Hi. I live in Northern Nevada and enjoy the outdoors. I like vintage electronics and old radio equipment. As well as enjoying CBs, I also have my general ham license. I love to DX; look for me on your CB as 595 Lake Tahoe Nevada.
Thanks for the video..what way do you turn to increase the power
@dragan3290Күн бұрын
I installed a cb radio for my Autistic son and the noise and hiss was terrible so i put a few clamp on ferrite beads and helped very little! I put my oscilloscope on the power supply and the dc ripple??? Lol. Subbed and liked cheers from Australia ❤
@scotteisenhart27112 күн бұрын
I want to add a bypass capacitor to the output connectors to cut some of the noise out from the PS... but I don't know what size to use.... or what value to use on the cap... anyone have verifiable information as to what value range of capacitor I can use? I see output is supposed to be <150mv RMS....certainly don't want to blow up these damn power supplies.
@Coheteradio2 күн бұрын
Hi, thanks for share. I found in trash this cb radio and trying restored. Dou you have schematic?, could you share?
@micwell22472 күн бұрын
can the antenna be made smaller ???
@PopeyeKF4LBG2 күн бұрын
Nice radio... Good choice...
@PopeyeKF4LBG2 күн бұрын
Great timing... Im doing a bit of a tune-up to my President Washington at this time... Im gonna copy your upgrade for my meter light... Looks clean and is a nice upgrade! Nice job! 73 de KF4LBG "Saltshaker 762"
@UDX4570PalmSprings-yh1mv3 күн бұрын
Fantastic job Ridghiker. Have a safe and Sane 4th celebration! UDX-4570 Palm Springs saying 73's for now!🤠👍⚡️🎙
@benwille66803 күн бұрын
Great descriptive video Ridge! Always looking forward to your next video.
@TahoeMtnMan3 күн бұрын
Nicely done! Happy 4th from up the Hill.
@franciscolopez32293 күн бұрын
Pretty nice and bright.
@RidgeHikerAdventures3 күн бұрын
Happy 4th of July to my American subscribers! I'm very pleased how the end results came out. The original video I had created had only one LED installed but I wasn't pleased with the results. I went back and reedited the video using 2 LED lights and the results were much better.
@user-mc3ps5bh4h5 күн бұрын
I'd rather have an ugly duckling than a handsome corpse. I bet you were surprised when the old girl worked so well. KR66
@Ron-sac3575 күн бұрын
Came out pretty good myself I run a 1983 cobra 2000. I sent it out. I wanted it recap. My tech told me the caps are not bad do not replace them. The ones from China are not worth a damn. I had it professionally aligned in tune the old radios get it on. he also made a video of it going through the radio. it’s out here on KZread .73 my friend.
@v0n1b07 күн бұрын
This radio and the Retevis RT95 are the same radio. The RT95 is currently on the Amazons with an additional coupon for just over $100.
@378Orlando7 күн бұрын
Good job ! I’m a big fan of keeping the classic radios alive . I just had a Yaesu FT101E refurbished. I’ll be picking it up in two days and I can’t wait to get it on the air .
@UDX4570PalmSprings-yh1mv8 күн бұрын
I never hear that clown, must be in the Arizona area or maybe New Mexico???very very rarely do I catch any skip from those areas.
@UDX4570PalmSprings-yh1mv8 күн бұрын
At about the time you just mentioned, I start to receive the Australian skip rolling in, but lately it's been really really quiet. UDX-4570 Palm Springs wavin 👋🤠⚡️🎙
@RidgeHikerAdventures8 күн бұрын
Strange conditions today also. I'm picking up skip two states away and then Jamaica is coming in. 73s.
@franciscolopez32298 күн бұрын
Congrats, you've got a nice keeper there. Just in case you'ld like to know, that one has the same exact board as the Cobra 142gtl, a Craig L-232 and certain Tram bsae rig which I forgot the model. 73....
@RidgeHikerAdventures8 күн бұрын
I lucked out on this one. It performs great and it looks like it sat in storage for years, probably in someone's garage where it got wet. The meter still looks new with no fading of paint on the face plate. 73s from 595 Northern Nevada!
@TahoeMtnMan8 күн бұрын
Congratulations on recovering this radio. Now I am going to have to get a CB radio and see if I can get over the Hill and say hi! Happy Summer!
