This might be the coolest CB Radio modification we've ever seen
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- Опубліковано 10 жов 2021
- The DDS VFO designed by PU4 WLG. troyradio.net/ddsvfo - Troy's Radio Service (TX) is the USA distributor for the DDS VFO. For outisde the USA contact PU4 WLG kitdds.blogspot.com/ This amazing device gives any CB radio extra frequencies, tuning adjustments, roger beeps, scanning, and more. (NOTE) Troy's Radio Service is extremely busy doing these modifications for customers so you likely will have to wait a bit but the wait is worth it! Works on all types of radios, turns 23 channel radios into 40+ export radios, gives SSB stability to radios with drift issues (Galaxy 959), and can fix radios with bad PLL sections that no longer have replacements available. Cost is currently $75 for the kit and $150 if you have Troy's install it.
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www.ddsvfo.com/ Unit costs $75, if you have it installed by Troy's add $75 = $150.
That is nice I just hope they make that for my 29 XLR
Not a bad price wonder what the install is like 🤔
Can this be installed into my President Washington base unit? I am a licensed HAM operator.
@@mikeshaffer2950 yes! If you’re in the USA contact Troy’s Radio Service TX for details.
This is soo cool wow do you know if they sell radios with these mods Installed?
Too bad my dad passed away 31 years ago. He was really into the modified radios. He would have loved this. I never had the passion for it like he and his group of buddies did. But I sure did wire up a few mic’s and radios for them back then. This bought back a flood of memories.
I just subscribe, had a cb radio 40 years ago lol guess very upgraded now also I was a 2 meter ham radio operator. Want to go back...katy tx 🙋🏻♀️
This is definitely a game changer. Within the RF limits of the radio, this adds some interesting capabilities. Back in the day, I spent so much time (& money) adding crystal banks with variable capacitors, so I could 'rubber' the crystals, and get them on frequency. The frequency counter cost me more than my radio! Technology has come a very long way.
was your rubberizing of the crystals done with a modified voice lock pot?? Cobra 138 with a crystal selector on the side? My stepfather had that and I believe he called it a slider.
That dude on channel 6 has been broadcasting since I was a kid in the early 80's. Same voice and everything. Never could use channel 6 because he was always blowing the doors off.
He was around in the mid to late 70's as well. I'd swear that's the same voice!
Believe it or not, I'm sure he is the same guy who regularly blasted right over the top of one of my neighbours who used a 3 element beam and lived about 200 yards away back around the same time. The rig I had then, a Robyn TR-123D, picked up signals from the USA when the skip was up better than local signals. I'm in Scotland!
I might even be able to verify that. I made a few cassette recordings of CB back in the day. Don't know what state they're in now, though.
Doesn't seem the FCC was/is interested in removing him from the air. I've heard him splatter all the way up to 19 on occasion. I think he's in Atlanta but not sure. Hate to pay his power bill.
@@828enigma6 He probably has a nuclear power plant in his back garden. :D
Yeah I remember him too this is all three and a half out here saying hello
I've been on the radio since 1977, This is Absolutely the coolest mod I've seen.
12ny...
LMAO An army of salesmen.
Wow...I didn't know CBMag still existed.My dad had a couple boxes full of them from the 70's in mint condition. Back when CB's were as common as cell phones today.
Really cool! Mods like this can really help to re-spark interest in the hobby!
Yes nothing like sparking interest with illegal mods
Catch ya up on "285" but Rambler can go higher. Maybe up to "405"
@@tramey1961 ok Mr. FCC. You on Biden's payroll?
@@YoYo_818 lol, if you want to experiment then Ham radio is where you need to be. If you don’t have the intellectual ability to do so then get out of the hobby. It is flat illegal to modify a Cb radio beyond fcc regulations period!
@@tramey1961 wow someone is salty
It is amazing to see how this come a long from the older style and Frequency counter
I'm from the 70's when CB's were booming. I did not know CB was still popular. I have one in a box somewhere. I wrote a program and wired the PLL to an Atari 800 PC and was able select any channel that existed within the bandwidth of the radio.
