Midland 75-822 Mobile CB Radio w/ Car Kit
[Midland 75-822]

Just purchased the Midland 75-822 and I'm very pleased with it. We took our first trip last week and it worked perfectly. I also added a Wilson 1000 with a 62" whip and the reception and transmission were great. The speaker leaves a little to be desired but is quite acceptable for our truck. We have a diesel engine so noise was not a problem.

I also checked the SWR and is is almost 1:1 so the Wilson antenna is a perfect match for this unit. In general this is a lovely peiece of gear and we are very pleased.

I bought a Midland 75-822 and also bought a Lil Wil due to the very limited range of the rubber antenna that came with the radio. I can say that I did not experience the break thru noise others have complained of. I can also say that as soon as I plugged in the Little Wil, I was talking to guys 5-9 miles away. So far, so good. I love the quality and feel of this radio in my hand. Get yourself one for sure. PM

I purchased a midland 75-822 2-3 weeks ago my application is on motorcycle. When trying to program the Memory channel buttons I came up with a dual display like 27.185. I cannot clear this dual display. I have e-mailed midland corp. called them and am getting no results. My complete experience with this product and mfgs. tech support is terrible. Never again a midland product. Roy Ballard

This is a good radio for short-range work with an external antenna. I discovered that it is very sensitive to noise in the power feed circuit, so I installed a dedicated, filtered power feed for the radio and that cleaned up a lot of noise. I used it with decent results around the Tampa Bay area paired with a small magnetic cobra antenna. Then I got home and installed my shiny new Wilson 5000. The level of background noise went from minimal to incredible! I live in an urban area and can only speculate that the Wilson 5000 being a very sensitive antenna, was just loading up with power line noise. I had to turn the squelch up to 3/4 of maximum just to silence the noise... this effectively limited the range of the unit to about a mile which wasn't enough for me.

I went to my local electronics store and picked up a Cobra 19 DX IV Compact CB Radio and hooked it up. Wow! The adjustable RF gain is magic... I'm picking people up 5 miles out easy, getting good traffic info and talking to truckers.

To review my review:

1. I like the radio and the ability to use either the car kit or the battery pack
2. I didn't have good results with a very high gain antenna... it was overpowering the receive circuit with noise. This radio works well with a smaller antenna (imho)
3. The weather channel and scan functions are nice and work well
4. I like the ergonomics of the unit both when attached to the car kit and on the battery packs. I could hit all the buttons with my thumb pretty naturally and changing channels was very easy
5. The volume and clarity of the speaker aren't that great... it'll get loud but it's not very clear at max volume, I would plan on hanging this radio at ear level if purchasing again.
6. I didn't do much testing as a handheld, but what little I did went well so I think it's a good field radio.
7. If you're planning on picking up this radio so you don't have to run any wires, beware. You may have to run wires anyway. This radio picks up lots of ignition noise. The radiator fan in my car was particularly annoying. Installing a power filter and running a dedicated hot/ground to the battery cleaned up most of the noise.

I'd rate it a 4. It works for what I wanted. I drive a truck and if I run into a backup I can find out what lane to be in.

Pros: lightweight, 3 power options, 10 weather channels.
Cons: small display, not much volume.

I have nothing bad to say about the Midland 75-822. It is a great Radio to purchase, especially if you're new to radio community. I purchased this at a different website but I wish I bought it from right channel radios because they have great customer service and will help you if you have any questions about the product. Back to the radio, the radio feels real nice in my hands and it is good to be able to have all the buttons availble in one hand. And if you need to save space, this product is definitely for you. Great product at a great price.