@TahoeMtnMan8 күн бұрын
Looking forward to hear how this goes.
@UDX4570PalmSprings-yh1mv8 күн бұрын
A few shots of Deoxit here and there. Some contact cleaner and simple green should bring it back!😏👍⚡️🎙 UDX-4570 Palm Springs wavin 👋🤠
@1786eb9 күн бұрын
Cool project. Best of luck. Keep us posted. Thanks.
@jamesblack4499 күн бұрын
Get some ground wire and ground it to a metal pipe or pole That will also protect your shed from lightning.
@jamesblack4499 күн бұрын
I had this antenna It's an Antron 99 Base CB antenna You don't need to worry about your SWR it's already set.It's very well built If I could afford it I'd buy another one.This antenna will send your signal out where no other antenna has gone before.Last time I had one up about 20 feet in the air I talked close to 100 miles on a 4 watt Barefoot CB Mobile radio.I've never transmitted that far out on any other Base CB Antenna.
@davidjason11169 күн бұрын
Awesome job!! Like I said on your first video I have parts if you need anything don’t hesitate to ask 73
@shanebarber.46959 күн бұрын
Oh my, it's been through some rough care😢.
@shanebarber.46959 күн бұрын
Very neat . I used to have this amazing cb base station long ago. I had it tweeked and etc. I miss my cb radio. Thank you so much for sharing this and God bless Oh I had a D104 microphone with it. Hope you can get it fixed up
@somejackball9 күн бұрын
nice old rig.. ya the skip kinda dead here too, Lk Texoma area. just a little bit on lsb 38 like u had, but real weak. although sometimes Jamaica comes in pretty strong. need the skip to come back! ☮
@Brenda-jf2pe10 күн бұрын
Don’t get any grafted from that pencil on that bosrd
@deon456214 күн бұрын
Will this work for uhf aswell sorry new to this
@RidgeHikerAdventures10 күн бұрын
It's built for 11 meters. I have built one that I use for 2 meters which is much shorter.
@user-mc3ps5bh4h14 күн бұрын
You never know what is in the case till you crack it open. Some of the worst looking radios I've fooled with cleaned up well and worked, while some others. good looking, were hacked on and really messed up by the previous owners. If this radio hasn't been cobbled up by hackers you have a good shot at repairing it. KR66 James
@RidgeHikerAdventures10 күн бұрын
It was a mess when I received it. Minimal protection for shipping, and it arrived with a bent power/volume knob that broke off. When I opened the case, it was a rusty mess. Luckly, the water did not reach the electronics for the most part. I was able to get it running and was surprised that everything worked well. It's spot on frequency and I'm getting great reports, go figure! I'm putting a video together I hope to have out this weekend. Thanks for watching!
@BEN-HUR_trucking681515 күн бұрын
Looking forward to seeing the finished work. My buddy Popcorn does all of his videos with same base.
@RidgeHikerAdventures15 күн бұрын
I've always wanted one of these radios. I like project radios. At least this one looks like it has a decent face plate.
@BEN-HUR_trucking681515 күн бұрын
73s😅
@benwille668016 күн бұрын
Yes this will make a good series and I certainly hope you did not get burned.
@benwille668016 күн бұрын
Good luck Ridge - quite a gamble!
@RidgeHikerAdventures15 күн бұрын
I agree, but worst case scenario, I will have spare parts when I buy another one. 73s!
@davidjason111616 күн бұрын
I have parts of one you can have no problem 73
@ronaldgrimmig665918 күн бұрын
Get a meter and watch your rma power swing backwards at that high of a dead key into that amp. You are totally forgetting about average power (which is usually what fries amps along with I high dead key). Bet it looks horrible on proper equipment. Been using RM Italy amps for years and talk all over the world. On my 203p 25watt dead key, 50-60watts average, 100-125watts PEP. Depending on the radio. But I keep them close as possible to the 1-4 ratio. Hope you don't fry it
@Brenda-jf2pe18 күн бұрын
Set the dead key to 2 watts, it will swing to 17 watts on Ssb
@Brenda-jf2pe18 күн бұрын
Take all the foam out of the mike! Then the mike will be a talker. Mine is noisy in my truck needs dc filtering on 12 volts line
@danieljohnson843719 күн бұрын
Ground...
