Considering becoming a ham'mer, what is needed?

He's running a Stryker 447 which is AM/FM only. No SSB in that radio. As a Ham you can run the 2950 & 2970 legally as long as it does not do 11 meters. Look at the picture.

http://bigmouthcb.com/Stryker-447HPC-10-Meter-Amatuer-CB-Radio-447.htm

 

Your last sentence is correct. To remain legal, you would need to have a certified, NON-modified, 40 channel CB set to run on CB, and an approved amateur radio to use for ham radio. The two are NOT supposed to be interchanged. Both operations have separate and DIFFERENT rules. A "stryker", or most any other so-called channelized "10 Meter" radios CAN be used on ham radio, but compared to a good VFO-based ham set, they are simply cheap, junky, poorly-built substitutes for a REAL radio and severely restrict a ham's ability to fully take advantage of the hobby. You can, for example, find yourself sort of "left out" of conversations because they are taking place with hams who have the flexibility to go where and how the "10 Meter", channelized radio won't go. Ham radios do not have to be "certified" in the same sense as CB sets. With the exception of certain basic spectral purity and bandwidth rules, a person can BUILD a radio if he has the ability to operate on the ham bands. CB radios require FCC certification (found usually on the back of the set via a sticker). You won't FIND these on the so-called "bootleg" 10 meter radios that are, thus, illegal to be used on CB. Period. Likewise, a amateur radio does not have this certification under Part 95 and the Land Mobile rules under which CB falls) and it is why people can get into trouble for using them on CB. They also get into trouble because of the "band" switch which allows them to trespass onto frequencies into and beyond the ham bands. This is why the hams get upset; because they find people, particularly truckers, operating on the lower end of 10 Meters where they don't belong. There ARE no "extra channels" for CB. This is a myth promoted by the CB community and the dealers who take advantage of unknowing people by promoting the radios as having this extra thing and THAT extra thing. It sells radios! By the same token, a ham radio is NOT certified for use on CB because it doesn't have that sticker, and it has WAY more power than allowed (usually 100 watts of HF power)

I hope this will clear it up. As you become more familiar with the Amateur Radio hobby, here's a small hint. Keep your CB activies AND the equipment you use separate and apart from your ham operations! If you think something might be illegal, it probably IS. There are no "10 codes" on ham radio. Just talk like you would on the phone until you learn the distinct and accepted lingo on ham radio! There's no, for example, "10-20"; it's simply your LOCATION. Your name is.......your NAME, not a "personal" or "first personal". Just talk normal! Not cutesy CB lingo. It won't be welcomed on 10 Meters by the hams. Its just, like everything else, ham radio has a long-established way of doing things and they like it that way.

I hope this helps.


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Gadfly

 

And remember as a tech class you must run SSB on 10 meters

 

That's why I've said he can't use that radio it doesn't do SSB.

 

I was going to apply for a vanity callsign, but I decided that this one is easy to rattle off in phonetics and people seem to remember the last three letters easily...

Plus, I already bought my ham license plates LOL

 

Hey gadfly, would that old D-104 with the "K" *-* roger beep work well on HF? LOL