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Cb & Ham Radio concept
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My set up.. President Lincoln 2 plus, Cobra 138a with a siltronix model 90-5 vfo, Cobra Cam 89 and Johnson Messenger 223. Antennas.. home brew full wave 12-10 meter Delta Loop, Jo Gunn Hillbilly. Carl built c80 amp, rm Italy kl203p. Microphones Turner plus 2. & plus 3.
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Skip wide open this morning
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Finally got some good conditions! Time to fire up the old school cobra 138 and the jo Gunn hillbilly! #jogunn
Looking for a 90-6 vfo
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If you have one of these or know where I can get a siltronix model 90-6 vfo in good working condition drop me a comment!
Let’s take another look at the bill2 fcc
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Decided to do another video on the bill 2 fcc It’s a small little radio that would be great for camping or a side by side even in a Jeep!
Fixing the lil Wil antenna
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After finding the break in the outer part of the coax and making a new top element I got the swr down to an acceptable level. Actually better than it was new!! Please consider subscribing and give the video a thumbs up 👍 73!
Parts radios for Sale one is free!
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Time to clean out my shack and thin out some of these radios! If interested email @ kf4zqw1@yahoo.com. Please keep emails respectful.
Microphone Test!
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Hello radio! Which one of these old Turner mics do I like best? Which one sounds cleaner over the air…?
Afternoon skip 7-05-24
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Decided to check out the skip after work and it’s rolling in and out, changing direction ect.. lol got to love radio.
Happy 4th of July!!
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Hope you’re having a great 4th of July and enjoying your time with family and friends! 73 de cb & ham radio concepts!
Working the pile up on 27.3750 lsb 06-22-24
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Working the pile up on 27.3750 lsb 06-22-24
Mother Nature going crazy! 27.3750 lsb
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Mother Nature going crazy! 27.3750 lsb
Is that CB radio or HAM you're talking on.? It's amazing that guy from Atlanta Georgia came through with all the buildings. Anywho CB or HAM?..👍
@@maverick4080 that’s a cb. My old 23 channel cobra 138 that I modified to work on 40 plus channels. Think he was south of the city.
Love my 138
@@Craig-sz9yb there good radios for sure just old but that’s ok!
@cbhamradio1507 I'm Old too lol
@@Craig-sz9yb so am I. lol. I bet ya not many of these new radios will last as long as the old school ones built in Japan have. 😉
Too late… 😂
¿ Donde conseguiste las abrazaderas ?
@@llave25 can you translate in English please.
would you recommend this for portable use? I am looking for a antenna that performs well on 20 and 40 meters. I was going to mount it to a construction tripod and lay radials out I have a ft891 with a tuner.
@@davidbrennan5 yeah it would be great for that. Let me know how it works out for ya.
@@cbhamradio1507 ok Im going to pull the trigger, seems like a steal at this price, I have a hustler 6btv at home and it has been great for hf.
@@cbhamradio1507 I will let you know... I think the extra performance will out weigh the extra setup time and it won't break the bank.
You ought to look at putting a dds to it in a outside box.
@@miker8379 I’ve been thinking about doing that. The dds box is real nice and would be lot more stable than the siltronix vfo. Good idea!
@@cbhamradio1507 those guys here in Texas have a old video of doing that to a tram I think. Think they sell the kits. Waiting list for them to install is about a year I think.
@@miker8379 wow. Long time waiting list. It’s something to really look into. My Johnson messenger 223 would benefit big time with a dds box. Johnson made some crazy crystals
Have you checked with tram dr?
@@miker8379 no sir
👋 to late for short version 😂🍺🍺
Dropping the maul. :)
@@agoraphobicadam1171 more like a baby claw hammer. lol.
As the founder of the Original 26.805 FM Calling channel. Its hard to believe our group and frequency was established 3 years ago on JULY 31ST. Still talk DX on FM on 26.805
Awesome! I hope to get a simple 10 meter radio by the end of this year. KO4HPC 73 David.
@@agoraphobicadam1171 I was surprised I made the contact on 2 watts. lol didn’t have to run the power that low but sometimes it’s fun to try qrp. More of a challenge. That little Lincoln has been a great radio so far and from what I’m seeing the new Washington is going to be a great rig. I’m working on a hf rig hopefully by next week I’ll have one on the way. 73 Kf4zqw 👍
You can run 10w SSB if you want
@@miker8379 I just wanted to see if I could make a contact running qrp. It’s fun when you can use less power and make a contact. To me anyway. Most of the time especially on 10 & 12 meters I run about 100-150 watts. Having good conditions and a good antenna makes low power fun! I’ve never needed to use over 200 watts! I used 2 watts! It’s just a hobby and trying different things is what’s it’s about!
Is this homebrew loop and what are the specs?
