CB Antenna Range Test - Handheld Cb's

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Mack's Public Land Hunting & Outdoors

2 жыл бұрын

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In this video I Tested 3 antennas for handheld Cb's. The Radio used in this test was a Midland 75-810 transmitting to a Cobra GTL 2000 Base Station. The 3 antennas are 1. Rubber Duck Ant 2. Cobra Long Range Antenna and 3. Hyshikra 27 MHZ Antenna. Range test were conducted at 1,2, 4 and 5 miles with interesting results.
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@glenmo1 2 жыл бұрын

I have an old radio shack walkie-talkie 40 channel it's got a huge final in it which has its own heat sink! It has a telescopic antenna and I was able to talk one quiet night to my friend in this pickup truck 15 MILES AWAY!

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 2 жыл бұрын

Nice !

@MosquitoRanch 2 жыл бұрын

Glen M I would like to know the model number of your Radio Shack unit if you are willing to share that information.

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

what model is it??

@chestypuller4591 Жыл бұрын

Great review! I just received the Hyshikra yesterday. Looking forward to trying it out. Cool to see someone else using one.

@brentneves3602 Жыл бұрын

Great video, excellent test. I purchased a Uniden pro HH401, CB handheld, and I didn't waste time, I purchased the same Hysaykra 4ft+ telescopic antenna, and 2800mh rechargeable batteries my radio getting awesome range now.

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

Good choice!

@wr4i Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting these antenna results! For highway travel,even the rubber ducky antenna is fine for listening to truckers to find out about traffic issues. A mag mounted antenna works great too. 73,WR4i

@kishascape 11 ай бұрын

I used the duck a lot with a Midland 75-785 when I was in high school so much and did fine in suburban California out to like a mile. With the Cobra HA-TA I got as an upgrade it was able to do 2 miles easy over all the houses.

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 2 жыл бұрын

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@mrfrank4583 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video!! VERY helpful. I appreciated your extremely informative testing. I was also actually surprised by the rubber duck antenna and not very impressed with the cobra but extremely impressed with the Hyshikra. Thank you for your efforts!!

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Mack

@mrfrank4583 2 жыл бұрын

@@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 You are welcome. I used the link on this page to purchase that Hyshikra antenna. Be well, stay healthy!

@b57ecv 2 жыл бұрын

Why not try a longwire like the ham radio guy's use, cut the wire to match the frequency you're using then if you can put an antenna tuner into it with an swr meter to tune it perfectly......moonraker mirical whip is good antenna tuner i use one with the correct adapters to fit some of my radios.

@mrfrank4583 2 жыл бұрын

@@b57ecv Thank you for the recommendation. I'll give it a try.

@billalderman4065 2 жыл бұрын

2 wires 102" insulator to insulator with center on 1 and shield on the 2nd one Insulator on ends with rope it can be put up anywhere and talk well ⚡

@kevinstarner7929 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the test, I know what to get now

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@RealMash 2 жыл бұрын

Extremely Helpful! Thank you! Subscribed! Greetings from Germany!

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Greetings from the South.

@otrdriver6767 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I just bought one with your link. I also signed up to your channel. Thumb up.

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 2 жыл бұрын

thanks Joseph, if you like to fish ckeck out my fishing channel. Macks extreme river fishing.

@mononcyoyo Жыл бұрын

Got myself a HYS 27MHz 51in on a Randy II and I love it! The longer the better for long distance local

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

TRUTH

@HenryCalderonJr Жыл бұрын

I have the hys also on my Randy 2 and yes big difference.

@dieterhauer8619 Ай бұрын

NOTE: While range testing & antenna design/efficiency is interesting and very important, the quality, level and clarity of modulation is extremely important. Some CB walkie talkies have horrible/substandard microphones and they should be weeded out as well.

@williampockoski5029 Жыл бұрын

Great video, well done, very informative. Very impressive, great work.

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Paul-ek5ey Жыл бұрын

Great info on your gear I can tell the 51in works the best of the rest Ty for sharing

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

Right on

@knotshore5957 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you

@sung2821 2 жыл бұрын

nice video ！ professional test

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

@fernandoscrenci3895 Жыл бұрын

Great video value, on the cb walkie talkie antennas !! Nice !!

