Wouxun KG-S72C CB Handheld Radio - These Are Fun!

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[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

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[@MrStanwyck]

I’m curious to see how many FARS it gets with the different antennas…. I enjoyed your POTA adventure with Randy….

[@2EOGIY]

19:42 I could not decode any CW, those crickets must have a very poor tone.

[@hiphophamop4853]

Affiliate link reports this radio is out of stock.

[@MrStanwyck]

@@hiphophamop4853 They are out of stock because Randy did a review on them a few weeks ago…. LOL

[@JamesHannibalKH2SR]

Now Wouxun just needs to make the next model multi-band to cover CB, FRS, GMRS, & MURS. 🤣📻📡

[@DXCommanderHQ]

Apologies for double-commenting Josh but my first EVER DX contact was on 4W AM from England to Texas. Complete accident. Regular half-wave on the roof. And my friend Patrick, he had a QSO from England to Australia on a Radio Shack CB HT like the ones you are showing (but lots older) again on 4W with a rubber duck. RF is really quite amazing.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Love the story Cal! We’re coming up on another big solar cycle. I’m hoping for some of that dx too!

[@DXCommanderHQ]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Yeah I am so worried it'll pass us by!!!

[@n3yaz_us]

Modified for higher power is interesting, alongside a modification for it to run on 10 meters.

[@4mikesutube]

Just wanted to say, cool video you and Randy (Notarubicon) made the other day. It's was great to see the chemistry of both of you promoting your interests in your respective hobbies and make it fun. That Gold Mtn/Holcomb Valley area is beautiful country considering it is surrounded by nearly 20 million people. I happen to be just a few miles from y'all on Sunday afternoon in my truck doing the 3N16 run from Van Dusen Canyon to Green Valley Lake. Perfect day for some 4 wheel'in. Look forward to future collaborations with you awheeling. 73's

[@grigorirasputin5020]

Congratulations on being the first KZbinr (that I am aware of) to mention the CTCSS feature, and certainly to actually demo it! This is a great feature that President dropped the ball on with their Randy II (USA) CB ht. The Randy III (Euro version) has CTCSS, but apparently President thought we Ameros are too stupid to make use of this wonderful feature.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Thanks. Great feature AND the tone search. It works great!

[@19TC504]

not really true there is a albrecht ae2990 afs that do fm,am,ssb and i think this radio is out for a few years

[@grigorirasputin5020]

@@19TC504 Good point, but I was thinking in terms of the newly FCC-approved FM capable radios.

[@KC9RXP]

CTCSS FM on the CB is game changing.

[@GordonHudson]

My Ham Radio interest got started when my Canadian cousin gave me a set of those Archer Space Patrol walkie talkies and a crystal set kit. I had done some SWL but this made me decide to get a licence. I had to wait till I was 14 as we had an age restriction. 40 years later I am still doing radio. GM4SVM.

[@radiohobbyist13]

I ALREADY modified mine to xmit up to the edge of the 10 meter band with 600 watts on SSB. I'm having a BLAST!

[@robertjohnson2586]

I remember as a teen having a Cherokee handheld Cb with ssb that I could get skip on the upper channels - it’s what started my radio hobby.

[@mattstosh6960]

I think you could use the Argent Data ADS-SR1 Simple repeater module for these since these KG-S72c have a separate mic & speaker out plug. You'd need to DIY a cable (not that difficult). For those who don't know - simplex repeaters work a bit differently. Sort of like a message playback machine. Put the Simplex repeater up on your roof and easily triple your distance.

[@johnclark2149]

Gotta love the roger beep! Not a Rubicon would be proud!