@@jamesabc372 yes it’s the home brew loop. All 3 sides are 12’ 3”. With a 7’ 3” piece of 75ohm coax that hooks one end to the bottom of the loop other end to your 50ohm coax. I got more videos on the build of this antenna!
For me it’s in order SSB, Am, Fm. But really it’s anywhere I can get a conversation. I want to at least know what you’re running if you don’t mind saying. I’m not interested in all this waving a hand crap. Seems more conversation might be on am. Pretty dang quiet today.
@@miker8379 I like to at lest have a small conversation over the air also. I do ham radio also but it’s got to the point of cq contest your 5/9. I hate that. Always have in my 27 years of ham. Guess that’s why after 50 years of cb I’m still talking on it. lol. I’ve done fm on cb with good luck at times. Seems like skip is either wide open or nothing. My main rig is my Lincoln 2plus but for am I use either a ge 40 channel mobile or my cobra cam 89 23 channel. Sometime I use the old Johnson messenger 223 tube rig. It’s a hobby I’ve enjoyed along time.
I've had an imax 2000 for about 10 and it just started having issues so maybe that one again because it never failed me
Call the Zoo Keeper 👋
Like me - use until it is unusable. I hate chucking stuff that can be repaired away. 73
@@johnnorth9355 yeah I’m the same. Until it can’t be fixed or cheaper to get a new one use it!!
Easy enough to go perm repair cut out the 1" damage prep and fit 2 pl259 connectors and wrench tight a female to female " barrel" I saw insulation damage just taping it w ill only seal the problem in and if it gets wet soak up water and intermittent probs will prevail
@@user-ef3nu1eh7z probably one day just replace the coax with new. Right now I mainly wanted to get the whip adjusted. But I thought about doing it the way you’re talking about.
SSB
Friday was a good day for me. Maybe something to do with that front coming through. Dead Saturday. A little something this morning in dfw.
@@miker8379 Friday night here was great and Saturday was good but today “Sunday” been kind of quiet.
Turner +3 was designed for ssb Both aregood microphones The the three has compression and standard switch ( some later models) as i saidethe label on most +3 mikes says ssb behind turner 3
@@user-ef3nu1eh7z my plus 2 has the ssb on it. Yeah both are good mics and preform well when you set them right. Personally I prefer the Turner over a d104. Not taking anything away or downing a d104 just my preference!
@@cbhamradio1507 I have only used D104 s never owned one saw beautiful night eagle somewhere only 45 $ the black base and chrome trim with the eagle on back of mic head good looking teMpted to buy but my radio is on a wire shelf which has my night breathing machine on it and my power supply runs with fan 24/7 vibrating the shelf my 104 6b mobile mic picks up that fan at audio level of 4-5 on mic and open on radio radio alone with stock mic picks up my watch Pomeranian other side of house!!!
Happy 4th man. 697 Middle, .TN. KO4HPC 73
@@agoraphobicadam1171 Happy 4th! 892 Kansas/ Kf4zqw 73.
SSB
Can't wait to see the silituner running had best friend using tram diamondD with siltronics 90 back I,n day of the 23 çhannel radios went to 5065 easily and back then those were silent but for couple sliding ham operators Used starduster and pdl2 Have a good 4th keep healthy,wealthy,and wise 🎉🎉💥🧨🎊🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
@@user-ef3nu1eh7z the siltronix vfo I’m using on the 138a is model 90-5. It works great after you let it warm up some. I can go up to 27.6050 before the power starts to drop off on the radio. I had a mark 3 golden eagle back in the 90’s with a siltronix vfo. Now days I do both ham and cb but lately it’s been more on cb than the hf radio. Enjoy the 4th and thanks for watching!
How good is the bill 2 on the bench.
It’s good. Not a lot of “swing” but for something easy to use and pop in a small car when traveling it’s great. Audio is very clean. I got it for when we travel. It does have the weather band which is nice. Bottom line it’s not a power house rig. But for something to take on road trips or camping I like it.
Happy 4th. 697 Middle, T.N. KO4HPC 73
Happy 4th! Kf4zqw 73
I am a AM person at heart grew up in the 80s and 90s every one had a CB lots didn't have phones I mean even a landline house phone where I grew up but since FM is legal now on 11 meter it's better at times for local talk and I enjoy 26.805 FM when conditions are good... I know FM is great anyway for local communication from using MURS Band and Marine VHF radios... I Sideband talk less and less, I use to really enjoy it but it's gotten terrible... Majority of the operators seem to be increasingly rude or sometimes 38 LSB sounds almost as bad as channel 19 on the CB on a Friday or Saturday night in the early 1990s in Salem, MO which is the town I grew up in LOL and it was really really bad at times although entertaining 😂! Not trying to ruffle anyone's feathers that is Sideband only...
