'Mason's Dad' at The Blackpool Radio Rally

Video:YouTube/Mason's Dad

HamGeek 6699-CB * More Information * NEW *

 

So we have some more information on the new HamGeek 6699-CB Radio, with thanks to user 'Sierra Tango' on Facebook

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NEW VERSION: President George II+ CB Radio

Following the same progression as the Lincoln II, which came in several versions, we now have the President George II+

The radio has new and improved features including:

Increased Output Power: 15W AM / 50W FM / 60W SSB (Export Mode)

Record/Playback onto Micro SD card

FIVE Memory Channels

Improved 3 Button Microphone

Selectable FM Deviation 2K / 4K (Export Mode)

Improved Noise Reduction Circuit

External S-Meter Socket

Firmware V3.0

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Price: £349 (€399)

Availability: Soon

27.275 The UK's Legal SSB Calling Channel

Just a reminder that the UK's legal SSB calling channel is on 27.275Mhz (Channel 27 Mid Band).

To help promote the calling channel a Facebook page has been created, please join and share this page and hopefully we can see an increase in stations on the SSB calling channel especially during the current sporadic E season.

Facebook Page: CLICK HERE

President Lincoln 2+ UK Price Revealed!

 

With stock due to arrive soon in the UK, Nevada have become the first to announce the price they will be charging for the updated President Lincoln 2+

Lincoln II Plus InformationLatest version of this very popular 10/12m all mode transceiver ! Makes a great mobile or base station, you can work some real DX on 12m (24MHz) and of course on the very exciting 10m (28MHz) band.
Features :- 

• Rotary switch and Up/down channel selector
• VFO Mode (continuous scanning of 24.880 Mhz to 24.980 Mhz and of 28.000 Mhz to 29.700 Mhz)
• Volume adjustment and ON/OFF
• RF Power
• Manual squelch and ASC
• Multi-functions LCD display
• Frequency display
• S-meter
• Public Address
• Vox function (Hands free)
• ANL filter , NB and HI-CUT
• RF Gain / Mike gain
• Clarifier
• Channels and memories scan
• 6 Memories
• CTCSS (38 tones)
• DCS (104 codes)
• Dimmer control
• MENU function key
• Beep Function
• Roger Beep
• Mode switch AM/FM/LSB/USB/CW
• Dual watch
• Key locking
• SWR (Power Reading /SWR)
• Preset emergency
• TOT (Time Out Timer) adjustable
• Front microphone plug
• External loudspeaker jack
• Back light colour selection : Orange/Green/Blue
• Dimensions H x W x D (in mm) : 52 x 170 x 250
• Weight : 1.4 kg

      Technical characteristics :-

• Bands 10/12m   24/28MHz
• Modulation modes    AM/FM/LSB/USB/CW
• Frequency ranges 28.000 MHz to 29.700 MHz / from 24.880 Mhz to 24.980 Mhz
• CTCSS 38 tones
• DCS 104 codes
• Antenna impedance 50 ohms
• Power supply 13.2 V
• Dimensions H x W x D 52 x 170 x 250mm
• Weight 1.4 kg
• Accessories supplied power cord with fuse
• 1 microphone and its hanger
• 1 mounting bracket with fixing screws

      Transmission

• Frequency allowance +/- 300 Hz
• Carrier power 12 W AM / 35 W FM / 35 W USB-LSB / 12 W CW
• Transmission interference inferior to - 50 dBc
• Audio response 300 Hz to 3 kHz
• Emitted power in the adj. channel inferior to 20 µW
• Microphone sensitivity 3 mV
• Drain 6A (with modulation)
• Modulated signal distortion 2 %

      Reception

• Maxi. sensitivity at 20 dB sinad 0,7 ?V -110 dBm (AM)
• 0,35 ?V -116 dBm (FM)
• 0.28µV-118 dBm (USB/LSB/CW)
• Frequency response 300 Hz to 3 kHz
• Adjacent channel selectivity    60 dB
• Maximum audio power 3 W
• Squelch sensitivity    :mini 0.2 ?V - 120 dBm
• maxi 1 mV - 47 dBm
• Frequency image rejection rate 60 dB
• Intermediate frequency rej. rate 70 dB
• Drain 400 mA nominal, 600 mA max

PRICE: £249.95

Link to Nevada Website: CLICK

Superstar 3900EU UK40 EPROM Board

A UK40 EPROM board is now available for the Ranger Superstar 3900EU on the Nevada Radio website. Priced at £21.50 but remember you need to install this yourself so you will need to be handy with a soldering iron!!!!

