Fatboy's The Story of 398 pills &1 Truck

[@jamesoverstreet35]

Brother your Vid's are by far the most "Unbiased" TRUE to the FACT informative as well as VERY Accurate & ENJOYABLE CB & Linear Amplifier Build/Repair Vid's that I have Ever Witnessed !! I'm an "Old School" CB'er & Basically just listen to "Skip" because my old mobile/Base Galaxy CB radio & 75' tower with rotator & Macon 105 Five element antenna & 900 amp Peter W. Dahl variable voltage power supply is all that's left after my Base Station was Destroyed by a "Tornado & i lost everything & had to start over !! I miss all of my Base & mobile CB's, amp. 's extensive electronics parts, tools, old tech manuals etc...... Most of All I miss building/repairing Amplifier's for friends & Family members!! & That's one VERY important thing you BLESS me with in your Vid's even though i' m not doing the Building you make me feel like I am right in the middle of your Builds/Repairs & each time I watch one of your vid's I'm drawn back to a moment in my past that I had to do something not exactly what you're vid's about but something similar enough to "Jog" my memory !!! Again I say THANK YOU for ALL you do & PLEASE keep the Vid's coming as I'm an AVID fan & look forward to ALL of your videos !!! GOD BLESS you & Your's From me & Mine !! "Shotgun" 547 South Magnolia, Ms.

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

@@jamesoverstreet35 I try. I can do better tho. Thank you

[@Tekenduis98]

As a Canadian this culture of automotive radio enthusiasts amazes me. I wouldnt have known how much dedication and sheer analog performance was involved had you not started this channel. Thank you! I forgot to mention the fact that these stories are documented in what is inevitably a dying art.

[@bigbirdexplores1919]

Honestly brother it’s good to actually see you. You are a legend

[@billpaulus3979]

Tony had two 325's on the top of the motor two 200's on the driver side of the motor and a165 for the van it's self on the lower right side of the motor. I built all the brackets and installed then in his driveway. That was some fun times!!

[@RichardValdez-oc7wp]

I drool every time I see all the bird meters & slugs in your shop!😮😊

[@tommyross2959]

That is Mike Stevens ( BB ) out of Eustis Florida old surban . The biggest box we ever ran was a 96 pill Foxy bult

[@tommyross2959]

But we did run cobiner boxes with 32 pills Dave made

[@tedbell4416]

Don't know very much about radios and amps but love all your videos explaining how this stuff works and how there is so much dedication to getting the peak performance out of all of it. Thanks for making these videos.

[@JayP7.62]

Awesome video! I love these stories! I’m running a fatboy 4 pill 2879C in my mobile at the moment.

[@joej6254]

7 Double Deuce Cadillac Mac Reno, NV. Great work BBI and Thankyou both for keeping the Olympic CB Sport alive. And Strong...

[@jimnunya1253]

What up 7 double deuce!!! Reno Radio with the afternoon wave!!! Poopsack reading the mail!!! I typically don't include my handles in my chit chats on Facebook or KZbin or anywhere but seven double deuce you squeezed it out of me my G!!! Now I'm going to follow you and sub you😮😅😅😅 Yes I do have the lithium and yes I do have the 667 and everything sort of ready to go but me. Oh and because my van got towed quite a few months back and they didn't take the antenna off it!!!!! That poor thing looks like my scoliosis spine now. I'm pretty sure they put the van on a freaking flatbed truck. I don't think they've ever hauled anything that high!!!! Even the bottom of the antenna was mangled. I think I got it mostly straightened out. I got to get myself straightened out!!

[@randyguay7115]

Mr. Luke , i do love your traveling work videos . I do hope to see more. 199 florida georgia line.

[@minibikemadman]

thank god for fatboy..we are very lucky to have tony and crew to help support us.