I agree about 27.3850 lsb. It can get bad sometimes. I like fm sometimes and go down to 26.805 sometimes and listen to see if anyone is on. It’s getting where I run Am side a lot lately lol. Most of the time when skip is rolling good I’ll go to the Freeband part. Thanks for watching!
My area had burps of skip only 10-15 min at a time plus my coax jumpers developed shield issues and couldn't locate which one or if more wierd thing didnt seem to effect my swr stayed 1.1+ entire time As well as lying output level it was showing my galaxy99v2 pumping just 50 watt but radio was set to top at 42 pep ?? Still good swr so i believed it
I'd just like to have my Antenna Specialists "Tri-Beam" on a 50' Rohn tower back. It worked just fine and directional with no rotor to fool with.
Awesome!
I probably should not do this, but I'll comment for anyone who might be interested. An end-fed half-wave antenna should not require any ground plane which is why half-wave antennas are almost always used on boats and other non-conductive surfaces. They require a matching network of some kind (such as a transformer) at the feed point to bring the super-high feed-point impedance down to 50 ohms. Half-wave antennas such as the old Radio Shack and the Venom (and the various copies) are 18-feet long and often have short non-resonant radials which are used for capacitive loading only (which is why adding ground-plane radials to an A-99 makes no sense). A 5/8 (0.64)-wave antenna is 22-feet long and must usually have a resonant ground plane to work against because it is 3/4 wave electrically, with part of the radiator inhibited to create gain which is accomplished by either a coil (like the old A/S Super Magnums) or linear-loading (like the Penetrator). You cannot turn a 1/2-wave into a 5/8-wave and vice versa without a major change in the antenna's design. All the best!
This one is going in the parts bend for future projects or replacement parts for my delta loop. One can always use extra tubing for something one day!
I agree with you on this.
I had a friend in the day that had the entire library as well as the secret cb library he did not want to miss a radio
I’m working on getting more of them. Nice to have them around!
@@cbhamradio1507 did they not stop production in early 2000s????
@@cbhamradio1507 did they not stop production in early 2000s????
@@user-ef3nu1eh7z I think so. You can still find them on eBay.
I've had a few of these types of antenna. They seem to use poor quality lead free solder with questionable solder joints. I had to rewind one of the transformers using 1mm magnet wire at 6 1/4 turns. This was for the 5/8th version with no radials.
I’m not very impressed by the solder work on this antenna at all. My thunder pole was the same way.
This antenna seems more for 11 meters than 10 meters. The elements are a little long for the best results on 10 meters. Also the height at the apex is a little high which will create additional lobes that will weaken the main lobes. I would not put above 8 ft at the apex. What do you think? Anyway a lot of good information for people thinking about the Delta loop antenna,a good starting point.😊
Strange thing about this crazy antenna if you set the elements at 12’3” it has a 1.1 swr from 28.00 to 28.550 swr on 11 meters 27.205 is 1.3. lol. Got to love antennas. I’ve had it at 8’ and now at 20’. Seems to work better at 10-15’ up. I built it just to see how it would work “even if it would” so far I like it. One day May try to add a reflector and see how it does. But you’re right it’s more of a 11 meter antenna and basically what I built it for. Had to do something with the scrap aluminum tubing! Add a tuner to it and you’ll get 12 out of that thing. Worked South Africa on 35watts on 12 meter voice. Thanks for watching 73
@@cbhamradio1507I'm happy it works out for you! So much for theory!😅😊 Although the bottom of the antenna up more than 10 ft will create additional lobes, but again that's just theory again!😊
@@jamesabc372 your right on the height. It seemed to work better around 10-12ft. You know sometimes you just have to try different things and see what happens! Guess that what makes this hobby fun! 👍
@@cbhamradio1507what are you calling "works better", the swr, strong contacts, noise receiver level?😊
@@jamesabc372 noise level low, stronger dx contacts,it’s somewhat directional. Swr is not that big of a deal to me but I got it around 50ohms think somewhere between 49 to 51 ohms. I like the antenna personally. 😉
AM
Yeah buddy! Ssb is my favorite but I still enjoy the AM side. Especially now that some have that sweet audio! Thanks for watching!
im new to this channel - can anyone please explain who mother nature is?
Another way of talking about Skip conditions.
@@cbhamradio1507 Thank you so much!
Sideband.
Sideband first but I still enjoy Am sometimes.
Ssb but the legalized FM is climbing quickly the skip capabilities are far better than I thought made several cross pond contacts where ssb waved too much FM at lower level stayed stable longer and quieter background noise
@@user-ef3nu1eh7z I’ve made a contact into Germany on fm running 35 watts. Your right fm is quite. I’ve done fm on 10 meters before and when the band is open it’s fun working dx on fm. Thanks for watching snd leaving a comment! 73
It's a 1/4 1/4 wave.....add the other three radials and you have the full 1/4 wave design. They make great antennas for VHF and UHF aswell. Hardest part is figuring out how to mount them.
