Thanks for this excellent review and for explaining the mod. Curious that I am I already tried the jumper without cutting the white wire, this didn’t change anything. Looks like the modification requires both. I read on a Russian (used Google translate) site that when you desolder the white wire and place and solder it into the two open contact points next to it, there will be a RF power increase. Not that I am going for this. Don’t care for power. I am looking forward to your (in the near future?) reviews for Midland CB’s, since I also own a 48Pro since some time.
Hi Hans, thanks for the additional information. I did read somewhere that 20W was somehow achievable. I will take a look at the wire at some point in the future once the backlog of President radios are done. Thanks for watching. All the best MJ7NLK
I'd love to see a video on how to store enough power to use a burner in a SHTF situation....height is might with antennas, but not everyone has that type of ideal location and when it happens, an alternative way of using extra power when everything goes down could mean life or death. Great video on the modification. Subscribed
Hi Steve, agreed it’s a challenge re the power demands of a burner. A 50W burner plus the radio when transmitting would draw about 6 amps. A 100Ah battery should be able to last 12 hours with this draw. A 200W burner with the same battery 3 hours, 400W around 1.5 hours. The burner would only be needed when transmitting. Height is key with any HF antenna, but as you say, not everyone has this option available to them. I also think that a massive prominent antenna is a negative for preppers as it advertises that there is something of interest here. Ideally being able to hide an antenna as best you can makes most sense but dependant on the location more power may be the only option. It’s an interesting topic and one that most people provision for based on their living location. When in reality, if you live in the basement of a building at the bottom of a Vallee surrounded by other buildings with little option for mounting an antenna up high, increased power will not help a great deal. You don’t want to end up cooking the cat while trying to push enough power to escape the confines of the location and surrounding buildings. In these circumstances maybe a mobile setup would be best running more modest power but from up high when achieved on foot as needed. That is not much use if you’re sheltering from a nuke blast so it depends on the SHTF situation. Thanks for the feedback and for taking the time to comment, very much appreciated. All the best
Love your channel mate, really good info and easy to follow, clear and articulate. Please do that vid on perpping, it seems somehow more relevent now somehow....All the best, Chris (silver machine on CB)
Hi Chris, Its on my list of videos to make and is something I am interested in doing. I have a few ideas on the content for it. I have a few more President radios to cover first but I will get around to it. Thanks for watching, all the best
This is an area that interests me, and I have plans for more radio related prepper content. Time in my enemy at the moment but hopefully I can turn to this soon. Thanks for watching. All the best
As a noob I am wondering whether I’d be making a mistake to get a radio that doesn’t cover SSB as I’m lead to believe that’s where ‘it’s all at’ in the UK now. I don’t really want to spend £300 only to find nobody is on air in my area, so sub £100 is more palatable. However if skimping on funds means I’m excluded from the SSB ‘action’ then it’s a false economy! 🤷♂️
There is more action on SSB that is true and its hard to answer your question as it will greatly depend on how active the frequencies are in your region. CRT make some good radios with SSB which are cheaper than the President George 2. The CRT SS3900 is worth a look and is around £190. It would be sensible to go for a SSB radio if your budget can accommodate. I hope this helps and thanks for watching. MJ7NLK
Very interested in any prepping tips your willing to share. Way things are going g throughout Europe we may need other means of comms sooner than we all think.
