I live in the flats of central Iowa and last spring I had my buddy take my Chevy pickup that has a 5' whip antenna on the front fender and a bone stock Cobra 29. I stood in an empty field with my Randy. We performed the test until I got so cold from the wind, I made him come back and get me. We were 8.5 miles as the crow flies and still having an S5 conversation. During the test, I was also hearing my locals south of me 20 miles away. They couldn't hear me, obviously. People think these radios don't work well because they have such good garbage rejection that they seem 'weak' or 'quiet' on receive, but really, they're making use of filtering. I was super stoked to see my Randy perform just like yours does in this video. And I've had people online tell me I'm lying, but it is what it is. I don't think it makes sense for most people to spend 150 dollars for one of these, but I like mine.
Makes plenty of sense to buy one. I also got like 7 miles between with the HYS whip antenna 52 inch across town. Small commercial buildings in between.
Mullet Man ..... President should give you something... because after watching this video you sold me on it.... I had to have one too... just bought it.. I'll range test it against my old favorite handheld the TRC 216 which always blew me away but I got a feeling this will be better. ... GREAT video thank you!
@@user-zy4cq6vo3q I now have 4 Randy's!!!! when I see one on E-bay cheap I just have to buy it.... I had planned to take a different handheld CB out and range test it ever week... try it at one mile, then two, then three, all the way up to five miles away... and see what the best CB handheld is ...( I have over 50 handheld CB's ) I bought all kinds of test equipment and camera's and tripods to make CZcams videos of my tests...but life is always busy and have yet to even do one range test
I’ve gone through several Midland 75-785’s and just ordered this Randy 2 radio. I need it for my work as a Steerman for the wind turbine blades when we are loading and unloading or when I’m walking a corner. Ordered the speaker mic with it.
I'm a big fan of President electronics. Ive been running a President McKinley in my rig for a few years now and never had a problem getting out. I just ordered a Randy fcc and Can't wait for it to get here.
I bought the Randy III from Amazon UK Delivered to USA, it doesn't have weather channels, has CTCSS tones and DCS codes, and a better car kit.cost me a little more but I feel it's worth it. Did the export mod too.
The 3 was also out before the 2 FCC version. The FCC version is apparently impossible to mod as well so the UK 3 version is well worth it since the regular USA 40 channels are useless.
You need to try the Thunderpole TX... Great radio . Push two buttons and it opens the freeband... unlimited channels. Let's you receive 26.805 FM Calling channel
Great video. One thing tho. I have this radio and yes i love it. I plug it to 102 whip on my van and was amazed. Back to the one thing . If you want one of these . Iwould recomend thee uk version. I went on amazon used thr switch country option to uk and ordered the uk version. You get more options on this other randy you have more power and many more frequencies. Plus ctcss. Anyway 73s . Love the video. Love this radio Oh yeah. I plugged this up to a galaxy 225 . And a 102 whip. And was able to shoot some skip . Sorry nope i will not be making any self incriminating videos. Good fun tho. Damm fcc ruining cb for 100 years.
Impressive range. As someone new to this I want to ask what is a home base, as I’d imagine such results would not be possible on handheld to handheld. Can this handheld be used as home base so long as it has a certain antenna? Also I wonder what the range would be vehicle to vehicle with antennas you had. Thanks great video
@@JohnnyMullet yup. Thx. Gotta throw on the external. Easy with mag mount on truck but main car all non metal so gotta clip on trunk and not ruin paint. Thx for responding
OK, how do they do it? Nothing like breaking up the old-school, conventional wisdom that CB radios just don't really work very well. Now, next thing you know, the innovative manufacturers are going to make 27 MHz FM an impressive mode of operation. Cool video. Video really makes good points.
The "original social network" not really. Telephone party lines, and unintentional conferences when telephone switching systems either failed or were misconfigured where many telephone users were bridged together were first.
@@JohnnyMullet What I mean is if you were on a mountain then you can get that much range otherwise I'm not buying your range claim, you were probably talking to a neighbour.
I live in the flats of central Iowa and last spring I had my buddy take my Chevy pickup that has a 5' whip antenna on the front fender and a bone stock Cobra 29. I stood in an empty field with my Randy. We performed the test until I got so cold from the wind, I made him come back and get me. We were 8.5 miles as the crow flies and still having an S5 conversation. During the test, I was also hearing my locals south of me 20 miles away. They couldn't hear me, obviously. People think these radios don't work well because they have such good garbage rejection that they seem 'weak' or 'quiet' on receive, but really, they're making use of filtering. I was super stoked to see my Randy perform just like yours does in this video. And I've had people online tell me I'm lying, but it is what it is. I don't think it makes sense for most people to spend 150 dollars for one of these, but I like mine.
Makes plenty of sense to buy one. I also got like 7 miles between with the HYS whip antenna 52 inch across town. Small commercial buildings in between.
Mullet Man ..... President should give you something... because after watching this video you sold me on it.... I had to have one too... just bought it.. I'll range test it against my old favorite handheld the TRC 216 which always blew me away but I got a feeling this will be better. ... GREAT video thank you!
Curious how the Randy is performing for you.
@@user-zy4cq6vo3q I now have 4 Randy's!!!! when I see one on E-bay cheap I just have to buy it.... I had planned to take a different handheld CB out and range test it ever week... try it at one mile, then two, then three, all the way up to five miles away... and see what the best CB handheld is ...( I have over 50 handheld CB's ) I bought all kinds of test equipment and camera's and tripods to make CZcams videos of my tests...but life is always busy and have yet to even do one range test
I’ve gone through several Midland 75-785’s and just ordered this Randy 2 radio. I need it for my work as a Steerman for the wind turbine blades when we are loading and unloading or when I’m walking a corner. Ordered the speaker mic with it.