[@JohnSorrentino]

Love the old Fannon courier radio. Nice video

[@romien8wwr414]

Josh, I never comment on videos. And let me preface this with the fact you are my favorite and most entertaining out of all the Ham "YouToubers" I follow, with KJ4YZI coming in a close second, even though you'd think I'd be biased living 1000ft from KC5HWB. Anyways I digress and wanted to say I LOVE the video and think it is supercool Wouxun came out with this. So to my comment, when you do the range test video(I can't wait), do it anywhere but channel 9. 9 is reserved for emergencies and traveler's assistance, that being said I wouldn't loose any sleep over it, because you'd have a better chance winnning the Mega and Powerball consecutively then you causing interference with that HT that delayed someone's well being, lol. Anyways keep putting out the content. Enjoy that beautiful So.Cal weather, haven't been since 2/2020..... 73's N8WWR Romie

[@GeorgeAdams]

I have both the S88G and the S72C. I would love to see a ham variant using the same batteries and IP67 of the GMRS variant. That way I’d have a whole set with interchangeable batteries and familiar interface-an advantage of all the UV-5R variants.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Great idea

[@HardcoreFourSix]

Waiting for the .V2 version of this-AM/FM/SSB full power as authorized by FCC on all modes.

[@swedesspeedshop2518]

I definitely like the black plastic on the plastic radio on the left better than the black plastic of the plastic radio on the right 👍

[@KI7JOM]

Modifying: I'd theoretically run it into a theoretical 11m amp I may or may not have. 😂

[@km6qxe776]

I may have known a freebander in the late 80s that used a 150 watt kraco or was it craco audio Amp

[@cjespers]

I understand. Some stole all my guns. Nothing to confiscate, lol.

[@MattBlank0]

LOL at transmitting your ham call sign! The correct way to test your CB radio is to yell in a Southern accent BREAKER BREAKER [CHANNEL] WHO'S GOT THEIR EARS ON? THIS HERE'S THE BIG BAD DOGGIE, COMIN AT CHA WITH 5000 WATTS HOW DO YOU COPY OVER?! then just hold the key down for a good 5-10 seconds.

[@fm71450]

Dear Sir, thank you for all of the content on your channel. If, some time in the future, you have little (else) to do - it would be nice to see a comparison between the Wouxun CB and the President Randy II - both have AM/FM capabilities. Currently I have a GMRS license, and am studying for first HAM license. Interest in HF. Anyway, thank you. Happily subscribed.

[@KageShi]

For use at places that frequent trucks would be my best use idea. Would be nice to have an option other than the uniden wireless mic for out of truck comms or a a loader / spotter truck even. I could also see it being something to keep in the glove box when pulling a camper out other large contraption when parking or say boat launching. Many ways something can put this to valid use but I don't see DX as an option with this thing. Superbowl6 has users in excess of 15kw output power so yea. No telling of he was western us badlands or foreign lands.

[@DonzLockz]

Haha, love the intro 😄 I really like the Wouxun brand of radio's. It needs Chirp programming.👍🍻😉 Edit: I think you should try a custom Yagi, that should be legal.🤔

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

I could likely tape measure it for sure.

[@L1mechanicstc]

This is the first video I have seen that you had feed back on your mics. That's crazy

[@ubergeek318]

Sideboom approves this getting down

[@ehayes5217]

...& please do a video abt using the different antennas & the respective ranges of each!🇺🇸👍

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

You bet I will!

[@stuwho11]

Judging by the size of those "dummy load" short helical antennas, I am willing to bet that a 100 mW antique Radio Shack portable with a six foot metal whip would give you better transmit range. I do love the feature set that going FM will give you, its years overdue in coming....WA2JNF

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

That is kind of what I was thinking too.

[@newYorkStories]

Nice Walkie-Talkie, yet pricy. Once they drop to half the price, I might get one, or 2. Kinda funny though, when I started out as a CB'er at age 12 (many years ago), I had a 12 channel AM/FM base station with 0.5W. I grew up in Germany, so FM was introduced to CB in the early 80s with the plan to abandon AM entirely. So my next CB radio was a 4W 22 channel FM only device - very fancy. And then later I had a 40channel FM/12 channel AM radio with 4W on FM and 1W on AM. Now Germany allows 80 channels on FM, but still 12 channels (4-15) on AM with 1W. So this seems like a revolution

[@johnwoodard6040]

I like it now after your video. modern day CB radio

[@garyday6681]

I like this not much use for cb band but worth taking another look for sure. Thank you for the review!