I'm from that era too
CB radio was our social media
DUDE THIS IS AMAZING I HABE ALWAYS LOVED YOUR CHANNEL MAN THANKS FOR THE TIME PUTTING THIS TOGETHER 73
HABE ?? & All in CAPS? What Are You LIKE 4? LOL
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I didn’t realize these radios still existed. This is great news.
Same. Brought back some memories for me. I had a modified 148GTL I'd use to talk to my brother in KC from Virginia Beach where I was stationed (1989?). I'm all in on Morse code in the ham bands now, but back in the day I could talk like a trucker with the best of them.
This is far and above what I was making and installing back in the 80's. I had a board that I built that would go from -79 up to 108, including the A channels. I was able to use the original readout and had it set up as 5, 40 channel bands. It used 3, E-prom chips. One ran the PLL, the other two ran the readout. At that time it was a pretty good modification, but it took up about a third of the room that the main PC board took up and was a bear to fit in, except if you were putting it in a Cobra 2000. This new mod looks like the cats meow. With modern microchips it'll be much smaller. I also installed FM kits. Not my own design, but pretty cool to have that mode.
Now that's a super nifty mod. Wish they would have had that back in the mid 70's when I was modifying PLL circuits on CB radios for folks. I would modify radios to go above channel 40 since back then 1 through 40 were so busy. I would modify a radio for $20.00 per radio. That included a couple of switches to switch to the upper channels. Things sure have changed since the 70's. W Rusty Lane K9POW in eastern Tennessee.
I bought a Grant from them with this mod done to it. Along with the digital RX mater and I also got the HF RX mod. So I can listen on 80 meters! Plus all kinds of features. It took 3 months to get it from Troy Radio, And the radio plus the mods was 300 bucks delivered. Hands down much better then anything new. That classic radio now out runs anything they make today. I have owned just about everything radio wise, but this is by far the best. The classic look, but all the feathers you could ever want. Plus having TX on all of 10 meters is great! And yes, I am a lic ham guy, before the PC police get all worked up.
Pc police are idiots . Have fun your own way I say.
Mike? Not sure I understand about "pc" police? "POLITICALLY CORRECT" ??? Have to give me a clue as to WHY would "they" be offended?? BLESSED BE!
@@jtc1947 there are folks out there that believe CB radios should not go above or below reg cb freqs. Even if your licensed to transmit there, i.e. the PC police.
@@MikeReed The world has changed A LOT since the old days of CB. The pc police need to get with the program.
@@jtc1947 I agree.
Wow, what a really neat upgrade! Wish it was available long ago.
I used to use my C.B. all the time. A lot of the guys have since retired and now I listen to audiobooks while out on the road. This mode is really cool. Almost makes me wanna get the old radio out and instal one.
i have the same feeling, maybe it's time to get in the attic boxes and mess around a bit!
It is good fun. With skip in lately there have been plenty if stations to talk to. Alot of garbage out there as well, but for the most part it is good fun.
Your right. It is the coolest ever.
Wish I had this back in my CB days.
It’s never too late to rekindle the CB years !!!
I've been corresponding with that shop in regard to my 138xlr. Just waiting for them to start accepting mail in work again. I'll also be adding the digital s-meter to mine. I specifically mentioned your video when I initiated contact. Thanks for posting this video!
All my gear goes to the guys at Troy Radio service!! Those guys are amazing.
I've got similar videos on my channel!
575 Dallas wavin them 73s
Nice! About time... been wondering about this chit for quite some time now -- glad to see it happen.
I had no idea old 80's stuff could do this, it's really interesting, thanks. I've some gear in the attic, might dig it out and fire up my old rigs for fun, still have a huge fibreglass twig on a 20ft pole on the roof. To be honest, i'm into digital encrypted 70cm/2m these days, the goal eventually being a private repeater for personal emergency use. Some of my fondest memories were skip waves coming over in the summer, listening to Americans chatting away. It was very interesting as a British kid back in the day.
Skip has been pretty decent for some time now!
Yeah, I do a lot of 2 meter FM here in eastern Tennessee. We have the best coverage with many repeaters on different mountains here. I've never seen any other area in the US that is as active on 2 meters as here in eastern Tennessee. Nets just about every night and one at noon every day of the week on RF linked repeaters. W Rusty Lane K9POW in eastern Tennessee
a nice mod. I wish that I had some one around here that works on radios and I loved the water fall. I have only seen this on the seventy three hundred ham radio.
and to think how stoked i was back in the day to get my 148 gtl limiter unlocked, 3 toggle switches up top for the extra channels, and an external frequency counter mounted. i almost want to buy another radio just to install this mod. this is a sick ass mod for those old classics!!! especially scan mode, i would have spent top dollar to get my 148 scanning the band.
