hey Mike great videos I love the fact that you take your time to explain things to people like us those who don't know anything about CB radios how much are driver and I was wondering have you ever made a video on what are the best deals radios to buy thank you
Very well demonstrated Mike. This is the stuff I been telling folks for years. No one want to listen. Ever extra by-product gives them a fraction more of a watt.
The Radio Shop Yeah, that's the whole problem. It does do more power, it's just not doing you any good because it's not on channel or in distortion products.
I just have the "poor man's spectrum analyzer"... a scanner tuned to the second harmonic with an AC voltmeter across the speaker terminals. This set-up "sorta" works.
I used to hear the channel 6 bleed over when I drove trucks through DC and they sounded like they were talking through a kazoo!🤣 I run a D6 dozer now with no amplifier and the Cobra 29LTD that has been bounced around for years finally gave up and I installed a President Andy with no hack job tune up and it's doing just fine
Wow thank you so much Mike for the lesson I do need to tell you that I watch all your videos and looks like you a Great Tech. And all I need now is some refresher courses but thank you for the lessons and I don't know if you read these comments
This is the type of radio I want! Tuned and Aligned properly! See this is what scares me about buying a radio these days from some of these places that are out there. The custom add on’s and tune jobs that you get with the radio. Sure, it sounds like a good deal. But usually makes your audio transmission Crap! And how do you know that the “tech” 🙄 can even use the equipment he has? I guess I’ll have to do more research. LOL Or send my radio to you! Moral of the story I guess is, have the radio tuned and if you want more POWER. Buy a linear! 🤣🤣🤣 PS; Great video! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you, thank you thank you.For once this is coming from somebody besides me. You cannot imagine how many times over almost 40 years of radio repair I have been called everything in the book, how the guy at the truck stop says I'm lying about my radio repairs, how many D11's in Cobra 29's put back in place, how my telewave 44 (which does have a fudge factor under 30mhz) and my IFR AM/FM 1200SS is junk, and how their Dosy meters are dead on accurate etc, etc. Eric 12374 unfortunately nailed it.
Is no one going to mention the revolver in the holster? lol Thanks for the video I'm going to ask a local cb shop about this procedure to reduce modulation noise. I had my radio peaked recently but I haven't had any complaints about my modulation signal or my loudness. I believe I reached a man at a mile marker 8 from mile marker 60 based on his claim. My shop showed me at 20 watt pep but didn't tell me the rms. I have a dual antenna (5' 6" firestick about 8' separated) on my semi truck mirrors. The radio is a road King. Hopefully it's working good but since I had to trust them without seeing any proof of the signal condition and power I can't really say anything of it's effectiveness.
I'm looking for a radio that has upper and lower sideband and that I'll be able to talk skipwith, basically a radio that's very capable that offers a lot of flexibility and in your expert opinion what is the best linear to pair with sad radio and along the lines of that question what's also the best antenna
Mike, why cheap small AM radios have the disadvantage that the power in the indicator decreases during modulation? What is the reason? Why do they sound so weak, poor modulation, low quality sound? Is there any advice?
I hope i didn't missed it, if you covered it, but is it possible to go to low and reintroduce distortion,? so i see how you mean brining it up introduces unwanted products so i am just syain can you do it in the opposite direction also? thanks
I'm a long-time CB technician. This is a very well-done video. Great explanation! BTW... Why is your revolver and its holster sitting on your bench? (I've had a few radios I would have liked to use that on!) ("Whoops; that radio is a total!")
That's a supersonic lead injection tool. When you can't scare a radio into working with a 100 Watt soldering iron the Bulldog 44 Special usually does. 🙂
Hi Mike, Excellent video. Tells it like it really is. I had sent an email on Friday and in it was inquiring about any health issues because I hadn't seen any recent videos, and boy did you queue up quite a few. :-) 73 WB3BJU
Hey Mike I hope you’re okay and your other endeavors are going great. Would you please do a video demonstrating the transceiver alignment procedure for FM CB Radios? I’m sure you’ve heard the rumors of uncle Charlie adding FM to the Class D modulation package or whatever so I’m interested if there’s a common radio maybe a President export for now that you would find appropriate to demonstrate an FM CB Radio Transceiver Alignment. My old Cobra 29 Service Manual doesn’t cover that lol. If this isn’t possible could you maybe post an online resource or tap another TH-camr for the task? I think the community would benefit from it going in to this new era. You are appreciated as always, stay deviated. 73, 42 and all the good numbers.
