10-Meter Radio Help Needed

Well, since the C.B. "service" has a "blanket license", (everyone has it, it's just not "on paper", "in your wallet", or hanging on your wall), the police have that C.B. "license" just as much as "Joe Snuffy The Rag Bag" from Dimwiddle, AR. does!!!

 

+1 Tastefully done! The fact of the matter is most of us running the converted 10 meter radios rarely if ever get out of the CB band, and if we do we get nowhere near the ham band. My antenna will only let me go about 25 channels over 40 and 40 or so channels under 1. I can't remember exactly cause I haven't been there in so long. People been tweeking radios since I can remember, the export radios just make it easier to get a little extra power. I do agree that there are a whole bunch of idiots out there in CB land, but still some good ones too, but they're getting harder to find.

 

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She looks like she works 6 meters .....

 

How many CBers you ever heard in the 10 meter band???? I don't know anybody that goes there with their Connex and Galaxy type radios. In fact, I've never had a CB antenna that was tuned to go that high, base or mobile. Why not just keep this a secret and let these amateurs burn their finals out if they go that far above the range of their antenna??? They would probably go back to a Cobra then. (I know there are some out there that are capable and probably do from time to time, but anybody posting these kind of questions ain't gonna have the right antenna or equipment that will let him talk safely in the 28.000 range.)

 

Mike,
I really hate to disappoint you, but both the amateur radio operators and the more knowledgeable "free-banders" who go that far in either direction from their authorized frequencies (mostly) use a device called a "tuner". This device uses variable capacitors and inductors to fool the "rig" into believing that the antenna is perfectly (more or less), tuned to the frequency in use. Some tuners do this in less than a second and without the operator having to lift a finger, except to push the mic. button, others are manually controlled by the operator. Either way, the final amp only heats up as much as it would if the SWR was < 2:1, (when the tuner is properly "tuned"), even if there would be a large (but not "infinite") mis-match if the antenna feed-line was to be connected directly between the radio and antenna.

I personally have not (to my knowledge) ever heard any C.B. radio operators "free-banders" in the 10 or 12 Meter bands. That doesn't mean that it doesn't happen! If the "free-banders" (and even some hams are "free-banders"), are willing to go onto frequencies "reserved" for "national security/defense usage", by several Federal agencies, I for one, am certain that going into the 10 Meter amateur radio band, or 11 Meters on a radio meant for the Amateur "HF" bands doesn't pose that much of a "moral/ethical problem" for those who are already inclined to "bend"/break the law, at least until that/those individual(s) is/are caught and has/have to forfeit the equipment, a large amount of $$,$$$ and maybe even "do some time"! "It's 'all in fun' 'till someone gets 'pinched'".
You may have noticed that in all of this I have not said that I oppose "free-banding", or that I'm going to "track [anyone] down and/or turn him/her/them in", I'm really not one of the "fire breathers" that wants to take on even part of the burden of enforcing the federal laws, neither am I going to recommend that anyone operate or not operate "out of band" that's a purely personal decision that, (IF you're caught), can have severe consequences. That doesn't mean that (unless there's a "bona-fide" emergency) I'll respond to anyone who transmits on any amateur radio frequency whom I believe to be a C.B. operator!
The FCC rules clearly state that in a bona-fide emergency the requirement for a license(s),is/are waived (read NOT "REQUIRED") for the purposes of "saving" lives and/or "protecting" property. In Part 97 the interpretation of the rules has always been: "In an emergency, anywhere, any frequency, any time" within areas under the control of the FCC.

 

Is this guy serious? LOL, O, man! I LOVE the last paragraph! Classic CB police bs! LOL
Hey, when you send this link in to the "proper authorities", be sure you highlight the fact that I openly admit to using up to 1800 watts when I need to! After they are done laughing at your self-rightous "I never do wrong" post, they MAY, may add your tattle-tale-school-yard-winning complaint to their "to do list"...I'm sure at the bottom next to Jaywalking. LOL
Watch out everyone...hardened criminals roam our hwys, pushing...you guessed it, "wattage".

 

Where did you make that? I want to make one for my profile on QRZ.