Radioddity CS-47 CB Radio

[JASII]

I received an email about the Radioddity CS-47 CB Radio.

I have no experience with the Radioddity brand.

I gather that it is a Cheap Chinese Radio brand.

It does have PL/DPL, too.

I will hand it to them, however, that design may be popular with many people.

I had a Standard C-5718DA a number of years ago.

It was nice to be able to put the main unit under the seat and use the hand microphone to control everything.

Radioddity CS-47 CB Radio | 7-Color LCD Display Mic | AM/FM | RF Gain

Radioddity CS-47 has most of the features common to other CB radios, including an adjustable backlit seven-color handheld microphone, built-in microphone speaker, AM/FM modulation, VOX, and active noise cancellation. It is a very cost-effective one hander CB radio for outdoor and off-road scenarios.

www.radioddity.com

Standard C5718DA Transceiver

 

[2IR473]

It seems to be the same as the Anytone Grace radio, and I would guess Anytone is the OEM. Anytone Grace

 

[slowmover]

NRC built-in.

 

[cmjonesinc]

Now if we could just get a remote mount with SSB.

 

[slowmover]

Now if we could just get a remote mount with SSB.

 

[2IR473]

I broke down and bought one of these Radioddity CS-47 AM/FM mini CB radios, and I am impressed with it. (actually, I ended up buying a second one because I was so impressed with the first one I got, since I could get them with a 10% discount at the time of this post).

As stated above, it does have the noise reduction circuit, as offered in the Anytone AT–5555N2, which is a great addition to newer CB radios. It has CTCSS and DSC capabilities, and it scans.

I am seeing 3.5 watts on AM and FM on my Dosy meter, which may or may not be accurate, but it’s close enough to the advertised 4 watts. If you need a bit more power, there may be hope for you.

This is not a “big radio”. It does not “walk the dog” , and would not be the choice of “channel masters” or the big strappers on ‘da bowl’. But if you want a simple, small CB radio that has the convenience of the controls on the microphone, this is a great option. Particularly if you were looking at the President Bill II FCC, or Anytone Smart CB.

I am very happy with the capabilities of this little radio. The audio from the speaker/mic is excellent and should provide plenty of audio in a mobile environment. There is no internal speaker, but the external speaker jack does work, if you want to connect an external speaker to it. And since this is the type of radio you would be stuffing out of the way under a seat, etc., the lack of an internal speaker makes sense.

This radio has all the extra capabilities I expected, from my online searches of the Anytone Graces radio (it is the same radio).
If you have any questions about that, you can PM me, as I will not post the info here. It is pretty obvious however, if you look inside the radio…no cutting required from what I can see.

I am not usually interested in a radio that does not have SSB, but this radio was impressive for what it offers, and will be going into my wife’s car as an alternative means of local communications to our GMRS repeater (FM CB with PL tone). If you are interested in using CB radio as a means of local comms, this might be an excellent choice, especially for installing in newer vehicles. And if you are licensed for the amateur bands, it might offer some additional options for you.

 

[jvradenburg]

It's already remote mount if you have rj45 connector and extension cord

 

[slowmover]

 

[steve9570]

I have the Radioddity CB-27 model Its great! Is nice and small fits in a little space
under my am/fm car radio with a speaker on top of it and looks like a factory install.
It a good rig and I have had many over the years!
Steve

 

[2IR473]

It's already remote mount if you have rj45 connector and extension cord

I checked and it does indeed work with a CAT-5 cable and an inline coupler, so you can extend the reach of the speaker mic.

I see the Radioddity CS-47 is making the rounds of the YouTubers, as Temporarily Offline uploaded a video this morning as well.

Tiny FM CB radio ?

 

[MaxDonoghue]

I recently installed one in my 2017 KIA Sportage. The guts are mounted up under the center console storage with a CAT6 extension cable mounted in the front area next to the heated seat controls. Good reports from it so far. Didn't do the expansion mod. May remove it but not really sure it's needed as I only plan to use on the highway for traffic/accident reports.

 

[niceguy71]

I recently installed one in my 2017 KIA Sportage. The guts are mounted up under the center console storage with a CAT6 extension cable mounted in the front area next to the heated seat controls. Good reports from it so far. Didn't do the expansion mod. May remove it but not really sure it's needed as I only plan to use on the highway for traffic/accident reports.

great install!!! thanks for sharing... I love the look of that radio.... I always day dream about getting one.. but I'd never use it ... but I truly think it's a brilliant idea.. I tell all my friends with jeeps to get them and they all love them... just hard to get a Antenna to work on a jeep