Im running a retivis RT95 in my pickup i plan on a cobra to my pickup. This model is on my bucket list to get. 74 kq4hcu

Very stright forward. Addressed my problem.

Do you need to install a second antenna?

I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED THE COBRA 29 RADIO I GOT A 29 COBRA THAT IS 40 YEARS OLD AND STILL WORKING GOOD

Did either of you update your antenna tripods ? I’d like to see more input on how the second and third tripods shown have their top prepared for the tiedowns

I just ordered one because of this review.

I'm gonna subscribe to your channel, that was a wonderful review!

Very informative and very well done. Good job guys.

KC9CUK, it's Richard Andrew here. First of all my apologies for commenting, however it is somewhat confusing just from looking at the thumbnail that all the way beaming into Canada or Ontario that CB FM is Legal and again my apologies, I cannot help but notice that KC9CUk is reminiscent of an AMteur radio call sign or General Radio Class Call sign or license. SO again, my apologies for misunderstanding the title " NEW Cobra 29 LTD Classic Dual Mode FM AM 40 ch CB 0:05 / 25:00 NEW Cobra 29 LTD Classic Dual Mode FM AM 40ch CB KC9CUK 1.73K subscribers Subscribe 257

Totally new to CB. This review is great; the Cobra 75 sounds perfect for my use case. Quick question: how well does that glass-mounted antenna work? I understood that antennas needed to have a metal mount? A window mount would be perfect. Again, thank you for the video!

This is the second review video of yours I have watched. Very good stuff... In the mid-70s, I owned a Cobra 139, a 23-channel AM/SSB rig, if memory serves. When the transition to 40 channels occurred, I installed a rotary switch and added crystals to extend the rig's reach to 27.505. I had previously modified the clarifier to slide, I believe, 20kHz, enabling access to frequencies between channels 22 and 23, as well as those between every fourth channel. Back then, there was significant SSB activity between channels 15 and 16. It was an enjoyable setup, especially with a 500-watt linear amplifier bridging the radio and the antenna. The amplifier's power demands were so great that I had to upgrade the alternator in my Blazer; otherwise, the lights would dim so severely at night that the road became invisible. Those experiences, among others up until the mid-80s, steered me towards becoming a ham operator.

why did you buy a separate lens, is hte lens that comes with it no good?

cool!

I am never going to become a HAM, who wants to be associated with a bunch of fat pasty pedophiles

HAM radio will never bee cool again. It's boring AF anf the hobby is full of gate-keeping losers that couldn't pass the Test if they tried. Also look at this guy, absolutely disgusting. How are you going to take advice from someone that can't even read the ingredients. You're a joke.

I like the videos but you guys are funny!!.. you to are the biggest dorks ive ever seen or heard. It makes me laugh

Thanks for this video! Exactly what I was looking for!!! Great job! I'll be buying a new battery asap!

Horizontal is level vertical is plumb

I appreciate this video is a year old now but thought it was worth commenting. I use a washing line pole base which screws into the ground, I take a battery drill with a 25mm bit and drill a hole in the ground first to make it easier to screw the washing line base in. In the UK I have one with multiple inserts to hold different size poles 1" to 2.5". I also use some 13mm screw in tent pegs and a battery impact driver as the ground alwasy seem to have stones and this powers through them.

Thanks for sharing these masts and mounting solutions. VK6ADA

Great video. What model pager did you use to create the explosion and did you make the video with your new iPhone? Kidding. So how are you going to attach the ground wires to the tower? Right or wrong I used stainless steel hose clamps.

Great video keep it up! Question so you just set everything up and it welds itself with the click of a button?

The new AM/FM Cobra 29 LTD and NW, no WX. That’s a deal breaker. They should replace the 9/NOR switch with a CB/WX switch.

For those of us who are mathematically challenged... At what lengths are the red heat shrink markers on the rope jig, and how are you holding the mast up before you install the guy straps? Any rule of thumb for the length of the PVC pipe? Thanks for some great ideas! 73, Larry, N2HBX

Got one sent to here in Australia during last year's Black Friday/ Cyber Monday sales. Still saving for an Antenna, however...

Sir How Much Your base Radio.

I have a question to ask you about this new radio, I ride a 2018 Honda Goldwing turing motorcycle and I wonder if It would work with my wireless cordo headset.

Best video I have seen regarding this CB

can this radio transmit on the Gmrs and can you monitor 2 vhf’s and 2 uhf bands at the same time????