[@4nk8r]

Awesome video ! Capture a legend . What a down to earth guy . Looking forward to more like this . Luke keep doing what you do (great content ) . Ps. Looking forward to seeing you back to 100%

[@TonyReilly-mt7uu]

GREAT INTERVIEW!!! Enjoyed it, sure beats any crap hollywood produces these days. Real life and truth straight from the source. Thank you BBI.

[@crazybonescbshop4602]

Big thanks to Ica and you Bbi for bringing the best content ever to the radio community

[@VNV67]

I am not into this hobby, but I watched this with to learn a bit about this hobby. I started in CB back in 1973 with a Old Johnson shoebox with I think was about 2 1/2 watts. It was from a Taxi Cab in Glen Burnie, Maryland. I didn't get my Ham Radio Call until 2000. I really enjoyed this video. Has Penta Labs started making the 3-500zg bulbs yet?

[@GaryYoull-u5c]

Keep up the great work…mr BBi you are awesome guy…..great content pushing the cb radio community further on……..I do my little part by being a patron supporter of you, we should as individuals reword these people for the content they create. Come on everyone show your support not only bbi but any content creator you watch regular.. these mini programme's cost MONEY TO CREATE…

[@xXxWoNdEreR7XxX]

I was at LaGrange...the side line bets were crazy$..best shootout I've ever attended

[@wwest5913]

Amazing as all ways. I had purchased a CBS-32 and called to made sure I had done it correctly ( later remembered that I didn’t order the pill strips, I will make another couple supplies order ) and emailed to say thanks for the lady that was so helpful and polite. And late one evening received email from charger Anthony took the time to reply back ok cool if l needed help. He was working late. So thank to you sir BBI and fat boy ICA. Y’all’s information is appreciated. Thanks to you all.

[@SunriseCrawlers]

Thanks Luke for the history lesson. It's unfortunate that I can't buy that 32 pill right now

[@leonbrown3dtec990]

Well done 👏 thanks for visiting 158 nj 73" 😊

[@muddytiresclub4264]

This is soo great to have. This is our history. It’s such a small group of people even if you include everyone ever.. thank you bbi it does mean a lot.

[@bgvan37]

Tell the davemade story

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

This is one of these things that's very easy to say an easy to suggest an impossible to do..

[@minibikemadman]

hahahah yea some wild stuff went on back in those days hahha oh some of the stories I've heard...it is impossible to tell for sure.

[@338Houston]

Probably not impossible. I’m a no name guy from Texas that was invited to the camp and had dinner with Dave on his back porch

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

@@338Houston well sitting down and talking with somebody on their back porch is one thing. Getting on KZbin in front of everybody and talking about things as another. Dave is welcome to call me anytime and we'll set it up other than that it's all theoretical

[@1883GotDown]

For that story to be told....truthfully...DAVE is the only one that can do it. Just like Luke Said.

[@captainmidnight5958]

...happy to see Mr. Nobody getting a shout-out in the first page of the credits. The dude is first page material. 👍

[@bytorz]

Awesome story thanks for putting this together...The first thing that came to mind was "fuck it, go for it"

[@JesusGomez-sv4fj]

Awesome 😊I would never get tired of watching your video

[@Z28videogates]

Curious you mentioned he grudge matched with AC sky's, how did he do?

[@Bradleyscience]

Very well done and most enjoyable. Cheers

[@JeremiahNastasi]

Thanks for taking the interest and time for all of this... was good times back then and I had only 1 goal then....DOMINATE...✔️THAT....427out...

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

Its my job...

[@CaptainD717]

These series are the 💥 That 32 pill makes my dreams of upgrading to a 8 pill seem 🤣 love the videos BBI

[@creekrunner2078]

Awesome! Love the history lessons and love all my fatboy products. Just my 2 cents for the doobaly do!

[@pauljb1979]

I love the old cb stories

[@luke8210]

Mr Luke, I have a question for you about grounding. As in grounding a hv box. Its a single desktop unit. Not a split type. My question is, for grounding. Should i run a dedicated ground? My house ground rod is directly throu the wall. Should i use that or install a new copper clad rod? Sorry for the long one. Luke....in AZ.