@MI-me3pt20 күн бұрын
I would like to know what kind of range you are getting. I made a dipole antenna but can only get maybe 3 miles at best.
@jeffrobodene148523 күн бұрын
People that operate Amateur radio (ham) build an antenna like this for their first antenna build. It all depends on frequency/length of the wires. Simple and very effective! Thanks for sharing.
@graywolf345623 күн бұрын
🐺 Great video brother thanks for sharing. I have the baofeng UV-5R my question is it might be a stupid question lol but keep in mind I'm new to ham radio also I'm just a dumb old country hick lol . Ok here's the question do I need to set the offset to use the baofeng for ham ? The reason I'm asking is every time I set the offset it keeps going back to all zeros why I don't know the offset for mine is 000.600 . It just won't stay set I pray that you can tell me what I'm doing wrong. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me on this matter. Stay safe and God bless my brother. 🇺🇲🦅
@garymitchell649023 күн бұрын
DID YOU GET IT FIXED??MINE STILL WORKS GREAT.
@RidgeHikerAdventures17 күн бұрын
Never was able to get it working again. Too bad, it was a great radio while it worked. :) Thanks for watching.
@reedonnelly571824 күн бұрын
Give you a chuckle. When you said you found this 1999 battery tester, being 80 yrs old, I had just thought "Oh, a newer one", when you said it was old. Hurts. Your video caught my eye because I have been striking out in looking for a replacement Radio Shack 22-096C and this was very close.
@RidgeHikerAdventures17 күн бұрын
The years go by quickly. The 90's seem like yesterday. Thanks for watching!
@gjbevil26 күн бұрын
SWR is between 1.1 and 1.4 to 1? That is excellent! I have a protron 99 antenna and I can't get better than 2.0-1. I just ordered the Solarcon A-99 and hope that makes the difference.
@Tom-xp7dl29 күн бұрын
This guy doesnt know what background noise is. My radio has staic hiss that drives the needle to 7.0 on my meter.
@RidgeHikerAdventures17 күн бұрын
It is pretty quiet around here for background noise. If I hit 1 or 2 on my meter I start complaining. Thanks for watching!
@Tom-xp7dl17 күн бұрын
@@RidgeHikerAdventures That is so great . We have where the noise level goes as low as 3.0 but thats like 3 hours of a 24 hour day. And you sir may be the guy that can direct me on another probem I have. Barefoot radio key up and it shuts my truck off. Truck all factory, radio all factory. Ford says its an RF interference. By the way, great video.
@RidgeHikerAdventures15 күн бұрын
@@Tom-xp7dl That's very strange. I found this on a forum that might point you in the right direction. www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1227929-radio-frequency-interference-rfi.html 73's!
@MAGNETAR-18729 күн бұрын
I also love cb HAM transceivers and i also have a collection. My first radio was the President Lincoln2+ export and a President MCKinley EU export CRT SS 9900V4 CRT SS 7900V Turbo Radioddity QT60 and also my recent President George II and now i am buying the President Washington which is going to be released at the end of june Begin of july! Thanks for sharing your collection @Ridge Hiker 73's.
@randyguay711529 күн бұрын
I have 2 of that model and 2 of the slant face ssb along with about 8 others . None of my roadtalker radios has failed in any way. All work as they should. I love these radios they are build like tanks. I have to give sears credit on these man they got it rite. The slant face ssb are my favorite. I been thinkin about doin that vfo thing in 1 of mine. Any way good luck hope you do fix it.
@898doffo11 күн бұрын
I got 6 of the SSB slant face radios. Also about 4 of the 1st 40 channel SSB roadtalker, and 3 of the 2nd to the last SSB roadtalkers. Do love me some Hitachi boards. :)
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Thanks for the video..what way do you turn to increase the power
I installed a cb radio for my Autistic son and the noise and hiss was terrible so i put a few clamp on ferrite beads and helped very little! I put my oscilloscope on the power supply and the dc ripple??? Lol. Subbed and liked cheers from Australia ❤
I want to add a bypass capacitor to the output connectors to cut some of the noise out from the PS... but I don't know what size to use.... or what value to use on the cap... anyone have verifiable information as to what value range of capacitor I can use? I see output is supposed to be <150mv RMS....certainly don't want to blow up these damn power supplies.
