RETEVIS M62 CB RADIO. Retro and very easy to use.

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21 күн бұрын

RETEVIS M62 Retro AM/FM CB Radio Review with up to 18.5 watts TX on Euro band. Full in depth review and modding guide for extra power conversion.
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About this item
AM supports long-distance communication; FM features clear sound quality; no matter which mode you choose; suits your specific needs
80 legal channels adjustable; drivers can use CB radio worry-free in various countries
Switch channel 9 to ask for help in emergencies; switch channel 19 to share road information; ensure your driving safety
CB radio has ASQ and SQ two squelch modes; which reduce background noise and offer clear transmission and reception
CB radio kit is equipped with a panel and various LED indicators; operate and check the function operations easily and clearly
Handheld radio is easy to turn on the VOX function; talk without holding the mic; release your hands to focus on operations in the vehicle
Brand Retevis
Colour black
Special feature Key Lock, Roger Beep
Product dimensions 38L x 185W x 124H millimetres
Tuner technology FM, AM
Style CB Radio
Radio bands supported FM, AM
Included components Microphone hanging piece x1;main bracket x1;Bracket knob x2, Screw x4;Non-slip mat x4;Stop pad x2;Spare fuse x1, Cigarette lighter x1;Talking microphone x1, MB62 CB Radio x1, Handbook x1Microphone hanging piece x1;main bracket x1;Bracket knob x2, Screw x4;Non-slip mat x4;Stop pad x2;Spare fuse x1, Cigarette lighter x1;Talking microphone x1, MB62 CB Radio x1, Handbook x1
Display technology LED
Voltage 12 Volts

Пікірлер: 119

@ianp369 15 күн бұрын

In Export mode you get the following with white wire cut and jumper removed- AE 25.615 - 26.055 MHz BE 26.065 - 26.505 MHz CE 26.515 - 26.995 MHz DE 26.965 - 27.405 MHz EE 27.415 - 27.855 MHz FE 27.865 - 28.305 MHz GE 28.315 - 28.775 MHz HE 28.765 - 29.205 MHz IE 29.215 - 29.655 MHz JE 29.665 - 30.105 MHz KE 25.165 - 25.605 MHz LE 24.715 - 25.155 MHz

@CB-RADIO-UK 15 күн бұрын

Thank you

@26DR302 14 күн бұрын

Do you lose the UK FM in Export?

@ianp369 14 күн бұрын

@@26DR302 Yes you do lose the UK 40, UK 40 has unusual offsets The UK 40 is 27.60125 Channel 1 to 27.99125 Channel 40.

@Hultis-Funkbude 15 күн бұрын

Hi Fred! Thank you very much for the tip about the modification! 👍My video about the MB62 in German went online today. I'll take a look at the modification now. Best wishes and stay healthy, Sascha👋

@irongron 20 күн бұрын

That second half of the show where you opened up the radio was great. Good stuff Fred.

@CB-RADIO-UK 20 күн бұрын

Thank you.

@fretlessfender 20 күн бұрын

I totally like your laidback way of presenting videos, the concept of learning together is nice! You have a pleasant, kind voice... well done!

@CB-RADIO-UK 20 күн бұрын

Cheers

@Greg-et2dp 20 күн бұрын

Frid in the shed I learn lot from you about bying cb radios and antennas for cb radios and power supplys for cb radios my friend

@Greg-et2dp 20 күн бұрын

Frid in the shed your new Retevis M-62 cb radio is awesome my friend

@MM0IMC 19 күн бұрын

4:09 Looks like a 5 DIN pin socket, just like the old Realistic CEPT FM radios that Tandy used to sell.😉

@snakezdewiggle6084 19 күн бұрын

Nice one Fred 👍 Always love the internal view. Cheerz.

@user-ef3nu1eh7z 19 күн бұрын

If i were to get a AM FM radio i would not be happy without ssb available been ssb. Operator since the 1970s.

@alanslade2319 17 күн бұрын

FRED WE spoke about the heat sink the other day, and you said you have to watch the video, and wow I'm amazed how much power that little radio puts out, what ashamed that we can't have it over here pushing 18 watts , but what a great little radio for the price , thank FRED keep up the great work mate, ALAN FROM LUTON 💯😱👍

@CB-RADIO-UK 16 күн бұрын

Hi Alan. Yes its a pity but i would not like to push it that hard on FM for too long.