Nevada Website: LINK

Superstar 3900EU - Where To Buy!

So we are still waiting to hear if this radio has a new board or is just a re-badged version of the older radio, however that has not stopped the retailers lining up to sell the Superstar 3900EU.

Confirmed sellers are:

Nevada

Thunderpole

Knights

Radioworld

The CB Shack

UK 4x4 Centre

Sharman Multicom

Nevada, GISCO and The Shack have been named as service centres and are therefore authorised to add the UK40 EPROM board to the radio without affecting the warranty.

I really do hope that this radio is a good one and that the problems reported from previous versions have been sorted out. If this is the case I think it could do really well....

Might even put an order in for one myself!

EXCLUSIVE - Superstar 3900EU Press Release!

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Many thanks to Superstar UK who have forwarded a press release to feature on this blog:

"The Superstar 3900 EU has been designed and produced in conjunction with Ranger of Malaysia and is specifically designed for the EU/UK marketplace, locked to mid-block (26.965 a 27.405 Mhz) with 4W AM/FM and 12W SSB. Superstar 3900 EU is available throughout the EU and the UK.

Superstar 3900 EU does not have any gimmicks, just a rock solid PLL radio designed for the CB / HAM enthusiast. We continue with the classic design and chrome front meaning that the Superstar 3900 EU will be a familiar radio to most users.

Superstar 3900 EU is fitted with a Uniden® power socket, SO-239 antenna socket and Ranger® frequency counter socket as standard; and is supplied with rig bracket, thumb screws, power lead & microphone.

UK 27/81 channels can be added by way of an EPROM being fitted to the unit. If fitted by an approved service centre, will not invalidate your 12 month warranty. Approved service centres will be listed on the www.wearesuperstar.co.uk website in the coming days.

The Superstar 3900 EU can be expanded to cover multiple other frequency bands for amateur use or for export, and with a minor modification can do up to 12W AM/FM and 35W SSB.

Stock of the Superstar 3900 EU is due to arrive in the UK week commencing 5th September 2016. The Superstar 3900 EU will be available in the UK from many local CB & HAM radio retailers. A complete list of retailers will be listed on the www.wearesuperstar.co.uk website in the coming days.

Keep your eye on the Superstar UK Facebook Page and www.wearesuperstar.co.uk website for information and updates.

-- END PRESS RELEASE"

And the first 'Real World' photo....

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And a promotional photo showing the radio powered up...

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UPDATE: Full technical analysis of the radio CLICK HERE

4meter.se - VHF CB Website

Following the recent CB Radio allocation on 69MHz in Sweden a new website has launched for users of this band. 

Featuring information and a forum this site is sure to prove popular with radio operators in Sweden and around the world. So if you are interested in 4 Meter/69Mhz operation please take a look. Registration is free and only takes a few minutes.

The 69MHz calling channel is on 69.1875 so if you have equipment capable of operating on this frequency take a listen as you may just hear someone calling when conditions are good. 

Link: http://www.4meter.se/

English via Google Translation: CLICK HERE

69Mhz CB Information:

Carrier frequency in MHz:

69.0125
69.0375
69.0625
69.0875
69.1125
69.1375
69.1625
69.1875 CALLING CHANNEL

 
Maximum power: 25 W erp
Duty cycle: <10%

Channel Width: 25 KHz.
On the carrier frequency 69.0125 MHz may only mobile transmitters used
in Västra Götaland and Halland.

78 § 69, from 600 to 69.725 MHz Mobile
radio transmitter.
Maximum power: 5.0 W ERP
Duty cycle: <10%
Channel Width: 12.5 kHz

Carrier frequency in MHz
69.60625
69.63125
69.65625
69.68125
69.70625
69.61875
69.64375
69.66875
69.69375
69.71875

Is My CB Radio Off Frequency?

