@christophermarshall5765 That's interesting. My other half are currently users of cb, but not impressed by most breakers language and attitude these days. At present, we are only aiming for entry level HAM qualifications, plus a small, not too expensive radio set-up. Any advice would be most appreciated. Thanks for your comment to Ade. Warmest Regards.
@@ninaevans4501 I am based in Port Pirie South Australia. It is unfortunate that there is a lot of swearing on CB radio these days. Those people are the ones making it harder for others. Starting off small in Ham Radio is a good idea. I still use CB radio, though only when doing long distance trips, to listen for information on accidents or police activity on the road. When buying radio equipment, there is a lot of good second hand equipment on the market, but ensure you get a good power supply unit, one with a power output of about 30 amps. High power radios will easily draw around 25 amps from a power supply. You most likely will need a device called an antenna tuner to match the antenna to the band you are using. I use a vertical antenna, and the prices for these varies greatly, depending on country of origin. You will need a mast to fit the antenna to, so you can get it up to a decent height. Use high quality coax cable and connectors. Most common is the UHF type. Coax varies greatly in price. I use LL400, otherwise known as LMR400, which is low loss coax. You should be able to get a good home base setup using second hand equipment, new antenna, coax, connectors, atu and mast, along with a new power supply for about $2,000.00 AU$, depending on what radio you buy. The make of radio is a matter of personal choice. The big well known brands are Yaesu and Icom. My equipment is Yaesu. I have a VX-6R handheld radio for local use, an FT7900R in my silver Mercedes Benz, FT-891 for portable use, with ATAS 120 antenna, LL400 coax, and 25aH battery to power it. My home base is a Yaesu FT-710 AESS radio, Daiwa SS330 power supply, LL400 coax , Hy-Gain VA-6160 vertical antenna. The radio has a built in antenna tuning unit. When setting up the home base, it is strongly recommended to include a lightning arrestor in the antenna system. They are cheap insurance against lightning strike. Ensure you use a good earth in your home base setup. Earth wire is cheap, as is the earth stake. You will need 2 of them. One earth setup for the radio, the other is connected to the lightning arrestor. The closer you get the lightning arrestor to the antenna, the better it will work. Your antenna will need a “balun”, which usually comes with the antenna. The balun changes the balanced antenna to the unbalanced coax. The other advice I offer is to study carefully, and ensure you understand the terminology, along with the fundamentals of Ham Radio. Once you have the license, you’ll discover a new world of radio communications. I don’t know where you are located in the world, but you’ll find that in the right conditions, you can talk to other people in different countries around the world. When using ham radio, you’ll need to use your call sign regularly. Here in Australia, it is every ten minutes. Most people don’t talk that long, due to varying conditions. My best advice is that the better your antenna setup is, the better your radio will work. I’ve had people say they have $5,000 radios, and high power output, along with other nonsense. A radio station will work only as well as the antenna. If the antenna isn’t working properly, your station won’t work as well as it should.
Breaker breaker 10 4 I had a set of these when I was a kid and absolutely loved then and I'm still into cb radio and ham radio. Great video brought back some good memories 👌
Brings back memories I used to have them when I was kid. Mate a little tip add some baking soda to the super glue you can also use it to shape broken parts
@FixitAde Top fix as always Ade. You're movin' on nicely boyo!! Warmest regards and support. 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡😊😊😊😊😊😊🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
This reminds me of a meme: A woman is standing in her living room that's filled with walkie talkie boxes, she walkie talkies her boyfriend and says "Why did you buy so many walkie talkies?! Our relationship is OVER!!!" To which the guy replies "Our relationship is what? Over" 😂
Nice fix. I had walkie talkies when I was a child. These days, I’m a licensed ham radio operator.
That's awesome I'll get around to having a go at that one day
I could use your advice re my Baofeng🤣
@@ianwatkins9602 lol one of my baofeng channel selector goes channel 1.6.9.4.12 😂
@christophermarshall5765
That's interesting. My other half are currently users of cb, but not impressed by most breakers language and attitude these days. At present, we are only aiming for entry level HAM qualifications, plus a small, not too expensive radio set-up.
Any advice would be most appreciated.
Thanks for your comment to Ade.
Warmest Regards.
