How To Mod The Radioddity CB-500 To A 10 Meter Ham Band Radio
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Here we take a look at the Radioddity CB-500 transceiver. While this radio arrived as a CB radio, performing a simple modification converts this radio into a great little AM/FM 10 Meter radio with upto 15 Watts RF power output.
If you want a 10 Meter radio that covers SSB, then you will need to look for a different model and spend a little more money.
CB-500 Available from the links below for purchase or further information.
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Anytone AT-500II
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No sideband kills it for me. Shame (actually the lack of a proper VFO also kills it).
Unless I can plug in a key…
But that hasn’t stopped me in the past :-)
Cool radio!
Nice radio and mod, very cool. 👍
WX is usually just fine as long as you do not have a low pass filter installed. If you do have a low pass filter in line with the antenna it pretty much kills VHF receive.
Easy mod! I would want a dedicated 10 meter band with SSB though, so I will look for another transceiver, but thanks for the demo!
Thanks, but no thanks... I'd love to see a similar model (size, power, dimensions) with SSB. Any chance you test one soon?
What is the 10m FM and AM activity like currently. Do many use AM? Last year I was monitoring 29.600 and slightly higher and was Pleasantly surprised to hear some USA (I am UK) also I noticed how low the noise floor was - atleast 3 s points lower than the CB bands which must really help DX. Great video and production as always. 👍
great video...but if i just wanted the CB band, but a bit more power, just move the jumper from 1-2 to 2-3 and i can adjust the power up in the menu? don't cut the white wire if i want to use the cb bands too?
My friend from across the pond, do you happen to know if the radio is capable of accessing the alpha channels in the 11 meter band?
If you do the mod n this does it take the CB channels away and it’s only ham after the mod or can you use the mod for CB
Kind of hard to see the signal scale on the left of your band scope display but the adjacent channel spurs looked to be a bit high.
i find it ABSURD ABSURD ABSURD!!! that the FCC would allow unlicensed FM use below 29MHz, but even licensed techs can't use FM on 10M. ---shaking my head---
IARU-R1 has a tiny FM portion in the 10m band, but nobody uses it for some reason.
That was weird, AM sounded clearer than FM, although that might be down to the bandwidth on the SDRUno receiver?
What!? For me the FM sounded muuuuch clearer than the AM.
Also known as the Anytone AT-500M
It's "Radioddity", not "Radio Oddity".
AM and FM radio is still usable on 10m, but not as the SSN ones.
In the USA they have an old 10m AM network, (arround 29.000 MHz) most modified CB radios (wich is an interesting concept).
Simplex 29 MHz (in the apropriate frequencies), with some 50 or 100W amplifiers give the best results on ground wave (and also some skip in proper day)
Okay, how did you get the Greek guy on CB talking about modifying CB's and saying to Leonidas "watch the video"? 🤣🤣🤣
The WX radio transmitters in north America are high powered. So even with a poorly tuned antenna they can be received.
It’s something we don’t have over here in the UK, can they be listened to literally anywhere in the states then?
@@TechMindsOfficial There are some low population areas in the west that are not covered well but in most other places they are easy to pick up. NOAA WX broadcast is narrow FM and transmit at 5kw ERP. From my house I can receive 3 of 7 stations on a cheap handheld.
i can pick them up a trc-475 hand held. atleast the one for my area anyway.
Great for leaving it on 29.62mhz to monitor the FM repeaters for a band opening.
hey put your thinking cap on and you could fit a switch to the wire you cut and have it opened up fully , flick the switch your in cb mode flick back and you have ham mode , will be buying one of these and fitting a ham switch . great bit kit
Typical UK CB chatter? :)
Great radio for 10 meters repeater.
That high power ~17 watts setting works on CB as well?
Probably not.
Messy display. I'm probably old fashioned but that doesn't impress me at all. 🙂
Is the 10m used much?
Yes. Very. Great DX band.