Video:YouTube/Ringway Manchester

Take a look at this video, does the Midland 78 Plus have a problem?

My thoughts are that the Midland is working fine and the problem is actually with the male trasmitting station who is probably overdriving the audio on his radio or maybe is using an older CB or some HAM radio equipment set on 'WIDE FM'. The female station sounds fine.

Modern 'legal' CB radios have very tightly controlled specifications and the receive on these radios is very narrow. Anyone using older CB radios or incorrectly set HAM radios would sound distorted as shown on the video. If someone is using a HAM radio they should of course have it set to NARROW FM, wide FM just splatters over several channels and sounds awful.

But what are your thoughts? Please add comments to the discusion on YouTube!

New Midland M10 In Stock @ Nevada

Now in stock on the Nevada website, the Midland M10 with Bluetooth and USB. 

Bluetooth enables hands-free communications via optional Midland acessories and the USB socket can be used to charge mobile phones/tablets etc.

Features :- 

NEW - White LCD display

AM/FM mode change switch

Automatic digital squelch

ANL: automatic noise limiter

Noise blanker system

Emergency channel 9-19

USB socket for charging most devices

2 pin socket for accessories

External loudspeaker socket

4 pin microphone connector

Supplied with : hand mic, power lead, fixing kit

Price: £109.95

LINK: CLICK HERE

Sirio Gainmaster Review (CBRADIOMAGAZINE.COM)

Whilst pottering about on the internet today I noticed this great review of the Sirio Gainmaster on the CBRADIOMAGAZINE.COM website:

LINK: CLICK HERE

Well worth a read!

CB Radio Skip 25/05/2016 - 47KP147

CB Radio Skip 25/05/2016 - 47HT13

New Midland M-10 @ Nevada

Navada are now taking orders for the new bluetooth CB radio from Midland....

   Features :- 

NEW - White LCD display
AM/FM mode change switch
Automatic digital squelch
ANL: automatic noise limiter
Noise blanker system
Emergency channel 9-19
USB socket for charging most devices
2 pin socket for accessories
External loudspeaker socket
4 pin microphone connector

Price: £89.95

Nevada Website: LINK

New VHF CB Radio Band Comes To Sweden!

Information coming in via Instagram message is that Sweden have been allocated a VHF CB Radio band. A look on the Swedish Telecommunications website and a bit of dodgy Google translation later would appear to show that there are 10 channels in the 69Mhz band spaced in a similar way to the PMR446 band. Power output appears to be 5 watts with base and handheld radios allowed.

UPDATE:

A further 8 channels are also allowed with a maximum power output of 25 watts:

69MHz Bandplan:

The legal regulations can be found in this document: LINK

 

So if you fancy a go, this little Anytone should do what you need.....

CB Radio Skip 22/05/2016 - 47AT121 (President Grant 2)

CB Radio Skip 19/05/2016 (President Grant 2)

Nice to hear a little bit of skip on the bands this afternoon!

AURORA ALERT!

Aurora conditions are expected to be very high tonight across Northern Europe giving spectacular light shows in the sky and possible Auroral Propagation on CB and Amateur Radio bands!

So if you happen to to be awake late, take a look out your window and remember to switch your radio on as well!!!!

Expected Aurora levels for Europe can be seen on this website: http://www.aurora-service.eu/aurora-forecast/

CRT ONE N - On eBay £45.99

eBay link: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162059433513

The new updated version of the popular CRT ONE CB radio, which now comes with an S-Meter, has been spotted on eBay with the great price of £45.99

Features:

Modes - AM / FM European Multinorms

Power - 4 Watts AM / 4 Watts FM Channels 40

S-METER - Yes ( TX / RX )

SQUELCH - Manual or Automatic (ASQ)

RF GAIN - Yes

RX SCAN function Yes : automatic search of busy channels Various functions Direct access to channel 9/19 + Keypad lock Bonus Backlit keys + Jack plug for external loud speaker

Mike UP/DOWN selection

Display - LCD display

Size 10.2 x 10 x 2.5 cm
Weight 470 gr