[@2326TX]

👍 Noticed the Signal Corps coin, 31C/V9 from back in the 80s

[@anthony1976z]

You can put a store Ford repeater on CP. I have my HF radio modified. I tried it on 27.245 which is channel 24 on FM. It worked pretty cool. I love my KGS 72 handheld CB. I wish there was a way you could modify it to make it going into 10 m but I don’t think you can. 17:06

[@dwayneagarpao2806]

That guy you’re hearing on there is out of New Mexico . He’s blowing that channel/freq up.

[@jmr]

My Magnum 10/12 can theoretically do FM and AM on the CB band with the channel mod. I also have a mobile that can theoretically do FM but not AM on the CB band. In theory 😉

[@DXCommanderHQ]

12:37 - Like the Double Roger!

[@lindsaykid9947]

Was thinking of buying one for construction. You always have to tell the dump truck drivers where to go and how to get there.

[@MoonMan1333]

Did you just use Channel 9, the emergency-only channel, for testing? 5:50 .

[@ThePaulobraveheart]

a person on fm can connect to the citizen's band easily. which is a huge plus, I don't want to have a radio that doesn't. because I'm amateur radio, am, fm, lsb, usb, and that fm. allows me to talk home.... I would like to see a walkie talkie accessible with am, fm, lsb...

[@clydeosterhout1221]

Since you brought t up… In an emergency (because this would break all sorts of FCC regs) it would be possible to use two of these together to increase range. you could set one up in a vehicle connected to an external whip antenna. It has a standard K type connector, so it would be easy to hook up a Surecom simplex parrot repeater. When one transmits on the rubber duck equipped radio the unit in the vehicle would receive the signal and then re-transmit it using the much more efficient whip antenna, greatly increasing the range. Do-able? Sure. Legal? Not so much. And probably not worth the bother IMHO. But in an emergency it would work.

[@RKingis]

That's called a Simplex Repeater.

[@clydeosterhout1221]

@@RKingis yep, but they have a lot of names . The FCC refers to them as “parrot repeaters” because they don’t have to be simplex. I have mine set up to operate duplex, just with a gap between receiving and re-transmitting. But you are right. They are generally referred to as simplex repeaters.

[@Greg-zr4wm]

I have an older hand held cb, living in Canada I have heard all over the states. I even hooked up a small magmount placed on a garbage can and talked with a guy in the states. I dont expect that kind of results all the time but was amazed it even happened.

[@ragheadand420roll]

Saw an article on how to hex edit To add 10 m freqs Also needs a vco retune if i remember 👍🏻✌🏻

[@wcoonradt264]

Gotta have the Roger Beep... NotARubicon would be proud... lol

[@desbelfastireland9982]

THANK YOU,, DES IN BELFAST ,, IRELAND

[@mountainslimb8911]

I want one… and I don’t know why!!!

[@josephcampbell1693]

My President FS-T1 CB radio has both AM and FM with ASC one other menu selections.

[@AD6DMDennis]

Seems like that 4 watts is limited by firmware. I wonder if there's an unlock code.

[@jephthai]

Pretty silly to do more than a few watts in a handheld anyway... wouldn't make much of a noticeable difference until you get, say, +6dB or so, and holding 15-20W in your hand gets crazy.

[@haxboi5492]

​@@jephthaithe antennas are removable so I don't see why not

[@Thatsmisteroldguytou]

Right on. Thanks.

[@mark6831]

I would have liked to see wouxon come out with one with/AM FM SSB. That will be awesome that would be complete as well Mars cap a few uppers and lowers

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

I feel like that’s a big ask to get Ssb in something like this right now.

[@shackti1699]

I'm torn between Randy II, Wouxun, and Midland 822. The lack of AM features and not being able to select 4 watts is disappointing. But the form factor is so nice. I honestly might still buy it. Menus are real close to a Baofeng. I like it so far.

[@JimDoubleYa]

I'd like to hear more about your thoughts on FM CB vs. GMRS and FRS. We have a farm with woods where we hunt. Cell reception isn't always great and our little FRS radios don't always work the best. I know I could go with a higher powered GMRS, but then everyone involved technically is supposed to have a license (Not going to happen) and it seems that a 4 watt FM CB would get better range given that it's HF and can better pass through trees and such. Am I right about that? Thanks!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

I have a video on that.

