That's because Drakes, Johnson and Browning radios are much easier to find than the radios in this video are . Drakes wouldn't have been in this video because this is about cb radios that are hard to find . But if you go watch the "Top 10 Vintage CB Radios" video , you'll see the Browning radios in that video . There's also a "Top 10 Vintage Ham Radios" video that has Drake radios in it. You should go check those two videos out , you might like those videos . Thanks for watching and for the comment . I greatly appreciate it .

I'm glad that you liked the video. I like the Lincoln II Plus , it's a nice radio. It's not like the original HR-2510 , or the original Lincoln that President made . But it's still a good radio.

I hear a lot of skip all around the band ... mostly on channels 6 , 11 , 28 and 38 lsb . So you should be able to find someone on those channels . But it looks like you're in a fairly small town . So you might have to start getting some of your friends interested in CB radio too, help them find the right equipment , and get set up . Then pick a good channel for all of you to hang out on . Then you'll start getting some local action in your area too.

40 meters is only "non-voice" down in the CW & Data portion of the band. The majority of the band is voice .

Yes , they do both say "FT-897" on the face of them. The original FT-897 didn't have the 60 meter band in it because it wasn't available yet during the designing stages of it. The FT-897D added the 60 meter band to it, as well as a temperature-controlled crystal oscillator (TCXO-9) which was only optional on the original FT-897. So to be honest , you really can't tell them apart by just looking at them, you'd have to operate one to find their differences ... or know about when they were manufactured. I bought mine 3 months before they were discontinued so mine is definitely the 897D.

@RaccoonsRadioRanch ok thanks

Heil is good for Ham radio . This is aimed more at CB radio , than at Ham radio . I've never heard a Heil mic on the CB band. With that said , I've owned Heil mics before , and I agree ... they're a better mic .

To be honest I was surprised when I found it out. That's why I thought it would be good to share it with all of you.

No problem , you're very welcome .

Thanks Luke , I'm doing ok.

This video was made July of 2022 ... and uploaded in September of 2022 . I'm not sure if some of those radios were in production yet , or not ... at the time this was made . But they're definitely good radios now .

You're welcome , and thank you for watching it .

Hi Jake , to be honest I don't know much about the Lafayette HB 200 . But I will say that if it's been boxed up for decades , it's probably going to need the electrolytic capacitors in it updated .

@@RaccoonsRadioRanch appreciate the response.

Thank you , I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for watching it.

Hi Joe , to be honest until you asked this , I had never heard of the Nato 2000 before. So I looked it up and noticed that it's a British CB radio. I'm in America , so I don't know much about British CB radios. But maybe I'll check into them in the near future.

I don't know if it's because of nostalgic reasons, or because of the equipment itself . But I love the fake wood grain & chrome look the older radios have . I first became interested in CB radio in the 70s , when I was 10 years old . Listening to my parents and their friends talking on the radio every night . That's a look I wish the radio companies would bring back again , but at the same time , with the LCD screens and the menus ... I don't think it would be the same .

around 6:55 wazzaup with the subliminal attempt at the striker?? hummmm seriuosly it don't have USB/LSB or SIDEBAND IT AINT A VALID CHOICE :) for a '''skip talkn' rig'' ....

There's no way I'd ever pay $2000 for a CB radio . I "might" pay that for an HF radio , but not for a CB radio .

@@RaccoonsRadioRanch oh me neither, I don't even think I would do a 2k RADIO till after I needed to """find""" ways to SPEND $ lol ;) hehehe when 800 or so will pick up a nice 100 watt talk any band any mode mobile, then spend 300 on some good coax and put that other 1k into a TOWER and NICE MULTIBAND antenna ;) yea, thassa how I would do that 2k... maybe even just get one of those big HF screwdriver antennas that mount on the reciever hitch and talk in the driveway in the car lol hahaha

my old TEABERRY that was stolen from me was a STALKER202 .... the dude I got it from was a radio/electronics tech... he worked on recording studio equipement and had his own studio... it had an upgraded RX CHIP and had upgraded SSB TX chips...

I've asked myself the same thing , and what I found when I researched it online is that according to Stryker they've only made an SR-955HPC , and over the years they made a few upgrades to that . So there's a Version 1 , and a Version 2 of the HPC . But "They're saying" (not me) that there's never been a Stryker SR-955HP version , only the SR-955HPC version .

Honestly , I really like the Yaesu FT-897d , and yes I would recommend it to anyone . They did discontinue the 897 shortly after I bought mine . So if you want one you'll have to buy a used one some place like QRZ.com , QTH.com , or on eBay. If you would like to buy one new, they are still making the mobile version of this radio , which is the Yaesu FT-857 , also a really good radio.

You're welcome Matt . Thank you for watching the video . I've been running the FT-897d , with the LDG Z-11 Pro on a Carolina Windom antenna for over 10 years now , and it still impresses me to this day.

@@RaccoonsRadioRanch Thank you for the reply and information on the Carolina Windom antenna. Is there a setting on the 897D that I must set to operate the Z-11? I can't find anything on it. It doesn't seem to make a difference in the amp setting. I just left it to "Off". There isn't a "LAMP" setting like on other Yaesu models.

@@Matt-qq8dh you just run your antenna to your Z-11 , an then a patch cord from the Z-11into the HF coax hook-up on the back of your 897 . If your Z-11 has the battery pack in it , make sure it has batteries in it . If it doesn't have a battery pack in it , then you'll have to run it off of a power supply . I'm using an MFJ 25 amp switching power supply called the "Mighty Lite" . It has a negative and positive power posts on the front for running your radio ... and a 5 amp jack on the back which is nice because I just plug my Z-11 pro into the back . So when I turn on my power supply I'm powering my radio and my antenna tuner at the same time .

@@RaccoonsRadioRanch Thank you very much. I will do that. Thank you again for the information.

I had a nice 40 channel Royce 1-682 , that I always relied on for the mobile . But somehow it vanished on me over the years . Because I don't know where it went to , and I know I didn't let it go because it was very reliable . Anyway , now I use an old RCA Co-Pilot 14T-302 in the mobile . Have fun with your Plymouth Volare, and your Royce .

All FT-897's have the capability to go to 11 meters . So it's not hypocritical to use your 897 to listen in on the other bands . I'm sure that many of us do it . Just because it can go to 11 meters , doesn't mean that it's being keyed up there . I'm also sure that you'll find out that most of the 897's you're buying used these days have probably been MARS modded since the 60 meter band was added after they were manufactured , and ham operators were modding them so that they could key up there . With that said , I have to tell people that they shouldn't be modding their radios to be used outside of their legal operating areas . If I don't , I'll get 100 people telling me in the comment section that I should be saying that in my videos ... versus the one guy who "Picks Bloopers In My Videos" . I'll take that one guys comment over 100 of them repeating the same comment over & over . Thanks for watching the video , I'm glad you liked it ... other than the "Blooper" .

That is something I have been working on for awhile now . Every time I think I've found the right volume level , someone else tells me that I need to turn it down again . It's a long and slow process . But I brought down pretty good now I think . If you go check out my newest video I think you'll see what I'm talking about .

I agree with you 100% Brian .