The older I get the less I like heights. That was the lil wil stuck to the bed. just ro lazy to find a spot in the shed for it yet. Tram does better. I only got 6-8 miles compared to what you got but my radio was putting out 8 watts. Think yours was higher powered?

@@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 my radio puts out 11 watts... but a few watts will honestly make very little difference.... you've seen that in the handheld CB tests... it's not the watts it's usually the antenna. I can put a 4 watt radio in my truck and do just about the same range... rule of thumb is every time you double wattage you only gain one mile! meaning 4 watts =4 miles range.... 8 watts = 5 miles..... 16 watts = 6 miles range and 32 watts is only 7 miles range... I know it doesn't work out like that but all the books say it takes double the watts just to get an additional mile.... I have my truck RF Bonded and that has made a huge difference! ... on a unibody frame like a small car all the body panels are connected... on a pick up truck the bed and cab do not touch! the hood and the cab do not touch! so without bonding you only have the cab and roof radiating the signal..... the other piece of the puzzle is my base station radio has that NRC that cuts out most of the back ground noise, static, hiss... allowing me to hear a little further out.... I will send you a subframe car getting 18 miles with just a 4 watt radio.... 6 to 8 is still pretty good!

@steve_niceguy I may have to connect them but my bed is bolted to the frame with 8 bolts and there is metal on metal contact as I have had it off to replace the fuel pump and the cab is bolted to the frame. Seems to me they are connected but I just may try what you did.

@@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 I used to think the same thing... the bed is bolted to the frame.... but RF NEEDS a wide area to flow... at least 1 1/4"wide straps... regular wire will not work... has to be WIDE straps.... the bed sits on huge rubber body mounts.. and the bolt in the middle of the rubber mount is always rusty and does not flow RF ... especially once the threads rust up ... on the Fords you always see ground straps from the frame to the bed .. without the ground strap the brake lights... tail lights and running lights stop working... happens all the time,,,, if those 8 bolts really made a good connection you wouldn't need the Ford thin ground strap from frame to bed..... anyone with a Ford knows if the lights stop working to replace the ground strap.... so you really need to grind all the paint and rust off and connect wide RF Bonding straps at least inch and a quarter wide... at each corner of the bed and cab..and the MOST IMPORTANT thing is the hood firewall and fenders!! ..... I usually under coat over it to keep water out when I'm done..... I help a lot of people in my area...... pick-up trucks are TERRIBLE and never flow RF... and Jeeps are impossible to get to do more than a couple miles..... but the people I help... they never believe that is will work so I put their radio in my truck and I always do 10 plus miles range with their cheap radio.... so I tell them to go home and get their wives Toyota car and just put the radio in and see how it works..... they normally come back and say they got over 10 miles on their wife's car as it is usually a unibody... all panels bolted together.... also after 1998 most cars are now glued together!!!! if you look at the roof seems you may see a black line.. that is where the two panels are glued together.... and they don't flow any RF... I sent you a vid to watch from a real expert

@@steve_niceguy I get all of that but my bed does not sit on rubber. metal to metal with minimal rust. Just had if off recently. The cab and hood I dont know. But, I am still gonna try the straps though as its got to help.

I didnt think the sound on her end was bad at all. wasnt a 10 but you for sure could hear me fine.

@@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Yeah - we could hear you o-k but audio quality on them was never great and I still think it comes down to the mic. Paper speakers aren't very good at being microphones - but they work. That was my point. Mine is rather dull sounding and that hurts when you're down in the mud trying to be heard. After all that said, still love mine and I'm keeping it while contemplating a different mic. I came upon this channel by accident wondering if folks still used them. Cheers again.

thats got to take a while.

I would not use kerosene. I have heard of people using it but most say dont. I have never tried it. I do have Dual fuel coleman lantern that uses coleman white gas or even unleaded gas from a pump.

for sure.

well yes with the ways things have sky rocketed in price in the last few years this may have gone from a relatively inexpensive feeder to an expensive one.

Also, did my first walkie talkie video (Realistics) and mentioned you in the description. Just a home movie for fun.

not sure I know or follow all the lingo either but the mic is a Red Devil

it is considered a Ham in its original form but many have been modded for cb. This one I had the great Rogerbird mod it for cb back in December. so one band is Cb and rest are "ham" bands. it is a great radio.

well we diagree except for the Winchester. Luv winchester but most Marlins are Nice. Now Henrys are like boat anchors. Ugly and the sights on them are horrible. would much rather have a winchester(I have 1) and Marlin vs a Henry. Henry will never beat out a Win 94 or a Marlin 336.

@@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 after the third time of my 35 jamming with remington ammo, i busted in pieces up against a tree and I swore never to buy another marlin as long as I lived.