[@okhamradio]

It would be great radio if it has ip68 additionally

[@OnAirVoice]

Cool lil’ radio!

[@cam_o_style91]

I oder it and soon be getting it

[@negolfman]

A loop or longer antenna wire cb or whip antenna mount for receive and transmit 📲 a little more range.

[@eddiehatherall6257]

GW6BXU your opinion on aluminium being conductive lol

[@lucdogge7317]

Can one set different RX and TX frequency per memoryt channel? Have you managed to get the programming software working?

[@900milesfromnormal3]

I'm still very new to all of this. My understanding of CB radios is that they only have 40 or so channels and are pretty straight forward. If that's correct then why does this model have so many channels, and why are there so many other settings? Please, I'm new, be gentle when you answer.

[@jplacido9999]

As Josh said before, it is for setting several memories with CTCSS, etc.

[@grantdesrosiers]

With a Kenwood jack and VOX, could you run APRS on these with a pair of Mobilinkds?

[@andrewrudlang2785]

I'm glad that they made these, and I definitely want to add one to my collection at some point. I like to carry a CB when I can, I have friends and family still on CB and CB is fun to listen to (sometimes), but they have always been bulky. My Midland 75-822 is reasonably portable but still way heavier than my boomfang and no FM or USB charging. I would not choose these over GMRS for family use. Simple fact is GMRS radios are still cheaper, smaller, lighter, etc and they have the benefit of standardization for repeaters and tones are more common usage. The odds of your child overhearing something foul on CB are just too high. Sure these particular units have tones but most CB stuff does not so unless these are your only radios you will not be using tones and you'll be hearing whatever crazy stuff the people with 9000 watt amps feel like spewing across the air.

[@19TC504]

hey josh you should try the Hyflex CL 27 with bnc connector,it works on all band fm,am,and ssb its a hand held cb antenne its 54cm long and it works really great i own the albrecht ae 2990 export its a cb handheld it do every mode and you can do also 10 meters with it and 12 and 11 meters if i remember correcly

[@ehayes5217]

That was a very "fun" vid to watch; in fact, u might may be becoming a professional actor! & re the radio, I'd love to get one of those; & while lotsa hams are critical of a ham who may be on CB, not me...I've been a ham for almost 50 yrs now & like so many other amateurs, I got started on CB & I'm still on 11m, especially SSB; I hear many CB'ers who sound like hams & vice versa; so to me, Radio IS Radio, regardless of band! 73 de WA4ELW in TN 🇺🇸 dit dit 🤓🇺🇸

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Thanks for the comment. I agree!

[@newYorkStories]

17:57 Just right out of the movie "Convoy" - listening to Rubber Duck with a rubber ducky

[@ehayes5217]

...& re the strong sig u were hearing, there's no doubt u were hearing "skip," just based on the "way" CB'ers speak while on AM & shooting skip (that is, chasing DX) hi hi...73 🇺🇸🤓

[@angelscomputers]

maybe use them with the little repeater you showed once in your bag? that will be pretty cool

[@AndrewWells527]

Josh needs a CB handle. Any suggestions?

[@n3yaz_us]

TheHamMan

[@HamRadioPortableOperations]

Nozza

[@wowcrack421]

Super Chicken and I'm out. BYE BYE BYE

[@mitchellhaden5439]

HOW are we not talking about the spider crawling across the Baofeng at 2:40? Huh? Anyone? Ok I'll sit down and be quiet.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

That spider was there the whole time I was shooting that video.

[@mitchellhaden5439]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse I guess he was "tuned" into what you were saying

[@jplacido9999]

As another person already commented: Please, Josh, don't do the tests on channel 9 🙏 It's like testing an FT-817 on 14.300 MHz: It woun't do any real harm, but it is unechtical....😁

[@capndavey1]

cute Josh to bad they don't do sideband!