Are you receiving in any new work, if so I have a radio to send you. Where do I send it thanks James ps will talk about to needs of the radio once I hear from you.
On the subject of trimmers being taken out of radios - what type - brand - exactly what type and brand of trimmer does a person need to buy to replace bad or missing trimmers in a radio?
Great Video Mike, hope some of the Golden Screw Drivers take a look at this Video and learn something. 73 KFZ6700 Just getting back into radios after 30 Years, it good to be back
@@mikesradiorepair I cut the limiter on radios that I use a stock mic on stock.Mikes need all the help they can get.They'll only overmodulate if you whistle.However I do use in a silk scope from time to time you are the master
My 40 year old TRC-457 & 458 still have the wax in the slugs. That being said you can modify or increase your radio for 100% modulation. Some radios may require a slight mod to get full modulation. Some would clip so much you'd be lucky screaming to get 50%. But clipping the limiter gets you a radio that sounds like crap. Gritty lousy distorted over driven audio. I try to tell people that all the time. Most people won't listen and just want to see maximum output.
Thank you ! Maybe the radio butchers will learn...And yes a watt meter is really a relative instrument. And has reflections if its own, as well as tge s21 losses..
I love I love this peak and tune you are exactly right those are the things that you should not do but I'm also so concerned about audio as far as my comment I hear radios with really loud audio some guys have the same radio and the audio is not as loud that's where my interest is
I would like to see how to modify my d104 mic so it produces more low frequency responce "or less tinny-ish tones". posibly by adding parts of a crossover network to aid in filtering out such high freqincies. or possibly redesign the amp section with a three or four segment equalizer pre-amp. so I could do this myself.
kf4dcy That's why I don't and never have liked D104's. I'll stick with Turner mics for their out of the box flat frequency response or if I want adjustability use a studio mic and rack system.
MikesRadioRepair ,, I can't stand rack systems. including rack style radios. lol,,, impass!!! that's why I need instruction, to fix the d104. I feel a small inductive coil would be that fix. but what mh rated coil and where to place it.
kf4dcy The standard modification in one is to punch two more holes in the aluminum microphone element cone same size as the one that's already there and evenly spaced. That changing several cap and resistor values greatly improves low end response. You can also just throw out the original preamp board and make up a new one using FET's that has adjustable tone control. There are several different schematics available online. In the end its just easier to get a mic that has a flat response curve stick like a Turner base mic, no need for any modifications.
Thanks Mike that was interesting. Nobody talking on 27 mhz cb radio around here any more. Using a stock Realistic TRC 453 and a wire delta loop up about 20 feet. cheers from a land down under ..
Bought an antenna at a local shop today and the tech tries to tell me that all radios now come in at 50% modulations and 50% power and that they all need adjusting, this and that I had to stifle my laughter. I wouldn't trust that guy to tune a guitar, nevermind a radio.
Really enjoyed your video! I am just trying to do the same as you did here I have the same spectrum analyzer as you My thing is i cant get a stable display of the side bands and harmonics How do you couple the analyzer to the radio as not to destroy the analyzer? Also is there certain settings on the analyzer?
You would need to build or buy an RF tap / coupler, you don't physically connect the input of a spec analyzer directly to the output of a radio (if you did this already you may have damaged the front end of the analyzer). You can also use attenuators to cut the signal's power down even more. And you would also use a good DC block to further protect the analyzer, as many of them cannot handle DC voltage of any kind on the RF input. I've honestly seen people spend thousands on a spectrum analyzer or a VNA only to destroy it instantly as they would directly connect it to what they were measuring without using blocks, couplers, or attenuators of any kind. These devices are super sensitive, so be careful.