@Greg-et2dp 20 күн бұрын

Frid in the shed your KZfaq videos are awesome my friend

@NLKMediaGroup 20 күн бұрын

Hey Fred, keep up the good work. Interesting to see Retevis breaking into CB. Going to need sunglasses with that display, wonder if a resistor could be fitted to dull it down. All the best. MJ7NLK

@manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069 8 күн бұрын

Another great video Fred 👍🍻

@Greg-et2dp 20 күн бұрын

Frid in the shed my hobbies are painting pictures 🖼 and listening to shortwave and ssb iam thinking about getting my Grms license my friend

@Dj-Jon-E-C 9 күн бұрын

I getting this Retevis I like the old school led display just a simple number. I have also brought a few weeks back the Thunderpole T-X after watching one of your vids. I think that will be enough CB radio buying for a bit. lol

@CB-RADIO-UK 8 күн бұрын

Yes its very old school in is operation. Kinda nice to get back to it. Enjoy.

@MrSlipstreem 4 күн бұрын

Hi Fred. I have one of these little marvels and am very pleased with it so far for the price (£53 with discount voucher). However, one feature it claims to have but doesn't is CTCSS/DCS codes. I've confirmed this with Retevis customer support and asked them to remove the information from the online and paper user manuals to avoid misleading potential buyers. Skip has been fantastic lately and I was listening to both sides of a conversation with one breaker in SW Scotland a couple of evenings ago on the MB62 on the UK band. I'm in south Cambridgeshire UK, so that's around 400 miles away. This was on a Thunderpole Orbitor antenna sitting atop a 1.5m aluminium pole hammered 10cm in to my back lawn. I've connected the braid of the coax to the aluminium pole but have no ground plane radials yet. SWR is between 1:1.2 and 1:1.5 across all UK and EU channels, so that's a good start. 😃👍

@CB-RADIO-UK 4 күн бұрын

Hi. Glad you like the radio. Good call on the privacy codes. I cannon stand them on CB / 10m radios and they cause no end of problems with folk not hearing audio from other stations. Good job on the pole in the garden as thats how i started. You will find as you get the antenna higher your noise level will drop off. Good DX.

@MrSlipstreem 4 күн бұрын

@@CB-RADIO-UK Unfortunately, I own my property but not the land it stands on and my landlord is allergic to tall antenna masts. I'm currently designing and 3D-printing a kit of support parts to install the antenna and supporting pole inside a dummy 2.9m tall plastic gutter downpipe. The coax will enter the wall via a custom-printed downpipe support bracket, so the whole install will be completely invisible from the outside. 🤫🤭

@MrSlipstreem 3 күн бұрын

Just to add to this, I received a nice offer of a discount on a future Retevis purchase as an apology. I won't tell you how much as that's between me and them, but I've just ordered an RA79 and programming cable for a bargain price. It never hurts to be courteous. 🙂

@Chris-tx9ou 20 күн бұрын

You might need to change your name to Frid in the shed - 73's

@CB-RADIO-UK 18 күн бұрын

LOL dont :-)

@alanslade2319 17 күн бұрын

Yeah FRID great stuff 😂

@Kw1161 20 күн бұрын

Thanks Fred for another equipment review, although I wish that it had SSB option, because FM has not caught on in my area. However, it also means the local “Lids” are masked more…😂! 73! Have a great day!

@mattcurtis3019 16 күн бұрын

Great reviews

@migsvensurfing6310 19 күн бұрын

Thanks for the review. You need a frequency counter or a scanner with close call like some Unidens and you would know where you are on the frequency.

@Don_28. 20 күн бұрын

I will say band D is eu band E channel 12 is 27.555 and uk going into F band channel 40 F will be 28.305 going into 10 meter

@silvafox8371 17 күн бұрын

Sounds like this could be a nice little car (mobile ) option

@HamTechRadioScannerDrones 20 күн бұрын

Nice to know about white wire & power shame no signal meter cheers

@-The-Darkside 20 күн бұрын

One to see if people figure it out, and if they do I might get one

@andyc664 20 күн бұрын

Very cool

@MrCOPiSEN 20 күн бұрын

Hello there Fred! If I could make one wish, it would be to see you operating more often again. In the 305 or DX, it doesn't matter. As much as I hope your reviews are successful, a little "back to the roots" wouldn't go amiss! 73!

@CB-RADIO-UK 19 күн бұрын

Hi. I ve been recording some of my DX contacts so there will be a video in the future. Cheers.

@MrCOPiSEN 19 күн бұрын

Looking forward to that then! Cheers 🙂

@CB-RADIO-UK 18 күн бұрын

Should be this weds.

@dennis8196 20 күн бұрын

They have been making 12M-10M radios for a while, often under their other brands. Do not recommend increasing the wattage beyond the designed spec unless you want to cause the output transistors to wear out prematurely. The heat generated in the rig will build up beyond it's tolerances quite quickly and kill it. Having said this it does have an external heatsink with some substance behind it ao this is probably one of their ham radios thats locked to a legal 4W spec.

@CB-RADIO-UK 20 күн бұрын

Yes i would sooner run this about 3w into an amp if i wanted power.