Radios are essential for prepping and HF radios are the best for longer range coms in my view. If there is no internet and no working repeaters and cell towers then its old school communications and HF works so well when the propagation conditions are right for over 1K miles. Decent antenna which is well tuned, a SSB capable radio and solar / battery power covers most bases. Maybe a decent handheld like the Malahit DSP2 for scanning and locating which uses little power consumption, a President George 2, Lincoln 2+ or CRT SS6900V, and a power bank station with solar charging (EcoFlow Delta Max Solar or the Pro) would be a good start. You could go wild and look at an Icom IC-705 and mars mod it to allow 11 meter transmit, that would be the absolute best radio option but pricey. There are so many options out there and anything is better than nothing but as always it come down to budget. Thanks for watching and for commenting. Its a very interesting subject which I often think about. All the best MJ7NLK
Hi Thomas, I am not sure as the procedure is to do both. However, once both have been done moving the jumper back puts the restrictions back in place even with the wire remaining cut. It could be that the wire allows more power and the jumper unrestricts the UI but I have not confirmed this. Hope this helps and thanks for watching
thanks for the video, i did what I saw here on the radio.i would have a question, which is the middle of the band A, B, C? which is the band where channel 40 is 27 405 mhz
Hi Juszuf, The mid band frequencies are in EU mode (channel 20) A = 27.205, B = 27.655, C = 26.755 and in PL mode (channel 20) A=27.200, B=27.650, C=26.750. If you want channel 40 to be 27.405 then you need EU mode and band block A. In EU mode Channel 40, A=27.405. You can see the entire channel listing for all expanded modes in my other video for the "President Teddy II" and that has a on screen table with all frequencies, channels and band blocks. All the very best and thanks for watching. ps. sorry for the delay in responding, have been down with COVID but am now back and well again.
@@juszufperczel7696 Turn off the radio, hold down the F key and turn it on. Use the up/down arrows to change Frequency Configuration. EU; PL; d; EC; U and IN are the modes. When you have selected the mode press the F key for 2 seconds to save. Turn off and then turn on normally. Hope this helps. All the best
@@juszufperczel7696 Please try the up/down on the radio and/or on the microphone. You can download the manual from here president-electronics.com/cache/documents/product/manuelbarryii5languesv1.02bd-326.pdf and its on page 35 at the bottom left in section 3 - F - Frequency Band Selection
Hi, over vaultage can cause a humming noise but 13V should be fine. Poor earthing worth checking. Depends on the radio but should be looked into further. Make sure you have a fuse between PSU and radio just in case. If the buzzing is coming from the speaker then it could be down to a poor quality PSU. Difficult to diagnose without seeing the radio. All the best and thanks for watching.
Hi Dean, you can see the Wire and Jumper at 15:43 (the jumper is next to the wire). You can also see the image on screen at 15:50 with arrows showing the jumper and the position. Standard it covers 1+2 and to expand its 2+3. Please ensure you check your region on the legalities as mentioned in the video. There is also a second Barry 2 video on my channel with how to use the service menu to adjust the power settings in both standard and expanded modes. Hope this helps and thanks for watching.
Hi Richard, sorry for the delay in responding, am a little behind on comments. To change the frequency band mode on the radio, turn it off, press and hold the F key and turn the radio on. then release the F key and use the up and down arrows to change to U and press and hold the F key again until it flashes. Then turn the radio off and its in UK mode. I hope this helps and thanks for watching. Happy new year and all the best for 2024
The mods are built into the radios and the software. They are intended to be expanded in certain regions where its legal to do so. Just be careful in the factory services menu as you could de-tune the radio if messing around with settings but if you stick to just power adjustment then all will be well and remember to write down your factory calibrated settings just in case you need to revert. All the best and thanks for watching. MJ7NLK
Very nice radio. And learned a lot from your channel thanks for that
Hi Ronald, thank you for commenting and for your feedback. All the best MJ7NLK
Thanks for this review! Just what I needed.
Hi Miika, your most welcome. Thanks for watching. All the best
Thanks for this excellent review and for explaining the mod. Curious that I am I already tried the jumper without cutting the white wire, this didn’t change anything. Looks like the modification requires both. I read on a Russian (used Google translate) site that when you desolder the white wire and place and solder it into the two open contact points next to it, there will be a RF power increase. Not that I am going for this. Don’t care for power. I am looking forward to your (in the near future?) reviews for Midland CB’s, since I also own a 48Pro since some time.
