Hi EB5DQ, really glad its helped you and thanks for taking the time to comment, always good to hear from viewers. All the best to you and all viewers in Spain. Saludos y gracias por ver el video

Thank you DO5DGH that is very kind of you. Will be posting more CB radio reviews soon. Thanks for taking the time to comment and all the very best MJ7NLK

Ha ha, as long as I don't put you to sleep :-) Thanks for commenting and for making me laugh. All the best and keep meditating / watching :-)

Glad it was helpful

Hi Marius, I very much appreciate your kind words. There will be more content coming soon. I have been so busy in the first quarter that its been difficult to find time. Stay tuned as there will be more on its way soon. All the best and thanks for watching

Hi Jamies, thanks for your kind words, and thanks for watching

Hi John, thanks for watching and thanks for the feedback which is appreciated. Yes this is a great first radio, you cant really go wrong with any of the current President line up. I personally use a Diamond HF10FX antenna (see my video on that) which is easy to tune and works brilliantly for me on 10 meter (HAM Band) or 11 meter (CB band). "Height is Might" with CB Radio and HF frequencies so the bigger the better but it depends on your vehicle. Your not going to get away with a 2 meter antenna on a Smart Car :-). The Diamond is expensive and there are much cheaper options available. Thunderpole are good (the Orbitor HD is good value, Orbitor SS stainless steel is good also), K40 or Wilson are excellent. Maybe a Wilson "Little Wil" would do nicely and reasonably priced or the Wilson 1000 if thats within your price range. All the best

@@NLKMediaGroup Hi and many thanks for the great reply. All info is greatly appreciated. Keep that content coming. 👌

Hi Buzzie, it depends on budget really and location of use (portable or fixed). You could manage with a solar generator like Jackery, Anker, etc. Most have a DC output built in so simple to connect to a radio and very portable. Best to have multiple options for flexibility and redundancy. The problem with large hard-wired panels and a multi-Li-ion battery setup is they are an advert to the people who didn’t prepare. A small portable solar generator, radio and antenna would provide a good amount of flexibility to cater for most situations. All the best and thanks for watching

Hi Rob, thank you for your kind words. Its not just about power, the antenna and tuning it well for low SWR will also make a big difference. My favorite radio is the President Richard which can push 50W but is a HAM radio out the box and needs expanding to cover CB frequencies. The President Walker 2 is essentually the same radio as the Richard but is CB out the box. They share the same circuit board but when expanded the Richard does have a little more power. So, if your wanting CB then the Walker 2 is a lovely unit, powerful when expanded and easy to use. Watch my Richard and Walker 2 videos for all the info on them. If you want Single Side Band in your radio then hold fire as the new President George 2 is due any day now. Everyone waiting for stock to arrive and very much looking forward to testing that unit as it has much promise. The Richard and Walker have an RF Gain dial on the front so you can expand the radio and dial the power back to your legal limit under normal use and the option is then there in an emergency to increase. I did a couple of videos on Antenna Tuning and also the Diamond HF10-FX which is a 10 meter band antenna but when extended to its max length works really well for me on CB 11 Meter Frequencies. CRT and Alinco make nice radios and the Midland M20 is nice but I do like my President radios. If your UK or EU based then all the President radios you see on my channel have expandability but if your in the US then they are different and have mostly had the expandability removed. Hope this helps and thanks for watching.

@@NLKMediaGroup Have you tried the President DIGIMIKE yet. Love to know what you think

Hi Bobby, thanks for letting me know the services menu can be accessed in the same way on the equivalent Andy 2 FCC. All the best and thanks for watching

Hoi John, bedankt voor het kijken en reageren. Vriendelijke groeten Hi John, thanks for watching and for commenting. Kindest regards

Hi Robert, thanks for confirming the FCC variant also allows for access to the factory services menu. AM modulates the amplitude (signal strength) vs the base carrier in order to transmit the voice signal. So, the input voice signal is combined with the carrier signal and requires more power when it is greater (shouting) or less power when it is smaller (whispering) but will always be 4W or more in this example as that is the strength of the base carrier being output. If your carrier signal is 4W you can see up to 12W being output if you're screaming down the microphone or around 8W if talking normally (just an example). FM on the other hand is a continuous signal and it is the frequency that is modulated. A 4W FM transmission will always be 4W regardless of the input voice signal. Thanks for the feedback on the videos and I am pleased you're enjoying them. They really do take time to research and put together but it's fun doing them. Unfortunately, time is my enemy at the moment so I have not been able to get the next video completed yet. I have the Lincoln 2+ and Harrison 2 left to review and then that's the entire President line up done. I have heard from a few US viewers about less than ideal Cobra quality control but cannot confirm this as we just can't get them here. Thanks for watching. All the very best

