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We knew it wouldn’t be long before CB Radios with AM and the newly FCC approved FM modes would be hitting the shelves in the US. President Harrison FCC AM/ FM  PNI HP 6500 AM / FM Cobra 29 AM / FM President Thomas FCC AM/FM President Randy II AM/FM President Bill II AM/FM President […]

The new 2023 Anytone Aires II is coming soon and it is an interesting mix of classic styling and newer technology. Watch our video overview here – Anytone Aires II 10 Meter SSB Export CB Radio Review

There’s been a ton of discussion online by CB radio users in the months leading up to the big decision by the FCC but the decision is now final and FM is an approved mode in the USA. What does this mean for the average CB user? Not much right now. FM as a mode […]

We’re excited to see some early news about a new radio from Ranger and it’s got SSB! It has a small form factor for size (more like a President Lincoln) but with traditional style controls rather than buttons. Since the size is smaller perhaps it’s using a new board design but we won’t know until […]

This week we got a chance to enjoy another classic, the Turner Super Sidekick Desk Microphone. Not quite as sophisticated as the Turner +3 but still a very popular microphone. I did do some quick testing and while it performed well on SSB it didn’t sound as clear as a Turner +3 (in my opinion), […]

When you don’t have any new products to review what do you do? Start playing around with random radios and making on air recordings 🙂 There is no purpose to these tests other than just to show what different random radios and microphones can sound like on the air – however some were hacked up, […]

Just recently I had done a video on the Cobra 138XLR when I saw a Facebook ad for a Cobra 139XLR – the base equivalent of the mobile radio. I drove 1.5 hours to go take a look at this beautiful radio and sure enough the ad was correct and the radio was in very […]

Today I found a great article on the Cobra 138 XLR which is funny since one just came into my hands this week! I’ve owned 3-4 of these over the years and always enjoyed running them due to their great on-air audio performance, and no hassle layout. Eventually I always drift away towards radios with […]

If your area is rural and is anything like mine you may have noticed the CB airwaves have been pretty quiet lately. DX hasn’t been very frequent and the next solar cycle hasn’t really gotten going yet. Combine that with a hobby that has declined in users in that last couple of years and sometime […]

When been near the bottom of the 11 year solar cycle and DX last year and this year in the 11 meter band has been terrible but there are signs things are making a turn for the better. We’re starting to see sunspots as part of the latest cycle that are leading specialists to believe […]

RCI radios has released a new version of the RCI-2950 called the 2950DX-6 and it uses the same new display as the previous newest version, the 2950CD. The big difference is that output of the new radio is that it will do around 100 watts (after tuning) which is a jump up from the previous […]

There have been some interesting reports coming from users all around the USA that newer Imax antennas they have purchased aren’t tuning for a low SWR. The rumors gave way to some hard evidence when Bell’s CB recently post on their website the following: We no longer sell this antenna because Solarcon decided to shorten […]

When I started CB Radio Magazine 14 years ago I never thought it would become what it is today. When I first started the website I was still living in a small house on the side of volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. I’d been a avid CB hobbyist since the 80’s and by 2006 I […]