Excellent video :) hopefully comes to Canada to radio shops and get installed and be so cool buy radio with installed too ! Amazing little device in radio to get in 40 Channel Am / SSB model and very nice invetention too !
Mega cool Neato. Wow. Love it. Especially an add to an elder radio, such as this exquisite Cobra model.
wow that's cool, kinda reminds me of the old 99 channel kits that a friend of mine sold in riverside california.
I have been dreaming about something like this for eons..awesome!
This is the coolest way to update a classic radio I must get this.
Makes me miss my old Courier Centurion with a Digi scan UFO on it.
That is a really nice feature for that radio.
Keep us posted on the new changes to the CB rules. The FCC allowing FM; & the new radios when they come out! Really neat gizmo, thanks for showing.
Have a look at the Australian made GME CB radios. (when the USA is allowed UHF FM CB radio) 🦘
This is really neat!! Kinda makes me wanna dig out all my old equipment.
That's a big ten-four good buddy!
Makes me miss the Galaxy 2100 I used to have
Troy Radio has modified every CB that I have with this mod.
We ate the TAFT group are glad someone picked this idea back up.
The guy that put these out going on 10 years ago stopped doing it.
What we hope is that these kits get to the level that other guys kits were at so we can do them, but they just are not there yet.
The Razor kits are closer, but those are not there yet either.
Refreshing to see some real innovation, huh?
@@littlerhino2006 It's not a new idea. It's old
We got these from the Brazilian guy after Rutherford stopped making his but his were cheaper, easier to install, and with less headache.
We think you can thank Mark Sperminator for that. The Brazilian guy was not interested in making it better but with the publicity maybe he will listen now.
Wow! That's pretty interesting... I've seen a few projects like this, where a mod like this will update old tech and give it new life. This should open a few more opertunities for operators.
Can you tell me who might be able to handle this mod on my 40 channel cobra radio in nw Minnesota?
Wow this might make me jump back into CB 👍💯👊
Hay that’s pretty cool for classic cars older radio with modern functionality
Great video and superb modification
This project was developed in Brazil. It is very interesting in cases of burnt PLLs that no longer have replacements. Yes, there are other advantages but not everything is perfect. There is a problem of generating noise that is generated by the I2C communication of the display data bus that can generate ghost signals on some channels. Even so, it is a very valid option for retired equipment, either due to lack of PLL replacement or even in equipment limited by being crystal oscillators. Congratulations to the Brazilians who perfected this project. Yes, I was one of the pioneers to spread the DDS concept in my country. Wander Lúcio and André Tauros were responsible for translating a concept into a usable project. 73 to all friends.
Good morning Paul. Good to see a Brazilian comment here. you know Paulo, this problem caused by i2c communication, doesn't exist in this version, because I don't have a constant update of the display. (Except for the Spectrum scan, in which case we'll be running the spectrum where it's pure noise.) But this current version is actually free of noise caused by i2c. Abraço e muita paz. Obrigado por ser um dos primeiros a experimentar esse sistema. 👍
Quick question please, what size display should I get for a Connex 3300HP newest version , there are 2 sizes listed on the website for this mod…
I once was trying the same replacing the PLL of a FM only radio by a FPGA full of home made software.
The idea was NOT to change the PCB of the radio but still being able to transmit PhaseLoopSSB signals and pickup the IF of the radio to form a SDR receivcer enabling to establihe Side band communication using a FM radio without modifieing the PCB.
I actualy got quiet far but al the experiments resulted in decay of the radio and my interest got over to another (probarly even more absurd) project.
Anyhow... this is a great idea, the display concept is the same i had in mind.
Very nice mod. And they even keep us out of the 10 meter ham band.
Years back I had a CB modified for 10 Meters. I used it mobile and it worked great.
love it. I hope to pick one up soon.
I can’t wait for the update video!
This is Fantastic,going to get one for my old Adams,really excited for this.