@@crasherxtreme busted against a tree?🤣

@@mrtcward yes. Do you want the leftovers?

well lots do like to look at old radios. The TRC 216, and 214's get a lots of attention. That said I would not buy another 75-822 as I have one dead in the water right now with no receive, Midland will not even work on it. I used it 2 times in 2 years then the receive went. They said they dont work on them. why not use the HH50 in a Car?

@@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 I'm sure you know..... a car is a giant Faraday Cage.... meaning Radio signals will not go in or out of a metal cage / or car... it has to have a CB antenna on the ROOF which plugs into the Antenna jack of the handheld....... people don't know that you can't use a rubber duck in a car..... they think you can be in the car with the handheld using the rubber duck antenna and it will work..... it will not get 50 feet!!!! even if you stick the rubber duck out the window!!!!! ...so 50% of the bad reviews come from people trying to use them inside a car... they get 50 feet of range and call the handheld a piece of junk and return it.... all because they don't know you can't use a handheld CB inside of a car... it needs the antenna outside of the car.

@@steve_niceguy for sure. if I use the pro 501 in the truck it will be attached to the antenna on the roof. My range test on this one is going to be with the rubber duck and the hyshrika out side of the truck then gonna get in the truck and use 3 different mag mount antennas on the roof.

antron 99 antenna and I cant remember if I had an amp on this one but I have 2 , a Kris 200 and a Galaxy 225. both put out about 125 watts with this radio but with others I am getting 200 plus.

@@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 10-4. I'm down south of Fayetteville. Have a mobile setup. Been thinking about a base station if I could find a good deal on a base antenna, lol.

@@bullardfarms you could use a wire dipole hung vertically.

@KandiKlover yes, as these are 25 year old walkie talkies. Still great radios though.

checked them out again and they seem to be the same quality as the Midland. To me not cheap but not a great quality either. functional yes,

Yes, you said it, can't go wrong with a Uniden. I have a President Randy II FCC and it seems the PRO538HHFM is a very comparable radio. I like the Randy a lot, but one thing I like a little more about the Uniden is that you have a rotating knob for the channel selector, just my preference. Thanks for the video.

Thanks!

only gun shops they may have a used one. it is no londer made.

True but its only 119 bucks right now, a great value.

Yes. very cool

Awesome. and only 119 bucks.

will do.

@@steve_niceguy tks, I will try that.

Steve is that channel 37 lsb 11 meter or 10 meter caus eI have a radio that has SSB on 10 meter ans I think 12. what frequency is it?

@@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 hi Mack... I replied to you... but my comment got removed?????... I had given you a link to a fantastic radio for next to nothing.. but I guess KZbin didn't like that... I talk on CB channel 37 LSB just the normal CB channel but on LSB and people even with the stock 12 watts are talking all over the world! but without that NR it's a lot harder..... no one buys a CB without the Noise Reduction Technology anymore... if they do they regret it.

@@steve_niceguy well my cobra 2000 only has a ANL and my President HR2510 has a nosie Blanker , wonder how they differ from a NR? Both of these are my only SSB radios. i messaged you with my pho ne # so maybe we could text each other and try to talk on SSB one day. maybe thats why it was deleted. look me up on FB last name mccorkle and see it we can talk over the air one day. going to bed . tks Mack *** forgot that I hava Galaxy 959 that is SSB and it has a NB and ANL and GNF that I use as a base sometimes. I wonder how different NR is from ANL,NB and GNF ?? GNF is Galaxy Noise Filter.

@@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 hi Mack... I friended you on FB ... the Noise Reduction Technology is very different than ANL and NB... they invented it about 2 years ago and it really caught on about a year ago..... the ANL Filters out engine noise.... the NB is about the same thing, it reduces unwanted interference and static from various sources, such as engine noise, power lines,......... Noise reduction technology on a CB radio can help to improve "audio clarity" by removing unwanted background noise, such as: Hissing, Humming, and Wind. but it works more on the audio... cleaning up the audio and filtering out the hiss and static .... .. on the #1 setting it makes the voice you hear sound a little like that person is in a fish bowl, BUT VERY CLEAR... on setting # 2 the voice has a lot more fish bowl sound but you will not hear any static or hiss... more like a telephone call..... on setting #3 I never use it... they really have a fish bowl / out of space alien sound to it.... but you can plainly pick out the voice without static and hiss.... I've never needed #3.... so try that new radio out some night and see if you pick up people further away than normal.... and if it helps try the handheld Range tests with the NR technology... it works really good on AM /FM but for SSB it's out off this world... welcome to the 21st century!!!!!!

A very now radio especially for the money.