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@auntbarbara5576 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video and advice, answered my questions, thank you!!! liked/subd/shared 😉

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

@kishascape 11 ай бұрын

Them hys 50 inch telescopics are great. Best you used to be able to get before then was the Cobra HA-TA so this really ups the game.

@davidacosta147 5 ай бұрын

Awesome 👌

@Mr.Scotty96 2 жыл бұрын

very helpful, thanks!!

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watchin!!

@klv400 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video. Thanks

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 4 ай бұрын

thank You!

@greghaff229 Жыл бұрын

You're getting more "Fars" than I get with my Wouxun 905G.

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

Fars, LOL notarubicon luv that channel

@pr0579 Жыл бұрын

Nicely done. I’ll get the HS antenna. Thanks

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

thanhs for watching.

@glenmo1 2 жыл бұрын

I just purchased a 46 inch foldable flexible antenna for my Midland walkie-talkie.. I have a telescopic antenna for my Cherokee walkie-talkie.. both walkie talkies have been modified to transmit on free band! (Above channel 40 just below 10 m... And below channel One just above 12 m).. people have been transmitting on free band since the 1960s without any problems from Uncle Charlie

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 2 жыл бұрын

NIce! I too have a Midland that has low and high bands on it. 120 channels . I plan to do a video on it some time. Actually I have 2 , a 77-810 and a 75-822 both with 120 chnnels. thanks for watching.

@RS4393 Жыл бұрын

Curious how well Hyshirka to Hyshirka distance testing would work. Using handhelds of course. I have a cobra 50 wx st and will be ordering one of these antennas for it.

@duaneshuster6366 2 жыл бұрын

It's always good get out there and field test antennas cb or Ham portable. The rubber duckie antennas are good for convince within a mile or less.. If you attach a thin piece wire 9ft wire onto ground side of BNC connector ( outter side) let it drape down to ground. this will give you a counter poise and will bring up TX/RX signal on all antennas transmissions. Hey keep up good work you can also set up mini 40 Mobil on a 7 amp hour 12v gel cell battery at camp sight onto a vertical 102 fiber galss whip with homemade 3/8 bracket add some ground planes and take walk with talkie! Thankz for video.

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 2 жыл бұрын

I will have to try thta. tks mack

@JayP7.62 Жыл бұрын

I bought one of those Hyshikra antennas for my cheap uniden handheld and was very surprised at the difference in both transmit and receive. It’s like night and day compared to the rubber ducky it comes with. I can have the rubber ducky on and not hear anyone then put the hyshikra on and start picking up people. For the price you can’t beat it.

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

tks for the input Jay.

@kishascape 11 ай бұрын

With the nice pro401hh it basically performs like a barefoot mobile.

@kishascape 11 ай бұрын

The radio makes a big difference. Testing with president randy especially in FM mode and it puts out a far stronger signal than the radio in this video and most other handhelds surprisingly. The thing performs amazingly well. At 7 miles with hyshrika to base it pegged like s6 to 7.

@karelmaly8762 17 күн бұрын

Great test, thank you. A lot of videos on yt but very little real testing from outside. I only recommend to put radio microphone as close to the mouth as possible. Have a nice day!

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 12 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@william_k4arx 8 ай бұрын

Very good test! Love to watch those things work. Did you have someone special at home to help you complete your testing?

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 8 ай бұрын

no just me and a camera. Tks for watching.

@jamesmcgee2447 Жыл бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻

@johnlynch7834 2 жыл бұрын

Very good video.Ive done similar testing.Not all rubber duck antennas are the same.Thanks

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 2 жыл бұрын

John, Thanks for watching!

@ggsipaper 10 ай бұрын

Yes those longer antennas work great but I can't be walking around with a 4 foot antenna sticking out of my backpack or off my belt. Is there anything in between these like a longer rubber duck? It would not be as good as the 4 footers but at least it would be usable to use while on the trail. Thanks for taking the time to make the great video!

@rickylee2477 8 ай бұрын

They are telescopic

@desbelfastireland9982 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU.. DES CREAN,, BELFAST ,, IRELAND

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

No, Thank You.