Thanks for showing this and the test. I am ordering one, it is a really nice radio and can bring with in car.
It's even better when you use the FM mode. You get a bit better performance.
I'm a big fan of President electronics. Ive been running a President McKinley in my rig for a few years now and never had a problem getting out. I just ordered a Randy fcc and Can't wait for it to get here.
So did it get here?
I bought the Randy III from Amazon UK Delivered to USA, it doesn't have weather channels, has CTCSS tones and DCS codes, and a better car kit.cost me a little more but I feel it's worth it. Did the export mod too.
The 3 was also out before the 2 FCC version. The FCC version is apparently impossible to mod as well so the UK 3 version is well worth it since the regular USA 40 channels are useless.
Good video. Just ordered one the other morning. I bet the reception on FM would have been great at the ranges you were talking.
Seems to boost the performance on this handheld hen switch to FM mode.
I'm sold man! what a range!
You need to try the Thunderpole TX... Great radio . Push two buttons and it opens the freeband... unlimited channels. Let's you receive 26.805 FM Calling channel
Great video. I have a Virginia coming in the mail for my first CB setup.
Great video.
One thing tho.
I have this radio and yes i love it.
I plug it to 102 whip on my van and was amazed.
Back to the one thing .
If you want one of these .
Iwould recomend thee uk version.
I went on amazon used thr switch country option to uk and ordered the uk version.
You get more options on this other randy you have more power and many more frequencies.
Plus ctcss.
Anyway 73s .
Love the video.
Love this radio
Oh yeah.
I plugged this up to a galaxy 225 .
And a 102 whip.
And was able to shoot some skip .
Sorry nope i will not be making any self incriminating videos.
Good fun tho.
Damm fcc ruining cb for 100 years.
How did you deal with the UK electric charging plug?
Hi Johnny mullet I was wandering if you could do a video of the randy on how to get it setup to where I get the most range out of it thanks
I got my Randy2 today!
Great video, greetings from Serbia
How does the Randy 2 compare to the Wouxun KG-S72C? I've got both radios, both have AM and FM, and am trying to choose one to carry outside the home.
I don't have a Wouxun to compare with.
Impressive range. As someone new to this I want to ask what is a home base, as I’d imagine such results would not be possible on handheld to handheld. Can this handheld be used as home base so long as it has a certain antenna? Also I wonder what the range would be vehicle to vehicle with antennas you had. Thanks great video
You can hook it to a home base antenna no problem. In the video I make a mobile contact 8 miles away with the telescoping antenna.
This is very easily doable handheld to handheld. Specially with the FM mode and them 51 inch HYS antennas.
What extended antenna you using?
HYS 27 telescoping cb antenna on amazon.
I had this radio and I could not reach anybody with the rubber duck. I did talk to a guy a block away when I hooked it up to a Tram mobile antenna.
Harmonics all over the place.
Wld this work inside a car for short distances. Without an external antenna
Most handhelds don’t.
Never tried inside a car, but I assume it would work short distance.
@@JohnnyMullet yup. Thx. Gotta throw on the external. Easy with mag mount on truck but main car all non metal so gotta clip on trunk and not ruin paint. Thx for responding
I still have the non fm Randy lol
OK, how do they do it? Nothing like breaking up the old-school, conventional wisdom that CB radios just don't really work very well. Now, next thing you know, the innovative manufacturers are going to make 27 MHz FM an impressive mode of operation. Cool video. Video really makes good points.
That's like my President New Virginia antenna. It has the range of much longer antennas and I have talked 20 miles on it.
yes. But who can stand the sound of FM?
I don't particularly care for it myself
@@godovermoney1124FM has way better audio than AM! FM is going to take over AM!
@@cariboooutlaw4852done all over the EU and by freebanders already.
HYS makes that model in a TNC connector so no adapters needed.
Are you supposed to adjust the SWR on the radio before use? Instructions say to do so....
Have midland 855 that works well with external antenna
The 785 is better.
The "original social network" not really. Telephone party lines, and unintentional conferences when telephone switching systems either failed or were misconfigured where many telephone users were bridged together were first.
I'm buying my first one
Lets see what it does on a Wilson 1000
Cool!!
I'm on channel 19
Uh…why video mirroring? Can’t get copyright strike with your own material!
did you change any of the factory settings? i cant get anyone to reply back on my randy ii fcc
No settings changed.
yep i figured i will need to read the manual and adjust radio to my location?@@JohnnyMullet
Who sells these? Amazon has 100 sellers
No link? Sounds like a good radio too.
Amazon has it all.
Can that radio reach out I'm in Youngstown ohio in an apartment can it there from here
The range ain't bad at all outdoors. Indoors not the best.
You must be living on a mountain top. I can't imagine ANY handheld cb with that kind of range if you were on the flat lands.
Flat lands of Ohio
@@JohnnyMullet What I mean is if you were on a mountain then you can get that much range otherwise I'm not buying your range claim, you were probably talking to a neighbour.
Ich glaube ich muß hier selber mal ein video machen,damit hier endlich mal Deutsch gesprochen wird.
Nice video. Thanks. They look really cool. But for that kind of money I think I'll pass
Who has best prices on these radios?
Amazon at $169
Can anyone with a president Randy try to reach me I just got mine
for the price of this radio, I would buy Anytone AT-6666 first
I have the Randy 3.
I can't transmit 9 miles. 🤔🤔🤔
Yeah my dad and I can’t either. We have the Randy 2. Maybe it’s a flat area?