It's another set I never seen in the 80's good to see it in nice condition for it's age and will look forward to the scratchy corner test.

Wonder how rare they are, i have one of those,🤔🤔🤔

How come it's not kicking out 4 watts out of the box

Oooh that’s mine 🙂 nice to hear you say it’s in good condition.

Hi Richard nice CB Radio

1st comment.,.........and it's been up an hour too..!!

What does the extra filter stage do on an 863 / 5 star?

Why were they so expensive? Not all 40ch handhelds were that price? I can also manage not to bend aerials. So many people push them down from the top!

That major 3000 is a fantastic rig one of the best on air test well done

I think the Realistic hand helds were the best hand held CB radios on the market in their day. They were AM here in Australia.

The TRC1005 did very well at all the key points on the scratchy corner test & at five mile point,decent hand held set and with the LCD display with the backlight facility it reminds me of the old digital watches back in the 80's they were that bright if the battery was good you could use them as a torch to see your door lock on a dark night, on that note I've caught up on the videos again and will catch you on the next one 10-10.

Another great result on the Scratchy corner test plus it reminded me of the Mustang CB 1000 with the chameleon style meter.

Excellent all round Scratchy corner test worked well at all the key points.

Nice results on all modes on the scratchy corner test & at five mile point.

Nothing like the Midlands of the past.

I had a PT40, but the oscillator was a bit slow in running, resulting in a noise at the start of the transmission. I tried everything to cure it, but it still did it. So it got thrown aside in disgust. There was a guy I know that worked with transmitters, so I gave it to him to have a look at. It was what he did for a living, but he could not get it to stop doing that either. He had replaced some components around the oscillator (I think I might have already done this as well) but to no avail, it still did it. So I just forgot about it, it was bought as a cheap CB to throw in the car when CBs were being stolen out of cars in the city. After the oscillator ran properly, it worked fine, it was just when it went into transmit, it took time to build up its speed!

Ah, part of Danita's famed 'Kermit the Frog' range..

Hi Richard any idea where i can purchase a power lead for this radio. Thanks

My neighbour has a 25 foot aerial. He doesn't go anywhere

Very lazy meter on that

Another one I never owned but remember others having them at the time,will look forward to the scratchy corner test.

Nice new set all ready for the Scratchy corner test.

Well, I never thought I would see a name that is usually seen on a Communicator type board CB use on a Cybernet board.

The meter was virtually inoperative on receive.

Do like your videos. Thank you

hi 👋 richard I always enjoy your air test also best wishes to you and mr chippy from paul chapman at east sheen 73's also why is it dark over there and day light over here

What a super sounding set ! The 2 mics sounded very similar. Just a shame we have zero activity here otherwise I would snap this one up in a heartbeat. Never noticed this before but it looks like you have a 1hz beat on the signal meter during receive throughout the test

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hi 👋 richard I enjoy your air test also best wishes to you and mr chippy from paul chapman at east sheen 73's

I get fed up with people classing this set and others as Ham Majors when they are not

Hi Richard I am amazed how they can get so much into those CB radios good job,

Still checking ebay for your upload 😁

Certainly one of the nicer modern sets.

hi richard I enjoy your air test also best wishes to you and mr chippy from paul chapman at east sheen 73's

A bit penny pinching to put the 4-element filter in, during a time when the 6-element was needed.

Never seen one of these, I have had and seen plenty of the naughty 588 model.

Great stuff Richard, you serviced my Major 3000 and it's working very well indeed! My mum worked opposite station yard and her work colleague got me a Major 3000 for £45. I was 12 at the time and really excited to get on the air!! I still live only a few miles from Fulbourn. Keep up the good work 👍

That must be one of the few UK set's I've never owned over all the years but another good underrated 134 variant.

I had a Mustang 1000. Thinking of taking up the hobby wondering is it worth getting a vintage rig. How much for a service? Is recapping expensive?

I'll take that one off your hands Richard...hopefully I'll get to it quick enough

hi richard good luck optimising the midland 78 plus multi ce multinorm cb radio-new set from paul chapman at east sheen 73's

That worked very well for a cheap end radio. I have a grandstand hawk I believe it is which looks the same. Good job Richard 👍

A good result on the scratchy corner test, could also hear the modulation drop on low pwr at five mile point and on the base station test at the end.

Tidy, shame water had got in. However, a radio like this if outside might expect a bit of water to get n now and again. Good sets when working well, but murder to repair! Nice one Richard. I trust it is ok to call you Richard?

Hell of a job getting that alignment right, great perseverance on your part. Tx audio nice on standard replacement mic. Really odd result at 5 mile point !!! Rx audio bassy on extension speaker but nice to listen to on local ragchews. Never seen one of these before.

Hi Richard very interesting repair setting freqs are not easy to set but at the hands of engineer as equipment is a must and good knowledge which you have is bonus

Hi Richard, interesting repair video. Lots of skill to get the frequencies right.

Sounds good on high power not good on low

Good afternoon richard I enjoy your air test also best wishes to you and mr chippy from paul chapman at east sheen 73's also why is it dark and wet over there and dry over here in sheen

Just checking this vide out as I have a Maxcom Super 4E to sort out and noticed the diagrams you used for mic wiring and the yellow layout. This was one I did for my website many years ago which is sadly no more. So glad to see someone using it, it makes it all worthwhile… 😊