This might be the coolest CB Radio modification we've ever seen 

www.ddsvfo.com/ Unit costs $75, if you have it installed by Troy's add $75 = $150.

Wow...I didn't know CBMag still existed.My dad had a couple boxes full of them from the 70's in mint condition. Back when CB's were as common as cell phones today.

Too bad my dad passed away 31 years ago. He was really into the modified radios. He would have loved this. I never had the passion for it like he and his group of buddies did. But I sure did wire up a few mic’s and radios for them back then. This bought back a flood of memories.

That dude on channel 6 has been broadcasting since I was a kid in the early 80's. Same voice and everything. Never could use channel 6 because he was always blowing the doors off.

I've been on the radio since 1977, This is Absolutely the coolest mod I've seen. 12ny...

This is definitely a game changer. Within the RF limits of the radio, this adds some interesting capabilities. Back in the day, I spent so much time (& money) adding crystal banks with variable capacitors, so I could 'rubber' the crystals, and get them on frequency. The frequency counter cost me more than my radio! Technology has come a very long way.

Your right. It is the coolest ever. Wish I had this back in my CB days.

I'm from the 70's when CB's were booming. I did not know CB was still popular. I have one in a box somewhere. I wrote a program and wired the PLL to an Atari 800 PC and was able select any channel that existed within the bandwidth of the radio.

Now that's a super nifty mod. Wish they would have had that back in the mid 70's when I was modifying PLL circuits on CB radios for folks. I would modify radios to go above channel 40 since back then 1 through 40 were so busy. I would modify a radio for $20.00 per radio. That included a couple of switches to switch to the upper channels. Things sure have changed since the 70's. W Rusty Lane K9POW in eastern Tennessee.

It is amazing to see how this come a long from the older style and Frequency counter

I had no idea old 80's stuff could do this, it's really interesting, thanks. I've some gear in the attic, might dig it out and fire up my old rigs for fun, still have a huge fibreglass twig on a 20ft pole on the roof. To be honest, i'm into digital encrypted 70cm/2m these days, the goal eventually being a private repeater for personal emergency use. Some of my fondest memories were skip waves coming over in the summer, listening to Americans chatting away. It was very interesting as a British kid back in the day.

Wow, what a really neat upgrade! Wish it was available long ago.

I used to use my C.B. all the time. A lot of the guys have since retired and now I listen to audiobooks while out on the road. This mode is really cool. Almost makes me wanna get the old radio out and instal one.

and to think how stoked i was back in the day to get my 148 gtl limiter unlocked, 3 toggle switches up top for the extra channels, and an external frequency counter mounted. i almost want to buy another radio just to install this mod. this is a sick ass mod for those old classics!!! especially scan mode, i would have spent top dollar to get my 148 scanning the band.

This is far and above what I was making and installing back in the 80's. I had a board that I built that would go from -79 up to 108, including the A channels. I was able to use the original readout and had it set up as 5, 40 channel bands. It used 3, E-prom chips. One ran the PLL, the other two ran the readout. At that time it was a pretty good modification, but it took up about a third of the room that the main PC board took up and was a bear to fit in, except if you were putting it in a Cobra 2000. This new mod looks like the cats meow. With modern microchips it'll be much smaller. I also installed FM kits. Not my own design, but pretty cool to have that mode.

All my gear goes to the guys at Troy Radio service!! Those guys are amazing. I've got similar videos on my channel! 575 Dallas wavin them 73s

This project was developed in Brazil. It is very interesting in cases of burnt PLLs that no longer have replacements. Yes, there are other advantages but not everything is perfect. There is a problem of generating noise that is generated by the I2C communication of the display data bus that can generate ghost signals on some channels. Even so, it is a very valid option for retired equipment, either due to lack of PLL replacement or even in equipment limited by being crystal oscillators. Congratulations to the Brazilians who perfected this project. Yes, I was one of the pioneers to spread the DDS concept in my country. Wander Lúcio and André Tauros were responsible for translating a concept into a usable project. 73 to all friends.

I bought a Grant from them with this mod done to it. Along with the digital RX mater and I also got the HF RX mod. So I can listen on 80 meters! Plus all kinds of features. It took 3 months to get it from Troy Radio, And the radio plus the mods was 300 bucks delivered. Hands down much better then anything new. That classic radio now out runs anything they make today. I have owned just about everything radio wise, but this is by far the best. The classic look, but all the feathers you could ever want. Plus having TX on all of 10 meters is great! And yes, I am a lic ham guy, before the PC police get all worked up.

