How to use a CB, and what all those knobs do.
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- Опубликовано: 24 янв 2021
- DIY for CBers.
Basics of CB radio for those who are new.
Here's a look the Cobra 29 digital and setting SWRs.
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As always, thanks for watching!
New driver here. This video helped a lot, thanks for taking your time out to explain to us rookies. Stay safe! 🤙🏾
Thanks for watching, there's plenty more videos to be watched.
Thank you as well! New driver and looking to get one !
@@jrichtruckincbtips can you show a video on how too tune antenna with swr meter plz
My dad was an otr trucker and taught me cb back in 1969. I loved it and had one in a few of my vehicles back then. I need to get back into it.
"Delta Tune" is for tuning in Cajun music from the Mississippi Delta region.
I thought it was for talking to Delta Airline Pilots
@@nicholasdriver8253 lol
Wow
No joke the first time i used cb someone was playing Cajun music. I'm in ohio
I'm just getting back into CB's, I like this video.
Been out of "CBing" for 39 years, and still out of " CBing" and still out of "CBing". So ,no offense, I really don't care, but I do remember how to use the settings. Thank you sir, J Rich for this video. Have a safe winter.
i knew the very basics before watching this video, the couple of things i was unsure on you answered for me, great video bubba!! i thank you kindly. drive safe
Thanks for watching
Your Citizens Band radio includes an array of controls for receiving, adjusting and listening to audio from other CB radio users. The radio's delta tune knob, also known as the clarifier control, reduces the amount of static present on the radio when communicating with another person. When turned one way or another, the knob reduces the pitch of the person's voice and makes the voice clearer and less squeaky.
Thanks for the info, never noticed any change for anything by turning the Delta tune. Could be broke, who knows.
It was used back in the day to tune into slightly off-frequency signals. Today's radios don't really need it. That pot usually gets used for customizing radios now.
I'm eyeballing that galaxy now! Not new to CB but I've been running off a cobra 32XLR for years and think it's time for an upgrade! Thank you for taking your time in this video had a good idea on what things where but never really took the time to learn so thank you and stay safe out there!
Hi J, back in the day (here in New Zealand) when these Cobras came out they were top of the line and were really expensive if you could find one & were illegal as we were only allowed things like Tait CB4's using 2 watts AM with 9 channels, so I bought a highly modified Johnson Viking 4740 which had 80 watts using 26 and 27 mhz ssb that could 'slide' between channels going through a 3 element yargi.
Thanks for the videos, I was recently contemplating on whether I should buy a cb or not...after a year of doing local and dealing with sandpits and all that, I realized that I need a cb asap..hand signals ain't cutting it haha I appreciate it, I will be ordering my Cobra tonight stay safe out there!
You too brother, thanks for watching.
Delta Tune is only for the pros. What you do, is key your mic, and start turning tgat knob. Doing this, you begin saying the magic words, "Audie-audie-audio," ask for a radio check-- five times-- whistle a single note for a few seconds, and then (still holding the mic key, throughout) repeat the magical incantation.
Finally, after at least forty-five seconds of constant transmission (repeating all the previous steps if necessary), you announce your handle, and say "How about that [insert other obnoxious guy's handle], you out there?"
Only at this point can you release the mic-key, ignore any radio check you previously requested, and repeat your own handle and the station you are calling.
No matter if anything is heard, you key up again, laugh uproariously, and say something like, "Roger, I'm going back quiet."
Yes, I'm talking about you, "Old Man in the Garage."
All this teasing to beg you: Stay off of channel 19, and better yet, stay off of AM. DX-ing is okay at the top and bottom of the band, but best if using SSB. 19 is truckers speaking locally, and dealing with sever weather, accidents, or just chatting. Just because you don't hear us, does not mean we are happy about you ignoring what we do with radios.
Thank you for taking the time to teach us newbies
Great explanation of the Delta Tune knob, noise blanker, and talkback functions.
Thanks man ... It really helped ... A guy gave me a General Lee Cobra ... I didnt know how to tune it in ... It works great now
This has been needing to be filmed for quite a while based on my experiences 😂
I run a 29 classic in the truck with me, with mods. It works great
Thanks for watching
Thank you for the demonstration, very helpful.
