CB radio is alive and well....we still use it....Guaranteed to work where cellphones won't work

I've been a CBer since the 70's. I'm also an amateur extra Ham, and have a GMRS license as well. When the balloon finally goes up, I'll be able to communicate with somebody using one of these types of radios. HAM and FRS/GMRS have had the CTCSS and DCS features almost from their inception. Given the enormous number of AM and AM/SSB radios out in the field, it's going to be hard to get all the truckers and CB hobbyists to switch to a new radio with these features. After all, it takes two radios with these features to make a contact. Right now, the only thing going for CB is the "no license required" feature. I have two FM capable CB radios. I haven't made a contact on FM since I bought them. If having the ability to talk to a specific group of people in a club or radio group is your requirement, there are no license, handheld FRS radios with the CTCSS and DCS features that have about the same range as CB. President radios with the automatic squelch control (ASC) are more than adequate to reduce the background noise and still be useful for over the road travel and making local contacts. It's going to take a while for more of the FM capable radios with CTCSS and DCS to be fielded before theses features have a practical use. Still, President radios are well made and worth the money. If you're just getting started in CB, the President Harrison FCC with all of these features is a solid investment. However, I just found out that the President Mckinley II now has AM/FM/SSB capabilities as well. It's just a matter of time before the CTCSS/DCS feature is added. It's a little more money, but you get everything is one radio. CB still has it's niche and is still a viable way to communicate with other stations in a group or with DX stations when propagation allows. It's just another tool in the bag.

Somebody needs to make one of these with SSB.

Ctcss sounds like a great feature. I need to look into this further. Very cool.

So, the CB radio (finally) meets 21st Century software and FM... A "locked" (legal) AM/FM/SSB radio is I hope in development. This will be important to the learning curve, with the tones being part of that curve and quite a nice addition ! It will enable one to learn much more, a path to GMRS and Amateur radio for those who are interested is obvious. Less stodgy Amateur Radio Operators should SERIOUSLY consider adding such a radio to their shack. This will allow larger numbers of the public to reach THEM via this unlicensed service. And? Then the Ham can pass emergency health and welfare traffic to and from larger covering nets, such as the National Tracfic System, and of course to each other. Quite a step up, little coordination required. I am of the opinion that the more radios in the hands of the public, the better. Well done design, with adequate heat sinking! SUPER BONUS POINTS for having the NWS system built in! Finally, as a kid? I would have loved to have own this radio. 73 DE W8LV BILL

Another GREAT radio review. Thank you !

This is such a great info channel!

Great to have you back, always well worth watching.🇮🇲

Love this

Great video.

CTCSS/DCS is used on FM mode. In the US, indeed Australia-NZ-Pacific context, you'd pick a clear channel, set the code of choice for both your base setup, and your mobile or handhelds. The radios then stay dead quite, even with squelch off, *unless* it receives a transmission with that embedded code. Great, for reducing noise that breaks squelch and disrupts family life on regular CB radios, you can have now, a more silent home! Rem, this is not encryption, so what you broadcast, is still heard by all other - in range CB radios, so keep that aspect in mind. CTCSS/DCS should not be used on 09/19, nor on any SSB Call Channel (38 in the US, or 35 outside the US), nor on other recognised road channels, such as 08 in Australia. Good to see the functions inclusion. It should be on ALL new CB radios going forward. Regards.

Good to see you still kicking there. Our company radios used to use fm radios going through a repeater but we've changed to a tablet that used the Verizon network plus we also clock in/out,do pretrip/post trip,and text/talk to dispatch and other drivers. Also,most circuit board repair people use heat guns and flux paste and microscopes to remove and replace small electronic components nowadays

Great radio show its like a old 📞

I love long videos

President mckinley am,ssb is what i have. Great radio

The Wouxun KG-S72C that came out last year also has FM & CTCSS/DCS tones.

I wish KZfaq had sideband

I remember "President" radios back in the 80's. I always thought they were a line of Uniden radios. Made by Uniden. Now President appears to be solely their own company. Was this always the case? Am I confusing 2 different presidents?

Would be nice if the microphone had a key pad on it so it would not take so long to go through the different settings and features.

Does the manual or radio tell you what the actual ctcss tone is other then (code 1) (code2) ect. So you can tell others with different brand radios can match

dmr-ctss-dcs-dsp- automatic mode select am.fm.c4fm.,- asc automatic squelch control . - atomatic volume control with automute . tone scan . - skip scan - noise gate ... cb radio ... with a rf tx rx knob power level do we will have it in 2024 in a din and smaler size ?

The McKinley v.2 has FM + SSB. Seems this radio is for the European audience. President , build a base and they will come 😊

Interesting. We had DCS/CTCSS and selective calling on (FM modulated) CB since 90s here in Europe. I thought it was a common thing on AM as well.

It is time that all processing in the TX/RX path is done using DSP processing which means a much lighter transceiver which can be updated every so often with new firmware.

I have a president harrison fcc and i don't get any weather alerts. Any idea what the problem is?

These radios need to be at Walmart shelves $49.99 . Other FCC limited models up to $100. The 10m models rule! These would be better then rubbish cobra 19 ultra models. No one using FM still to this day since it came out in Pittsburgh east area . But this is a nice compact radio for today's plastic cars. 😅

So if your favorite local jerk has a large linear, are your weaker legal signals still going to be heard via your selected tones, or is the massive linear still going to over power your signals even though you won't hear the strong signal

Wow

Not true, the Radioddity CS-47 has been out for a while too and has it as well and is FCC Certified.

My ham radio was stolen out of my Jeep. I own a cobra cb still I really don’t know if people hear me. Only when I Jeep in trails they do.

CTCSS "PL" is used in Europe for FM repeater access. Not in the USA.

what about ssb

Why would a CB radio need CTCSS and DCS coding abilities? Are there 11 meter repeaters for CB radio? What, no SSB? I use the CTCSS tones for the repeaters in our area but I'm a Ham radio operator. I have a Yaesu FT-991a that I had the MARS mod done so I could use it on 11 meters (27 KHz). Cheers & 73 from K9POW in eastern TN

Is talkback loud?

For $40 more I'd rather get something like the Qt40 or Qt60, which does CB and ham radio (and SSB).

When does the Obama or Biden model come out?

Way less white noise on cobra 2000. Radio.

Don't waste your money on buying them radios

And how many people running out and buying this new FM CB radios. Not many. Why you need a FM CB radio for. They made lots of CB radios with am and ssb. And most people just talking to one other in a car and am good enough. If the price to those FM CB radio come down to normal. And most FM CB radio cost more then most CB radios when new that can do ssb. And there are GRMS radios out there. There the thing buy a over prove FM CB radio or buy a normal price GRMS radio. Both get you talking over the air. Just most will buy the cheaper then the higher price one. And last sad thing most CB radio companys have stop making ssb radios and just making this FM CB radios. Now we push ssb out and just think about fm now on.

Why is the US still messing around with 27Mhz? Sure it has it's place but if you're going FM then also go UHF like the rest of the world. Even backwardass stupid Australia has AM/SSB 27Mhz plus 477Mhz FM I just don't get FM on HF. Maybe it's just me.

No SSB no = extra-long range, do not waste your time and money on a toy.

Please buy American 🇺🇸

Id definitely never buy a CB. I have one that was given to me and all I hear is nonsense.

Plastic junk 😅😅😅

They need to quit making the new president radios they are junk