Let's test 50Kw On The air? What Happens??

[@thomasperina2990]

What a terrific pair of gentlemen & they sound great also. Since DRail & BBI started keying up I now have a uniform tan here in N.J. It's all good, TMP Unit 22 from N.J..

[@elizgoated]

Where are you in NJ? I started on CB in middle school (Berlin NJ) channel 31 in the mid 90s Found a Dave Made M80 at the Berlin Mart, gave the South Jersey RedNecks trouble but they loved it

[@emerituse3390]

50kw on 11 meters... It's just a beautiful thing. 😊

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

Nope.. Its 1 watt swinging to 2 hole watts

[@emerituse3390]

I saw a DaveMade Suburban do 1 to 2 watts once. It was more like 70kw, but officially, it was 1 to 2 watts.

[@johngalt7382]

That is 5 OK watts, not to be confused with watts that are not OK.

[@TruckinSongster]

Whoooooo 50k is too rich for my blood! I see $$$ with every key down! I'd be cutting words like I'm talking shorthand! Every key would be the cliffs notes!!!!

[@tlrptg]

buy a Russian made GI-19B tube. 800 - 1000 USD. power its heater with 7.3 volts and 23 amps. power its plate with 14 KV maximum. give it a 1KW drive. enjoy its 200 KW RF output. be the most insane and badass CB guy on this whole planet.

[@phillipmitchell4161]

Both radio's definitely top shelf 73's Traildigger

[@patriot3636]

I can't imagine that kind of power. I thought I was doing great with 1000 peak!! LOL 73's to all, from Showtime, north central West Virginia!!

[@ChristiannTyler]

Very interesting.. so there’s some serious diminishing returns with increased power. Curious where that starts and ends?

[@AdamosDad]

I ring the wireless phones around here and trip non circuit GFI's at 5. Right on BBI.

[@jimedwards9310]

Big boys talkin when they want 👍🏻❤️

[@johnnybodangus2529]

That "moment of silence" had me cracking up 🤣

[@randyfox4611]

Congratulations on the college student BBI. I,msure you and mrs bbi are proud as you should be. Good job. By the way......that 50 bushel sounds awsome. The DragN'Fly said that. Cheers from tennessee.

[@clyde1406]

Throw some eggs and bacon on the roof while youre at it! Youre blowing the trees over here in Oklahoma. Got the tornado sirens going off!

[@chuckcee9068]

I’m a big fan of you and Drail. Good job gents!

[@ransonbandy8204]

I love the dead key at the end. When the world has to wait for their turn because BBI got it locked down! Keep it up brother.

[@Maine307]

amazing the power and clarity of those radios.. does Drail have the same pill count as BBI ?.. were they both using the same power? the clarity is just amazing.. wow..

[@BlaineBeller]

Ain't no pills creating 50,000 Watts lol... commercial radio broadcast tubes i do believe..

[@caciqueguerrero2364]

Big boy statics ❤love you work sir Amen 🙏

[@LifewithJames]

I’m from Alabama and never heard 838. I didn’t realize we had a big station here.

[@manota85]

Good show! Man that D-Rail audio @50Kw 💯💪👊

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

🤙

[@mikeembasado668]

Been a while since I watched the channel, I’ve been super busy. I can’t believe how perfect your audio is BBI. BBI and DRAIL, the watts gods. I’m gonna blow the dust off this old walkie talkie……. Bandit 414 in the yard sittin back…….

[@skylercowan3189]

Modulation sounding crisp🤘🏼👍🏼 on another note if u take on builds I need a super small box with power supply with (kick ass engaged switch) the smallest you can make it… 🙏🏻😁 small ass kicker box…… 👋🏼 bottom of South Georgia on mobile 383 lowkey 👋🏼

[@curtiswest4272]

How do you do it big and keep it classy? Just like that! 💯 By the way great content on your videos. 73's

[@SouthernFarmingTV]

God i wish i had a big radio

[@TheMechanic241]

Might not have seen much on the meter, but you could sure hear the quieting when you get above 35!!!

[@tonyking9235]

NICE ONE PUDDLE DUCK KEEP THEM COMEING. LOVE FROM YOUR PAST MASTERS THE BRITISH. 😉😉😉😉

[@JamesHalfHorse]

Was hearing you go right over me here in the middle but don't think anyone could hear me. Yall are a few multipliers higher on the watt meter.

