Why do truckers use linear amplilfiers with their CB radios?

[WA4GCH]

Originally Posted by FriedTater

Where is the "Skill" in "purchaseing" specific equiptment?
People buy what they want to serve the purpose they want.

Luck? where does Luck play into anything?

I see this on the ham bands .... a guy goes out and buys a big ### amp YET can't use the cheap radio he is running ......

Now SKILLED radio guys run just a few watts and work the world ....
I have run QRP even on 20 meters and it's just not that hard to do well
with under 5 watts .....

Anyone can run 10,000 watts with no skill and be the big radio

[woflpack1967]

that's right fried tater if you got it then flant it'i run one with my cb'because i like to talk to friends'but also i do have respect for my brothers and sisters that are watching tv in the trucks or relaxing too'so i won't run it when i am in the t/s.it called having respect that's all.

[Red Fox]

I got my TS 670 for under a hundred bucks...so I wuz LUCKEEEE!!!

[WA4GCH]

Originally Posted by Red Fox

I got my TS 670 for under a hundred bucks...so I wuz LUCKEEEE!!!

Never seen one ......but it shure looks nice ......I run a simple Ts-2000 un modded at 50 watts on most bands it does everything I need to do ......

[Hamster]

Originally Posted by Red Fox

I want to see you shoot skip on 27mhz with 4 watts. Go ahead, make my day.

Been there, done it and got the t-shirt.
Back in my CB days I´ve been having contacts with CBers in England, Italy and Slovenia standing with my old Suzuki jeep on top of a hill in western Germany, using a cheap, barefoot FM CB radio with 4 watts and a (welltuned) vertical on top of the metal roof of my car.
If you have the right conditions you´ll get skip. For 27MHz this usually happens during periods with strong solar activity in summer. If you don´t have these conditions you can transmit with 1000 watts and have no skip.

BTW, I have three WW2 British Army No. 19 Wireless sets in restoration as were installed in British tanks during this war. They work from 2 to 8 MHz and only produce 4-5 watts power (AM and CW).
I know some Canadians, British and Norwegians, who regularly have talks across the Atlantic using those vintage radios.

For myself, with a pretty mediocre selfbuilt antenna ( due to restrictions imposed by my landlord) and 100W I´m covering all of Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East, and occasionally I have a contact in the US.

Jan, DL1JRK

[Red Fox]

I just wouldn't have the patience it takes to try and shoot skip on a stock cb. Or the time to waste.

[WA4GCH]

Originally Posted by Red Fox

I just wouldn't have the patience it takes to try and shoot skip on a stock cb. Or the time to waste.

It is not a waste of time when the band is open you just don't need much power ..... I had a HW-7 radio back years ago it ran ONE watt morse code and I worked all over the country with it ....

On 29 mhz FM worked into Germany from the car with 4 watts ....

It can be done and many do its called QRP .....

[Texas-Nana]

men with big amplifiers = men with small ...........................


jez sayin...........

[FriedTater]

Yeah most times, some are just naturally "High Wattage"

Originally Posted by Texas-Nana

men with big amplifiers = men with small ...........................


jez sayin...........

[Kittyfoot]

I always thot some truckers used "boots" because all the "bull stuff" they usually spread was getting a little deep in they's cab.