All the best from 108at1332/2m0lnf.
PS
The kaytone brought back memories. :-)
Who is the Scottish boss for AT nowadays? I was a member around 25-30 years ago, in the days of Mr Eddie.
@@Perthshire Hi, hows tricks ?
jim 046 from dumfries is the co-ordinator, Eddie died a few years ago but lorraine is still active, you still on air ??
12 metres and lower is booming most days with 11 metres yesterday i could work the carribean in the afternoon with 100 watts, also yesterday worked cypress and montana on 12 metres with a ae 2990 handheld with 2 watts, not to shabby ehh
All the best my friend. :-)
I had a Cobra 40 back in the 70's, was just talking about CB's the other day. Wow how time has moved on...
The early cb radios are definitely the best to own and modify. I had a cobra chipped & tuned to the antenna of my over the road tractor. I could talk & receive 50 miles out to other independent truckers. I new what scales were open or closed.
I new about traffic conditions ahead . It is my best tool.
What do I need to have it chipped
I don't know what you mean by "early", but my CB I've had since the mid 70s only has 23 channels and good luck modifying it by "chipping" it.
Holy moly, that's a perfect makeover!
Here in Germany, we don't even have to think about it!
That is the coolest setup I've seen so far.
I modified my CB base radio to operate from different bench where I work from. I have a D-104 microphone that I connected through a relay that I can turn on with a push button from a different bench where I'm working another project.
Hell 20 years ago I had a 148 with uppers,mids and lower channels a variable power potentiometer 0-10 watts. Power mic with 10 toys mod and Rodgers beep. Swr tunner feed into a uniden 250 and jumping out of a wilson 5k moble
Wow! Cool modification!
Pretty nice to do that now I have AHR2510 so it's still good I guess I got several C b's good job on Friday
I had a 138XLR a while back, I miss that mechanical "thunk" when you key and unkey!
I had an old frequency box on top with scan and step switches, I wish I still had that old radio
I wish I could find a place for some of those older DIY liner amps. It was fun building them back in the 70's.
Nice . . . Very NICE !!! Appreciate you sharing this. All the best & stay well .
Amazing improvement. Thanks for the awesome video.
So very cool. Back in the day I had an open Ranger. I believe it was an RC2350 but I could be wrong. It was 30 years ago. That was a great radio.
Very nice. I may need to upgrade my old uniden "president" grant. I will miss the feel of the old time solid channel selector though.
Thanks for posting this!
Great tips thankyou
Great info to know & thanx for posting!
I've been highly interested in these the first time I seen one.
Back in my CB days it was called a SLIDER. I have to say it's fancier. But does the same. Slides between freqs.
Copper electronics in Louisville Kentucky 35 years ago sold something called a buddy back (basically a transistor) aka slider device to solder in that would slide to 40 below zero up to Ham radio frequencies.
You're absolutely correct My friend.
sliders were great to avoid the fools trying to spoil the conversation with your buddies.
Very nice, I will show this to mates who I am still in touch with here in Australia, we were putting scanners into the old cobra 138's years ago in the 80s' bu they weren't as good as this. Many mates, and I are still into HF CB and are also amateurs. I will pass this around.
Very cool. I would want to do this modification to my old 148GTL CB radio.
Really great work.
This mod is awesome
That is the best mod I have ever seen since 1980 when I was on cb bands
That's actually very nice
Looks nice love the colors!😀
Este rádio com o DDS ficou muito bonito com os detalis verde.
This is so cool and the mod I’ve been waiting for for years.. I hope they Ship to the UK as I have a great rig in mind to install it too..
For the UK you can order from the designer in Brazil.
This is a very cool mod for older radios. However depending on the price, a lot of modern radios can do all of this and then some for under $300. The President Lincoln 2+ is one of them. Thanks for sharing!
It’s not trying to compete with new radios or ham radios. It’s about taking your favorite older radio snd making it even better. .
They sell new radios that do all the features of this mod? I was looking for one a few months back because I have friends who have ham radios but I need a standard 40 channel for when I go wheeling with my club. So I was looking for a radio that does both and couldn’t find one. I needed up fixing my old CB radio to get it working. I would love to be able to do both in one unit.