[@UNIT711TMSCOTLAND]

What was the electric bill like after using 50KW 😁

[@NICKGAR7]

In the UK at the Oct price cap it’s 0.34 x 50 = £17.00 per hour for a full hours keydown at 100% efficiency. Assuming amp is 50% efficient then £34/hr. At 30% talking per hour then about a tenner/hour. 3 phase prices might vary……

[@UNIT711TMSCOTLAND]

@@NICKGAR7 That's very useful information regarding using a Linear amplifier! Thanks indeed NICKGAR7!

[@jakemichael8586]

@@NICKGAR7 are there any big cb power house stations in the uk?

[@NICKGAR7]

@@jakemichael8586 dunno tbh. Not been too involved in that side of things for a couple of decades. 500/1000 probably very common. I guess the odd station might use his OM4000 !

[@roberthodges5279]

I don’t know of any cb radio running above 3k in U.K. plenty on 2.5k all SSB It seems no one is building only buying Acom SPE experts etc

[@JD-lk7im]

It's the first watt that counts .

[@root7205]

My little station would even make a driver for something like Vader.. I can pretty much talk everywhere but the bowl though. about twice a year the bowl gods smile and I get a conversation for a few with a big station.. LOL

[@kb9gkc]

I thought 4 watts was the maximum legal limit on 11 meters?

[@ChristisKing7749]

😉

[@stevenorcutt3913]

Was a fine show indeed you and D-Rail did some serious duck hunting 😁

[@ThumperKJFK]

😂👍👍👍DRail & BBI

[@davemould4638]

My entire house mains electricity supply is 14kW. Do these guys pay for a industrial mains supply just to see a higher S meter reading (and some terrible audio)? And interfere with 100's of people who they will never hear. Far, far better to increase your aerial and receiver performance than increase your transmitter output.

[@Dallas-Rife-UDX-347-Tennessee]

It’s kind of like what it takes to win a “Cannonball Run Challenge” . The amount of preparation, knowledge, calculation , determination, passion,and just pure luck at times , and “Mother Nature” which could be actual weather or in this case , DX conditions . The speed limit is only 70/80 mph on the interstate , but to win they’re running 160 plus at times . Well these guys are the Cannonball Run of CB , they’ve mastered their craft , and they’re enjoying that 160 mph plus feeling at times watching all the gauges on the dash , in tune with what’s going on , listening to feedback of the car and the road . Best way I can describe it layman’s terms . Either you get it or you don’t . It’s just a hobby , but to these guys and like a few more , it’s an art and a passion they’ve worked hard to excel in . It’s not just something they do , it’s who they are and have become , and very successful at it .

[@bparker86]

OK so between modern day batteries and the large transformer outsodre there house.... They are balento charge those big Ole batteries

[@davemould4638]

@@nailuj45 A battery that can supply 50kW? That's a pretty massive battery. Consider that a 240 volt battery (that's 20 x 12V batteries) would be delivering over 200 amps.

[@davemould4638]

@@Dallas-Rife-UDX-347-Tennessee I get it. Like the teenager who puts a massive V8 into their Ford Cortina and thinks they are king of the road and better than anyone else. Seems like lighting a cigarette with a flamethrower to me - and just as dangerous. 50kW of electrical power, especially RF, is not something you want to be close to if it gets out of control for even an instant.

[@NICKGAR7]

Yep 3 phase and/or HV

[@baltimore_amp_repair]

Nice gate gentlemen. Be well

[@douglascampbell3008]

That’s bad ass!!

[@coelhofpv2086]

😀😀😀😀😎. Love it.

[@paulmitchell4421]

but why is the audio overdriven and distorted?

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

umm there not its call sound effects..

[@paulmitchell4421]

@@BoxBuilderIdaho sound effects like overdrive and distortion with adjustable levels work great for guitars but not for human voice. I'm not saying you have to have high fidelity audio and some compression works wonders too but distorted voice?? how is that ever attractive?