Really cool! Mods like this can really help to re-spark interest in the hobby!

I didn’t realize these radios still existed. This is great news.

Mega cool Neato. Wow. Love it. Especially an add to an elder radio, such as this exquisite Cobra model.

I've been corresponding with that shop in regard to my 138xlr. Just waiting for them to start accepting mail in work again. I'll also be adding the digital s-meter to mine. I specifically mentioned your video when I initiated contact. Thanks for posting this video!

This is the coolest way to update a classic radio I must get this.

a nice mod. I wish that I had some one around here that works on radios and I loved the water fall. I have only seen this on the seventy three hundred ham radio.

DUDE THIS IS AMAZING I HABE ALWAYS LOVED YOUR CHANNEL MAN THANKS FOR THE TIME PUTTING THIS TOGETHER 73

Nice! About time... been wondering about this chit for quite some time now -- glad to see it happen.

Excellent video :) hopefully comes to Canada to radio shops and get installed and be so cool buy radio with installed too ! Amazing little device in radio to get in 40 Channel Am / SSB model and very nice invetention too !

wow that's cool, kinda reminds me of the old 99 channel kits that a friend of mine sold in riverside california.

I have been dreaming about something like this for eons..awesome!

That is a really nice feature for that radio.

Troy Radio has modified every CB that I have with this mod.

Keep us posted on the new changes to the CB rules. The FCC allowing FM; & the new radios when they come out! Really neat gizmo, thanks for showing.

Holy moly, that's a perfect makeover! Here in Germany, we don't even have to think about it!

Makes me miss the Galaxy 2100 I used to have

Very nice mod. And they even keep us out of the 10 meter ham band.

Wow! That's pretty interesting... I've seen a few projects like this, where a mod like this will update old tech and give it new life. This should open a few more opertunities for operators.

Years back I had a CB modified for 10 Meters. I used it mobile and it worked great.

Hay that’s pretty cool for classic cars older radio with modern functionality

I had a Cobra 40 back in the 70's, was just talking about CB's the other day. Wow how time has moved on...

This is really neat!! Kinda makes me wanna dig out all my old equipment.

That is the coolest setup I've seen so far.

Great video and superb modification

Makes me miss my old Courier Centurion with a Digi scan UFO on it.

The early cb radios are definitely the best to own and modify. I had a cobra chipped & tuned to the antenna of my over the road tractor. I could talk & receive 50 miles out to other independent truckers. I new what scales were open or closed. I new about traffic conditions ahead . It is my best tool.

I can’t wait for the update video!

Wow this might make me jump back into CB 👍💯👊

I've been highly interested in these the first time I seen one.

I once was trying the same replacing the PLL of a FM only radio by a FPGA full of home made software. The idea was NOT to change the PCB of the radio but still being able to transmit PhaseLoopSSB signals and pickup the IF of the radio to form a SDR receivcer enabling to establihe Side band communication using a FM radio without modifieing the PCB. I actualy got quiet far but al the experiments resulted in decay of the radio and my interest got over to another (probarly even more absurd) project. Anyhow... this is a great idea, the display concept is the same i had in mind.

Este rádio com o DDS ficou muito bonito com os detalis verde.

Wow! Cool modification!

omg, they are adding a SDR to CB's now.. how cool is that.. software definded radio's are amazing in thier abilities along compared to normal radio's they dont actually TUNE to any channel, they sample every channel at the same time, and store the reception data into a block of data that can be accessed directly on the chip. really neat stuff . would love to add this to an old 128gtl with funny freq's. likely will have to remove the funny freq mod's from it.

Amazing improvement. Thanks for the awesome video.

That is the best mod I have ever seen since 1980 when I was on cb bands

love it. I hope to pick one up soon.

This radio was selled In Italy as a Superstar. Was a great radio in my teens

Nice . . . Very NICE !!! Appreciate you sharing this. All the best & stay well .

We ate the TAFT group are glad someone picked this idea back up. The guy that put these out going on 10 years ago stopped doing it. What we hope is that these kits get to the level that other guys kits were at so we can do them, but they just are not there yet. The Razor kits are closer, but those are not there yet either.