I can see your point, but these are often clipped cause the AMC is too op. I have a ranger t radio, and it has AMC, and it puts out barely any modulation using the stock mic. so you can say don't clip it even if your life depends on it. their gonna clip it anyways, cause with the AMC it barely modulates unless you put an amplified mic on it.
I know ill get flamed for this but the older radios seem to only talk decent when you open them up.. I have seen older realistic 40 am mobiles barely put out any modulation with the AMC intact even with a power mic.
Eric 12374 why would you be flamed? your words are true, I have a teaberry ranger t, and it has the stupid AMC deal. it barely has any modulation in it as it is now. I can literally whistle my lungs flat and it only modulates a little, using sideband shows this. ik this guy is saying not to clip it, but at the same time, you gotta take into account that these new junker radios are Chinese built. of course their gonna have shitty audio when you adjust it to put out any real modulation lol. so Eric, I'm with you on this one
Why because to a point i am pro limiter removal especially on the radios that just wont modulate no matter what you do.. The older 23 Ch are the really bad ones as well as some of the later 40 ch realistics.
Great presentation have found average watt meters run into dummy load at 100% modulation show about 1.25x dead key. New c b radios out of box not quite 100% modulation but Mabey that way for speech processing. Thanks for your time.
He tells you in the video what's wrong with that. Did you watch the video? He's telling that you to get those extra few watts you have to disable the ALC/AMC and in some cases people even mess with the 54mhz trap. He literally covered all of this in the video which makes you sound like shit, his words.
Things that cause arguments on CB, limiter removal, clarifier opening up, coax length, a99 gain figures, swing, linears, and the argument is the avanti sigma 4 a j pole or a 1/4 wave. LOL
Probably a really dumb question........and I am a shooter, but why do you have the pistol on your bench.......I have become very pissed off with some repairs, but I have never had to shot a customers radio yet......but maybe its something I should think about.
Mike is a gun enthusiast, he probably has that up there for the same reason mine stays on my radio bench, never know when you may have to get to it in a split second.
Disagree. I can take extremely precise measurements with my HP and Rohde & Schwarz power meters. Depending on which sensor head I use I can take measurements accurately at -130dBm. That's 1 times 10 to the -16th or 16 places past the decimal point. There isn't a oscilloscope that can measure that low. Oscilloscopes are good for taking very rough measurements. Most other instruments like power meters and spectrum analyzers can measure numerous orders of magnitude more accurately.
I like the pistol. I have a friend who thinks his radio has to be opened all the way and you can't stand to hear him talking.Its just to loud and not clear
Amen!!! I hate splatter box operators. I also hate people that sound like they talking with a mouth full of cotton balls!! The other big no no in my book is echo or any type of noise toy!! If you add a hint of echo and delay so your shack sounds live and spacious but you can not hear any hint of echo, delay or reverb that is fine. The second you can hear any of those effects it is too much. These are the same idiots that we all knew in school that would turn a stereo all the way up until it was distorted beyond belief and think that it sounded good! Same mind set. They would rather have a bbq McRib patty thing than a real bbq rack of rib. No helping some Mike!LOL Clean is mean!!
If people would filter their output from NPC and such and run their amps clean I would not care how much power they ran or how much modulation they where running. The real problem though is that these knuckle heads never filter out the harmonics and are transmitting on sub-side bands and splattering on multiple channels tearing up and getting into all kinds of electronics etc.... No one cares because most of the consumers are ignorant as can be and ignorance is bliss! The hacks doing all of this are making money by pandering to their customer's. It takes too much time and cost you too much money to educate your clients! It is easier to just say no and send them on their way. On top of this a lot of these "CB Technicians" and "Custom Amp Builders" are drama queens and encourage drama and bickering on social media because publicity and controversy are "FREE" and bring them a lot of business! It does not matter what causes the controversy it funnels people into their shop which is $$$$. My youngest radio is from 1998 and it is all factory stock part wise. All my other radio's are 1980's or older! All of them are 100 stock some still have the factory warranty sticker in place. I suspect the cap's or a resistor will fail before the finals or voltage regulator will fail!
