio. Licensed.

Thank you for this!

I miss smoking Joe, is there anyone else out there that does the job that you used to do.

Can you go through my new radio I am getting on Amazon it's the same radio your working on in this video? Or do you sell one like this that is ready to go

I had a cobra 29 or some sort back in the days bought the entire system from a local guy out the back door. where can I get a similar system. I had the radio with a small 50-100 watt amp the pushed a big `1200 watt. with 2879 s . but it was the most powerful around. where can I get a similar set up all tuned ready to install. dont know shit about the insides but they were sure nice to communicate before cell phones . at home I had a galaxy Saturn base huge high antenna on top of a hill. how much are they now. they were Illegal back then I assuming they still are without a license.

awesome video !!! i will try

Thousands of dollars in potential fines per radio for converting and selling that radio in the US. The entire reason the radios used in 11 meter (CB) are so restricted in range is because nobody has demonstrated the technical capabilities to be trusted with more power and range. If you are smart enough to get a ham license, go get one. It's not really hard. If you are not smart enough you are the reason CB is such low power and just stay with horrifically expensive options available to CB users. Frankly, $300 would buy you a much better Ham radio than that. And the term "aligned" is jsut BS for something you don't need.

@smokinjoeselectronics442bu7

5 жыл бұрын

Nobody uses or orders these radios on the ham bands.... Nor do they buy them for the ham bands.

@pupdaddymail

5 жыл бұрын

@@smokinjoeselectronics442bu7 , That's true. But it remains as illegal to convert, market, ship, transfer, own or even use these radios before or after they have been converted. T&A Travel Centers in Troutdale, Oregon got a $7,000 fine for selling one of these radios WAY back in 2001. Just one, and it was unconverted. transition.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2006/DA-06-1334A1.html In September 2018 the FCC made an announcement about Baofengs being sold by Amcrest, but in the same document they referenced a $90,000 settlement of a $125,000 forfeiture to Pilot travel center for multiple counts of selling these type of radios, another forfeiture of $25,000 to Love's Travel Centers for selling the same type of radio, and still another to company like yours called CB Shop and More in Loveland was fined $7000 for selling a single radio of this type. docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-18-980A1.pdf The FCC is low to get to this, and they quite often go after people doing this type of things years after they stopped doing it. And they fine them for every day they ahd the offer open, up to $149,000 per year. I realize that this sounds like I am saying the sky is falling, but the penalties are real and severe. Everyone involved needs to be aware of what they are doing.

@wayneleake1971

5 жыл бұрын

@@smokinjoeselectronics442bu7 A few people do. I have a gfriend who has used a 10 meter radio of the type. I would, but I don't need to, considering I have an Icom 706 MK II G, unmodified in any way, so it can only listen on 11 meters. Maybe the FCC will pay you a visit one of these days for converting these radios to operate on 11 meters, etc...

@unclejoe6811

5 жыл бұрын

Screw the FCC, cb is dead anyway and no one under the average age of a Viagra user uses ham radio.

@chrismiller9264

5 жыл бұрын

@@smokinjoeselectronics442bu7 Exactly. We stupid CBer's know nothing about RF. We're just a bunch of losers too dumb to get a ham license. /sarcasm.

that's good…. great job

i had the galaxy dx 88 hl when they first come out . i had a great radio guy he really knew his stuff . we called him buzz . he was kinda a asshole but he did great work . the radios were loud but never overly loud . i remember he said what do you want this to do . i told him i want it to scream . he said ok but what what do you want it to key up at and swing to . so on low i had it key at 2 watts cause that was the lowest he could get it to drop to and still key up and work good . it would still swing to 10 watts . just a awesome radio . i told him on high i wanted to have it dead key at 8 watts and see where it would swing . it swung to 32 watts and sounded fabulous . that was the golden spot with that radio anything more and it would distort and just overdrive so bad it sounded like crap . only other thing i had him do was take the mod eliminator out . loved that radio and it sounded so clear i used it as a base radio ran it threw belden coax to a moonraker 4 had that on a 40 foot tower . that was great i loved it . i had a little 500 watt tube type linear i would use one in a while and it was great for keeping your coffee warm as well . that would dead key at that point at 502 watts on low and swing just under 1000 watts . i used a silver eagle desk top mic and loved to shoot skip . if i was talking skip it was just like being on a drug . that was over 20 years ago they were good times cb was still popular just before the internet took off and killed cb radio . cant remember what you were talking about in the video buddy but thank you for helping me remember a little fun i had a long time ago . god bless ya

@richardjones6855

4 жыл бұрын

I still have a Galaxy 88 DX HL it's wired up in my radio room I use it at on a part-time basis it still kicks ass being loud and proud

This is sooo good!!!

Like it man.... 👌👌👍👍

informative video! nice

And that's why I always send you my radios. Thanks for the educational information.

@yLeprechaun

5 жыл бұрын

Do you mail them to him?

Thanks dude 👍

If your first test was at 28.405 and you stated that most people will use the CB frequencies, why was your second test at 26.605 and not 27.185?

@smokinjoeselectronics442bu7

5 жыл бұрын

The customer requested that frequency.. the radio can be set up wherever you want it

@bblod4896

5 жыл бұрын

@@smokinjoeselectronics442bu7 Okay. Thanks for the reply. Have a great rest of your Sunday.