@billalderman4065 2 жыл бұрын

A home made wire diapole antenna will really do a great job if your stationary or at camp..Vert. for local and Hoz for DX.. Super Easy To Build and Use

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 2 жыл бұрын

they will, I actually have one that I will do a video on one day where I take it out with a handheld and see how far I can talk.

@zekemowad6501 2 жыл бұрын

Hard to believe not much difference between the rubber duck and the longer much longer cobra extended antenna

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 2 жыл бұрын

Very little difference which did surprise me. tks for wacthing.

@maddog57ful 2 жыл бұрын

I have all those antennas and I am not impressed with the Cobra Overpriced 27" Antenna at all. I consider it a Rip Off but the 51" Antenna just works best.

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 2 жыл бұрын

@@maddog57ful agreed. Tks for watching , Mack

@ChrisOakesCO 2 жыл бұрын

That tells me that either longer antenna is low quality or the rubber ducky is good quality OR both!

@kishascape 11 ай бұрын

@@ChrisOakesCOit's more than likely just his base station antenna height. As when talking handheld to handheld when I used to use one alot 10 years ago it bumped my range from 1-2 miles to 4. I like the 27 inch flex whip Bell's cb offers as an add-on option for the hh50wxst listing (though you can actually buy it separately). More durable so I don't have to worry with it as much.

@scottmull5036 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if there would be any improvement if you attached a wire to the bnc connection to act as a ground plane. I've watched other videos and they say it helps. Would be nice to see a comparison done like you did here. Great job!

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I plan on doing that.

@scottmull5036 Жыл бұрын

I just ordered an Albrecht ae 2990 and plan on using it portable whenever I'm outdoors. I'm either going to buy or make a T2LT antenna to pair with it. They are very popular in the UK for portable DX. Haven't seen or heard of it much here in the US. I don't know why, seems like a fun way to communicate to me.

@toby2e0tge91 5 ай бұрын

Mack... great vid, but get yourself a ham licence as backup, VHF, HFand of course UHF goes a lot further if you want serious comms 🙂

@59plexi Жыл бұрын

good review...best ive seen....!!!

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! and thanks for watching.

@shep6123 Жыл бұрын

Shep 73‘s have a good test it all depends the location the wire around buildings that was a good test though I like it I go by shepfc1 on side band I live in Indiana

@user-or1hm4vg5m 11 ай бұрын

Im gonna get a base station antenna for my handheld

@chestypuller4591 Жыл бұрын

I'm running the Hyshikra on an old Cobra HH40. Should be way better than the rubber duck antenna.

@HenryCalderonJr Жыл бұрын

Would love to see 2 handheld with the hyshrika or hys 51inch of a range maybe 2-3 miles?

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

Not a bad idea for a video.!!!

@quinnlane7257 7 ай бұрын

I just ordered a TRC 463 mobile kit ! Can you only use the car antenna with it?

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 7 ай бұрын

it has a RCA ant port. you should be able to hook up any ant you want to with some adapters.

@3nertia Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info! Doing research to find a way to communicate with the roommate nearly 4 miles away, for emergencies; our cell service went out recently heh

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

4 miles may be pushing it with a hh

@3nertia Жыл бұрын

@@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Don't have any other option ...

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

@@3nertia you may be able to do it with a handheld depending on the terrain. if you cant a dipole antenna Horizontal higher off the ground hooked to a handheld.10-30 feet would surely get you 4 miles.

@3nertia Жыл бұрын

@@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 We live in city and while we don't exactly have skyscrapers, there are buildings. But I don't have my ham license yet, we don't have a vehicle, and it would be really nice to be able to communicate the 3.8 miles as the crow flies should our cell network go down again :

@ddynoah9208 2 жыл бұрын

Will the Hyshika work on the uniden pro501HH

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 2 жыл бұрын

yes it will.

