New Uniden Pro 501 HH CB Walkie Talkie First Contact

[@musicman364]

Yes, I have a radio addiction too. . . ugh. I personally like Unidens. I have two PC-122s and they are awesome when mated with a D104M6B. It sounds like it was a clear transmission day. I sometimes use a walkie talkie in the car with an external mic and either a Wilson 1000 or a 1990s center-loaded Realistic antenna on a mag mount (1:1 match), and it gets out great. Thanks again for the video.

[@steve_niceguy]

I'm looking forward to your normal range test.... I think that video will be a big hit as people want to buy a nice handheld walkie talkie but never know which one to get... so they look for video's of all the ones you can currently buy ... all your videos are old handhelds that no one searches for.... but people are very curious whether to get the Uniden Pro 501 ... Cobra HH50 Midland 75-822 President Randy FCC II or the Uniden pro 538....... my choice would be the Midland 75-822, it gets the best range out of all of them!!! hands down!!!! ... the lowest watt one and my personal favorite is the Cobra HH 50... if you ever get a chance to get one... you will love it... best display.... feels great in your hand... easy button placement.... heavy duty belt clip long battery life. I think after you do your Range test of this handheld CB, Manufacturers will start linking your video to their product.... hell I may even leave a link on Amazon after you make it!!!!! make sure you tell them not to use it in a car! Steve

[@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715]

well lots do like to look at old radios. The TRC 216, and 214's get a lots of attention. That said I would not buy another 75-822 as I have one dead in the water right now with no receive, Midland will not even work on it. I used it 2 times in 2 years then the receive went. They said they dont work on them. why not use the HH50 in a Car?

[@steve_niceguy]

@@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 I'm sure you know..... a car is a giant Faraday Cage.... meaning Radio signals will not go in or out of a metal cage / or car... it has to have a CB antenna on the ROOF which plugs into the Antenna jack of the handheld....... people don't know that you can't use a rubber duck in a car..... they think you can be in the car with the handheld using the rubber duck antenna and it will work..... it will not get 50 feet!!!! even if you stick the rubber duck out the window!!!!! ...so 50% of the bad reviews come from people trying to use them inside a car... they get 50 feet of range and call the handheld a piece of junk and return it.... all because they don't know you can't use a handheld CB inside of a car... it needs the antenna outside of the car.

[@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715]

@@steve_niceguy for sure. if I use the pro 501 in the truck it will be attached to the antenna on the roof. My range test on this one is going to be with the rubber duck and the hyshrika out side of the truck then gonna get in the truck and use 3 different mag mount antennas on the roof.

[@steve_niceguy]

looks like you got a good one! it's amazing how many of these HandHeld CB's I find at our local Amazon return Center.... I think people buy them thinking they will put it in the car and be able to talk to people with that rubber duck antenna... and as we know a car is a large Faraday cage that will not let radio signals in or out of the car.... so they leave TERRIBLE feedback on Amazon and return the radios... if they would just put a normal magnetic CB roof antenna on the car and plug the roof antenna into the handheld it would have worked great! sad they get all that bad feedback, the manufacturer of the radios really takes a beating on the feedback just because people don't know you can't be in a car with it. ... when I do my handheld KZbin video's I'm going to state it can't work inside a car on every video to try to educate people know. that radio is ok.... I have three of those and they are all dirty shows 3.50 watts dead key the MOST of any of my radios... and on my Peak meter it shows 20 watts!!!! we both know that is impossible what's it doing is transmitting dirty across two channels and fooling my peak meter... but it's still a fun radio and I've got 3.5 miles clearly with it to my base.... my only complaint is that horrible belt clip.... they could have used a Potatoe chip that was stronger!!!!

[@klv400]

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