Great video I was just given a lower level galaxy my first CB ever this was very informational
Thanks for the sub and watching
Very cool CB information
here to go in depth with the pa function! i run a system twice as loud as a typical police unit! it all starts with an TS mono plug adapter to rca female ports. from here i ran an rca cord to a 200 watt rms amplifier and the wired it to a high compression driver and a huge 18 inch bull horn on the top of my van. you will need an amp because the cb its self does not produce many watts. its quite hilarious the reactions i get when i roll through town on my pa making heads turn from 5 blocks down. the simply will not happen with out the amp! i have also decibel tested my pa and it peaked at 142 db max! over 40 db over your typical car horn! also dont forget to run a delta ec1 echo chamber with a really good power mic.
Bro thank you for the video, I feel I have a better understanding on how to work my cb
Thanks for watching
I installed a variable power kit on one of my 29s. I used the SWR knob for the adjustable power potentiometer. 1w dk, 4w full tilt. Running it with a 2pill when I want more fire in the wire.
Awesome setup!
@@jrichtruckincbtips I talked from Central Washington Arizona on it a few weeks back. Nothing more than a k30 MAG mount and a d104 power hand mic
Skip is a beautiful thing, when conditions are right.
I am putting in my 29 classic in.
This helps me
The Cobra 140 GTL one of the best back in the days
As a commercial driver of F350 with car carrier I want to get a CB radio. Pickup trucks lack designated space for CBs but I think that having one helps a lot on king drives.
I love my galaxy dx86v because it has a freq counter and usb/lsb plus a corse and fine tuner, sometimes you need to slide to make contact. Of course i tend to tinker while stopped for my 10.
Thank you for teaching us❤😊🎉
Drove 33 years for Buster Brown. Love the 2 way but hate all those knobs. Some of my friends would super glue the ones they felt were not needed.🦇
Thankyou for this explanation. It was very helpful.
I watched your video and I'm finally hearing things
Awesome. Thanks for watching
Man you did a great presentation of your radio keep it up, by the way my earlier post was in fun I can't help it it's the trucker getting out from time to time 😆
Haha, thanks for watching
I wish I'd found your channel years ago. Took me plenty of trial and error to figure out how to calibrate and tune my RoadKing Classic CB
Excellent video - more drivers need radios and understand basic operation. Sucks being on a job or haul and there's no communication.
Thanks driver
You're right about that, jobsites and no cb SMH. Thanks for watching.
The best explanation I found so far about the CB radio
Great video by the way 🍻
One really cool video
I had a Radio Shack TRC-424 in 1980. I attached the PA output to an an external horn speaker under the hood. If I switched the radio from CB to PA then I could be outside the car and hear what others were saying on the channel if I was out of the car. I would turn up the squelch so I would only hear people close by me and not hear static. I could also talk into the mike when on the road to say something to the car in front of me.
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I had a radio that did that. It was a monitor function I think.
thanks 🙏🏼 excellent video
Thanks for watching
This helped! Thanks
Great video thank you so much
Just an important correction at 10:25 - the Galaxy DX47HP is AM & FM only - it does NOT have Single Side Band (SSB) capability. The six-way A to F selector merely selects 6 different band segments.
I'm aware, didn't realize I said it wrong until after publishing the video.
@@jrichtruckincbtips Don’t you just hate it when that happens, J Rich?! It’s good you guys keep CB alive on RUclips.
Asphalt scale operator here, thanks much
Delta tune....it’s like this. If the radio your listening to is transmitting at 27.3848 (.2 KHz off frequency), the delta tune can make up for that. In the Amateur radio world, it’s called “Receive Incremental Tuning” or RIT. The two are the same. It’s simply used to make up for the fact that not all radios are tuned perfectly, kinda like an idler wheel on an engine...it makes up for slack in the belt.
Now when you transmit on your CB it might be off a bit as well..say 27.3852 (also .2 kHz off frequency) the other cb operator would turn their delta tune the other direction that what I mentioned above...but, when both use it properly....you sound like your on frequency.