[@jimnunya1253]

96, that's insane. It's the kind of box that requires a separate trailer with an engine mounted just to run more alternators! I couldn't imagine going out to talk from the mobile and requiring 2 full tanks of gas and a foil hat to get'r'done. ⛽

[@hardhead7056]

That fine Gentlemen could make an expert interrogator scream and run out of the room..😄 Definitely a great video to put up for posterity. 👍

[@KaylansDrone]

Great story here. BBI is the guy i wish i had as a neighbor. But still i have learned alot from these videos.

[@Foxman362worldradio]

Cool video Mr bbi.

[@bytetom]

Hey Tony! Really love your story and heard Jersey then heard blueberries. I was trying to guess where it was and could only think of HAMntn (purposely obscured city name). As soon as you said AC I said OH SHIT I have to say Hi. When I was a early teen I would stand on the boardwalk in ventor trying to make contacts on a radio shack handheld. Anyways... I went to old Trenton Ave HS. Lived over in Chelsea Heights. Live in Neb now. Got older and loved talking trash up the WHP. Eventually came across ham radio when a neighbor demo'd a phone patch.

[@SouthernFarmingTV]

What an excellent presentation. Fatboy has always had a big name for quality around here. Appreciate the knowledge and the people. Cant wait to put my shit back up and maybe buy me some bbi in the next year. 211 superfarmer west tn back quiet

[@356byu]

He's needs a msd box 😅 instead of cb radio having fights on the radio lol😅

[@trentduncan60]

great video from 2 of the baddest mofos in the game! 007 IN HAWGYARD waving

[@chickenhawknwc]

I believe that was BB old truck

[@computernuts69]

It was 😊 R.I.P BB definitely miss him

[@electromechanicalstuff2602]

That bench, those meters look awfully familiar..... I swear ive seen that in a "new" xforce video. His kid the one that bought xforce?

[@hankhalbert6542]

Those Half Wave Directors came into play as well!!!!

[@curtiswest4272]

The one time I had to talk to the "boss" at FatBoy I was on the phone 5 min with him and felt bad I was taking up his time! Now I don't feel so bad 🤣

[@PY2ECM]

Woww... Awesome video.... Congratulations... Cheers from Brazil...

[@pauljb1979]

I'm in Maryland, I've seen this truck on a trailer a few times

[@DonkeyStomperProducts]

Good video/story Thanks

[@AdamosDad]

Lincoln stopped here in Greensburg, Indiana. I can take you to the spot, but no one wrote down what he said, which to me is more than sad.

[@TedCookHVAC]

Dang what the heck kind of batteries were in that truck !?!?

[@jtcgunn]

Man what a great time that was.

[@basicinfo.9315]

I can hook you up with one of muscle man's best friends in Flint Michigan if he is willing. I worked for muscle in the beginning. 445 might have a piece of history in his possession. Been to many shootouts with Larry and 445. Junkman and Muhamnad Ali also spent a lot of time at Muscle Man's house.

[@basicinfo.9315]

445 may have a piece of granddad and old granddad. After muscles death the amps were separated into pieces and shared between his wife and 445 as far as I remember.

[@Jagd_Adventures]

Is Mohamed Ali still on the air? I haven’t heard him in a couple years.

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

Set it up...

[@basicinfo.9315]

@@BoxBuilderIdaho I sent him a message. I moved my family to Tennessee 30 years ago, but he is still in Flint. Muscles death is a pretty sensitive subject with him. The number behind your bench in your videos, would that be the number for him to contact you?

[@tin_man_t]

Surprised they weren’t using diesel engines for this. Loads of torque and heavier components.

[@kevinraynor9116]

I wish I'd of known you was coming to Richmond va. I'm in powhatan va. And would have Really liked to have at least put a hand shake or fistbump. Sweet p ( 696 in the Styx of ptown). Im saving up to try and get you to build a box and power supply. 73s

[@youtubeaccount931]

I saw the video and interview, i know it happened. But I still can't believe it. 10k Amps....

