Base Radio

No a base is what you use at your home ...

all these radios are mobile radios powered by a 12 volt supply.

 

A BASE RADIO simply is one you are using at a fixed location. a MOBILE with a power supply is now a base .....

A CB radio base or mobile is allwed only 4 watts. Most " base radios " the few that are still made are nothing but a mobile radio with a powersupply in the same case.

here are several more moble lradios I use as bases here ...

 

I've only owned one true base radio in my whole life, a Teaberry. All the rest were moble/power supply. I don't really like to talk on the radio. I like talking about radios. I like the process of setting up a good working station, either mobile or base, running down problems and fixing them, but don't find talking on one all that interesting. That said, I'm contemplating setting up another base station!!!:smt102

(feel free to psycho-analyze that!! lol)

 

Lexapro and abilify work wonders ......

 

Cornfield, yes a base station is a 4 watt just like a mobile. The only real difference between a base and a mobile is a base has the power supply on the inside. That and a base is usually bigger. Other than that, they're virtually the same radio as a mobile.

In fact some base stations even have a 12 VDC hook up on the rear. Good for if you wanted to install the radio in a motorhome.

 

Most CBers only look at power not the additions that are found on better rados things like DSP filters and NB/NL using DSP ....
IF I was to sell a CB radio with this level of filters like even a low end ham radio uses the cost would be too high and it would not sell.

example of a low end ham radio the FT-450D


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:smt005 I wouldn't know.....I'm drug free!....except for a handful of supplements and a seasonal allergy pill. At my age, and high mileage, that's pretty good!:smt101