Moonraker Major 42 Multi Channel Handheld CB Radio

This was brought for a birthday present... As I've returned to CB after being off it for 20 years. The radio is adequate for what I want it for. I've got an external antenna plugged into it at home and I get to places. With the stock antenna it's poor (sorry guys at Moonraker) buy another one as the one I have brings the signals in and gets me out... This radio is not the best I've had but I like it so I'm keeping it... If you want performance purchase something else.... Although I like this rig I can't recommend it as you will have trouble...... Cheers

I was pls when it arrived I did not go to switch on till few hours later but I found battery case would not close properly and to get it to work I squeezed it's bottom but let go it would not work I used brand new AA batterys tried to close no joy not for me I'm affraid I've requested a refund

Haven't fully tested the unit in the great outdoors. Lightweight and looks good. No frills hand held CB. Only current issue is that it came with a back plate so that you can attach unit to a belt but no screws for the plate

The Radio just amazing the antenna doesn’t offer you much but still doing the job so maybe better to buy long range antenna inside your own projects.

It small and very compact. Extremly light weight. You don't get a car charger or car cigarette lighter adaptor with it, it's just the basic unit. That said, it seems well made, and because of its size you can take it anywhere with you. Have yet to use it for contacts but from first impressions it seems like a good little rig.

Simple to use, and the radio is easy to setup the brand's

The product didnt work

Wanted this chiefly as a hand-held portable device. Soon found quite heavy on batteries so ordered rechargeables. However, battery holder is comprised of two sections with three batteries side-by-side in each, which close against each other and slide on to form bottom part of radio. The diameter of at least one popular brand of rechargeable AA, although not officially the case, is very fractionally larger than alkaline equivalents, a difference that is doubled when The holder closes with the batteries against each other, so accurate enough closure of the case is not possible for contacts to the radio to receive any power. Can't use it on mains either, because only available external power supply has to slide on in place of battery holder as only point of power connection, and is intended for in-car use and also unavoidably connects a chunky cable intended to run to an external antenna lead, but certainly without such an antenna compromises the sensitivity of the transceiver to a point where it is unusable. I only discovered this when I had also purchased a 240-12 V transformer with cigarette lighter socket to be able to use the Moonraker power supply so could run it from the mains! Incidentally, had already returned one unit because thought the battery holder was faulty, but replacement was exactly the same, so this is evidently an unavoidable issue. such a pity, a great little unit when you can afford to run it.

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