Very cool. I would want to do this modification to my old 148GTL CB radio.

So very cool. Back in the day I had an open Ranger. I believe it was an RC2350 but I could be wrong. It was 30 years ago. That was a great radio.

Pretty nice to do that now I have AHR2510 so it's still good I guess I got several C b's good job on Friday

I wish I could find a place for some of those older DIY liner amps. It was fun building them back in the 70's.

Great info to know & thanx for posting!

This is Fantastic,going to get one for my old Adams,really excited for this. All the best from 108at1332/2m0lnf. PS The kaytone brought back memories. :-)

That's actually very nice

This mod is awesome

I have been out of the CB Radio stuff for a good decade. When I did, it was in my Camaro, Protoge, and Sunbird when gas was cheap, before a family, and usually road trips. I still have the radio and antenna but just haven't had it up and running in the car. Seeing this, man, sweet. ALMOST makes me want to break out the radio and set things up again, but, I don't go far anymore, I don't want anyone to see the radio, and I've been told it's pretty "quiet" anymore on CB. But still, frig'n sweet to see even THIS old tech get updates. (I'm a retro enthusiast)

Hell 20 years ago I had a 148 with uppers,mids and lower channels a variable power potentiometer 0-10 watts. Power mic with 10 toys mod and Rodgers beep. Swr tunner feed into a uniden 250 and jumping out of a wilson 5k moble

I got my cb license in 1966. Wish we had this back then!

Very nice. I may need to upgrade my old uniden "president" grant. I will miss the feel of the old time solid channel selector though. Thanks for posting this!

Cool as ....Thanks for posting this fine review ! . . 73s Catbox 32-1

I had a 138XLR a while back, I miss that mechanical "thunk" when you key and unkey! I had an old frequency box on top with scan and step switches, I wish I still had that old radio

Looks nice love the colors!😀

Very cool. I should check this out and see if I can do it to my old 148GTL CB radio.

This is so cool and the mod I’ve been waiting for for years.. I hope they Ship to the UK as I have a great rig in mind to install it too..

Really great work.

That is the best toys for a CB radio modification I have ever seen in my life I've seen in Iona frequency for ads on the Galaxy however I would love to get that from my cover 2000 that is really cool and for my 148 and for a couple other ones

I modified my CB base radio to operate from different bench where I work from. I have a D-104 microphone that I connected through a relay that I can turn on with a push button from a different bench where I'm working another project.

pretty awesome. Thanks

Mantap brooo... CB 27MHZ.... Masih muda dulu saya sudah berkomunikasi dengan 27 sejak 1981

O wow need something made like this for my old base uniden

That is a game changer for sure!

That is pretty cool!

Nice mod and putting an OLED in there is very nice! Did anyone else notice RAMDOM instead of RANDOM? :-)

Back in my CB days it was called a SLIDER. I have to say it's fancier. But does the same. Slides between freqs.

🤣 I wasn't expecting the roger beep at 14:46, that's awesome

Seen Troy's video's agree guy seem like he has integrity

Really great...from Px1 J4008...Rio, Brazil I use halfwave dipole or Ringo aerial.

Can't wait for CB radios to come on the market with FM.

Pretty cool add-on mod

I haven't use a CB radio since the late 80's but I see they still "read the mail" on channel 6.

You're right, that is the coolest! Now I REALLY regret selling my 148 gtl dx 😭

Great bit of kit 👍

That’s cool as anything I’ve seen in a minute

I had a Uniden Grant & Washington. Both Modified to Higher Wattage Output(Illegal In Australia) ULB & LSB Modified to 80 Channels

Excellent..love it.. time's are changing...on the road....Can this system be installed on my Cadillac C/B radio..???.

OMG I love deep 20 I remember as a little girl playing with my dad's CB radio in his car. And recently I made a tick tock video asking truck drivers if they still used CB radios because I was thinking about getting one.

Thanks for the info. You explained everything so well. I'm sub'd.

wish my one dog racing friend was still around he passed away back in 2013 but hed always worked on radios all his life and did some mods to them he would have loved this Really nice Mod here and video he lived down by Xenia ohio radio nick name school teacher

got the cobra 148 last april 2021 going do my ham radio test soon cant wait i from birmingham england

I remember the PLL02A board that I was able to get 3 extra bamds of extra chanels out of the CB radio I had.