@turemesure3456 13 күн бұрын

Good RX M8, 73's 51 from the 16MY365 or ON6MAY

@sprint955st 19 күн бұрын

The display needs the bit of plastic from a Quality Street wrapper

@MrsG7swr 20 күн бұрын

it is quite an interesting unit but no ssb for a new cb in 2024 gives me pause other wise would have jumped at it, well apart from ni meter, btw din plugs for mics were not uncommon on maxon and some midland sets for example

@CB-RADIO-UK 20 күн бұрын

Its hard to get SSB for less than £150 these days :-(

@darthgardner 20 күн бұрын

That Display needs a filter, not sure about that Din plug, prefer the old 4 pin type to what some old CB,s used for example the old midland 3001 and many more, even those RJ 45 type ones are not a fave of mine.

@unitedstatesirie7431 20 күн бұрын

I am not sure if I would use any other 2 meter radio other than the tested and tried very reliable Yaesu FT-60R handheld radio for Survival use⚡ For talking to countries that are over 3 thousand miles away I use my Cobra 148GTL AM LSB/USB CB radio Philippines manufactured in the year 1994 .

@CB-RADIO-UK 20 күн бұрын

The 148 was a total classic. Very expensive nowadays.

@buzzie0047 18 күн бұрын

Cheers

@nxesr 20 күн бұрын

I think I'll pass on this radio as always thank you for the presentation Fred.

@nicholaseudall6333 20 күн бұрын

Get yourself a frequency counter open it up be a great radio

@AllanM2e0 20 күн бұрын

Looks similar to the old Kernow beta 1100 with some fancy fairy lights to tell you the functions and a din mic socket which I’m not too keen on unless it’s a locking din. Got to be honest drawing 3A on a 4W radio (which it won’t be, it’ll be more 3w) is a tad excessive drain and I don’t think I’d be swapping my midland 48 or 78 pro for one of these or in fact a Kernow beta 1100 for one. It’ll have the usual muting when changing channels which is annoying too. What also irritates me about the new multinorms is that the uk 40 is set almost as an afterthought as they are all optimised for the EU frequencies which I understand but they should optimise the UK40 for the uk market or do a separate batch specifically for the UK. Most on the uk are desensitised and low power or low audio output. So annoying in a lot of ways

@CB-RADIO-UK 20 күн бұрын

Hi. The din socket locks. It draws 3 amps at 18 watts TX.

@AllanM2e0 20 күн бұрын

@@CB-RADIO-UK but only does 18 watts expanded 🤔. No thanks

@paul1962uk 20 күн бұрын

Shame about the lack of signal meter

@CB-RADIO-UK 20 күн бұрын

Yes would have been nice but many real budget models do without.

@paul1962uk 20 күн бұрын

Don't think I could do without one, silly question, but are aftermarket/add on signal meters available these days?

@26DR302 20 күн бұрын

I was wondering what the general consensus was about this. Signal meters are quite variable so a signal report is only a rough guide. Normally you can hear a strong station i.e. fully quietening which will likely be S7 or higher.

@snakezdewiggle6084 19 күн бұрын

Yep, agreed. Meter would seal the deal for me. Get me a schematic of the radio and I'll diy one at the pcb making place.

@Greg-et2dp 20 күн бұрын

Frid in the shed why do you need hi power on the retevis m-62 cb radio?

@tammetoon 13 күн бұрын

or you connect a frequency counter..;)

@davetherave4328 20 күн бұрын

have you reviewed the "RADIODDITY CB-500 " apparently you can changed the jumper over same as the CS=47 that you reviewed a while back and but get 20 wattts on uk fm band. They are indentical to the Anytone 500M not sure if the Anytone version does the same.

@CB-RADIO-UK 20 күн бұрын

Yep. See here. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mcCFhK2ZsK-VqKs.html

@davetherave4328 20 күн бұрын

@@CB-RADIO-UK nice one i forgot about this ....lol oooppps / great content you put out

@se7vennld 20 күн бұрын

It looks like a mix of an old DNT and Danita.

@CB-RADIO-UK 20 күн бұрын

Yes your right.

@jonsanchez-4127 16 күн бұрын

Where can I buy one of those bench top power supply’s Fred? Looked on eBay etc without much luck especially with the car lighter output which I’m after. Please let me know Make and Model and where to buy please. Another gd vid 👍🏻

@CB-RADIO-UK 16 күн бұрын

Hi. I got mine from ebay a while back. Many makes but they are all the same really. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124169346915?itmmeta=01J096H49S24KVNVG3WWN7N1CK&hash=item1ce911df63:g:u-4AAOSwykpkmbF2&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4N6cBd%2FF%2FIFOGNTzRrOFI4dVrN2xZXRaz65NlSz0f%2FfFWZ9pOXVS9JVJjIX4sjyGnyqo8iAphMwhdJaXuOWv0dlrL3sOaxNiJNnnPsxXrllfrktmhole0HaOJCYXYVITjRNfnv0QkAhpfklrPLXRBtJ%2F9Iy6ucFlJNhj0oSJTu8txZ8sIFgli1rOQ7SXhqQru4v8xsY9C8srfzVMbklOHNQ%2Bddaa2K%2BaBtw1yuc5Eh6nPG2Zs%2FTMxUU5K0ZJq8LGaLf9z%2B%2FveoIWYcOs6%2B0jKxjTv1HUpEKqk7HDUnt6IAJ6%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5jFxKaCZA