Hallo, danke fürs zuschauen. Die Bandblöcke beziehen sich auf 40 Kanalblöcke mit unterschiedlichen Frequenzen. Der A-Band-Block umfasst die Standard-CEPT-Frequenzen von 26,965 bis 27,405 und wird normalerweise als Normal bezeichnet. Bandblock B wird normalerweise als Superior bezeichnet und beginnt nach Bandblock A bei 27,415 bis 27,855 und Bandblock C wird normalerweise als Inferior bezeichnet und liegt vor Bandblock A, beginnend bei 26,515 bis 26,955. In numerischer Reihenfolge geht es also zu Bandblock C, dann A, dann B, der 26,515 bis 27,855 in Schritten von 10 kHz abdeckt. Wenn Sie ein President-Radio haben, ist dies im TS-Modus der Fall, was normal ist. Wenn Sie sich im T0-Modus befinden, nehmen Sie 5 kHz ab. T0 bedeutet -5 KHz. Es kann zunächst verwirrend sein und einige Radios haben andere Blöcke D, E, F usw., die nur mehr Bänder in 40er-Blöcken sind. Ich hoffe, das hilft und der Übersetzer hat das gut umgesetzt. Alles Gute und danke fürs Zuschauen. Hi, thank you for watching. The band blocks relate to 40 channel blocks with different frequencies. The A band block is the standard CEPT frequencies from 26.965 to 27.405 and is usually referred to as Normal. Band block B is usually referred to as Superior and starts after Band block A at 27.415 to 27.855 and Band block C is usually referred to as Inferior and is before Band Block A starting at 26.515 to 26.955. So, when in numeric order it goes Band block C, then A, then B covering 26.515 to 27.855 in increments of 10KHz. If you have a President radio this is the case when in TS mode which is normal mode. If in T0 mode then take off 5KHz. (T0 means -5 KHz). It can be confusing at first and some radios have other blocks D, E, F etc which are just more bands in blocks of 40. I hope this helps and that the translator has done well converting this over. All the best and thanks for watching.

@@NLKMediaGroup Hi. Yes! The translator worked well. Thank you for the detailed explanation, which I did not expect. That is not a matter of course. With your explanation and my own research, I think I got it. The A-B-C radio bands irritated me. I think they correspond to the allowed German channels 1-80. These are radio bands A and C. Channels 5-40 are listed as "Export" which is believed to be radio band B. In any case, I will have to delve deeper into the matter. I would like to thank you in advance for the help you have provided and I would be very happy to see more videos. So I say a "73", which means greetings here. Joerg

@@coolerkerl Thank you for your reply. If you check my website, I have a service sheet for the President Harry 3 (different radio I know) you can download which has the standard frequencies in it for each mode on a President radio. nlkmediagroup.com/presidentharry3cbr/ It's at the bottom of the page and is a link to the PDF which might be helpful on Page 5. I will compose a full listing of the band blocks at some point and make that available. Time has been my issue recently, but I have a few weeks off soon and intend to be pushing some videos up. I have 10 CB radios on the shelf ready for review (President, CRT, Alinco and Midland) and am desperately trying to get to them. I might do some shorter unboxing videos on them and then follow up with more in-depth reviews afterwards. I have so many plans for videos but with a large family and increased work pressures I am struggling to get to them. Things should settle down soon so will be back uploading again. 73's to you, all the best. MJ7NLK

@@NLKMediaGroup Thank you for the effort! And for the tip about the website, which I didn't know about yet. I already knew the list on page 5 in a similar form! I just couldn't match the radio channels to the band blocks. If you intend to make a list of tape blocks, don't make it just for me. This is also a task for me. I can't always let other people do the work. I am very happy about your invested time and the videos to come. Always remember that your free time must also benefit your family. With this in mind, good luck for the coming weeks. Greetings from Jörg

Yes an RF amplifier will boost the signal on any CB radio. The KL203P would do the job. However, the use of burners (amplifiers) that exceeds the legal limit are illegal to use. So, it depends on the law in your region. Just be careful to not over run the amp. Best to keep the power coming out of the radio down and let the amp do its job. Overpowering the input can damage it. All the best and thanks for watching

@@NLKMediaGroup thanks

Hi, the FM deviation adjustment on the Barry 2 is in the factory services menu and is the F2 option. My standard value is FF and the recommended adjustment is to 1.9KHz. All the best and thanks for watching