Well explained

Wow... this is actually good

damn good thanks for sharing

I bought secondhand Galaxy DX 98VHP recently... I have no idea if it has been yet converted to 11meter or what. What I would like to ask of you here is how much would you charge for me to send it to your shop to have it converted to 11 meter CB band & then peak & tuned for optimal performance under such conversion...??? Thank you for your time & trouble concerning this inquiry... W/R

Great explanation

I Miss my RCI2955. 26 flat to 32 flat and everything in between

Love this💕💕

Good video dude . Did a good job explaning alittle better understanding of how these radios are set to run and how they come from factory . And how having them tuned to blow smoke anit always what it is suppossed to be when its done without doing the rest to the radio . I have a GALAXIE 966 IV HAD PUT AWAY FOR DOOMS DAY bought it from a truck driver some years back who bought and used it twice after he had it tuned to blow smoke deided he DIDNT like it so he bought a new one and sold me that one . More than likly it has the problem you spoke of is why he didnt like it after having it turned up . So ill have to give ya a shout when ready to make it a real radio so if dooms day ever comes it will be ready . For now its sitting in its box in the cloest will get together soon to discuss the details .

@whatsascrewdriver5572

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe your Galaxy got "converted," as shown in this video, by moving a wire from here-to-there, but it wasn't followed by a tune-up. The challenge is finding a shop that will do the tune-up. As the video shows, there's more than just tuning for Max on a wattmeter. The radio shop should also have a spectrum analyzer, so their tune-up will eliminate all those spurious frequencies from your transmissions, which will allow maximum power on your desired signal, on the frequency that you really intend to be transmitting on.

@marc7875

5 жыл бұрын

@@whatsascrewdriver5572 i agree but like you said it maybe a problem to find a shop to work on it . Its been sitting for about 9 or 10 years in the box in the closet . And im quite sure its going to be hard to find a shop or a person who really knows what they are doing in my area . Or in alot of areas in the U.S. because there aren't alot of people using them these days . .but i guess i can pull the top cover soon and see if the wire had been moved like shown in the video and will give me a better idea of what was done . And why the driver DID'NT like it ?? who i bought it from . But i do remmber one thing HE HAD A POWER Mc on it so maybe it was turned up and the Mc interfeared with it for what ever reason . ? Anything is possible at this point . But i might get the man in the video to go threw it and fix it up soon so its ready to go.

Well in the old days you bought your Cobra 29 and then you put in a Conex board and an echo mic and added six or seven switches across the back and added channels. Suddenly you had $500 into your Cobra 29. Even more if you added a linear. You might as well get in exports that has all the bells and whistles anyone would ever want and have it properly tuned and aligned you will have the next best thing to a ham radio. Make sure you pay attention to what different radios have because of radios do not have an SWR meter or a Rodger beep. Just look around and see the difference and make sure you get the radio you want. You will be happy with an export

He really is good at what he does! Fixed 2 of mine, a Cobra 148 and a Galaxy 73v.

@williamsupnick2450

5 жыл бұрын

I need my radio cd tune up

@armandoizaguirre5510

5 жыл бұрын

Where is his location

I find it great that you went to such lengths to let new entrants to the hobby learn the error of their ways, but I think you should have lingered more on those extra large odd harmonics, and talked about it some more - so they really understand. Maybe show another radio on a nearby channel enduring the adjacent channel interference. Peace, I won't say 73's, too common now. :)

@whatsascrewdriver5572

5 жыл бұрын

Roger. I'd have mentioned exactly what's up 5 MHz and what's down 5 MHz, where those spurious signals were located. 26.6 MHz, plus 5 MHz is 31.6 MHz. In the 21st Century, taxi cabs used to use frequencies around 31 MHz; who knows who's using it now. And 26.6 MHz minus 5 MHz is 21.6 MHz which I think is a shortwave broadcast band. After "converting" the radio (moving that wire from one solder pad to another), one argument in favor of following up by getting the complete re-alignment is to avoid putting out signals on frequencies that you're not even intending to talk on. At worst, those spurious signals might invite complaints, and complaints are what activates the FCC into action. You know, if the FCC receives a complaint, they might investigate the situation in 5 or 6 years. Otherwise, it's just being a good citizen to avoid spreading signals all over the spectrum, when all you really wanted was to talk on 27 MHz.

I tried bookmarking that link you gave and my browser came back and didn't like it. What URL (web link) do you recommend?

I heard Mike past away last night in his sleep.🙏🏻

What do you charge for making the modification and alignment?

Thank you!!!

This is epic!

These export radios can receive and transmit on about 400 channels after some one has done the 11 meter "conversion". I personally have the president Lincoln v3. What I have never been able to find is an antenna solution that will cover such a large frequency range. Can you do a video on choosing and antenna solution for these kinds of radios?

@rdsii64

5 жыл бұрын

Mike Scott if that is a mobile antenna I’m about to buy two

@indridcold8433

5 жыл бұрын

I made a vertical dipole out of a 262 centimeter (103 inch) vertical whip and a piece of 262 centimeter (103 inch) long cable. That is a total of 523.25 centimeters (206 inch) center fed antenna. It is very wide banded. The gentleman wanted it for a President Lincoln II version 3 12 and 10 meter radio. He is able to talk on all three bands, 12, 11, and 10 meters. It is a very wide banded antenna.

Marvelous 🙌

Excellent 👏

Fantastic!

splendid 💯🔥👌

If you modify the radio it will go on CB don't cut the mod clipper put a 100 k resistor in line it will make it loud and give it a protection

Are those radios with the SSB 5khz slide and “extra” channels still illegal?

@904booger

5 жыл бұрын

If used on 11 meters, then yes it is illegal

@robertfleming5193

5 жыл бұрын

on cb's slider is on receive only … and " extra " channels are illegal

@foghornnosehorn8383

5 жыл бұрын

Only if you get caught...

@904booger

5 жыл бұрын

A "slider" or VFO on a 11 meter transceiver is Illegal, if it's on a 11 meter receiver it's ok

@retro440

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's illegal, but, so what?? The FCC is a joke.