[@coolgamer125bmd6]

How long is battery life

[@ryanmigliori660]

Qyt makes a cb -58 but I bought 2 of them and both of them are horrible on transmitting. They both sound like there way out of aligmant. And distorted . I like the unidens . And all the new radios are hexi decimal compiled and software driven or they have a internal service mode to change things. But there set from the factory. Cause on cb you need clean loud audio. And I was able to turn up the audio and modulation on my uniden. But Wright down the factory numbers incase you mess up. Btw I have heard of a mod for the wouxun 950 p moble to go on 27 mhz so you can use that radio to Crossband. But only one radio will excite the moble on cb and the other one on ham or vhf or uhf depending on how you set it up.

[@19TC504]

lol its cb you dont need to use your callsign to indentify,i m not even sure if hams can use there callsigns on cb radio,in here in the netherlands its not alout so far as i know :)

[@thibeault]

Shout out to the spider at 2:40.

[@didotb01]

8:14 every time I transmit on license free band (325 MHz to 325.4875 MHz in PH) I have this audio problem with my cheap unbranded mixer console that has a plastic body. What do you recommend me do to fix this?

[@Vichardhara303]

Hi This Is VU3 YWB From India..Let me know How Long This Radio can work? Range limit if any?

[@AllanBProductions]

Actually there is a ham in Crestline. Ray

[@shawnwade302]

Only two Watts on citizens band am is a deal-breaker for me. Straight am citizens band is bad enough without cutting the power output in half.

[@cgc458]

Roger beep sounds like Morse code lol

[@cgc458]

Hey Josh I order one of these as soon as I saw this video and it came today. I know there are only 40 citizen band frequencies but the radio can hold up to 400 channels in memory. Are there any other frequencies that can be listened to on this radio?

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

No, not without moding it. The channels are there for setting different tones, etc.

[@hamradiotimes5586]

A bit too expensive for this handheld. But nice addition to there line of radios...

[@johnclark2849]

Would these be better for family things than FRS if someone doesn't want to deal with GMRS licenses?

[@2148aa]

About a tie. FRS can talk back and forth with GMRS on simplex and hear GMRS repeaters down links if close. The thing I hate is FRS has preset CTSCC/DCS that needs to be canceled or changed if talking to outside the circle radios. CB you might be able to talk to truckers. Truckers with CBs on is getting very scarce.

[@mktwatcher]

Whoopie, a USB C connection on a HT CB. Priceless or Useless?

[@haxboi5492]

Priceless

[@chriscomms.2399]

Pretty cool CB except it only does 2 watts on AM ? Not what my old Radio Shack handheld does at a mean 4 watts, lol. When, when, when will they make a handheld CB with SSB ? The Magnum 1012 was one of the best handheld 10-11-12 meter radios with SSB ever made. Unfortunately they are no longer in business. You could program UK frequency’s or U.S. we need something like the Magnum to come out. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@RadioVagabund]

Hey Chris, you can get this Radio as an ALBRECHT AE-2990. Next batch is announced for October 2022. But of course it is a HAM Radio, no CB.

[@chriscomms.2399]

@@RadioVagabund Thanks Michael ! Where can I find out more on this ? Do you have a link ?

[@chriscomms.2399]

@@RadioVagabund will that model be here in the U. S. ? I hope it’s as good as the old one .

[@chunkylover54]

i wish someone would talk on 520 in my neck of the woods its dead here

[@GunsandRadios]

Would these work better in mountainous areas better than GMRS/FRS?

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

As they sit stock for stock. Likely no. The antenna is too compromised. It needs a good telescopic and then hypothetically. You could get much further than FRS/GMRS.

[@GaryLordsWayMinistry]

Not enough power or SSB or able to switch coax for antenna. These represent lack of foresight by the builders of just another walkie talkie that is only good for 1/4-1/2 mile range unless on top of a hill or high spot in elevation. Might work ok if you were to climb on the roof.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

It’s a handheld. Not to wise to cram that much power into them.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

It’ll do much better with an actual antenna.

[@thomasr.jackson2940]

“Technically not legal”…, the best kind of not legal.