In short, if CB radios were better tuned, one might not need to even use the delta tune feature. Unlike amateur radio, CB is a channelized service and “should” be on frequency. But....each manufacturer of these radios does it different and to make up for it...you have delta tune.
"Delta Tune" is for tuning in Cajun music from the Mississippi Delta region.
Hey Guys - The Cobra 29 LTD is an AM-only rig, and as such the DELTA TUNE is pretty well useless, since an AM signal is wide band and most users would never notice any difference whatsoever by using it. In a similar vein, the RF GAIN control should actually be labelled “RF ATTENUATOR”, because that is what it does when it is turned anti-clockwise - that’s why most users use the RF Gain on maximum! It’s there to fool users into thinking they are adding RF gain to their incoming signal!
The same can be pretty well said for the DYNAMIKE control - it’s an attenuation control to reduce mike gain NOT increase mike gain - again, that’s why most users use the DYNAMIKE control on or near its maximum setting! Such controls are known in the trade as “bells & whistles” - the more “bells and whistles” controls there are to fool the purchasers, the more dollars can be charged for the radio!
Having said all that, the Cobra series of radios are reliable and give superb performance. I run its big brother - the Cobra 148 GTLDX FM, the all-singing and dancing AM/FM/SSB/CW version, on both CB and Ham 28/29MHz Bands, and it holds its own against far more expensive Ham Radio proprietary brands. Long live Cobra!
Thanks, your vid on this subject is the BEST that I've seen. You had a good camera focused CLOSE & TIGHT on the front of ur cbs so I could actually SEE what you were talking about. Well done sir! Thanks for covering the basics, hopefully more of the new driver's will realize the benefits of having one in their rig & channels like yours will help them learn cb 101s.
**Drivers, GET A RADIO!
Amen, everyone needs a radio. Thanks for watching
Excellent rundown of controls. Thanks J.
thanks for watching
I like that Radio after watching your videos I have a radio lol
And I also think it order be against the law for them not to be in a truck
Thanks for the video. Although you don't use the "echo" function I didn't get what it is supposed to accomplish. I appreciate you posting.
I don't use echo, it's annoying and people can't understand what you are saying, when it's up to high. But, 1 knob is to add echo, the other is time, which carries the echo out longer of shorter. When you match the 2 with the mod light you know you are close to your real voice. Hope thus helps.
@@jrichtruckincbtips I don't want to sound dense (but probably will). If the echo function was working perfectly what would it be accomplishing? Would it be solving a problem? Is it to help resolve an acoustic problem or is it more like a gimmick such as different colored display lighting? Thanks.
@@HWPcville exactly, echo is a gimmick, like fancy lights, Roger beeps, and such.
Thanks helped alot
Thanks I’m a new trucker u helped me a lot
Glad to help. Thanks for watching.
I have cb corba 29 my uncle gave it to me and W5000 62.5 whip. I'm happy to learn those things.
My question is do you have to buy a PD plug to the cb? If yes where to buy them at?
Much obliged brother
Thank you so much, I am looking to buy a CB, wasn't sure after so many decades since using one , what would now be the best one to get for 1) home use & 2) for my vehicle. Which has the broader reach, the Cobra or the Galaxy? Thank you again.
Cobra with an amp or big Galaxy.
Ty learned a lot
Thank you for your review! Very educative please I’m a new driver can you please advise me which one to buy?
Thank!
It really depends on your budget and the features you want. Keep in mind the antenna system is more important than the radio.
Thanks for the info. On the back of a 2016 grand cherokee where can I mount a firesyyk 4' antenna? Thanks 1:47
I got the Cobra 25 instead of the Cobra 29 because I read online that delta tune doesn't do much and it's better to use an external SWR meter.
That's right
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Great video also like your antenna video. however, dYnamike it’s pronounced like it’s spelled not dainamike. And Delta tune is a left over adjustment from tube Radii days it actually ibest to leave it where the notches at like you said
Thank you
Just got a the same one from my grandpa who just retired from truckin chemicals. Throwing it in my pickup to sort of commemorate him I guess. I wish it had the weather channels. That's the only downfall. I like that about the digital uniden I had before.
