I think im done with CB.

"And you'll need a ham license to talk on ten meters, legally. Although, I think lots of guys do it, anyway."

This is one of the few things the FCC IS going after. A number of trucker have been caught many because they do not know the band plan and use CW ONLY frequencies for talking on AM .....

The FCC knows 28.085 and 28.535 are output frequencies of many EXPORT radios and the HAMS are looking for them too.
With so many frequencies between CB and the 10 meter band it makes no sence to go all the way up to 10 meters.

 

You know, in all the years I had export radios, I rarely heard anyone on any of the channels outside the 11 meter band. When I did, it was some guy making strange noises listening to his talkbalk or echo. One time, I heard two guys talking in the distance. That was the only time I ever heard an actual conversation on an export radio outside 11 meters.

I finally got sick of echo and roger beep, got tired of paying for channels that I never heard anyone on, and just started buying Cobra 29's and Uniden radios. I think they work great for me.

I often hear guys talk about how they wouldn't go through all the BS to get a ham license. I got mine at a Saturday meeting and cook out of a local ham club. It was a test any third grader could pass that took me but a few minutes. I listened to a CD and read through a book. I cost 12 or 14 bucks if I remember right. As soon as an Extra Class ham graded my test, we talked a minute and then I was served a good lunch. I thought it was a pretty darn good deal. I don't know why you'd chance getting in trouble to use a radio and a band that really isn't widely used or that practical when you could just get your ham license and use all the bands legally. I understand if a guy wants to have all the toys on his CB, to each his own. BUT why, try to use the 10 meter band illegally on CB when it really isn't all that functional?

After I got my 2 meter/440 radio installed in my tractor, I couldn't believe all the things I heard and the people I talked to. WAY better than all of the export radios I had ever bought. Add to that that the quality is far better and my ham radios cost way less than any of my exports.

Yup, I still use, and like my CB, and I'll always have one installed and turned on in my truck, but I'll always have a ham radio in my truck, too.

 

Pretty good deal for those that voted for Obama too
Ham tickets arent hard to get or necessarly the point.

Free Speach,FCC Be ######!

 

Can't say I blame you with all the new breed they look more like telephone operators anyhow I got my amateur license last July 09, then upgraded to general 31 days later, so get a 2 meter / 440 MHz hand talkie you'll get lots of contacts with them bands I got an external antenna for my kenwood th-f6a it's great I still use cb but mostly it's on the amateur bands. Hope that helps

 

Wilson trucker 2000 tunes 1.1:1 on my 08 century (snubnose) use this for an all mode yaesu ft-857d, talked to Columbia South America also Paraguay and all over USA on 10 meters!

 

I have a gen lee c.b I think it is a 10 band. has lots of dial options. I just keep it on the c.b. 19 & other channels to check in at the steel mills. have no idea what the others bands are for. thought all the other channels were dead. where can I get info on who or what, or where to use the other bands?

 

Yes a General Lee is a 10 meter radio, but can be converted to work on 11 meters. 11 meters is the CB band and 10 is the ham band.

Once converted, you can still get on the ham bands. You have to have a license to be on the ham bands.

I think on the General Lee, as long as you keep it on the "D" band, that's the CB band. However even if you leave it on 19 if you flip from D to E, it puts you in the lower end of the 10 meter ham band which is a non speaking (morse code) area and if a ham hears you ratchet-jawing away on the morse code area of the ham band, they'll track you down and report your truck to the FCC who will send either you or your company (if you drive for a big trucking company) a letter of warning; then if not heeded fines will follow.

Nope all the other channels aren't dead, just that they're usually silent unless skip rolls in, then you might hear some hams on there depending on where you go. Again the lower end of the 10 meter ham band is non voice morse code only.

On your radio is an area where a frequency counter plugs in at. if you can pony up the cash get you one and plug it in. The CB band is always on the 26.965 to 27.405 frequency. Channel 19 on CB radio is 27.185 mHz.

By getting the frequency counter, if you happen to bump the band switch from the CB bands at least you'll know this, provided you look at the meter. It will at least save you from having a ham turn you in because you accidentally landed on one of the licensed ham channels.

 

Also be careful there are military freq. between the CB channels and 10 meter band. I know because I use them and I'm licensed to use them by the US Army. Have fun on your CB. And yes I still have one that rides around with me. I only turn it on when I need to talk to someone. Most of the time I'm on 2 meters, 220 and 440.
GUYS if you have APRS I'm on as KG4JRR-14.

 

I am down to turning mine on when traffic is slowing down fast, or I am at a shipper/receiver that wants us on a particular channel.