Hi, thanks for share. I found in trash this cb radio and trying restored. Dou you have schematic?, could you share?
can the antenna be made smaller ???
Nice radio... Good choice...
Great timing... Im doing a bit of a tune-up to my President Washington at this time... Im gonna copy your upgrade for my meter light... Looks clean and is a nice upgrade! Nice job! 73 de KF4LBG "Saltshaker 762"
Fantastic job Ridghiker. Have a safe and Sane 4th celebration! UDX-4570 Palm Springs saying 73's for now!🤠👍⚡️🎙
Great descriptive video Ridge! Always looking forward to your next video.
Nicely done! Happy 4th from up the Hill.
Pretty nice and bright.
Happy 4th of July to my American subscribers! I'm very pleased how the end results came out. The original video I had created had only one LED installed but I wasn't pleased with the results. I went back and reedited the video using 2 LED lights and the results were much better.
I'd rather have an ugly duckling than a handsome corpse. I bet you were surprised when the old girl worked so well. KR66
Came out pretty good myself I run a 1983 cobra 2000. I sent it out. I wanted it recap. My tech told me the caps are not bad do not replace them. The ones from China are not worth a damn. I had it professionally aligned in tune the old radios get it on. he also made a video of it going through the radio. it’s out here on KZread .73 my friend.
This radio and the Retevis RT95 are the same radio. The RT95 is currently on the Amazons with an additional coupon for just over $100.
Good job ! I’m a big fan of keeping the classic radios alive . I just had a Yaesu FT101E refurbished. I’ll be picking it up in two days and I can’t wait to get it on the air .
I never hear that clown, must be in the Arizona area or maybe New Mexico???very very rarely do I catch any skip from those areas.
At about the time you just mentioned, I start to receive the Australian skip rolling in, but lately it's been really really quiet. UDX-4570 Palm Springs wavin 👋🤠⚡️🎙
Strange conditions today also. I'm picking up skip two states away and then Jamaica is coming in. 73s.
Congrats, you've got a nice keeper there. Just in case you'ld like to know, that one has the same exact board as the Cobra 142gtl, a Craig L-232 and certain Tram bsae rig which I forgot the model. 73....
I lucked out on this one. It performs great and it looks like it sat in storage for years, probably in someone's garage where it got wet. The meter still looks new with no fading of paint on the face plate. 73s from 595 Northern Nevada!
Congratulations on recovering this radio. Now I am going to have to get a CB radio and see if I can get over the Hill and say hi! Happy Summer!
Looking forward to hear how this goes.
A few shots of Deoxit here and there. Some contact cleaner and simple green should bring it back!😏👍⚡️🎙 UDX-4570 Palm Springs wavin 👋🤠
Cool project. Best of luck. Keep us posted. Thanks.
Get some ground wire and ground it to a metal pipe or pole That will also protect your shed from lightning.
I had this antenna It's an Antron 99 Base CB antenna You don't need to worry about your SWR it's already set.It's very well built If I could afford it I'd buy another one.This antenna will send your signal out where no other antenna has gone before.Last time I had one up about 20 feet in the air I talked close to 100 miles on a 4 watt Barefoot CB Mobile radio.I've never transmitted that far out on any other Base CB Antenna.
Awesome job!! Like I said on your first video I have parts if you need anything don’t hesitate to ask 73
Oh my, it's been through some rough care😢.
Very neat . I used to have this amazing cb base station long ago. I had it tweeked and etc. I miss my cb radio. Thank you so much for sharing this and God bless Oh I had a D104 microphone with it. Hope you can get it fixed up
nice old rig.. ya the skip kinda dead here too, Lk Texoma area. just a little bit on lsb 38 like u had, but real weak. although sometimes Jamaica comes in pretty strong. need the skip to come back! ☮
Don’t get any grafted from that pencil on that bosrd
Will this work for uhf aswell sorry new to this
It's built for 11 meters. I have built one that I use for 2 meters which is much shorter.
You never know what is in the case till you crack it open. Some of the worst looking radios I've fooled with cleaned up well and worked, while some others. good looking, were hacked on and really messed up by the previous owners. If this radio hasn't been cobbled up by hackers you have a good shot at repairing it. KR66 James
It was a mess when I received it. Minimal protection for shipping, and it arrived with a bent power/volume knob that broke off. When I opened the case, it was a rusty mess. Luckly, the water did not reach the electronics for the most part. I was able to get it running and was surprised that everything worked well. It's spot on frequency and I'm getting great reports, go figure! I'm putting a video together I hope to have out this weekend. Thanks for watching!