[@coolgamer125bmd6]

President Jerry cb or Wouxan cb

[@davidelrick3131]

Hi dse68 pitsea Essex David England UK im returning cb operater mid 90s got pni escort hp 62 hand held device i regularly Go up on high ground n get skip coming Germany Ireland Saudi using the standard aerial with cb is multi band quick question frequencies of am n fm channels on American cb

[@norm_sueb122]

How dare you use your ham radio call sign on CB!!!! 😂😂😂

[@CCerwin]

They suck unfortunately. The uvk5(8) tested better for a truck backup. Go figure

[@cpbbg5bcbbg580]

Definitely like to see new stuff that's coming in to the CB band the 11 M BAND four doesn't require license to transmit excellent emphasis on radio communication become an asset it is becoming an asset now we see how volatile the grid is we see how volatile things are probably coming our way however enough with the negative things the small radios are great they're rechargeable batteries basically however there's one thing that does in that it may have an impact I've been using 217's TRC I've been using TRC 216 TRC 225 walkie talkies of course Citizen band you can get more range in a mile for sure I like to push the edge and go further for example I managed to make contact from SFU Mountain out of British Columbia SFU Mountain Vancouver British Columbia Burnaby to the gulf Islands it's about a 30 Mi communication it was clear line of sight well almost line aside however the point is just signal will probably get further if you're on height the issue that you're using you're using coil antennas and these are not giving you your full wave Ben this may explain why you're only getting a mile if you would have tried different antenna even the longer one you have it should be all right however what I would do instead and what I did because I was using a TRC 225 you can look it up it doesn't have the coil antenna it does have the cold antenna however you basically need to have you can use a different antenna on top of it to match the SWR to come as close as possible I use an old TRC 217 loading coil antenna basically I put the loading color antenna on top of the TRC 225 and my range got a lot longer this is what they've using back Radio Shack in the '90s these call Boost load antennas you see those at the end of those old walkie talkies from 1986 87 84 the old loading coils it looks like a bulb at the end close to the end of the antenna this is what I would use on top of your system not to say that it's not doing right of course your hand ready operator you know that line of sight will make a difference and of course ionospheric conditions will also make a difference however you mentioned that you would like to try installing a different antenna I definitely conclude and definitely concur on this one yes you should try it would love to see that I would love to basically get some more range out of those Citizen band radio a long time ago I did make on a mobile station a TRC it was a 23 Channel and I was from New Westminster to California New Westminster British Columbia to California I made a contact on three Watts that was am skip mind your solar activities behaving much more erratically now than it was before the point that I'm making yes you may want to try a dipole antenna vertical would probably work however horizontal maybe with a Transformer would help however I would be curious to see how it behaves and it's the way you could test to check the SWR on that system when you install a horizontal dipole I've tried my bypassing one of those trc217 with a RCA jack with an AV Jack trying to transmit on those however I know that as you know the wave has got to be equal so it's got to be roughly 5.5 m a piece or about 15 ft 1560 ft per link to be on the frequency and that's not exact exact however if you were to do the calculations you'd be close to 15 ft per link per side of your dipole I would be curious to see how it would work or even trying it on half or quarter wave be aware that these new antennas that are coming out that are fitting on top of those BNC that are designed for the 27 MHz I'm not I don't think these antennas are well calibrated as the older types from the trc217s you can get those on eBay may not be as well calibrated as what was created before maybe it has to do with production they're cutting cost that coil that's not properly aligned will make a big difference upon your transmission yes if that walkie-talkie you showed with the SSP it would be a great Improvement if they would be a modifying it increasing the power to 5 Watts that would also be a great Improvement probably there is a way of modifying it of resetting the machine within the BIOS itself there's probably a way of getting in there the same way you can actually unlock some some of the features and some of the radios thank you for your video I will be sharing it in a group as well as I strongly believe that knowledge of radio communication whether your hand operator whether your CB operator whether you just like radio this knowledge has to be shared amongst the public we will need this information as I mentioned before we're in for a lot of stuff coming our way maybe a very cold winter potentially also dysfunctional weather and other issues coming our way keeping in contact with people whether FRS gmrs or even Citizen band is the way to go you want to make sure that your family is safe your friends are safe then having a radio and knowing how it works and also getting the best efficiency and performance out of the transmitter well make a difference between someone maybe being alive having Assistance or not living because they did not know how to operate the equipment as well the operation of ham radio the Bands are learning how these bands are working 11 M BAND 10 M BAND 12 M BAND 14 MHz 7 MHz in case of an emergency knowing how these equipment work will definitely make a difference however I emphasize on non-licensed equipment right now for the general population understanding how radio concept work radio communication works thank you for the previous videos however I found this one interesting because I do operate CDs and I do test the range out of these I like to push the limits for example one of these cheap FRS radios that were bought on Canadian Tire Canadian Tire store in Canada and Uniden managed to make a 52 km distance however this wasn't optimal condition I had a person that went up a hill a mountain at 1.7 km who's a runner and I was at UBC University ground because it is higher in the city of Vancouver it is about 300 ft above the city so we managed to establish a contact you can do those contacts a lot better of course on CB but you need to have the right antenna the right setup these radios are a lot more sensitive to interference and they won't do skip FRS does not do skip it is very unlikely you may have the sporadic Eid I may enable this these are very rare conditions so you're constrained to line of sight and the curvature of the Earth citizen Ben enables you to do the skip as you know it is 27 MHz it is a low enough frequency it is under 30 MHz therefore you have a chance however 14 and 7 megahertz it's King for skip