Great video Mike....splatter is no good...hear guys all the time 4 and 5 channels away, go to the channel they are actually on and they sound like crap! Then people lie and tell how great they sound....ridiculous!
Scott Lee I think it's people think that's how your supposed to sound. There are so many splatter box radios out there now days they don't know what proper audio sounds like anymore.
Limiters are government. I drive a big truck that is governed...but that is so my boss will get a break on insurance. It should be my right to control my own equipment, and be responsible with it. Government kills responsibility.
It has nothing to do with the government or "the man". When you mess with the limiter circuit on the radio all of that new found power is not on the channel you are on. It is splattering the adjacent channels or is in harmonics transmitting in the 54 MHz, 81 MHz, 108 MHz and so on frequency ranges.
577 some of this tech talk is bs. I know for a fact a lot of radios on the bowl 11 28 20 sound damn good. This is why you have to learn for yourself.I know of a lot of my buddys hqve these peak and tuned radios and sound very good so go figure.
@@dougsmith6220 yeah you can keep a radio perfectly clean with a peak and tune.. basically peeking out all the transformers to 100% efficiency where you have to watch is your carrier some radios don't like more than four Watts or they'll swing back. And modulation that's a whole nother beast.
I'm sorry but we CBers for the most part, the VERY MOST part, live in the real world and cannot afford $10,000 worth of test equipment nor can we drive a hundred miles to have someone with $10,000 of test equipment work on our stuff. It would have been better to have shown, how, with basic equipment, that your average CBer could adjust a radio to a legal 4 watts output with 100% modulation, or at least get safely close to that. I'm sure a millionaire could show me how to live the rich style but with me not having the millions I couldn't live like he just taught me, so why not just make shows that teach what can be done and not what won't be done. Stop preaching, and start teaching.
Unfornately there is no way to adjust modulation without test equipment. At the very least you have to have a oscilloscope and a audio signal generator. Any repair shop would have this. If they don't then they are not a repair shop.
WOW !! So, for the most part Mike ; it is better to run the CB radio stock and save your money , huh??? the snipper & Clipper guys are going to hate you!
Every radio I've ever owned since the late 70's was bone stock, only the occasional alignment or parts repair thats it. And that's why I never had one problem to this day.
I sure do miss Mike! He worked on three of my radios. Hope he is alive and well.
Wish I knew what happened to you, Mike.
hey Mike great videos I love the fact that you take your time to explain things to people like us those who don't know anything about CB radios how much are driver and I was wondering have you ever made a video on what are the best deals radios to buy thank you
Very well demonstrated Mike. This is the stuff I been telling folks for years. No one want to listen. Ever extra by-product gives them a fraction more of a watt.
The Radio Shop
Yeah, that's the whole problem. It does do more power, it's just not doing you any good because it's not on channel or in distortion products.
Nobody listens because nobody really cares... Sad but true.
@@mikesradiorepair good job I like watching your videos
Awesome!!! I just love it!! So now nobody can say "still more power" very great explaination
I have most of this equipment, absolutely the truth. Thanks for making the video!
I just have the "poor man's spectrum analyzer"... a scanner tuned to the second harmonic with an AC voltmeter across the speaker terminals. This set-up "sorta" works.
I used to hear the channel 6 bleed over when I drove trucks through DC and they sounded like they were talking through a kazoo!🤣
I run a D6 dozer now with no amplifier and the Cobra 29LTD that has been bounced around for years finally gave up and I installed a President Andy with no hack job tune up and it's doing just fine
Wow thank you so much Mike for the lesson I do need to tell you that I watch all your videos and looks like you a Great Tech. And all I need now is some refresher courses but thank you for the lessons and I don't know if you read these comments
Top quote. "Now you see all that sh**... exactly!" Excellent.
This is the type of radio I want! Tuned and Aligned properly! See this is what scares me about buying a radio these days from some of these places that are out there. The custom add on’s and tune jobs that you get with the radio. Sure, it sounds like a good deal. But usually makes your audio transmission Crap!
