galaxy 99 or general lee

My issues are not with the channels that we can use as CBers. My issues are with the laws reguarding power that we can put out on the CB channels. I buy converted 10 meter radios for one thing and one thing only. The power they put out in one package. I don't really care for extra clutter in the truck which means I don't care to run an external amp. My connex 4600 turbo has the 10 k switch but it never gets moved, it also has the band selector which also never gets touched. I transmit on the regular 40 and that is it. Some Hams sometimes piss and moan about the output some of us put out on the CB frequencies. They start spouting laws and regulations etc. Heck some even drive around looking for mobil CB users that are putting out more then 4 watts. They turn the truck into the FCC. It is non of their flipping business what goes on on 11 meters. For the most part, the FCC could careless unless the offender is causing other problems or someone is complaining. You can't talk 20 miles on 11 meter with a 4 watt CB using any of the common antennas designed to be used on a truck. Especially if you are close to power lines etc that are putting off alot of noise. YES there are many places were power lines put off alot of noise. Sure there are cell phones but there are many areas that don't have strong enough towers for cell phone use unless you have multiple Cell phones with different providers.

I have said it more then once and will say it again. I would love to see the power limits on 11 meter lifted. This would let the CB manufacturers produce CBs that had more output power that millions of us crave. It would really put an end to the use of the export type radios for the most part.

I have no need for a special ham liscense, it would not help me anyway since I don;t have any use for anything other then 11 meter since non of our drivers are ham liscensed and they also only run on 11 meter. We can almost always find a quiet channel on the regular 40 so we don't find a need to look for any other quiet areas.

 

The problem is you have no rights outside of the 40 cb channels there is no arguing this point ..... The only people who have rights on 27.406 and up are the ones who have the licenses to be there ....

What you take to be small potatos is a big problem to someone licensed for ONE channel that you are jamming ..... think of it from his point he has rights too .....

There are places set aside for people who are LICENSED to be there and NO others under our laws or the ITU such as .... 24.890-25.000 Mhz and 28.000-29.700Mhz freebands ( freebanders ) which do not exsist don't even list them as places to try.

IF you feel you need more room try to get the laws changed I can tell you 12 and 10 meters will not but some others might be fair game.

 

Morning Rat....

99.999% of hams don't care what goes on inside the 40 cb channels it is what happens when they spill out into the ham bands ....

 

Morning, I understand that. But there are a few out there that do care.

It just gets me that there are so many people out there running the export radios for extra power but we are deemed outlaws because the radio might go on the 10 meter frequencies. No one but the FCC should beable to enforce radio ownership. Scale houses and DOT officers shoudl not have any power to enforce what kind of radio we have in our trucks or if we have external amps for our radios. They have nothing to do with the safe operation of a comercial vehical as far as the DOT goes. They should be more worried about that laptop that is opened up and booted up on the passenger seat or that phone that says "message sent".

Lift the power limit laws, would mean less accidental 10 meter use since we would beable to buy regular CBs with the same power as the exports and we would not beable to "accidentally" go on the 10 meter band. I would not have to worry if my band selector got bumped or if the AM/FM selector got bumped because the radio would not have them. At most, the radio would have sideband operation which is legal since there are so many CB sets with SSB, USB and LSB and still are legal to be sold, owned and operated without a special liscence.

 

If I remember right all radios are regulated by Sec 301 of the act of 1934 ...

In short ...

" It is the purpose of this chapter, among other things, to
maintain the control of the United States over all the channels of
radio transmission; and to provide for the use of such channels,
but not the ownership thereof, by persons for limited periods of
time, under licenses granted by Federal authority, and no such
license shall be construed to create any right, beyond the terms,
conditions, and periods of the license. "

They get you by the fact you don't have a license to use the radio ... which is why if you have a HAM license it makes if harder to take your radio away .....

AS for increasing power I have a better idea a TUCKING band FM 100 watts on LOW BAND VHF ....

You want range that would do it ....

 

For 2 reasons I can think of....

1. Because it's a band aid for a lack of an antenna. A true CB antenna on a mobile is 9 ft. tall. The small CB antennas you see on trucks are 9 ft of wire coiled up but they're not as efficient as a 9 ft whip which trucks really can't run....so they run short little antennas that hinder your range, and thus use amps and high power transmitters to compensate.

2. Because virtually anyone these days runs more than 4 watts of power, and if you only have a 4 watt transmitter, you will get stepped on and talked over by everyone who is running power....so if you want to be heard amongst the crowd, you must be packing more than 4 watts.

However as pointed out anything over 4 watts of AM power/12 watts PEP on sideband on a CB radio is illegal.

 

So your saying if I replaced my Wilson 1000 that I've had for over 18 years or so with a 102" WHIP it will out perform my Wilson 1000 ?

 

Absolutely!

The 102 whip is hands down the best antenna for the buck.

The biggest drawback is they're almost 9 feet long. But they're near indestructible and they can get out like no ones business.

FWIW I once talked 14 miles to a truck driver on nothing but a 4 watt Cobra and a 102 affixed to the bulkhead of the bed on my pick up truck.

 

Yes! The 102" SS Whip is the real Deal CB antenna.

 

How much do the 102 ss cost ? Im thinking maybe if I could find a spot on my pete low enough to mount, maybe I'll give it a shot. Do they have to be match(swr) ?