Happy New Year!

I'd just like to take this opportunity to wish all the blog visitors a very happy and prosperous New Year!

President Himalaya WB - £5 OFF @ Knights

If you fancy the new President Himalaya WB vertical antenna this may be of interest to you. Knights Electrocom have announced that anyone who pre-orders the antenna before 16th January 2017 will get a £5 reduction on the normal price.

FEATURES, FUNCTIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS:

Type: 1/2 Wave Length (λ)

Impedance: 50 Ohm (Ω)

Frequency: 22-30 MHz

Polarization: Vertical

SWR: 1.15:1 (at band centre)

Gain: +8 dBi

Max. Power: 2000 Watt P.E.P

Band width: 8000 kHz for swr below 2:1

Weight: 2 kilogram

Length: 5270 mm

Whip: Fiber / graphite

Special Price: £94.50

Link to Knights Website: CLICK HERE

Will it perform any better than any other half wave vertical....?

I doubt it, but the build quality should be good (I hope)!

Nevada Radio 10% Off

Nevada Radio have announced on Facebook that they will give a discount of 10% on ANYTHING purchased over the phone or in their shop this week. Simply mention "Facebook" to get the discount. 

New Cobra 29LXMAX Coming Soon

Seen on Facebook the other day and doesn't this radio look awful!!!!

40 Channel AM only, 4 watts, Bluetooth, Weather Channels, Multi Coloured Display, Covered in 'plastic' chrome, Big 'Bluetooth' button..... The yanks will love it!!!

Due out "Soon" apparently. 

Video: DV4mobile - More Information!

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Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!

Let's be honest, 2016 on the whole has been a pretty crappy year. We've lost so many talented people from the world of entertainment, TV and music. Everytime we switch on the news it is full of doom and gloom. Conditions for radio operators have been terrible. Solar cycle 24 was the worst for over 100 years and some say that cycle 25 will be worse still. 

Prices for new radio equipment have shot up in recent months at a time when sales are falling dramatically!!!! (Madness) They all cry it's due to Brexit and the fall in the value of the pound but the pound has regained over 50% of it's value and there's no sign of the prices coming back down!!!! (It's the familiar ROCKET & FEATHER effect... Prices go up like a rocket but come down like a feather!)

Conditions will continue to deteriorate right up until 2020 and are unlikely to pick up to decent levels until around 2024 by which time I truly feel that CB and Amateur radio could be on the brink of extinction!

I do hope I'm wrong but either way I suggest that we all make the most of this wonderful hobby of ours while we can and let us hope that 2017 brings some interesting conditions on the air!!!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Delboy!!!!

NEW Icom IC7610 Video

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A quick look at the new Icom IC7610....

NEW: CB Radio Network Map

Since the UK legalisation of AM and SSB in 2014 a large number of 'Nets' have become established and it can be very difficult to remember the frequencies/modes/times etc.

So with that in mind we now have a 'CB Radio Network Map' which pinpoints the central locations of all the main nets in the UK and beyond.

You can visit the map by following this LINK

If you know of any nets which you would like to add to the map please send a message to me via my Twitter account @delboyonline 

or via my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/delboyonline

Please include as much detail as possible including CENTRAL LOCATION, DAY, TIME, FREQUENCY.

Sunday DX In The UK!

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Yet Another DMR - Kydera Easytalk CDM-550H

Another DMR radio seen online looking like the DV4Mobile. This one is the Kydera Easytalk CDM-550H.

Details are again a little bit sketchy:

Product Description

Packaging Details:By carton 

1*DMR Mobile car radio transceiver
1*DC Power Cable
1*Bracket
2*Bracket Screw
1*Programming cable(optional) 
Delivery Detail:25-35 days after receiving payment (mass production) 

Specification of mobile digital ham radio 

Main features: 

Ø Privacy call
Ø Signalling
Ø Digital ID code
Ø Call log
Ø Contacts
Ø GPS (optional) 
Ø SMS
Ø Remote sensing (optional) and State information

Main features for Analog mode 

Ø 2 tone/5 tone( Optional) 
Ø CTCSS
Ø DCS
Ø Scrambler
Ø Compandor
Ø ANI

Main features for both Digital and Analogue mode 

Ø Kill
Ø Stun
Ø Receive
Ø Scan
Ø DTMF CODEL (Coder & Decoder) (Optional) 
Ø System setting
Ø TFF2.4"Display
Ø Individual calling
Ø General calling
Ø Group callings
Ø Analog/Digital mode switch
Ø FM radio
Ø Emergency alarm
Ø Man down(optional) 

Price is quoted as $398