And how do you know that the “tech” 🙄 can even use the equipment he has?
I guess I’ll have to do more research. LOL Or send my radio to you!
Moral of the story I guess is, have the radio tuned and if you want more POWER. Buy a linear! 🤣🤣🤣
PS; Great video! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you, thank you thank you.For once this is coming from somebody besides me. You cannot imagine how many times over almost 40 years of radio repair I have been called everything in the book, how the guy at the truck stop says I'm lying about my radio repairs, how many D11's in Cobra 29's put back in place, how my telewave 44 (which does have a fudge factor under 30mhz) and my IFR AM/FM 1200SS is junk, and how their Dosy meters are dead on accurate etc, etc. Eric 12374 unfortunately nailed it.
Hahahhaa Dosy is TRASH!
Ive seen poor alignment from the factory, its not common, but does happen (RX not tuned properly, off frequency typically)
Is no one going to mention the revolver in the holster? lol
Thanks for the video I'm going to ask a local cb shop about this procedure to reduce modulation noise. I had my radio peaked recently but I haven't had any complaints about my modulation signal or my loudness. I believe I reached a man at a mile marker 8 from mile marker 60 based on his claim.
My shop showed me at 20 watt pep but didn't tell me the rms. I have a dual antenna (5' 6" firestick about 8' separated) on my semi truck mirrors. The radio is a road King. Hopefully it's working good but since I had to trust them without seeing any proof of the signal condition and power I can't really say anything of it's effectiveness.
awesome informative video. you sir have a new subscriber
Thanks for sharing!
I'm looking for a radio that has upper and lower sideband and that I'll be able to talk skipwith, basically a radio that's very capable that offers a lot of flexibility and in your expert opinion what is the best linear to pair with sad radio and along the lines of that question what's also the best antenna
Mike, why cheap small AM radios have the disadvantage that the power in the indicator decreases during modulation? What is the reason? Why do they sound so weak, poor modulation, low quality sound? Is there any advice?
I explain this to my customers every day. Some don't want to hear the truth.
Big Lie
I hope i didn't missed it, if you covered it, but is it possible to go to low and reintroduce distortion,? so i see how you mean brining it up introduces unwanted products so i am just syain can you do it in the opposite direction also? thanks
Thank you. It's nice to have the verifiable information instead of the collective "common sense."
I'm a long-time CB technician. This is a very well-done video. Great explanation! BTW... Why is your revolver and its holster sitting on your bench? (I've had a few radios I would have liked to use that on!) ("Whoops; that radio is a total!")
That's a supersonic lead injection tool. When you can't scare a radio into working with a 100 Watt soldering iron the Bulldog 44 Special usually does. 🙂
@@mikesradiorepair WOW! I gotta try that!!! (I'll file this under "when all else fails")
Hi Mike,
Excellent video. Tells it like it really is. I had sent an email on Friday and in it was inquiring about any health issues because I hadn't seen any recent videos, and boy did you queue up quite a few. :-) 73 WB3BJU
Donald D'Egidio
Got loads of videos, no time to edit them together and upload them. Did a bulk dump this weekend of a few.
Lol. That was great. “ do you see all that shit “ thanks for explaining
Hey Mike I hope you’re okay and your other endeavors are going great. Would you please do a video demonstrating the transceiver alignment procedure for FM CB Radios? I’m sure you’ve heard the rumors of uncle Charlie adding FM to the Class D modulation package or whatever so I’m interested if there’s a common radio maybe a President export for now that you would find appropriate to demonstrate an FM CB Radio Transceiver Alignment. My old Cobra 29 Service Manual doesn’t cover that lol. If this isn’t possible could you maybe post an online resource or tap another TH-camr for the task? I think the community would benefit from it going in to this new era. You are appreciated as always, stay deviated. 73, 42 and all the good numbers.
Are you receiving in any new work, if so I have a radio to send you. Where do I send it thanks James ps will talk about to needs of the radio once I hear from you.
