PNI HP62 UK CE-MultiNorm CB radio (mobile) - On The Air test

This time, Mr Chippie drives our usual 6 mile 'bad terrain for radio' test route to see how the PNI HP62 performs. Fine.
Recorded 6th June 2020
Richard G0OJF
Richard 2E0FKC
Lincolnshire UK

[@granttingle63]

Thanks for the test Richard. Worked better than expected and a few knobs too rather than death by buttons.

[@CTDX]

Quality of video yet again Richard well done keep it up

[@siobhansworld7054]

Don't really know what to make of this radio with the umbilical cord. Seems to come through clear when transmitting. Is it a Chinese copy of the alan 42ds

[@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21]

I think we are doing the Midland 42 this coming walkie talkie wednesday. Richard

[@siobhansworld7054]

@@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21 I'm looking forward to that. I used to own the midland alan 42ds. Also a president randy 2. The only thing needed for them is a super big antenna. As well as good weather.

[@knoxieman]

Super video, you do have to be careful as you say, the police can charge you with driving without due care and attention no matter what you are using, better to use a fist mike with no display, the camera that you are using here is amazing quality, any chance you can rig this and use it for the overhead shots when you are doing the servicing? superb work as ever from the both of you , much appreciated.

[@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21]

It's not the cameras that are limiting, it's the HDD hiband video recorder. I bought a £4000 medical grade HDD & it arrived not working, so it was back to HiBand. The videos are spot on into our CRT monitors here, but when uploaded youtube compress the s**t out of them. If I recorded the overhead stuff on one of the 4K Sony cameras we have, then it would just record to the memory card & there could be no picture-in-picture stuff, so would be pretty meaningless. Richard

[@musoseven8218]

Hi, Interesting review, interesting product, I'm still pondering it's uses🤔🤔🤔 Your Harrier base station, can I ask, what aerial you use please 👍😊 Thanks😊

[@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21]

The base aerial is an end fed dipole best described as a cheap copy of a Silver Rod 1/2 wave. This is a single story building & the aerial is mounted not quite as high as the roofline. Richard, G0OJF, UK

[@laurentiucalinescu3450]

You measured the power ? This radio should have 4w on low and 9 w on normal . At least this had the one i played with it .Pitty the speaker lacks volume and is hard to be heared in noisy cars or at high speeds .

[@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21]

I measured the power on the previous video...if it did 9W I'd report the fact to Offcom for investigation as to how if was approved!

[@BoB4jjjjs]

Shame it didn't come with a battery as well. Works well enough for what it is, better than I thought it would. Yeah, the police might mistake that at a glance for a mobile and after they went to the bother of stopping you, well, that might depend on the policeman or how nice you have been to him/her. Got to be PC these days lol, oh forget it!

[@26DR302]

Wanting to get my first CB rig. How do you rate the HP62 Vs the PNI HP8000/8001 models. Are they fairly comparable or does one have the edge over the other (purely from a RX / TX perspective). Thanks

[@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21]

I prefer the HP8001 by a long way. They out perform many £200 sets. The HP62 is OK as a 'from time to time' set. Richard, G0OJF, UK

[@26DR302]

@@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21 Thanks Richard, appreciate your opinion as you have tested many different types of rig. Many thanks. Anthony

[@joohop]

Impressive , How Old And What Price ? Great Test Lads Bless Up

[@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21]

Current model & around £69 Richard

[@joohop]

@@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21 Thanks Buddy

[@user-li3mk6wu9f]

How many watts do you use? 4 or 10 on fm mod ?

[@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21]

4W is the UK & European legal limit. Most sets will not quite produce 4W, at around 3.6W. Richard, G0OJF, UK

[@petruemanuelenache3706]

So clever.

[@ON3MR]

CTCSS ???

[@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21]

No CTCSS. Richard

[@Urkopop]

roger beeb ??

[@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21]

I've just looked in the instruction book for you & there is no mention of a roger bleep. Richard, UK

[@PEDERSTEENBERG-nv2id]

RANGE?

[@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21]

It's 4W so the same range as any other UK legal CB radio that does 4W. Our tests are always over a 6-mile test course of difficult terrain. Range is totally down to the aerial you use. I plugged into our base station aerial so will be up to 35 miles. If used in a car on a rubbish magmount, that could be 1.5 miles. Richard, G9OJF, UK

[@PEDERSTEENBERG-nv2id]

@@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21 WELL AM IN SWEDEN .. SAME RANGE HERE U THINK?

[@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21]

@@PEDERSTEENBERG-nv2id Yes.....but you'll be using the EU band which has more interference on it from distant users (it does here anyway!). These tests are nealy always using the unique set of 40 UK FM channels that are not available to other countries. That said, other countries also have some unique sets of channels too. You'll always know what band I'm testing. CB27/81, CB27/94 & PR27/97 all cover the UK set of channels. If I'm testing radios that are CEPT channels only, gthen that will be in the title. Richard, UK

[@cuneyttopcuoglu1485]

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