Could have got the digital cobra 29 it has weather.
Reminds me of Smokey and the Bandit. Snowman what's your 20?
Question: On the Cobra29 you set the RF Gain to max, and DynaMic to 3/4 position. On the Galaxy you set RF Gain to less than max and MicGain set to wide open. Was the Galaxy position of these to controls just to demonstrate their positioning or how you actually set them compared to the Cobra29....?
One mi faverts
How did u get 85w dead key, I just got a dx47hp and its supposed to be really powerful according to the cb shop but it only does 20w dead key
Do you have the skip shooter 7ft. Or where can I find them to order
I have a cobra 29LTD chrome and when the mic isnt keyed my rx and tx is green then when its keyed its red and while im talking my ANT turns red what could be the problem?
High swr, bad coax, bad antenna
Thanks I had a CB radio years ago and would love to get back involved. Was wondering what a inexpensive powerful home unit I should get. And is there a portable powerful handheld walkie-talkie type for my car? I live in Manhattan New York if I install the radio I wouldn’t expect it to be there for long lol
I like the Anytone quad 6, best bang for the buck.
Hey J Do! which would you prefer the "President Walker lll AM/FM or your galixy . Some people claim the PW is the 29 killer (cobra) ?
For the price it definitely has more to offer than the Cobra. But, that Galaxy has much more power than the President's are capable of. Other things to consider when buying a radio (to me anyway). Can any (good) cb shop repair it, anywhere in the country? Any shop worth it's salt can fix a Cobra, Galaxy, Connex.
thx you brother
Thanks
Hey bud
Have problem with my radio, when I key up needle goes left instead of going right, I’ve changed antennas and tried set SWR but can’t get to calibrate correctly. Any thoughts?
Okay so I got the ranger mic the cobra lx without Bluetooth. Also a Palomar amp been setup together running a stock magnet mount whip bottom biggest. Problem is what antenna should be on dodge Dakota 98 roof mount.
If you're going to stay with a mag mount. I like the Stryker and Sirio antennas. Have you done any RF bonding to the truck?
@@jrichtruckincbtips it was taken to a truck cb radio shop they bonded the radio and amp with new mic. Antenna is my next big buy something mid power
Ok question I have cobra 29 Ltd chrome. All works great moved to different truck. Cb worked last week got in to truck this week and antenna light comes on when try to talk
Most likely coax, antenna(s), or ground problem. Best to take it to a cb shop have them check out the coax and antenna most do it for free or $10
@@jrichtruckincbtips thanks
When I worked in the audio/visual world we'd say "Eat the mike"!
I liked the cobra 29 and back in the day, they were great radios, but nowadays, I'd rather have a Galaxy, I have 2 Galaxys a 979F and the Galaxy 86V
I would like a galaxy just like that. Did it come with all the lights already? Where did you get it?
It comes like you see it, except the Ranger mic is extra. Got mine at the CB shop inside the T/A exit 296 I75 Ga.
I have a magnet mount on my pickup How do I calibrate the antenna for the first time
Watch this video on checking SWRs. ruclips.net/video/CZmw79eG9HE/видео.html
Then make the antenna shorter or longer as needed. If SWRs are higher on CH 1 your antenna needs to go up. If SWRs are higher on CH 40 your antenna needs to go down. It's not uncommon to have to cut some off the bottom of the antenna whip. Just cut 1/4" at a time. Thanks for watching
I thought for once was the max allowed power how do you have a 80 watt dead key?
Thank you. I want to know how to use one in case of an emergency. Are there specific channels? If I want to hear information, what do I do? I live remote and want an alternate source for communicating if cell phones aren’t available.
Channel 19, assuming you have an antenna and your CB set up properly. However, depending on where you are you may have a local channel.
What is the ANT light and how do you keep it from. Coming on?
It means you have a problem with the coax, antenna, or high swr. Start off checking the swr with an external meter get that as low as possible.
Do you have to keep switching through channels to talk to drivers near by??
I pretty much stay on 19
Hi from south Africa
The one who like my comment do u have whatsapp
I have an old Midland Alan87....i need help setting it up...any help would be great thanks.