@ZadenZane Жыл бұрын

Back in the day you'd never use channel 14 for something like that. Channel 14 was the calling channel and there was just too much traffic. I can't imagine what the big cities were like but I was out in the countryside and channel 14 was full of people calling all day and all night. PS would I be right in thinking handheld CBs have drastically improved? We had a 40 channel handheld with rubberduck and we had a base station with Thunderpole aerial strapped to our chimney with bailer twine. The rubber duckie radio only had a one-mile range, as you say. But the base station (which was actually a car radio with adaptor) easily reached 5 miles all around and as far as 12-15 miles on occasion.

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

dont know if they are better now as the trc's were really good but antenna height is more imortant than watts.

@ZadenZane Жыл бұрын

@@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 I want to get back into CB so I’ve been looing at stuff. No base stations anymore, just handheld or mobile. The handheld I was looking at by Midland acts as a mobile if you remove the battery pack and plug it into the carI can’t have a rooftop antenna but I do live near a big hill, so I’m thinking of getting a handheld with a huge telescopic antenna... do you think that sounds like the most sensible choice? Can’t spend more than about $150, to translate into American figures. I loved CB back in the day. I’ve heard loads of other people are getting the same idea, I wonder why? I’m not an Armageddon “prepper” but radio is a good option when the phones go down...

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

@@ZadenZane Cb is a good choice...when a disaster happens (here in NC were have hurricaines) you can reach truckers and find out stuff. I have the 75-822 midland with extra channels. I just havent done a video on it yet. I use it in my truck with a wilson ant and I can reach 15 plus miles. it can be a walkie talkie It can be a walkie talkie as well.

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

@@ZadenZane try and get a used 75-822 and lil wilson antenna. I can talk 20 plus miles on mine. it can be a handheld also.

@marytervo5560 Жыл бұрын

Is there anything that goes to 20 miles from base?

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

A base station with an antenna 40 plus feet high can go 20 Miles easy if not in the mountains...a handheld no as even with a longer antenna it is still less than 10 ft off the ground

@pgprentice 2 жыл бұрын

You will get better performance if you hold the radio closer to your mouth. Signal strength is useless if you have low volume due to crappy modulation.

@ChrisOakesCO 2 жыл бұрын

Your exactly right! Long ya don't do like so many people an hold it right up to thier mouth where it sounds distorted.

@bulldogbrower6732 Ай бұрын

Why doesn’t the CB band perform as well now as it did in the 1960s. Is it the number of electronic devices we have now or what ? I’m sticking with FM GMRS. Cheaper and no need for a long antenna. Good for 3 to 5 miles.

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Ай бұрын

I am gettting them to perform as well as they used to.

@davidacosta147 5 ай бұрын

The way this world us going they should get a chance radio asap

@shep6123 Жыл бұрын

All I like to see more CB radio guys do these kinda test and CB stuff must Jordy time it’s ham radios I build antennas for CB radios I don’t have my ham license but I do have 2 m radios and I built antennas but I don’t test them but I’m in the Moseley CB radios I like talking on side band radios 73 do you enjoy that enjoyed that that was a good

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

i like SSB as well got 2 radios that have SSB. Tks for watching. Mack

@petemartinez8517 Жыл бұрын

I think you need a Cherokee ah27 or an ah100 hand held

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

I do. you know where i can find one?

@petemartinez8517 Жыл бұрын

@@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 I don't remember the exact site but all I did was check under ah27f and one of the listings says 119 $ dollars for one

@cactusland88 Жыл бұрын

Useful video! If nothing else, it demonstrates that CB is just not reliable. I would like this gentleman to compare an FM walkie-talkie to the CB radio with the various antennas and the same distances.

@johnflesher7734 5 ай бұрын

I'll keep cellphone them hand held not much rang

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 4 ай бұрын

cell phones may go down 1 day.

@johnflesher7734 5 ай бұрын

There worthless them hand held in City

@johnflesher7734 5 ай бұрын

Just a toy

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 4 ай бұрын

nope , not at all.

@arkadiuszweiss Жыл бұрын

You keep the radio too far from your mouth with older devices, modulation is poorly used. The maximum distance from the microphone is 2 inches. Health for you :)

@mackspubliclandhuntingoutd6715 Жыл бұрын

I have heard that....I may do a video and see the difference ..tks for watching

@arkadiuszweiss Жыл бұрын

The largest antenna is really very efficient.