JAPANESE AMSTRAD 901 - WHERE THERE IS MUCK THERE IS BRASS - A VERY SENSITIVE CB RADIO FROM 1982

[@alzeNL]

What a brillant video ! This lovely radio needs to be called lazurus - what a fantastic recovery and showing us all along the way. I really enjoyed watching this from start to finish. Thanks again. Al.ze

[@13ig13oots]

This takes me back, I am sure this is the radio my dearly missed grandfather used and got me started myself.

[@zeproo]

THANK YOU for trimming instructions Knoxieman, more of that for several brands,it soo interesting. These vintage cb's are soaring and spiking in value in my country. Ham international etc etc.

[@AdamSWL]

Really enjoyable video Paul! Great to see another nice radio bought back to life. Amazing how good it looked after a clean and performing back on spec with your work. Look forward to seeing what else you have on the bench when you get the time!

[@knoxieman]

Cheers

[@6643bear]

Love you test gear I remember the Sinad meter u used to use those when I was working for the met police many years ago . Regards mark

[@eddiejones.redvees]

I Use to have one back in the 80s worked very well living adjacent to the M6 motorway I use to pick up the trucks passing I even had a cb licence

[@joeblow8593]

Nice refurb. Cheers from across the pond.

[@UDX-21]

Thank you for this video. I have never seen one myself. Cheers --lol--have a great week. 21 in S.C.

[@Radionut]

Dang I would love to have two of those here in United States. I have been looking for a British frequency CB radio for a long time they’re just not available here that I can find. Great set up video enjoyed watching here in the United States. Stay safe mate

[@SuperCanuck777]

try ebay UK. Yout should be able to get any "british" rig you want, assuming the seller will post to the states. i've bought 6 ssb/am cb radios from the usa that were never sold and therefore usually unobtainable the UK. No problem shipping to the uk {or rather flying} except for being screwed on import duty tax, V.A.T. etc, and sometimes rip off postage prices ........

[@Radionut]

@@SuperCanuck777 Well duh on me that never crossed my mind. Thank you for the tip. Enjoy your channel very much

[@dw7920]

Brilliant. The Amstrad 901 was my first ever rig back in the mid 80s and I loved it to bits. I still have it somewhere. Always worked perfectly and never let me down. They were unfairly derided - perhaps in part because of the name, also because of the 'fake' non-Japan-originated examples - but I think they deserve a better reputation. Your video certainly goes some way to demonstrating just how good they can be. Great work sir. :-)

[@knoxieman]

Thanks, yes the bad reputation came from the 2 Honk Kong variants, really don't go anywhere near a Hong Kong variant, I don't even use them as scrap chassis.

[@DeltaXray444]

The rig scrubbed up really good nice resurrection, i used to pick these up all day long for next to nothing back in the day and if a mates cb went down i used to give them away.. i wish i had a cupboard full of them now lol. They had a bad reputation in there heyday which the radio didn't really deserve, not the Japanese version anyway, those cheaper boards from Hong Kong seen to that.. Still a great radio and one of my all time favourite rigs and the Roger bleep is about as recognisable as a cobra's with it's own distinct sound. Very nice, and a very informative video.

[@knoxieman]

Thanks

[@freedom_unite3845]

I used to have one of these in the 80's they were great

[@pongybossman]

I also have an audioline homebase with midband fitted, a uniace 200 with mid fitted, a uniden andrew j with mid and high band (AM +FM), and about 4 legal midband/uk fm rigs

[@stephengunrunnerhanson3550]

I have two the best one is made in Japan it will be my portable mobile use in the hills . Its a great uk 40 cb

[@helijim]

I've just restored a 901 today using the manual and it says that the VCO voltage on transmit for ch.40 is 4 - 5 volts, of which I can't get near but everything does lock. I'm curious where you get over 3.5 v from but that does indeed match my voltage more closely.

[@knoxieman]

Yes if it locks on all channels that's ok, on some 901 sets a resistor goes bad feeding the lock circuit which can make the voltage different, check tx and Rx on all channels also check the power is the same on all channels and you should be good.

[@zeproo]

I have a question anyone know what walkie talkies the police use in the video clip of so lonely The Police - So Lonely walky talkie ?

[@knoxieman]

It was filmed in Tokyo in 1978 they were likely either the film crews radios or bought locally, I can't match them from the video, they aren't Motorola i know that much, there have been so many different walkie talkies made over the years it's a guess, also a lot of brands were custom with switches and dials added to suit a particular customer requirement.

[@zeproo]

@@knoxieman okay :-) mysterious walkie's

[@philipriding]

Great video. Shouldn’t the RX and TX lights be red for transmit and green for receive ? On that 901 it’s the other way around.

[@knoxieman]

Ha ha no they reversed them on the 901, some ppl swapped then though

[@kevmoiz1718]

"A thorough walk through of this classic 901, interesting stuff. I have a japanese 901 thats working with original mike, just needs an mot, do you still have the time/inclination to repair cb's at the moment? regards Kev.

[@knoxieman]

Hi I'm not taking on repairs ATM cheers 👍

[@kevmoiz1718]

👍, "look forward to the next vid, cheers."@@knoxieman

[@pongybossman]

i still have a working 900

[@youtubetv7000]

Super!

[@electron0002]

Mustang 1000 / 2000 Harvard 410t all used the same board

[@knoxieman]

Yes 👍

[@Sjc7453]

What is your ebay id name..

[@knoxieman]

Knoxieman123

[@Sjc7453]

@@knoxieman Thank you..

[@Nathan1975Liggy]

IPA aint that flamable, I use 99.99% IPA to clean my bed on my 3D printer while the bed is at 80 degrees c as well as for PCB's never had it go up yet

[@knoxieman]

Oh it is super flammable go outside pour some on a slab and simply strike a spark