Realistic CB Walkie Talkie-Features/Power & Range Test: TRC-226, TRC-216, TRC-99C, TRC-100B, TRC-101

[@mightysaturn5133]

I have about 70 old school walkies, always planned on doing a range test, this is a great video and thanks for making it -and if I'm not mistaken every TRC-99 I've owned doesn't have a seperate mic in spite of using the same chassis as the 100B which does

[@musicman364]

70 of these cool old radios (?), you got me beat!. . . haha. On the mics, they have inputs that say "mic", yet I've seen nothing out there at all, ever - oh well. I'm about half way through the next video, this time it will be the Midland 13-763 (I have two). I'm planning on doing videos on all the walkie talkies seen in the intro. Thanks for the comment, nice to know there's a few people that appreciate these radios.

[@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715]

Well done! For some reason I have never had good luck with the radios of the 70's. guess I have bought duds. Yours did well.

[@musicman364]

Well, some may need some servicing. I would like to have some of mine looked at. Hoping someone will recommend a good radio technician in the chat.

[@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715]

@@musicman364 the problem I have had is every tech I have know does not work on handhelds. I bought a midland 75-822 from bells cb . used it twice and put it up. then 2 years later took it out and no receive. I called bells cb and they dont work on em either. only mobiles or bases. I called midland and they told me that they dont even work on them after they are out of warranty.

[@survivalcomms]

That is a cool collection. I have 15 or so CBs in my collection but not many handheld ones. I did a vid on old school Emergency rescue CBs a few months back . Thanks for sharing !

[@musicman364]

Thanks very much for leaving the comment! I jumped over to your channel and the field phone video came up. I had to learn how to set those up when I was in the Army (in the 80s). I'm looking forward to watching your videos. The next walkie talkie video I do will probably be a lot shorter - maybe next on a couple Midlands. Take care.

[@survivalcomms]

@@musicman364 You are welcome !

[@mariorossi8800]

very interesting video,, if you allow me a comment, I consider President Randy the worst (in reception and transmission) among your exellent olds walkie talkies and having put it in reception has maybe distorted the test. Ciao from Italy

[@musicman364]

@mariorossi8800 - thanks for commenting. I do like the old walkie-talkies the best. I went back and listened to the Randy II at 41:36, and it sounded okay to me. Are you sure you weren't thinking of the TRC-216? That one had a bad transmission with lots of distortion. It may have been because of the broken antenna, which I am going to replace. I will be doing more videos of the old ones seen at the intro to the video over the coming months. Thanks, Musicman364.

[@mariorossi8800]

ciao , you are definitely right, my opinion that I gave of Randy was based on a video by Knoxieman, ((English youtuber passionate about walkies and repairers) and I don't know which type was perhaps defective... I'm a walkie enthusiast too since as a child in the mid-70s, perhaps because I dreamed of having a toy with a range of more than 30 metres.. but I didn't have money to buy good stuff.