[@nine7295]

You can't use punctuation or formatting? It's unreadable

[@josephcampbell1693]

You are probably receiving skip.

[@pedromateo7970]

To i9

[@nine7295]

If you say your amateur radio call over the air on 27 MHz, you have just operated out of band. And you know. what that means right? Maybe celebrities have exemption these days , I don't know.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Bruh. Get over yourself.

[@richardsage3139]

Did anyone notice he didn't try to talk to anybody on the CB? Because the radio is a piece of shit you can barely reach across the street

[@MaryBrownForFreedom]

can it mod to 10 meters is the question!

[@osculant]

My first thought

[@thomasr.jackson2940]

Indeed!

[@GStrecker]

Josh, did I just hear you throw out your ham callsign over CB? You have just confused a whole bunch of truckers, LOL. Good demo on the new radio and service.

[@WolfangStudios73]

The FM on CB is a really nice amendment, we all know how noisy the CB is, so FM should definitely make for a more user friendly experience most of the time

[@F9FCJ429]

Total guess here based on my day job as an analog design engineer for ADI: The reason you’re given four watts on FM but only two on AM is probably because the RF is likely coming from some kind of I,Q chip. Low level modulation. Every stage after has to be linear for AM but they can use class C for FM. Just a guess.

[@nicklikesradio]

And i think that transfers over to amateur radios as well. That and duty cycle? Not sure about that one though.

[@nine7295]

I think the 2W spec for the AM mode is the measurement for the carrier only, not including modulation. If you include the modulation then the total is more than 2 W. It has nothing to do with I/Q, which is the digital data representation of the wave form. Unrelated completely.

[@radiohobbyist13]

@@nine7295 According to a recent communication that I had with the people at Buy Two Way Radios, this radio puts out 2.8 watts on AM.

[@cariboooutlaw4852]

What is the PEP on AM with full modulation?

[@nicklikesradio]

That heatsink on that radio looks like it barely would deal with the 4 watts. And those antennas suck and usually dont radiate much. They have issues being anywhere near anything capacitive (like your torso on a belt). Range both ways would be increased significantly with external antenna. (Obviously) The guys on 27.025 aka channel 6 are in Alabama area. They run like 6000 watts. They are my band opening monitoring channel. Although i have to turn volume to zero, otherwise my iq drops a point a second.

[@jplacido9999]

The IQ issue: you are totaly right, Sir.....

[@KA6WNK]

CB roll up jpole would be fun.

[@jessiehorne]

Josh Abbrrreeeee makes a BNC CB 28.3 inch 42.5 inch antennas can be found on Amazon 😅 For your tacticool needs

[@resistanceisfutile]

Or you can use the same materials as Abree and make your own: tape measure, bnc connector (since you have the adapter), a coil of wire with a cap in parallel, and heat shrink tube. A few dollars in material + a $300 antenna analyzer and you're good to go 🤪

[@jessiehorne]

@@resistanceisfutile I know that is quite true ☺️👍 I just wanted to let Josh know he can continue his Abbree adventure further into CB 😅