Looking forward to seeing the finished work. My buddy Popcorn does all of his videos with same base.
I've always wanted one of these radios. I like project radios. At least this one looks like it has a decent face plate.
73s😅
Yes this will make a good series and I certainly hope you did not get burned.
Good luck Ridge - quite a gamble!
I agree, but worst case scenario, I will have spare parts when I buy another one. 73s!
I have parts of one you can have no problem 73
Get a meter and watch your rma power swing backwards at that high of a dead key into that amp. You are totally forgetting about average power (which is usually what fries amps along with I high dead key). Bet it looks horrible on proper equipment. Been using RM Italy amps for years and talk all over the world. On my 203p 25watt dead key, 50-60watts average, 100-125watts PEP. Depending on the radio. But I keep them close as possible to the 1-4 ratio. Hope you don't fry it
Set the dead key to 2 watts, it will swing to 17 watts on Ssb
Take all the foam out of the mike! Then the mike will be a talker. Mine is noisy in my truck needs dc filtering on 12 volts line
Ground...
I would like to know what kind of range you are getting. I made a dipole antenna but can only get maybe 3 miles at best.
People that operate Amateur radio (ham) build an antenna like this for their first antenna build. It all depends on frequency/length of the wires. Simple and very effective! Thanks for sharing.
🐺 Great video brother thanks for sharing. I have the baofeng UV-5R my question is it might be a stupid question lol but keep in mind I'm new to ham radio also I'm just a dumb old country hick lol . Ok here's the question do I need to set the offset to use the baofeng for ham ? The reason I'm asking is every time I set the offset it keeps going back to all zeros why I don't know the offset for mine is 000.600 . It just won't stay set I pray that you can tell me what I'm doing wrong. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me on this matter. Stay safe and God bless my brother. 🇺🇲🦅
DID YOU GET IT FIXED??MINE STILL WORKS GREAT.
Never was able to get it working again. Too bad, it was a great radio while it worked. :) Thanks for watching.
Give you a chuckle. When you said you found this 1999 battery tester, being 80 yrs old, I had just thought "Oh, a newer one", when you said it was old. Hurts. Your video caught my eye because I have been striking out in looking for a replacement Radio Shack 22-096C and this was very close.
The years go by quickly. The 90's seem like yesterday. Thanks for watching!
SWR is between 1.1 and 1.4 to 1? That is excellent! I have a protron 99 antenna and I can't get better than 2.0-1. I just ordered the Solarcon A-99 and hope that makes the difference.
This guy doesnt know what background noise is. My radio has staic hiss that drives the needle to 7.0 on my meter.
It is pretty quiet around here for background noise. If I hit 1 or 2 on my meter I start complaining. Thanks for watching!
@@RidgeHikerAdventures That is so great . We have where the noise level goes as low as 3.0 but thats like 3 hours of a 24 hour day. And you sir may be the guy that can direct me on another probem I have. Barefoot radio key up and it shuts my truck off. Truck all factory, radio all factory. Ford says its an RF interference. By the way, great video.
@@Tom-xp7dl That's very strange. I found this on a forum that might point you in the right direction. www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1227929-radio-frequency-interference-rfi.html 73's!
I also love cb HAM transceivers and i also have a collection. My first radio was the President Lincoln2+ export and a President MCKinley EU export CRT SS 9900V4 CRT SS 7900V Turbo Radioddity QT60 and also my recent President George II and now i am buying the President Washington which is going to be released at the end of june Begin of july! Thanks for sharing your collection @Ridge Hiker 73's.
I have 2 of that model and 2 of the slant face ssb along with about 8 others . None of my roadtalker radios has failed in any way. All work as they should. I love these radios they are build like tanks. I have to give sears credit on these man they got it rite. The slant face ssb are my favorite. I been thinkin about doin that vfo thing in 1 of mine. Any way good luck hope you do fix it.
I got 6 of the SSB slant face radios. Also about 4 of the 1st 40 channel SSB roadtalker, and 3 of the 2nd to the last SSB roadtalkers. Do love me some Hitachi boards. :)