On the subject of trimmers being taken out of radios - what type - brand - exactly what type and brand of trimmer does a person need to buy to replace bad or missing trimmers in a radio?
You would buy one with the same specification.
That 2A Piece there though lol 👍🏼
Do you sell cb radios
Does it hurt if you only turn modulation up and NOT the wattage?
As long as you don't go above 100 percent it should be fine
Great Video Mike, hope some of the Golden Screw Drivers take a look at this Video and learn something. 73 KFZ6700 Just getting back into radios after 30 Years, it good to be back
Richard Lesley
Welcome back to the radio community.
I've been peaking CB,s for 50 years and clipping limiters never had a problem 😮
And probably don't own and use a spectrum analyzer to check adjacent channel splatter and out of band emissions.
@@mikesradiorepair I cut the limiter on radios that I use a stock mic on stock.Mikes need all the help they can get.They'll only overmodulate if you whistle.However I do use in a silk scope from time to time you are the master
My 40 year old TRC-457 & 458 still have the wax in the slugs. That being said you can modify or increase your radio for 100% modulation.
Some radios may require a slight mod to get full modulation. Some would clip so much you'd be lucky screaming to get 50%.
But clipping the limiter gets you a radio that sounds like crap. Gritty lousy distorted over driven audio. I try to tell people that all the time.
Most people won't listen and just want to see maximum output.
What kinda pistol you got there Mike? 😃 Nice video
Aaron Son Charter Arms Bulldog 44 Special.
That really is a nice looking radio.
Thank you !
Maybe the radio butchers will learn...And yes a watt meter is really a relative instrument. And has reflections if its own, as well as tge s21 losses..
I love I love this peak and tune you are exactly right those are the things that you should not do but I'm also so concerned about audio as far as my comment I hear radios with really loud audio some guys have the same radio and the audio is not as loud that's where my interest is
I would like to see how to modify my d104 mic so it produces more low frequency responce "or less tinny-ish tones". posibly by adding parts of a crossover network to aid in filtering out such high freqincies. or possibly redesign the amp section with a three or four segment equalizer pre-amp. so I could do this myself.
kf4dcy
That's why I don't and never have liked D104's. I'll stick with Turner mics for their out of the box flat frequency response or if I want adjustability use a studio mic and rack system.
MikesRadioRepair ,, I can't stand rack systems. including rack style radios. lol,,, impass!!! that's why I need instruction, to fix the d104. I feel a small inductive coil would be that fix. but what mh rated coil and where to place it.
kf4dcy
The standard modification in one is to punch two more holes in the aluminum microphone element cone same size as the one that's already there and evenly spaced. That changing several cap and resistor values greatly improves low end response. You can also just throw out the original preamp board and make up a new one using FET's that has adjustable tone control. There are several different schematics available online. In the end its just easier to get a mic that has a flat response curve stick like a Turner base mic, no need for any modifications.
Thanks Mike that was interesting. Nobody talking on 27 mhz cb radio around here any more. Using a stock Realistic TRC 453 and a wire delta loop up about 20 feet. cheers from a land down under ..
Bought an antenna at a local shop today and the tech tries to tell me that all radios now come in at 50% modulations and 50% power and that they all need adjusting, this and that I had to stifle my laughter. I wouldn't trust that guy to tune a guitar, nevermind a radio.
Cbers will do what they want no matter what you tell them. Its because nobody really cares anymore....
Really enjoyed your video!
I am just trying to do the same as you did here
I have the same spectrum analyzer as you
My thing is i cant get a stable display of the side bands and harmonics
How do you couple the analyzer to the radio as not to destroy the analyzer?
Also is there certain settings on the analyzer?
You would need to build or buy an RF tap / coupler, you don't physically connect the input of a spec analyzer directly to the output of a radio (if you did this already you may have damaged the front end of the analyzer). You can also use attenuators to cut the signal's power down even more. And you would also use a good DC block to further protect the analyzer, as many of them cannot handle DC voltage of any kind on the RF input.
I've honestly seen people spend thousands on a spectrum analyzer or a VNA only to destroy it instantly as they would directly connect it to what they were measuring without using blocks, couplers, or attenuators of any kind. These devices are super sensitive, so be careful.