Hi Hans, thanks for the additional information. I did read somewhere that 20W was somehow achievable. I will take a look at the wire at some point in the future once the backlog of President radios are done. Thanks for watching. All the best MJ7NLK
I'd love to see a video on how to store enough power to use a burner in a SHTF situation....height is might with antennas, but not everyone has that type of ideal location and when it happens, an alternative way of using extra power when everything goes down could mean life or death. Great video on the modification. Subscribed
Hi Steve, agreed it’s a challenge re the power demands of a burner. A 50W burner plus the radio when transmitting would draw about 6 amps. A 100Ah battery should be able to last 12 hours with this draw. A 200W burner with the same battery 3 hours, 400W around 1.5 hours. The burner would only be needed when transmitting.
Height is key with any HF antenna, but as you say, not everyone has this option available to them. I also think that a massive prominent antenna is a negative for preppers as it advertises that there is something of interest here. Ideally being able to hide an antenna as best you can makes most sense but dependant on the location more power may be the only option.
It’s an interesting topic and one that most people provision for based on their living location. When in reality, if you live in the basement of a building at the bottom of a Vallee surrounded by other buildings with little option for mounting an antenna up high, increased power will not help a great deal. You don’t want to end up cooking the cat while trying to push enough power to escape the confines of the location and surrounding buildings. In these circumstances maybe a mobile setup would be best running more modest power but from up high when achieved on foot as needed. That is not much use if you’re sheltering from a nuke blast so it depends on the SHTF situation. Thanks for the feedback and for taking the time to comment, very much appreciated. All the best
Love your channel mate, really good info and easy to follow, clear and articulate. Please do that vid on perpping, it seems somehow more relevent now somehow....All the best, Chris (silver machine on CB)
er....that's "Prepping" not perpping!
Hi Chris, Its on my list of videos to make and is something I am interested in doing. I have a few ideas on the content for it. I have a few more President radios to cover first but I will get around to it. Thanks for watching, all the best
Great video, but yes I want more prepper radio videos!
This is an area that interests me, and I have plans for more radio related prepper content. Time in my enemy at the moment but hopefully I can turn to this soon. Thanks for watching. All the best
Yes agreed ,
Great review and very informative
Thank you for your feedback
As a noob I am wondering whether I’d be making a mistake to get a radio that doesn’t cover SSB as I’m lead to believe that’s where ‘it’s all at’ in the UK now. I don’t really want to spend £300 only to find nobody is on air in my area, so sub £100 is more palatable. However if skimping on funds means I’m excluded from the SSB ‘action’ then it’s a false economy! 🤷♂️
There is more action on SSB that is true and its hard to answer your question as it will greatly depend on how active the frequencies are in your region. CRT make some good radios with SSB which are cheaper than the President George 2. The CRT SS3900 is worth a look and is around £190. It would be sensible to go for a SSB radio if your budget can accommodate. I hope this helps and thanks for watching. MJ7NLK
Video molto interessante
Very interested in any prepping tips your willing to share. Way things are going g throughout Europe we may need other means of comms sooner than we all think.
Radios are essential for prepping and HF radios are the best for longer range coms in my view. If there is no internet and no working repeaters and cell towers then its old school communications and HF works so well when the propagation conditions are right for over 1K miles. Decent antenna which is well tuned, a SSB capable radio and solar / battery power covers most bases. Maybe a decent handheld like the Malahit DSP2 for scanning and locating which uses little power consumption, a President George 2, Lincoln 2+ or CRT SS6900V, and a power bank station with solar charging (EcoFlow Delta Max Solar or the Pro) would be a good start. You could go wild and look at an Icom IC-705 and mars mod it to allow 11 meter transmit, that would be the absolute best radio option but pricey. There are so many options out there and anything is better than nothing but as always it come down to budget. Thanks for watching and for commenting. Its a very interesting subject which I often think about. All the best MJ7NLK
Great video... Cheers 👍👍
Thanks, very much appreciated :-)
Thank you for the great video!!!
What happens if you don't cut the wire but set the jumper to 2-3? Does it have any effect?