My silver rod SWR is fine, so I'm a bit confused by how your SWR is not working, anyway I'm looking forward to seeing what happens good luck, Alan from ENGLAND 🍻💯👍
I have no idea why it doesn’t tune on 11 meters. lol I’ve tried everything. Oh well I need a 20 meter vertical! Thanks for watching Alan. 73
Ya should have extended all the bottom sections out and tuned the very tip section up and down… I had to move my antenna down nearly 1ft or more to tune…So it really shortened the antenna..from like 18 ft down to 16/12
I still have my directions
Glad I bought the 5/8 wave since it had to be shortened so much
You aren’t standing near your antenna are you ? Cause being close to the antenna will trying to tune will throw it off or if it’s near anything… I would adjust it down then put it up and check swr.. lower the section a bit then put it back up and so on until I hit 1.2
I actually hot into the fray today ,made bunch contacts it was fun but was also dealing with the cable server trying to get them to correct my y internet right after i ipgraded to the 1 gig down no sooner did they change my account speed my stuff failing and went slower!!!????!?!? And they want to send service tech , I taught 3/4 of the local techs over my 20 years with them since i was system technician back then i know trouble shooting!!
Love the way you untangle the mess - I have no such luck at the moment lol. 73
Boy it was a mess! Sometimes that’s fun other times it’s a pain in the bum. lol. 73 John
The mighty GE doing it's thing.
I never tried to make a contact. lol. You couldn’t make heads or tails out of that mess. Lol
Why does it have a feed on the radial? Is this to switch so you can use it as a horizontal antenna?
Yes. It uses two gamma matches. One for vertical and one for horizontal
just got one today, did you all ground it at the base pole mast ?
No I used a wire ran off the bottom clamp to a ground rod. It helps
@@cbhamradio1507 sorry ! it is exactly what i was asking! the antenna you connected to a ground rod in turn connected by wire to the base or pole or mast whatever very good.
Love your variety of radios.
I got more! lol most are old as heck tho but they work!
The wife and brood made me go for pizza buffet at the pizza ranch in town Being behind a walker was an issue no one paid atttention to me or the size mu walker every time tried in line it was empty too many cut in line from 5 directions
Oh man. Sorry to hear that. My wife is recovering from major back surgery and doing good but I understand about going to a store/ restaurant and getting no respect. Hang in there!
@@cbhamradio1507 my wife has had 7 ( seven ) lower back surgeries first two don't count the surgeon was a quack we didn't know until got to big city hospital where the specialist said " I know him, don't ever...ever go back there!!!" Wish there was ratings sites for surgeons and we could have gone second opinion took him 1 1/2 year to confirm the cracked vertebrae and then pushed for immediate surgery!!!?
Yep skip was great this morning - wall to wall French stations in the UK - pity I don't speak French lol.
lol do you want to speak French? lol I was hoping some uk would be coming but didn’t hear anything this morning. I really miss chatting with you guys. Especially the Scottish. lol they make me laugh for some reason. Thanks for watching John.
Hello john, good job buddy all the best from paul🇧🇪belguim🇧🇪 73's and good dx'ing my friend👌👍👏👏👏✌😊👍
Radios you can fix easy ? It will never catch on lol. 73.
lol. I know right. lol 73
Gorgeous radio...!!! I have the 323A Solid state. Still running
I love this radio all it needs is a good vfo due to some of the crystals being bad. I think I can get a dds vfo for it. At lest then it would have 40 channels! Thanks for watching!
@@cbhamradio1507Put siltronics .model 90 on it ( finished in gun metal grey) would really be an add on of style!!! Happy Father's Day to all the operators out there that pertains to
@@user-ef3nu1eh7z I wonder what model 90 would work on it. My cobra 138 uses a model 90-5. I like the gun Metal idea for the finishing
@@cbhamradio1507 I had a classmate in the 70s who had tram diamond 60( the 23 channel) tram at least as I remember it since that almost 50 years ago and his I think was basic just mod 90 he got 50 channels out of that radio A little odd looking the vfo looked far taller than that mobile
Beautiful
Yeah buddy!
Letting the old girl warm up and hopefully have some dx on the am side. Just can’t beat the tx and rx audio on this radio.
Great stuff. I have heard some very long skip from the Americas last night SSB in the UK but my 10 watts was not enough to get through. 73.
Once the conditions at good level. Your 10 watt can make the whole pond take it from someone that has run mfg levels since the 70s and talked around the worlD on it last surprise this spring got to so Africa one of the continents I never hit now since made most areas I found an hidriv 250 at decent price and put it behind my back up radio uniden grant lt and hardly have to repeat make. Contact on first try