I can see your point, but these are often clipped cause the AMC is too op. I have a ranger t radio, and it has AMC, and it puts out barely any modulation using the stock mic. so you can say don't clip it even if your life depends on it. their gonna clip it anyways, cause with the AMC it barely modulates unless you put an amplified mic on it.
I know ill get flamed for this but the older radios seem to only talk decent when you open them up.. I have seen older realistic 40 am mobiles barely put out any modulation with the AMC intact even with a power mic.
Eric 12374 why would you be flamed? your words are true, I have a teaberry ranger t, and it has the stupid AMC deal. it barely has any modulation in it as it is now. I can literally whistle my lungs flat and it only modulates a little, using sideband shows this. ik this guy is saying not to clip it, but at the same time, you gotta take into account that these new junker radios are Chinese built. of course their gonna have shitty audio when you adjust it to put out any real modulation lol. so Eric, I'm with you on this one
Why because to a point i am pro limiter removal especially on the radios that just wont modulate no matter what you do.. The older 23 Ch are the really bad ones as well as some of the later 40 ch realistics.
All my realistics modulate just fine. Might be your mic or the 5 pin din plug.
Great presentation have found average watt meters run into dummy load at 100% modulation show about 1.25x dead key. New c b radios out of box not quite 100% modulation but Mabey that way for speech processing. Thanks for your time.
Bring some beer 🍺
I wish I could send my radio to you
Hay mike we're have you been hope your well
Back in the 70's peak and tweeking was a fad. I used to peak my cb's from 4 watts to 8 watts. What is wrong with that?
He tells you in the video what's wrong with that. Did you watch the video? He's telling that you to get those extra few watts you have to disable the ALC/AMC and in some cases people even mess with the 54mhz trap. He literally covered all of this in the video which makes you sound like shit, his words.
Things that cause arguments on CB, limiter removal, clarifier opening up, coax length, a99 gain figures, swing, linears, and the argument is the avanti sigma 4 a j pole or a 1/4 wave. LOL
Miss your videos
Probably a really dumb question........and I am a shooter, but why do you have the pistol on your bench.......I have become very pissed off with some repairs, but I have never had to shot a customers radio yet......but maybe its something I should think about.
Mike is a gun enthusiast, he probably has that up there for the same reason mine stays on my radio bench, never know when you may have to get to it in a split second.
@@k.c.lejeune6613 Mine is always near me. This is normal.Police can not save your life if they are not there before the crime takes place.
According to that holster, you must be left handed lol!
I think Mike just cussed.....lol...mike please come back to your channel...we still need your guidance...
I always tell people that it's all in the antenna.
You are so right. W5DN
Hope you’re doing well 226 valley Center ca.
Power meter is a indication not a true measurement like a scope 73 Thanks for video
Disagree. I can take extremely precise measurements with my HP and Rohde & Schwarz power meters. Depending on which sensor head I use I can take measurements accurately at -130dBm. That's 1 times 10 to the -16th or 16 places past the decimal point. There isn't a oscilloscope that can measure that low. Oscilloscopes are good for taking very rough measurements. Most other instruments like power meters and spectrum analyzers can measure numerous orders of magnitude more accurately.
I like the pistol. I have a friend who thinks his radio has to be opened all the way and you can't stand to hear him talking.Its just to loud and not clear
Go big or go home. Aint nobody got time for duck radios.
Especially if ya run SSB.
Guess Mike's off the air
I see all of that shitt..lol lol lol
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i had a I- com 706 that a young man put more than one golden screwdriver in it. it was a total loss for a tech
Amen!!! I hate splatter box operators. I also hate people that sound like they talking with a mouth full of cotton balls!! The other big no no in my book is echo or any type of noise toy!! If you add a hint of echo and delay so your shack sounds live and spacious but you can not hear any hint of echo, delay or reverb that is fine. The second you can hear any of those effects it is too much. These are the same idiots that we all knew in school that would turn a stereo all the way up until it was distorted beyond belief and think that it sounded good! Same mind set. They would rather have a bbq McRib patty thing than a real bbq rack of rib. No helping some Mike!LOL Clean is mean!!