Hi from Garth Close from South Africa cool
What have you done to get 85w at deadkey?
Don't be frustrated. Because it is who we are today.
I have a cobra 29 I have a rooftop magnet antenna. what antenna do you recommend for just my 2001 dodge ram.
108" whip is hard to beat.
Hi, I'm brand new to this. With the classic 29 you do not need a separate SWR meter, is that correct?
The built in swr meter is almost never accurate. I suggest an external meter
I noticed one thing that was unclear at lease to me when you key up the green rx/tx light should turn red that means you are talking 7:12 time stamp he says it should be green when you talk but in fact it should be green all the time unless you key up and talk when you key up it should turn red meaning you are not receiving anymore and you are transmitting good video driver
Just subbed. Have a new 10 m radio. I live in s Florida and not much "action" for my 11m. So I know I can't talk on the 10 without license. But more channels to hear besides the Super Bowls... swr is tricky with not a lot of wide open areas to calibrate. I got a ranger n99-2. Want to calibrate for shtf days. Any vids on 10m? Thanks
I really don't do anything on 10 meter although I have 10 meter radios they are all on 11 meter. There's some action on LSB 38 and a few others you just have to find them.
I really don't think the fcc is going to bother you about a license.
Would like a video on antenna tuning.
I have videos on that. Maybe look at my "antenna do's and don'ts video.
As far as channels go, what's the basic channel that most people use? Or do you just change channels until you hear someone?
When on the interstate truckers use 19. In different areas you may find locals on other channels that are on base stations, then there is the party channels like 11, 6 LSB 38.
hey there j rich what's that galixy called? id like to purchase one for myself and one of them external miks could you link them for me buddy
It's a Galaxy DX47hp however you can't find them at the moment. Check out the Ranger rci X9. It's the next best thing.
I’m trying to decide whether or not to add a cb to my GMRS radio in my car, or just have the GMRS. Have you noticed a reduction in CB traffic over the years? I head some truckers are switching to GMRS or even digital radio systems and that a lot of people don’t use CB much anymore. But I would like to have a form of communication where I can call for help to near by trucks if there’s an emergency
A lot of new drivers don't see the value of CB. Some drivers possibly use GMRS because they haul agricultural and use it to communicate with the farmers.
GMRS would be good if you talking to very specific people on very specific channels.
CB is effective because everyone has one everything important on the open road is gonna be on channel 19. Your gonna get traffic, speed traps, and people acting like jack holes.
CB isn't used as much in my area. Probably because of cell phones. Sideband is pretty active.
Has yours ever blown a fuse? As soon as I turn my key it blows. I read that sometimes you need to reverse the pos and neg (incase the truck wiring was messed up). Tried a bigger fuse but it keeps blowing. Maybe a defective CB?
Probably just pulling too much power and you need to go directly to the battery.
When i key up, my rx/tx button tirms green to red.
Is that normal?
Oh i have a roadkong RKCB b.t.w.
I have a cobra 25LTD classic do u have videos of that
I do not, however it is essentially the same as the 29 ltd in the video. As far as I know the only difference is the 25 ltd does not have the swr calibrate feature.
I just bought a cobra 29 chrome an when I key up my light turn red is that normal or did I buy a malfunction one??
TX light should turn red, antenna light should not turn red.
J do you know how to get the face plate off a Cobra 29 LTD Classic? I have a bad PA/CB switch and I'm hoping that's the no transmit issue.
Not 100% but think that switch comes out from the inside.
@@jrichtruckincbtips I got it. There are some small screws on the inside , desolder the mic wires and pry loose some hot glue with a knife at the leds. And i still had to pry it off carefully.
@@jrichtruckincbtips A used PA/Cb switch did fix the transmit. Im glad cause my 955 got quieter all day long yesterday until I finally had to plug in my Cobra 19 backup radio.
I have the Cobra 29 LTD Classic in the dump truck this morning.
Dump trucks use CB to talk to scale house and loaders all day.😎
"Delta" or "difference" is probably there to fine tune whatever frequency you're on to a decimal slightly higher or lower.
I eventually want to put a linear in my pickup how do I calibrate that
I don't use them