{"id":51124,"date":"2021-12-11T08:30:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T12:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=51124"},"modified":"2021-12-11T08:30:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T12:30:01","slug":"guest-post-peters-fm-cb-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/guest-post-peters-fm-cb-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: Peter’s FM CB Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Peter Laws<\/a>, who shares the following guest post:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\n

Thomas – Still Famous<\/h1>\n

by Peter Laws<\/strong><\/p>\n

We’re getting closer to the first legal FM CB on the market in the USA.\u00a0 President Electronics\u00a0 USA has announced that the President Thomas FCC<\/b> CB radio will hit dealers in early 2022.<\/p>\n

When first reporting on this, the assumption was that the Thomas FCC<\/b> was going to be an FCC-spec Thomas ASC<\/b>, a somewhat long in the tooth European multi-norm set.\u00a0 As the release date has approached, and President has released marketing collateral, it’s apparent that this new product is, in fact, a rebranded President Barry II, a current-production state-of-the-CB-art AM\/FM European multi-norm model.<\/p>\n

Richard, G0OJF, a pipe organ restoration and two-way radio expert from Lincolnshire, England, runs a wonderful YouTube channel “UK FM CB radio servicing”<\/a>, where he restores old UK-spec CBs and then tests them on air.\u00a0 He also tunes up newly-released UK-spec CBs \u2026 and occasionally demonstrates restoration of 150-year-old pipe organs.\u00a0 He recently covered the Barry II<\/b> so if you are curious about the Thomas FCC <\/b>you are strongly encouraged to watch his video<\/a> about its European counterpart.<\/p>\n

Your humble reporter, who, perhaps surprisingly, has not followed the CB radio market since, (checks notes), 1977 or so, was amazed to see that the MSRP will be $109.\u00a0 In 1976 terms, that’s just under 25 bucks and had CBs been that price then, your reporter would have bought three because he’d been saving his pennies and that was the amount he’d saved!<\/p>\n

Undoubtedly, the reduction in cost is from using components that are readily assembled by robots.\u00a0 If you watch G0OJF’s video above, you’ll note that the unit is almost completely made of surface-mount components.\u00a0 Remarkable.<\/p>\n

Watch for dealers to begin offering these in the next few weeks.\u00a0 Your reporter plans to buy one and will be hanging out on Channel 31 FM once it’s installed in his radio room.\u00a0 Presumably, President (and other vendors) will be watching to see how these units sell in order to make plans for releasing other CBs that include FM.\u00a0 An AM\/FM\/SSB CB would be quite versatile!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Let’s play a game:\u00a0 Spot the differences!<\/p>\n

Full manuals for both versions are here:<\/p>\n

President Thomas FCC operating manual<\/a><\/p>\n

President Barry II operating manual<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Peter Laws, who shares the following guest post: Thomas – Still Famous by Peter Laws We’re getting closer to the first legal FM CB on the market in the USA.\u00a0 President Electronics\u00a0 USA has announced that the President Thomas FCC CB radio will hit dealers in early 2022. 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