Hi, I do not know the answer to that one. I use an external power meter for measuring the output as the four bars don't really tell you much. It could be a 4W scale or a percentage of total power. It would have to be tested to find out for sure. It is unlikely to be anything overly accurate as the radio would need to factor in CW and PEP in order to provide anything meaninful and as there is no scale or measurement type indicator it wouldn't be of much use. Good question and not one I have been asked before. All the best and thanks for watching

Hi, I do not have an Andy 2 FCC to know for sure but they are the same radio and it should work the same as the Barry 2 in standard mode. Happy new year to you and thanks for watching

Sie könnten versuchen, Ihre FM-Abweichung anzupassen. Wenn Sie Ihre Standardleistung erhöht haben, muss die FM-Abweichung möglicherweise angepasst werden. Versuchen Sie im Werksservice-Menü, die F2-Einstellung mit etwas Ausprobieren nach oben und unten anzupassen, und prüfen Sie, ob Ihre Freunde berichten, dass es lauter wird. Der gewünschte Wert ist 1,9 kHz, aber Sie benötigen dazu Testgeräte, daher ist nur Versuch und Irrtum Ihre einzige Option. Notieren Sie sich die bestehende Einstellung, bevor Sie Änderungen vornehmen. Meine Standardeinstellung war FF. Hoffe das hilft. Frohes neues Jahr und alles Gute für 2024. You could try to adjust your FM deviation. If you have increased your standard power output then the FM deviation may need tweaking. In the factory services menu, try adjusting the F2 setting both up and down with some trial and error and see if your friends report it getting louder. The desired value is 1.9KHz but you will need test equipment to do that so trial and error is your only option. Write down the existing setting before making changes. My standard setting was FF. Hope this helps. Happy new year and all the best for 2024.

I don't know as the Thomas is an FCC version and they usually are restricted vs the EU equivalent. I cannot get any of the FCC versions to be able to validate what options are available. I would work on the basis that it wont work but if you already have one then you could open it up to see inside. All the best and thanks for watching

Hi Simon, some of the radios have much more room for expandability than others. I guess its down to the components used. Some can only expand to 120 channel mode and other all the way. Down to the design and the size of the heat sink fitted as to the heat it could dissipate. All the best

I don't know on that one. I suspect that the factory services menu will be available in the same way on the Thomas but the ability to expand will have been removed. There might be a small amount of headroom in standard mode but I don't have any FCC versions to be able to test and compare. All the best and thanks for watching

Hi Michael, thanks for watching. On the Barry 2 you turn the radio off, press and hold the Mode button and EMG button and turn the radio on. Use the up down buttons to change colour. When you have the one you like. Press and hold the F key until a beep is heard and then your done. Hope this helps. All the best

Hallo Artur, ich habe bereits ein Video von Präsident Martin auf dem Kanal, das Ihnen zeigt, wie Sie auf das Servicemenü zugreifen. Hoffe das hilft. Danke fürs Zuschauen, alles Gute Hi Artur, I already have a President Martin video on the channel which shows you how to access the service menu. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching, all the best

The radios are built with these modifications from the factory. I have not had any issues with enabling export modes in radios. Just remember to write down your factory calibrated settings so you can revert settings back if needed. All the best and thanks for watching.

Hi Casey, thanks for watching. The Andy 2 is the US version of the Barry2 so will be very similar just with more restrictions on the Andy to comply with FCC rules. The combination to access the menu should be the same but I dont have an Andy 2 (I am in the UK, well near to the UK) to try that out on. If the combination works on your Andy 2 then please let me and the other viewers know. All the best MJ7NLK

@@NLKMediaGroup thank you for writing back. Most don't.....Truly appreciated,

@@NLKMediaGroup I will post all my data👍. I'm just waiting on my wilson lil wil 36" antenna. I'm hoping to get a full 5 watts. I'm just outside of Las Vegas and only need a 5 mile minimum radius . Do you think that's possible ?

@@caseykelso1 yes that is possible if there are no obstructions but if heavily populated that will decrease to approx 1 to 2 miles dependant on elevation and building density. It really does vary but Wilson make some lovely antenna. Mount as high as you can and tune for SWR and see how you get on. All the best

@@NLKMediaGroup just one more question and I'll stop... what if you move the clip pin to 23 position Without Cutting the white wire? I'm in the US so I will just be using the the regular standard 40 channel frequency CB radio. That ABC stuff really has screwed me up cuz I have no clue what means. if it's like our ssb side band that we have here, that people use ,or if it's something totally different? I'm just all confused

Désolé, toutes mes vidéos sont en anglais, mon français n'est pas assez bon pour pouvoir faire une vidéo. Tout le meilleur