This is truly the definitive graduate thesis on ham radio portable antennas. Thank you for sharing with us

I have a DX Commander antenna in my back yard thats mounted at ground level. Its a great antenna with great performance but the problem in the summer is grass cutting and the guys with lawn mowers moving around my antenna and the radials laid on the ground. So I’m planning to get a Comet CHA-250HD HF vertical antenna and I want to mount it at the side of my house on a aluminium telescopic mast. When I started loking up the mast prices I was shocked. A Spiderbeam 12m aluminum mast is $600! Other HD aluminum masts are also super expensive. The Cha-Porta 25ft mast is cheaper at $438, still expensive but I like the locking mechanism does not use any clamps that are difficult to tighten when you have all that weight above you. So I might go with that one. Also besides the Comet vertical antenna I want to mount a Diamond VHF/UHF vertical as well on the top of the Cha-Porta mast. Do you think there will be variations in SWR on both antennas being so close to each other even tho I wont be running both at the same time? Thanks for all the great ground mount ideas with the PVC pipes! I will definitely use those tips as I dont plan to make a concrete base for the aluminum mast.

Question… Max distance from car to reaching someone ?

Great info thanks

Great video thanks !

Or you could simply buy the new SPIDERBEAM 12m XHD pole which got the tip segment at a diameter of 0.7inch and will keep up all the small antennas at the very tip in the height of 40ft (12m) without bending at all. Vibroplex told me they will be available in september...

Great video chaps gud DX de John G4YDM

Loved you video. Just a couple of good ol boys doing good ol boy stuff.

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Would’ve helped better if you shown how to remove the battery because that’s where I’m stuck. The cables are stuck on the terminals and I can’t get them off and I wanted to see how you got them off, but that wasn’t in the video.

@kc9cuk Great video! I just picked one of these up. Is there another wide angle lens you recommend? The part from your description is unavailable now.

I installed it all in my H2 Hummer with a ham radio and VHS aircraft radio yes i am a pilot !

Have one Ptt blue tooth. Blue parrot head set ok for car or truck bluetooth !! Awesome set !

I picked up a Spiderbeam 60' at a ham gathering. I was wondering how to hold it up, now I have lots of options to think of. Thanks

Hello, do you know how to do a factory reset? Thanks 🙏🏼

I think I’ve commented on this subject here before maybe a year ago. Anyway, I prefer an all mode but Cobra has an interesting “piece of kit” with a convenient installment niche. I think it may be a while if ever that CB manufacturers evolve to remote mountable control heads with a separate microphone being as there is still the trend towards big box rig installs being prolific. Although I’m currently not active in two way radio since my Dad, a fellow ham went in the nursing home, and a good friend who I’ve been in the hobby with for 28 years past away, and talking to “strange men” 😆 on the radio just isn’t a thing for me anymore. I haven’t gotten back on consistently in almost a year. Maybe it’s changed. I doubt it. Comment on Ham vs. CB radio as a licensed ham since 1996: There is a degree of arrogance infecting some amateur radio operators simply because they took a test or series of tests to advance their operating privileges. It’s completely unjustified. There are jerks in both services whether it’s on social media as well as on air. I think the jerks on social media tend to be more on the ham side, and it’s a toss up on air. Sometimes it’s in person. Too many people with advice to give when none was solicited. Ham jerks on air are more prevalent on 80/75m and 7.200 mhz on 40, although I haven’t monitored in a few months to confirm that is still the case. I assume so. On CB, there is a prevalence of immaturity in radio skill. It goes with the territory. CB can be a gateway drug to better services. It was for me anyway. Both services have advantages. I recall one of my favorite local 2m personalities referring to CB as the calamity band, and that’s an accurate description. Ham radio has devolved that way on some of the HF freqs.since removal of the code tests but maybe it drew more people in, more of the right people would be preferred. Now I’m coming across as arrogant 🤦‍♂️ All I can say is “when in Rome do as the Romans do”. CB has its lingo, loose qso, and ham has a more rigid protocol. If CB’ers who are the lifers would just lay off the power and use it as it was intended, that would clean up so much of the clutter although propagation would still have some effect. It the government’s fault. Allocation of CB to 11 meters instead of VHF placed it in a part of the spectrum that favors skyward propagation and more interference from line noise. Oh well, gateway drug/service. There’s something better out there but the jerks are there as well.

I have a 29 LTD CHROME. BOUGHT IT 2 months ago talk to two people lil will antenna if could figure out how to send a picture i would do it cool video

Cobra is a well proven design and reliable