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[clantonman1983]

Originally Posted by Flying Dutchman

SSB is just a mode of transmission, just like AM. It is much more efficient, it basically narrows down your signal, instead of a wide broadcast like AM. You won't always here skip, but if there is skip, you should hear it on 38 LSB. Your clarifier will come in to play here, when other operators sound like either Darth Vader or Donald Duck, you use the clarifier to clear up their signal and get it on the same frequency as you.

You need to be on the same channel and mode to communicate, just like 19 AM, 38 LSB, and so on. Echo is not understandable on SSB. You will more than likely be ignored if you have it on because you will sound absolutely garbled!

But why in particular "38 lsb"??? is that the only channel on SSB that you are going to be able to hear and talk skip or is it any channel on SSB? If any channel on SSB, then is 38 LSB just the popular skip channel?

[Turbo-T]

Originally Posted by clantonman1983

so, one more question for Turbo or anybody else that knows...

I have heard people talk about 38 LSB before, why this particular channel on SSB?

I don't know why that particular channel used.

FWIW, channels 35-40, all on the lower side band (LSB) are typically used when skip rolls in, with 38 LSB as the official calling channel.

[Flying Dutchman]

38 LSB is like 19 AM...you should always find the action there. It is commonly referred to as the "call channel" and once you find someone to talk to, you then move up or down a couple channels. This was the courtesy practice for SSB talk back in the 70s, also back then, channels 36-40 were designated (not legally, just generally agreed) to SSB use only so there woud be no AM interference.

[clantonman1983]

Thanks!

[sandman1976]

i got a crazy deal on a connex 330 today,what do you all suggest i have done to it? i may want to put a nice kicker box to it.

[Turbo-T]

Originally Posted by sandman1976

i got a crazy deal on a connex 330 today,what do you all suggest i have done to it? i may want to put a nice kicker box to it.

Plug it in and let it go. Those radios are talkers in stock form. If you want to run a kicker look into having a a variable dead key installed. But I don't think you need a linear with that radio. You do however need a good antenna, no matter what radio you have.

[david07003]

Originally Posted by Flying Dutchman

38 LSB is like 19 AM...you should always find the action there. It is commonly referred to as the "call channel" and once you find someone to talk to, you then move up or down a couple channels. This was the courtesy practice for SSB talk back in the 70s, also back then, channels 36-40 were designated (not legally, just generally agreed) to SSB use only so there woud be no AM interference.

Becareful, I remember the 1970s when channel 16 and 17 were the calling sideband channels, until the 40 channels sets came on in the very late 70s. You might also want to warn him that if someone is talking AM on a channel it makes it very hard to talk SSB on that channel.

[david07003]

Originally Posted by sandman1976

i really am not an expert on the ssb,i heard drivers going onto those channels,but not my cup of tea. i haven't did anything to my 959 yet,but it's time. i really want a texas ranger,due to i've heard so many positive comments about them. who knows the make of the good texas ranger?

See the review at CB radio magazine online. They open up and set and review what they liked. It is very close to a Grant they said.