@@poppatello Look at a Any-Tone AT6666 does all this and more plus you get FM for 250 or less, got mine for 220. Still Id like to do this mod to a couple of my older radios.
i had a washington, and a madison, which was converted to go way up into the ham band, with a siltronics slider. no mexican skip up there, nice and quiet, too!
@@cbradiomagazine Except everybody's favorite older radios already had the right PLL's to modify. Why ruin older radios? Spend $300 bucks on a 23 ch that you better have spent money recapping and re crystalling first? you are out of your mind CBradiomagazine
This radio was selled In Italy as a Superstar. Was a great radio in my teens
I did not know that triple nickel was the international calling frequency. Good information. I'm guessing that you might still have to tune your antenna for the favorite center frequency area you want to transmit around. I have a VHF radio that kind of tunes itself now (so I don't blow anything up) which is kind of handy.
doh
I have been out of the CB Radio stuff for a good decade. When I did, it was in my Camaro, Protoge, and Sunbird when gas was cheap, before a family, and usually road trips. I still have the radio and antenna but just haven't had it up and running in the car. Seeing this, man, sweet. ALMOST makes me want to break out the radio and set things up again, but, I don't go far anymore, I don't want anyone to see the radio, and I've been told it's pretty "quiet" anymore on CB. But still, frig'n sweet to see even THIS old tech get updates. (I'm a retro enthusiast)
Skip had been heavy at times these last months.
Cool as ....Thanks for posting this fine review ! . . 73s Catbox 32-1
Very cool. I should check this out and see if I can do it to my old 148GTL CB radio.
@NotaRubicon Productions You have to get that random roger beep action. That'll really show people how important the beep is!
omg, they are adding a SDR to CB's now.. how cool is that.. software definded radio's are amazing in thier abilities along compared to normal radio's they dont actually TUNE to any channel, they sample every channel at the same time, and store the reception data into a block of data that can be accessed directly on the chip. really neat stuff . would love to add this to an old 128gtl with funny freq's. likely will have to remove the funny freq mod's from it.
Great bit of kit 👍
Pretty cool add-on mod
I got my cb license in 1966. Wish we had this back then!
i've never had a licence, nor any trouble! I don't think anyone cares. Back in the day I would annoy the hell out of the post office by operating AM and FM with burners, i noticed the telephone exchange had a cb aerial on the roof, my theory is they were trying to find out who it was. I only lived around the corner and was probably wrecking their communications for the whole town. I also used to wipe out people's TV sets and commercial radio broadcast channels. Not purposely, it just happened haha.
That is pretty cool!
I haven't use a CB radio since the late 80's but I see they still "read the mail" on channel 6.
Really great...from Px1 J4008...Rio, Brazil
I use halfwave dipole or Ringo aerial.
Excellent..love it.. time's are changing...on the road....Can this system be installed on my Cadillac C/B radio..???.
pretty awesome. Thanks
That is pretty cool for sure.
That is the best toys for a CB radio modification I have ever seen in my life I've seen in Iona frequency for ads on the Galaxy however I would love to get that from my cover 2000 that is really cool and for my 148 and for a couple other ones
I remember the PLL02A board that I was able to get 3 extra bamds of extra chanels out of the CB radio I had.
I had a Uniden Grant & Washington. Both Modified to Higher Wattage Output(Illegal In Australia)
ULB & LSB Modified to 80 Channels
got the cobra 148 last april 2021 going do my ham radio test soon cant wait i from birmingham england
Mantap brooo... CB 27MHZ.... Masih muda dulu saya sudah berkomunikasi dengan 27 sejak 1981
Nice mod and putting an OLED in there is very nice!
Did anyone else notice RAMDOM instead of RANDOM? :-)
Thanks for the observation. I'm Brazilian and I didn't notice my mistake. It's already fixed. Thank you very much. LOL
@@WanderLucioGomes No problem! I think it's great you're on top of this; that's what matters most! :-)
That is a game changer for sure!
Awesome modification good job on the video. Very clear.
an understandable 👍
O wow need something made like this for my old base uniden
This friken AWESOME...now im devastated ive got rid of my old rigs and got new ones
Hit Goodwill and get 'em back !
Still got all of mine. Will have to dig them out. 😊
Thanks for the info. You explained everything so well. I'm sub'd.