It is a good walkie talkie for the money. I bought mine at the local truck stop when they had a special sale on it for about $45 N.I.B. Since it has a BNC connector for the antenna, I put on the Cobra telescopic antenna. Yes, I still treat it as a line of sight unit but now there is a 30" antenna. I also put in the rechargeable Ni-Cad AA batteries. A $5 adapter allows you to use the unit with a common magnetic 11 meter antenna for automobiles. That with the Wilson 12v plug in for the auxiliary power source in your car and away you go.

@OnTheTrailRadio

5 ай бұрын

I wouldn't reccomend anyone use this for emergency coms personally

Excellent review and an extra special kudos for showing yet another (ingenious) use for the highly versatile binder clips ( 7:13 ) !!!! This was one of those why didn't I think of that moments so very much appreciated sir! Take care.

@OnTheTrailRadio

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!!!

Cool collection of radios.... I like the 70's one's....

@OnTheTrailRadio

Жыл бұрын

Should see it now! But yes they're cool!

@damiengirvan5020

Жыл бұрын

@@OnTheTrailRadio why? What did you do?? Make a video? And good luck with your KZread channel:) I subscribed:)

@OnTheTrailRadio

Жыл бұрын

​@@damiengirvan5020 also update... I'll be posting something like 30 vids from my catalog. Many more radios...

@damiengirvan5020

Жыл бұрын

@@OnTheTrailRadio sweet man.... Let us all know about it?

Just picked one up excited to get it goin.

@OnTheTrailRadio

Жыл бұрын

Rough to do, but doable

If you don't want the noise use the squelch control. Only strong signals will break the squelch. Too bad CB radio is not as popular as it once was but now with FRS/GMRS it's become almost obsolete. A CB radio base station with SSB attached to a decent 9' antenna mounted on a tower or roof will let you make contacts at much greater distances. Even with 4 watts. Good review.

@OnTheTrailRadio

10 ай бұрын

I wish I got into cb like that. Handhelds have killed it for me

I like CB and LowBand handhelds for some reason. I got some of the HYS 16 inch whips on amazon and the slight extra length helps.

@OnTheTrailRadio

10 ай бұрын

The batteries never last, and 4 Watts with bad voice tx is just not my thing

I'm from Latvia and it's harder to find new cb radios which are not very big and cheap because a lot of new cb radios coast over 100 euros and old cheap ones are pretty big compare to PMR446 radios and most people who are not really into two way radios, but are in situation in which they need a radio they would chose cheaper, smaller and more simple radios and what don't need a license. And if there would be more radios like this maybe CB radio would be more popular in my country and other places too

Purchased one because I accumulated so much point on my Loves’ reward card. I’m yet to hear anyone come on the CB radio. Every time I turn it on, I only hear the noise but never heard anyone on it.

Can't find a schematic for mine. Is the Ext Mic connector just 2-pin, meaning you still press the transmit button to talk, or is there more function to this.. like getting a mic with a button that will trigger the PTT function? And where the heck do you find a microphone with a subminiature plug?

@OnTheTrailRadio

Ай бұрын

Right?

Where do you spend $5 or $500 on a new radio they all transmit the same power don't go cheap on a good antenna that little handheld hooked up to an Antron will do a nice job

@OnTheTrailRadio

Ай бұрын

I've tried on My a99... this handheld just isn't great. I've had a few opiijin changes

Something wrong with marietta Georgia. Can no longer get cb radios to work not even short wave. Maybe model's i have are outdated? Uncles mad we both tried to use a vintage cb radio with an antenna. It melted for some reason?

@OnTheTrailRadio

Жыл бұрын

Old equipment can do that... my diagnosis... get new equipment unless you have a personal attachment to that radio

@kishascape

11 ай бұрын

@@OnTheTrailRadio He said shortwave as well so it's definitely not the equipment, he just doesn't know what he's doing and is setting up the antenna wrong and in an RFI field of noise, probably next to a junk power supply or transformer lol.

I’ve always had to assembly the clips on my baofang radios they never came attached

@OnTheTrailRadio

Жыл бұрын

Right. I mean homemade ones or even bought extras

Tactical antenna fixed my range problem.

@OnTheTrailRadio

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Whip antennas and foldable are the bomb!

You should know that long, thin item on top of the radio is an antenna, not a carring handle. I'm just saying.

@davidrichter9164

7 ай бұрын

Whine much?

big dawwwwgs!

Mine don’t reach more than 10 feet. Wtf. I bought 3 of them

@OnTheTrailRadio

5 ай бұрын

Get better tuned antennas. The stock antenna isn't great

@eddiefes3183

5 ай бұрын

@@OnTheTrailRadio ok but 10 feet? It’s more useless than a set my aunt bought me from toys r us in like 2002

@eddiefes3183

5 ай бұрын

@@OnTheTrailRadio so tested them out today again. Got much better results Were able to walk around the neighborhood with descent reception

A few bad apples make it worse for all the good people on CB

@OnTheTrailRadio

5 ай бұрын

Define bad apples and good people yknow?

low power on batteries high power on external source

@OnTheTrailRadio

5 ай бұрын

It ain't reaching oit regardless. I used it on a A99 and nothing... plugged a regular mobile unit in and got it

@spaghettibender9893

5 ай бұрын

@@OnTheTrailRadio yeah the audio is pretty poor on mine I have to scream at it lol I haven't tried drilling the hole out bigger yet

Pronounced uniden wrong

@OnTheTrailRadio

10 ай бұрын

UNI-Den, boofwang, poefung, all da same

@davidrichter9164

7 ай бұрын

No one gives a s--t.