[@caciqueguerrero2364]

Love it ...we all have a story ...73 ...

[@towerman75]

I don't understand, if you are keying 60 to 65KW, aren't you sitting in a microwave ??

[@travishorn1847]

Not at all when you have a amp room separating made from concrete

[@ljubomirculibrk4097]

Its lower frequency, going in rf dummy load or after a long cable to external antenna. If you are near you get warmer for shure, but RF for most goes thru the top layer of the skin. It high power, but in radio-tv transmition its even higher, much higher. Aircraft long range radars are known to fry rabbits alive near airfield tracks. But thats MW power level (short pulsed thou).

[@jamesmelton37KS]

I will say this I ordered a N line section connector about a year ago from Tony and it wasn’t 20min after I placed the order my phone rang, caller ID says Egg Harbour, NJ 🤔 I answer and he tells me hey this connector you ordered I’ve got legit Bird pulls, they’re 100% but they are used, I can save you a bunch over the one you ordered, or I can send you what’s on the order it’s up to you….straight up honest dude who truly cares about his customers and not just about his money! Because he could’ve pocketed the extra $20 he saved me on that connector and he also saved me on the shipping so I saved like $45 over the whole original order cost 😎👍

[@jamesmelton37KS]

All they did was build an external input and output tank circuit….thats all it was, look at a board in a amp, Rf comes in goes to the input combiner circuit, 100ohm resistors and the input cap, the coax leads come out and run to the input stages of the 2 or 4 or 8 pill sections depending on how the amp is made and what size it is, the rf comes out of the output transformers to the output combiner, ring of 100ohms, output tuner to the output side of the relay out to the so239….they basically built a 320 pill box in 10 different cabinets externally combined on the input and output sides

[@patrickwilson9076]

Good stuff, Man!!!

[@tunafish3216]

Great video. I would love to donate maybe someday. I’m 73 years old and love C.B. I’m on a very low budget .

[@1883GotDown]

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 brought chills to me literally when I saw and heard that....WOW!

[@The2Time4792]

Great video

[@ChristiannTyler]

This is truly insane I didn’t know stuff like this even existed.. me with my fatboy 2 & 4 pill thinking I’ve got the power 😂

[@Original427]

I couldn't even hear you guys talking during that time.

[@Walker_328]

So cool

[@JamesBronson-hy3rb]

Man i gotta say you are looking good my man in that shirt and im only 2 minutes in to the video.

[@tc2425]

Jacksonville North Carolina - Camp Lejeune - 2nd Marine Division

[@chrislindsey1726]

Thanks, but adds popped up for me

[@deepwaterescue4u]

How much of a DK did that make

[@trucksmuguler]

Hello iwant to break burn and smoke all cbs back home where can I get a cb amp

[@trucksmuguler]

Please

[@hankhalbert6542]

“Slap off!!”

[@bparker86]

great production luke

[@arildoaparecidocosta5729]

Mr BBI ó melhor dê tudos os tempos produtores de amplificador bazuka Foz do Iguaçu PR Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@timoromeo7663]

Boy, how your coconut must be radiated.

[@deepwaterescue4u]

What is DC sky

[@jtcgunn]

no limit.

[@jordanhowell3870]

I love his story

[@lee28.78]

Happy Thanksgiving ,all😊

[@CripSkillz]

Hell yeah that was cool as shit,, Hey luke I don't know if you guys are ever looking for some worked glass chimney, I can do 75 mil 5mil thick 64mm inner dim,, so I'm thinking not just cutting the glass tube , I'm talking sick colorfull headdy glass lol

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

You need to make a replacement chimney for the 3-500 Z you'd make a fortune. Build a couple for me I'll put them on video and you'll sell them like hotcakes!!