@jonsanchez-4127 14 күн бұрын

Thanks Fred

@davidcooke3811 20 күн бұрын

Hi, got a team mx10 cb radio. Its modern old school. Great radio however no one seems to use cb these days. Have you tested on of these?

@CB-RADIO-UK 20 күн бұрын

I ve never seen one for sale in the UK but it looks like a pretty good radio.

@Greg-et2dp 20 күн бұрын

Frid in the shed iam thinking about getting Retevis M-62 cb radio my friend do you no how much does a power supply cost?

@CB-RADIO-UK 20 күн бұрын

Not much. If you dont mod it you only need a 5amp supply so prob around £35 UK

@tonyhaz6664 15 күн бұрын

FRED do you know anything about the Uniden BearTracker 885 it’s a cb and scanner all in one 😮

@CB-RADIO-UK 15 күн бұрын

No not really.

@MAGNETAR-187 20 күн бұрын

Hey Fred why can't you review a CB transceiver like your Friend DAVE M0OGY he did a review about the GEORGEII and the WASHINGTON! I like listening to your voice but i love the radios your friend dave has.

@CB-RADIO-UK 20 күн бұрын

Dave has been doing President radios for years. I bought a Grant 2 on the strength of one of his reviews. I ve never contacted President and offered to review their radios. I always wait for an offer.

@Greg-et2dp 20 күн бұрын

Frid in the shed you and your wife i wis you 73s my friend

@unitedstatesirie7431 20 күн бұрын

What CB radio is best to use during fallout from a nuclear ☢ explosion or an EMP shower⚡ ?

@bruceclark5627 20 күн бұрын

The one made out of lead

@unitedstatesirie7431 20 күн бұрын

@@bruceclark5627 what about CB radios made with internal glass tubes ?

@CB-RADIO-UK 20 күн бұрын

EMP is really hard to protect against but your going to need a full HAM HF radio which is modded to inc CB. Most personal emergency com will prob be on Ham radio.

@unitedstatesirie7431 20 күн бұрын

@@CB-RADIO-UK who makes an old style tube HAM radio ?

@bruceclark5627 20 күн бұрын

@unitedstatesirie7431 tubes stand up much better. Fact is ,EMP/CME wave lengths are EXTREMELY long,so unless you are at ground zero, if you disconnect from the AC mains and your antenna is disconnected you most likely will be fine. Everything being dead is great for books,but not reality.

@theboostedboogieman95 18 күн бұрын

Sir can you please help me out I know nothing about setting up radios I just got the retevis ra79 now at my job we have retevis not sure what ones but not this one the one they had gave me is crap and really old so I bought my own now how do I get there channels on to my retevis ra79

@CB-RADIO-UK 18 күн бұрын

Hi. Yes there is a lot to learn but its quite easy if you break it down in pieces. Try these videos. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gZ10g7Serb_bfnU.html and kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pNJ8lLF61pzScqM.html and kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rtOUpM1ylZiygZc.html and kzfaq.info/get/bejne/etyXoKujqL-um3U.html and kzfaq.info/get/bejne/etyXoKujqL-um3U.html

@theboostedboogieman95 18 күн бұрын

@CB-RADIO-UK sweet I'll check them out soon thanks one more question just wondering is there a way to change the color of the screen lite ?

@CB-RADIO-UK 18 күн бұрын

Dont think so

@theboostedboogieman95 18 күн бұрын

@CB-RADIO-UK so I got it working didn't get to check then videos out yet but I do have the channel I can hear but can't talk it says disabled

@CB-RADIO-UK 18 күн бұрын

Yes the radio is disabled from transmit outside its set freq range. You can go into a hidden menu and change that but i would not do so myself due to harmonics from the radio.

@andyc664 20 күн бұрын

Can it be wide banded

@CB-RADIO-UK 20 күн бұрын

Watch to the end.

@bruceclark5627 20 күн бұрын

,......and don't "like" your own comments.

@CB-RADIO-UK 20 күн бұрын

I liked Andys comment.

@bruceclark5627 20 күн бұрын

@@CB-RADIO-UK well I liked yours,so there 😃 .

@bruceclark5627 20 күн бұрын

@CB-RADIO-UK well,I liked yours, so there 😃 !! P.S. I'm not bothered at all by your hands in the video. It is a personality trait of your channel and I'm sure many more feel the same.