Amen to that
If people would filter their output from NPC and such and run their amps clean I would not care how much power they ran or how much modulation they where running. The real problem though is that these knuckle heads never filter out the harmonics and are transmitting on sub-side bands and splattering on multiple channels tearing up and getting into all kinds of electronics etc....
No one cares because most of the consumers are ignorant as can be and ignorance is bliss! The hacks doing all of this are making money by pandering to their customer's. It takes too much time and cost you too much money to educate your clients! It is easier to just say no and send them on their way.
On top of this a lot of these "CB Technicians" and "Custom Amp Builders" are drama queens and encourage drama and bickering on social media because publicity and controversy are "FREE" and bring them a lot of business! It does not matter what causes the controversy it funnels people into their shop which is $$$$.
My youngest radio is from 1998 and it is all factory stock part wise. All my other radio's are 1980's or older! All of them are 100 stock some still have the factory warranty sticker in place. I suspect the cap's or a resistor will fail before the finals or voltage regulator will fail!
You sound just like one of the first amendment auditors I watch.
PEAK N TUNE MY RADIO, PLEASE. JOKE!
Lol......I'll bet that the guys on ch6 would disagree with this. Have you heard those guys? It sounds like gravel in a tin can.
Don't agree ! I adj'd amc max : went from 30% to 95% mod CRYSTAL CLEAR & no bleed over, sorry !! 20 watt out
Great video Mike....splatter is no good...hear guys all the time 4 and 5 channels away, go to the channel they are actually on and they sound like crap! Then people lie and tell how great they sound....ridiculous!
Scott Lee
I think it's people think that's how your supposed to sound. There are so many splatter box radios out there now days they don't know what proper audio sounds like anymore.
Limiters are government. I drive a big truck that is governed...but that is so my boss will get a break on insurance. It should be my right to control my own equipment, and be responsible with it. Government kills responsibility.
It has nothing to do with the government or "the man". When you mess with the limiter circuit on the radio all of that new found power is not on the channel you are on. It is splattering the adjacent channels or is in harmonics transmitting in the 54 MHz, 81 MHz, 108 MHz and so on frequency ranges.
@@mikesradiorepair It's good to see you are still around.
Ive seen really dirty radios win key down competitions all the time.
577 some of this tech talk is bs. I know for a fact a lot of radios on the bowl 11 28 20 sound damn good. This is why you have to learn for yourself.I know of a lot of my buddys hqve these peak and tuned radios and sound very good so go figure.
@@dougsmith6220 yeah you can keep a radio perfectly clean with a peak and tune.. basically peeking out all the transformers to 100% efficiency where you have to watch is your carrier some radios don't like more than four Watts or they'll swing back. And modulation that's a whole nother beast.
If you can't keep the audio within the channel, it is not doing good.
I'm sorry but we CBers for the most part, the VERY MOST part, live in the real world and cannot afford $10,000 worth of test equipment nor can we drive a hundred miles to have someone with $10,000 of test equipment work on our stuff. It would have been better to have shown, how, with basic equipment, that your average CBer could adjust a radio to a legal 4 watts output with 100% modulation, or at least get safely close to that. I'm sure a millionaire could show me how to live the rich style but with me not having the millions I couldn't live like he just taught me, so why not just make shows that teach what can be done and not what won't be done. Stop preaching, and start teaching.
Unfornately there is no way to adjust modulation without test equipment. At the very least you have to have a oscilloscope and a audio signal generator. Any repair shop would have this. If they don't then they are not a repair shop.
WOW !! So, for the most part Mike ; it is better to run the CB radio stock and save your money , huh??? the snipper & Clipper guys are going to hate you!
I guess you should just take the radio out of the box and put a mic on it and call it a day and live with it i guess, LOL.. whatever...........
Every radio I've ever owned since the late 70's was bone stock, only the occasional alignment or parts repair thats it. And that's why I never had one problem to this day.