[@CripSkillz]

@@BoxBuilderIdaho hell yeah, will do thx G, be a month or 2 till I can get back in the shop..whooo. Happy Birday yall

[@davidbrennan5]

lots of guys still run those tubes....

[@86jekstrom]

Thanks kid with the heads up. Me with no money lol lo go

[@georgemercado7160]

Who made fatboy amps?

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

Fatboy

[@cutoffnc]

Charger

[@minibikemadman]

Mrs f :) she builds some bad boxes

[@deepwaterescue4u]

398 pills wow how much power does that put out..

[@Tekenduis98]

On the bench it was INSANE, I imagine near unmeasurable in contest tuning!

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

60kw to 70kw+

[@spaceflight1019]

At 746 watts per horsepower...

[@deepwaterescue4u]

@@BoxBuilderIdaho wow unreal

[@Z28videogates]

They were sayin Bird watts, PEP would be over 100,000. Anyone know what the biggest AC sky's do?

[@theoldbigmoose]

Why are Suburbans the vehicle of choice and not say cargo vans?

[@spaceflight1019]

I could never figure that one out. 50 years ago there was a guy called Razorback who had a Corvair van with two 102" whips on the roof! With the amplifiers of the time he had no trouble talking to his family in Arkansas...or anywhere else! Consider this: at 746 watts per horsepower the amp makes 93 horsepower at 70,000 watts. It probably takes 185 to 200 horsepower to make that power. Plus, RF energy is dangerous. Old hams ran 1000 watts out into ladder lines. Most of those old guys wore their pants up to their armpits and died from leukemia, lung cancer, and brain cancer. Their wives died in the same ways.

[@bigdaadio.K2WW]

@@spaceflight1019 I call BS on the RF exposure. Great segment BBI, Very entertaining

[@spaceflight1019]

​@@bigdaadio.K2WWThere are published studies on the hazards of RF, but to make my point, medical machines that employed 27 MHz RF heating have been in service since WW2. You can buy one of these shortwave diathermy devices; the modern version is called a Rife machine.

[@spaceflight1019]

@@bigdaadio.K2WW Diathermy is a part of a complete physiotherapy regimen. The frequency and length of the treatments vary. Frequency: Shortwave diathermy uses a frequency ranging from 3 to 30MHz Usually a frequency of 27.12 MHz and a wavelength of 11 meters is used. Currents of such high frequencies do not stimulate sensory or motor nerves nor do they produce any muscle contraction. Shortwave diathermy can either be Continuous shortwave diathermy (CSWD). Pulsed shortwave diathermy (PSWD). Continuous short-wave diathermy: has a thermal effect more than pulsed, so it is generally used for its thermal effects whereas pulsed short-wave diathermy has athermal effects. Shortwave diathermy uses high-frequency electromagnetic energy to generate heat, in pulsed or continuous energy waves

[@buddyhaywood8469]

You still should have gave RIP his props you know how it happened..WOW TONY

[@throttlebottle5906]

oh just one more thing! 30 minutes later (or 3 hours). lol

[@MudDuckGames]

772 Michigan Mud Duck Radio saying thank you again BBI

[@unclequack5445]

What a grotesque waste of money damn this is an expensive hobby.

[@mikeanderson3565]

Best vidio you made should of dropped a 572 big block. My best to fatboy. I rather race the quarter mile. That is a waste of cash. I be seeing you on the base. I rather key a 100,000 watts on my huge beam. Be seeing you soon. Just remember small change in the big apple he had two 30,000's in the truck. He had a 83 Scottdale pick up. He had the biggest box. Go back 18 years. He had enough alternators about 22 he would of been king see you.

[@chrisscott1547]

Seems kind of silly to use so many bipolar transistors when you could use just a few BLF188s or similar Ldmos. Q. What are the tubes - some kind of capacitor? q. Where is the low-pass filter on the output?

[@buddyhaywood8469]

I could have told Tony Story better than him at least the latter part