@@ninaevans4501 I am based in Port Pirie South Australia. It is unfortunate that there is a lot of swearing on CB radio these days. Those people are the ones making it harder for others. Starting off small in Ham Radio is a good idea. I still use CB radio, though only when doing long distance trips, to listen for information on accidents or police activity on the road. When buying radio equipment, there is a lot of good second hand equipment on the market, but ensure you get a good power supply unit, one with a power output of about 30 amps. High power radios will easily draw around 25 amps from a power supply. You most likely will need a device called an antenna tuner to match the antenna to the band you are using. I use a vertical antenna, and the prices for these varies greatly, depending on country of origin. You will need a mast to fit the antenna to, so you can get it up to a decent height. Use high quality coax cable and connectors. Most common is the UHF type. Coax varies greatly in price. I use LL400, otherwise known as LMR400, which is low loss coax. You should be able to get a good home base setup using second hand equipment, new antenna, coax, connectors, atu and mast, along with a new power supply for about $2,000.00 AU$, depending on what radio you buy. The make of radio is a matter of personal choice. The big well known brands are Yaesu and Icom. My equipment is Yaesu. I have a VX-6R handheld radio for local use, an FT7900R in my silver Mercedes Benz, FT-891 for portable use, with ATAS 120 antenna, LL400 coax, and 25aH battery to power it. My home base is a Yaesu FT-710 AESS radio, Daiwa SS330 power supply, LL400 coax , Hy-Gain VA-6160 vertical antenna. The radio has a built in antenna tuning unit. When setting up the home base, it is strongly recommended to include a lightning arrestor in the antenna system. They are cheap insurance against lightning strike. Ensure you use a good earth in your home base setup. Earth wire is cheap, as is the earth stake. You will need 2 of them. One earth setup for the radio, the other is connected to the lightning arrestor. The closer you get the lightning arrestor to the antenna, the better it will work. Your antenna will need a “balun”, which usually comes with the antenna. The balun changes the balanced antenna to the unbalanced coax. The other advice I offer is to study carefully, and ensure you understand the terminology, along with the fundamentals of Ham Radio. Once you have the license, you’ll discover a new world of radio communications. I don’t know where you are located in the world, but you’ll find that in the right conditions, you can talk to other people in different countries around the world. When using ham radio, you’ll need to use your call sign regularly. Here in Australia, it is every ten minutes. Most people don’t talk that long, due to varying conditions. My best advice is that the better your antenna setup is, the better your radio will work. I’ve had people say they have $5,000 radios, and high power output, along with other nonsense. A radio station will work only as well as the antenna. If the antenna isn’t working properly, your station won’t work as well as it should.
Well done Ade, great humor 😁
Breaker breaker 10 4 I had a set of these when I was a kid and absolutely loved then and I'm still into cb radio and ham radio. Great video brought back some good memories 👌
That's great, I've always had an interest in ham radio just haven't got to it yet
@FixitAde it's easy now to get your foundation licence you can do it on line through Essex ham.
I used to have a pair very similar when I was a kid. Had a CB in my car when I started driving, before the internet made it obsolete
Brings back memories I used to have them when I was kid. Mate a little tip add some baking soda to the super glue you can also use it to shape broken parts
Good call cheers mate
Impressive fix that!
Ah cheers sis you're biased though lol
they look mint! you know they have just been sitting in someones loft for years forgotten about lol also PEEPS i havent heard that in years hahaha
@FixitAde
Top fix as always Ade. You're movin' on nicely boyo!!
Warmest regards and support.
👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡😊😊😊😊😊😊🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Be interesting to do a range test 😁
another great video ade cheers for that. u do make me laugh bud 😂👍
Cheers mate glad you enjoyed it
This reminds me of a meme:
A woman is standing in her living room that's filled with walkie talkie boxes, she walkie talkies her boyfriend and says
"Why did you buy so many walkie talkies?! Our relationship is OVER!!!"
To which the guy replies
"Our relationship is what? Over"
😂
🤣🤣🤣
Bring back memories of the 80s big 10-4 what's your 10-20
Great repair! Since you like radios... have you looked into fixing an old radio scanner?
Cotton wool and superglue around the base of that broken plastic shaft, I've used it on laptops.
Acetone would weld ABS plastic back together.
I don’t think they are legal in uk ?
Are they not?
Perfectly legal. They use PMR446 which are radio frequencies for public use.
We have 4 and 5g phones now bro? In case the world has passed you by