What voltage does your radio see because it should be at least 13.8 and my experience is with a battery it’s below that.

You Said It Jack, That's What Radio's All About!

My favorite two-way radios are the Yaesu 2 meter dual-band (VHF / UHF) hand held radios and the Galaxy 99v2 mobile 10 meter radio expanded to 11 meter (CB channels) . The Galaxy 99v2 radio has the best and most features for use as a CB radio. It also can transmit on FM for a nice pleasant to the ears clear static free communications !

Sounds like GMRS will soon be automatically tracked. Right now it can be done manually but if it passes legislation, you will be tracked automatically. Definitely not good for shtf situation

yes and a hand held dual band (VHF / UHF) two way radio. If you get stuck in a city or town during a survival situation with many buildings there you need to switch your radio to the UHF mode so you will be able to transmit through the floors the the buildings, etc.

NOM those frog legs...

I have the new model convertible and a bigger radio...

No problem!

Any difference in cb radios. I don't know if the new or older radios would be better quality.

@@commiesarehorrible7622 Cobra, Midland, Uniden & Galaxy are the go to's for CB radios. The most important thing though is a properly tuned antenna. Many cobra 29s have been fried because of a poor antenna setup. Also a newcomer to the states is an eastern European brand known as President with their DIN size (head unit / stereo size) & ultra compact models which offroad drivers and boondockers appreciate.

@@CO84trucker so how do you make sure its tuned

The best two radios that I have are a Galaxy 98 VHP and the other one is the Stryker 955 and between the two I get everything.

They can be made pretty good talking radios.

Richard Millican: All you need now is a PMR radio :-)

The fiberglass antennas definitely work especially if you are in an area where your installation is close to wires that if it feel onto them the safety factor is good, but a metal antenna is much better than fiberglass but they shouldn’t be installed near electrical wires that it could come into contact with.

Yeah we even have a GMRS repeater here where I live. Now that FM has been authorized for CB use that could be interesting as well.

@David S Onassis yea, I had great memories of CB radio back in the day. Hope it keeps going. Just saying there are better options out now.

The main thing that keeps the CB very relevant is actually the low energy use for grid down situations.

You should pull it out of cold storage and give it a whirl.

He was talking about "Convoy".

Look up 440 cb shop will help you out with any questions

@@440cbshop9 Thank You!

You can use a battery, but it would be a lot simpler to buy a power supply, gigaparts has them.

Some friends of mine did the same thing back in the late 80's early 90's. I wasn't up on commo really other than the PRC-77 in the military in the 80's, but I was surprised at how far clearly a simple 5 watt marine hand held could talk in the hills in northern Wisconsin. It was pretty common to reach out 8 to 12 miles with a hand held and the 25 watt base type radios would do 25 or more miles as long as you weren't deep in a valley. We liked it because you were all alone out there on the airwaves, but it is illegal to use them on land, so now we're using the GMRS radios which we like as well, but you're not alone at all. One thing to consider, is talking too far. We didn't want to have to transmit any further than needed. No sense having everyone within 10 miles listening in to a conversation between two people who are 2 miles apart, so being able to switch from high of 5 watts, to low of 1 watt, was pretty handy and helped with battery life. Keep up the great work.

@@wjf213 yeah we've been using them since the early 80's to for hunting actually in the swamps of Fla. An they work good for our purpose's, but we also use them for fishing on the ocean to, an yes I also remember the PRC- 77, To bad we DIDNT have cell phones back then, most guys I knew hated toteing them, unless they were vehicle mounted.

Thanks

Not to rain on this parade, but except for marine use (the Fla swamps may qualify :) , I think VHF marine freqs aren't legal to use inland if not talking with boaters on nearby waters. MURS freqs would be a better legal/non-license choice for VHF. All that said, CB capability is a must for the comms toolbox, and fun to listen to if the other bands are quiet :)

@@truck57us our swamps generally turn into freshwater water ways that invariably lead to salt water which leads to the ocean, so you were right about Fla, an we can literally take a boat all the way across Fla from the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico

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@@SavageAirguns I wonder if he talking about the moon event on August 1st to the 5th? It's when the Earth gets to shine on the dark side of the moon.

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there are no CB repeaters but there are multiple ham repeaters that go from here into Vegas up on Mt Charleston. Moved here from NYC years ago myself. Shoot me an email from my profile page and i can give you more info on repeaters

Sadly I never built it on video but I did do a video on it when it was done its here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rJuCgKeB3a2ZfKs.html

Yeah see I am a ham but I just love radio in general be it CB or FRS or GMRS, any way of communications is always better than none at all.

@@Iridium242 you may want to look into buying the Galaxy 99v2 radio 10 meter. It can be expanded to 11 meter (CB) also. It can also transmit on the clear static-free FM. This new radio is in big demand and not easy to find. I am on a waiting list to buy one.

@@unitedstatesirie7431 Yeah its actually one I have been looking at, this is just like any hobby lol you are always shopping for your next radio :)

Its not for transmit its a old cheap 2 meter antenna not a cb antenna

Faraday cage

Build a faraday cage out of chicken wire have it so that you can go inside it with the radio have the antenna outside the faraday cage you should be good

where did you hear that?

@@Iridium242 I think they're just being "funny" since the People's Banana Republic of Kaliforniastan bans anything fun and legal. I couldn't find anything on the internets about it.

I believe it was the ham radios. They are not allowing park rangers to use them anymore. I remember reading it.