[@allen_steel1236]

It's the sound effect all right, your sound is affecting that modulator and getting everyone's attention

[@benjaminmeadows1380]

Why have so much it's in antenna 2000 in Flatt side works good

[@izzzzzz6]

The amount of over-modulation i hear! If someone is running big power it's better to back off the mic gain, a-lot. Where do you find 50Kw of electricity? Batteries? My house is limited to 6Kw with my current plan. Obviously decent batteries can be constantly charged and up the available power. The way everyone is trying to talk over each other. So CB. lol What antenna can handle 60Kw?

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

You'll find that a lot of these guys either have 400 or 1,000 amp service.

[@allen_steel1236]

What kind of antenna are you running that can withstand 50 kilowatts, the only antennas I've ever seen design for that were Giant log periodic, that were custom made by Harris. Or straight up vertical broadcast hours. Please enlighten this engineer, would love to know how you guys are doing this. Is power levels are insane, I thought it was something special when I got to run 10 kilowatts on a TMC transmitter, on citizens band for a few minutes. As a test, but you guys seem to do this like you're talking next door. So again please inform in school here, really would love to know what kind of antennas and how you guys pull this off. That's like 90 some odd amps up the antenna line

[@woodchuck8197]

Luke I should have gated you from Buffalo NY .. and see it on my end when we didn’t even have conditions.. shame on you lol

[@kaoswreakingjustwreakingka4425]

maybe its just me sounds dirty af

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

Love your profile pic... Nice bro thanks for the view cheers bro

[@tyrone1838]

I sure would like to key that 50 on 11 nothing like 50 or 10kw I really like that I sure would be the East Coast Operator,. Other than Grave Digger,. Or 660 state of MD .. I'm 10.6 Reading this Mail... C, ya....

[@darrelldundee7198]

ill get there one day 579 in the bumblebee mobile back out...

[@jakemichael8586]

forget 2.5 inch coax go for open wire line! with 50kw you are a broadcast station! and the big boy stations use open wire line! with all the inflation from sleepy joe you are going to need to pinch the coin sum place in the radio budget to keep the kws flowing! that is one heck of a station. bet you can talk all the time as you can make conditions with that kind of power.

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

Sorry 2 and 1\4

[@jakemichael8586]

@@BoxBuilderIdaho hah thanks for keeping it real. but looking at the cost a was thinking open wire balanced line as the cost is low as well as low in the loss department. wonder if there are any stations that use balanced line on 11m at 10kw+. now for a good laugh when I first got on 11m I used scrap rg6 from cable tv co would get spools for asking that had under 400 ft would use half wave multiples so it would play nice in a 50 ohm system! has the same loss as 213u! was a good way to get all 20w to the antenna!

[@2000freefuel]

@@jakemichael8586 heh a magnetic loop antenna at those power levels would look epic.

[@jakemichael8586]

@@2000freefuel it would be interesting!

[@allen_steel1236]

God damn two and a quarter inch hardline, that is incredible. That's what we were using to connect the 40 KW GPT shortwave transmitters, that were being used for data relay. It was an upgrade after the 7/8 Andrews flashed over

[@dwightbrown2808]

Does anyone ever get caught?

[@allen_steel1236]

The FCC is too busy chasing down pirate FM radio stations in New york, and trying to regulate the internet. The only thing they enforce is when someone has money at stake. And since citizens band is not interrupting any commercial broadcasters cash flow they're not going to do much about it. They might bust one station every decade or so just to make him seem like they're doing something. But the FCC is nothing like they were in the 1970s. Most cities don't even have field offices

[@vnonkwinn6233]

Thats real radio station SHIT, Not cb, No fcc raids.

[@foxhound4748]

💯❤it!

[@daviddahlgren9603]

I thought four watts was . . .

[@allen_steel1236]

Equivalent for Watts DC into the output stage, for a RF output of 3 watts into 50 ohms. Was the standard for Citizens Band radio. It's like the posted speed limit, if you choose to go over it it's up to you, and and that you're lucky every time, because they only have to be lucky one time.

[@aaronhansen6977]

i got that stick no# 1 target

[@SDS-1]

👍👍👍

[@alancain4758]

Well done my friends,,, 538 RC Seattle,,LMAO

[@antenna1969]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@CanuckMark]

Radio Canada 1121 👋🏻👋🏻

[@crazybonescbshop4602]

smokennnnnn

[@davidaguiar4595]

Aloha 🤙🤙