Very interesting on AM, FM is still new, I live just north of BOS and was thinking of installing a compact one in my truck for my trips north.

Thank you ❤

Can you add another antenna

All the CB action is either on 26.805 FM or from channel 35 lower Sideband up to 27.855 mhz

That radio you have works excellent with a RM Italy Kl-203 amp

I watched until you set the swr with the door open and you standing outside of the vehicle. Contrary to everything I have ever read or been told.

I been listening to gmrs on new radio for a month now. It's like death! CB still active.

OK I JUST LIKE TO LISSEN TO THE CHITTER CHATTER ON THE RADIO ooop iv all ways had a CB , Now your talking GMRS humm never hurd of it.. iv seen side band ? ... i hurd you say off roaders RVerssss .. is this some thing if a camper you are not traveling with you can pick up on them or only if your in there group thank you for the info may do a video on actual use like getting in to the nuts an bolts im intrested in CB or alt radio thank you masstonie-an from the tacxachusites state lol .. not that far from you

Gmrs is the new ham uhf band without dinosaur test

I have 2 diesel heaters do I need to buy 1 per unit or will 1 device control 2 or more units?

Great!

gmrs isn't for talking to strange men.

Sounds like there needs to be a "Paul Ethier Raw" channel so we can hear what that trucker said.

I realize diesel is not easily combustible in the way gasoline is… but…. I really wish the design of these units routed the fuel line more than an inch from the exhaust.

Daggum it.. Mine didnt come with a remote..😞

Congratulations! Way to bring one back from the dead. So you run that with no muffler? Thanks for the video. Always learning from these videos

A lot of truckers now are on 2 meter ham using repeaters to chat with friends. Also when unlimited cellphone services dropped in price that killed a lot of the regular CB chitter chat.

Joe Biden fans aren’t smart enough to operate a CB radio.

Only hear traffic in the stops

The way i think of it is gmrs is for talking to friends, cb is for talking to strangers

I just set mine up.. I put a CO meter directly in the exhaust stream.. When it was up to temperature the reading was zero PPM.. I got 100PPM or so during start up/shutdown but the reading in the main part of the shop never went above zero PPM... So, that means there is no reason to run the exhaust outside, now all of the heat is useful for heating.. I was amazed by this and of course will always run a CO detector but I won't be punching a hole in the shop wall.

CB is about dead. Waze and google maps gives accidents, slow downs, police. I loved CB's for years but with trucks with electronic logs, satellite tracking, governors, streaming radio it's pretty much killed chatter on the road anymore.

Restriction in the exhaust of any kind changes the fuel to air mixture. The unit can't tell so it still pumps the same amount of fuel even if the air changes causing problems especially soot.

Wait did you say you don't think gaskets are critical & you have a garage with tools 😂 Coked up like that you need to chance the screen within the fuel tube

Where do I buy this antenna?

One year later! Is your heater still operating properly? Thinking about investing in one?

Distance is one thing but elevation is more important. You will be able to transmit and receive 50-70 miles if you are up high and no hills in the way. And you are right, the antenna is far more important than the radio. If you tune your new antenna your results will be even better.

GMRS guys want to talk with other guys and meet them later.

How long did you run your heater before you needed to clean it.

Ham radio operator here... I have my 2m radio with me on long trips along with my 10/11 meter rig.. 11 meter gets channel 19.. 2m does pretty well while traveling as you hit repeaters and my 2m rig is a 70 watt radio so it does well.. And 2m is popular with a lot of Hams.. All that said.. Nothing beats the CB and Channel 19 when you want to know.. I drove over 30 years big truck and was in transportation management another 20 years.. currently retired.. I still stay in touch with the trucking community.. there are still the local channels, like 14 and 7 and 3 that are pretty popular around here.. But on the highway traveling.. I always monitor Channel 19.. I also monitor 2m 146.520 .. if I remember right GMRS main frequency (repeater frequency) is 158.880

The small antenna only works in citywide close areas, or flat areas spots, I use to have one. The diamond or comet antennas, do better, however ham radio 2.0 did a review on an antenna called Compac Tenna, which is a short antenna, did very well however he put it on the corners of the vehicle, gave him better signal

Maybe during good times many don't have need to use their GRMS radios. During emergency times especially when the power is out or the internet is down you might discover many will turn to radios for information and communication.

Good info. thank you

Nope they still use 11 meter CB radio and SSB is where the traffic is at

Agreed. That little midland antenna is surprisingly good man.

You forgot power .. need 13.5 volts

was -25 c where the hell are you antartica lol?

Thank you for the video- nicely done. Have you tried the scan feature at all? I have the HA1G and for the life of me I cannot figure out how to get it to scan more than 16 channels at a time. It has a 250 channel memory capacity, so one would logically assume that it is capable of scanning more than 16 channels at a time. If you (or anyone here) have had success at this- please let me know.

Have a ham license

Before I retired I was a serivice tech on the road in Washington State, Pacific North West in and around Seattle and points north to the Canadian border. At that time Ch #17 was the popular trucker channel. I learned later from another tucker that Ch #19 was the favorite East Coast channel while Ch #17 was the popular channel on the West Coast so far as I knew in Wa state. Not sure what channel(s) were use on points south out of Seattle. 73

I just bought one for my van which I spend a lot of time in. This way I don’t have to constantly start the motor to get heat. I understand that these are pretty miserly using diesel fuel, so heating small quarters like I have shouldn’t be but a few bucks a day. Thanks for your review and input as it sounds like I made the right decision!

That’s pretty cool. I only get 4 miles on a ghost antenna on a 50 watt radio.

Where does the exhaust go? Will it run longer on low?

Should have tried 17 and 15 if you don't have contacts on 19

Do yourself a big favor and learn how to "Over and Under" your cords.

I've been using a CB on the road for over 50 years. I use GMRS handheld radios on the deer lease. Lots of hunters on surrounding deer leases use GMRS radios too.

Simple answer to the "Does GMRS replace CB Radio" question of the video title: No. GMRS requires a license to operate legally and CB is open to everyone without a license.

I almost got this model but because I can't easily find replacement/spare batteries for it, and because there's no AA battery pack, I went for the uv5x, which has both readily available spare battery packs and accepts the aftermarket AA battery pack by btech.

Im going to extend length of exhaust and use another air outlet to blow on the hot part of exhaust for bettee efficiency

I watched a lot of videos yours is the first one that goes into detail about removing the front cover. How hard is it to remove the bottom louvers.