CB HAM Radio

One of the most obvious reasons for the failure to meet Part 95 certification is those blasted "BAND" switches! It does NOT take "bands of 'channels'" to cover the 40 channels of CB. Eleven meters is ONE "band". Ten Meters is another "band". What do outlaw CBers just LOVE?
(and a selling feature from the dealers?) All "them 'extra' channels" they have no authority to be on! Thus the dealers market these things as "10 Meter 'amateur' radios", and they are no more amateur radios than a box of horse manure! Let's see, "bands", "channels", chrome faces, it LOOKS like a CB, it beeps and squeaks (infantile noises and play toys), rebel flags----it looks like a CB, it ACTS like a CB, it MUST be a.......................CB!!!!!! A REAL amateur radio doesn't come anywhere CLOSE to looking like that and it has NO "channels". Hams don't NEED "channels"; they get to go to any frequency they are authorized for with a VFO (variable frequency oscillator). No ham worth his salt would be found WITH one of those channelized, so-called "10 Meter" radios. They would cramp his style and stigmatize him!

Many new hams think that they will buy one of them to run both as a ham radio and CB radio. Think TWICE before doing it, because this is illegal. While it might make sense from a financial standpoint, it actually doesn't. A "channelized", 'band-switched", beeping/squeaking and (so-called) "10 Meter" radio is STILL illegal for CB, it will REMAIN illegal for CB and getting caught running one in "dual service" will cause the ham to be MORE likely to be FINED and his license REVOKED. WHY? Because you, the ham, are supposed to KNOW the rules of the service and READ them--not guess what you think is OK.

GF

 

this is why I will not let a CB shop mess with my radio.only fix what is messed up. Like cleaning the pots and that is only when I'm not going home.

 

Rat, you do realize you can communicate over 1000 miles on 1/2 watt?


IN a Freightliner? I would love to hear how that is possible on AM?

 

I need to learn how to do "post" better,,,

 

Turbo-T
I want to learn how to get out 15miles the right way,,,but all anyone says is; "get the right antenna and coax", what is the right antenna and coax? I would love to be legal, love to be able to get out 15 miles but can't seem to get anyone to tell me how to do that exactly!

Thanks for all the good advice though...

 

ROGER BEEPS are found on FM systems many early ham repeaters used them to tell you the repeater had RESET.

 

EASY done all the time ..... it takes 2 things DUMB LUCK and skill ......

Now on 17 meters I hae worked all over the us running less that a watt using a dipole done it on 10 and 6 too ..... from the car I worked Alaska and Germany running 4 watts FM ....

If tomorrow every linear on Cb was gone the noise would be gone too ....

 

I don't believe in luck so teach me the skill part...LOL
I know it all works better on a straight line of sight and I can reach HAM operators for about 10miles but surely I should get out further then that and truck to truck only good for about 2miles, maybe 3 if the other truck has a good setup.
Thanks,,

 

Holy ####! Gadfly said "extra" and not "extree"

Everyone, a round of applause!!!!!!!!

 

My 2 cents is I think the reason for such low range on CB's in semis is because truck drivers can't run the best antennas in the world due to height restrictions. Also because antennas on the sides of the truck's mirrors are not the best place for the antenna, neither are co-phased set ups.

Another reason why I believe is most truck drivers don't know how to properly tune an antenna to the radio for a low SWR.

IMO if all truck drivers could run a 102 whip on top of the truck and have an SWR of 1.5:1 they'd be able to talk 10 miles easy and not need an amp.

But I know a 102 on a semi is too high. But all truckers could learn to tune an antenna, if they would care to.