Thx,
Thomas
Hi Thomas, I am not sure as the procedure is to do both. However, once both have been done moving the jumper back puts the restrictions back in place even with the wire remaining cut. It could be that the wire allows more power and the jumper unrestricts the UI but I have not confirmed this. Hope this helps and thanks for watching
Top video mate!!
Thanks Reajo, very much appreciate the feedback. All the best and Happy New Year to you.
@@NLKMediaGroup don't forget hogmany!!. All the best in the new year!!
thanks for the video, i did what I saw here on the radio.i would have a question, which is the middle of the band A, B, C? which is the band where channel 40 is 27 405 mhz
Hi Juszuf, The mid band frequencies are in EU mode (channel 20) A = 27.205, B = 27.655, C = 26.755 and in PL mode (channel 20) A=27.200, B=27.650, C=26.750. If you want channel 40 to be 27.405 then you need EU mode and band block A. In EU mode Channel 40, A=27.405. You can see the entire channel listing for all expanded modes in my other video for the "President Teddy II" and that has a on screen table with all frequencies, channels and band blocks. All the very best and thanks for watching. ps. sorry for the delay in responding, have been down with COVID but am now back and well again.
@@NLKMediaGroup if i did this transformation after that how can i put it on the EU?
@@juszufperczel7696 Turn off the radio, hold down the F key and turn it on. Use the up/down arrows to change Frequency Configuration. EU; PL; d; EC; U and IN are the modes. When you have selected the mode press the F key for 2 seconds to save. Turn off and then turn on normally. Hope this helps. All the best
@@NLKMediaGroupunfortunately the up / down arrows don't respond to anything. it jumps back to the channels. :(
@@juszufperczel7696 Please try the up/down on the radio and/or on the microphone. You can download the manual from here president-electronics.com/cache/documents/product/manuelbarryii5languesv1.02bd-326.pdf and its on page 35 at the bottom left in section 3 - F - Frequency Band Selection
hello when i connect my cb radio to a 13.8 mains power supply it is transmitting a humming nois why can you help kind regards
Hi, over vaultage can cause a humming noise but 13V should be fine. Poor earthing worth checking. Depends on the radio but should be looked into further. Make sure you have a fuse between PSU and radio just in case. If the buzzing is coming from the speaker then it could be down to a poor quality PSU. Difficult to diagnose without seeing the radio. All the best and thanks for watching.
Recently purchased one of these and I have TB on the right side of the screen… any idea what it is? And how to toggle it?
TB is talk back. It allows you to hear yourself through the speaker when transmitting.
Press and hold the PTT button and short press the F key on the Barry 2 if memory serves me.
@@NLKMediaGroup brilliant! Thanks so much and keep up the videos
Didnt show the jumper photo ?
Hi Dean, you can see the Wire and Jumper at 15:43 (the jumper is next to the wire). You can also see the image on screen at 15:50 with arrows showing the jumper and the position. Standard it covers 1+2 and to expand its 2+3. Please ensure you check your region on the legalities as mentioned in the video. There is also a second Barry 2 video on my channel with how to use the service menu to adjust the power settings in both standard and expanded modes. Hope this helps and thanks for watching.
@@NLKMediaGroup Ok thank you 👍
How do you change it from eu to uk please
Hi Richard, sorry for the delay in responding, am a little behind on comments. To change the frequency band mode on the radio, turn it off, press and hold the F key and turn the radio on. then release the F key and use the up and down arrows to change to U and press and hold the F key again until it flashes. Then turn the radio off and its in UK mode. I hope this helps and thanks for watching. Happy new year and all the best for 2024
Hi is doing this mod dangerous in anyway please ?
The mods are built into the radios and the software. They are intended to be expanded in certain regions where its legal to do so. Just be careful in the factory services menu as you could de-tune the radio if messing around with settings but if you stick to just power adjustment then all will be well and remember to write down your factory calibrated settings just in case you need to revert. All the best and thanks for watching. MJ7NLK