A new BIG Radio on the way !!!

I had a 94hp, loved it. 145 bird watts, talked loud, clear, and had wicked ears. Little finicky with cold weather frequency drift, but outside of that, no issues.

It does come with in line fuses on pos/neg terminals already. I ran mine down to the battery box for power, and grounded to frame (07 379), no soldering req'd.

 

What did you meen by that
If you want to be alone try 223.5 .........

 

Q: what would be the point of going ham ( to replace cb ) if no one ( with traffic info etc ) is there?

I am all for a system like the Canadians have but I think it's a long way off........

 

Not for CB it would not matter the radio is not legal for cb license or not ..

 

yep MURS on steroids

 

If you want to talk anywhere on the 28 MHz side of it, then yes, you require a license. If you just want to stay on CB only (26.965-27.405 MHz) then no license is required.

If you study/pass the technicians test/obtain your amateur radio technicians license, you can use the sideband portion on that Galaxy 94 to talk voice on 28.300-28.499. When that band opens up (like it has been the last 2 days) and with a good antenna, you can talk to folks in other states, if not other parts of the world, if you care.

Just whatever you do, DO NOT attempt to talk voice on 28.000-28.299....that is the non voice area of 10 meters.

Well, if you enjoy good chats over the radio and want to escape most of the stupid stuff heard on CB, that in itself is why one would consider going ham...although you can keep a CB in the truck for road reports and such.

Also (as I have found) not everyone with a CB on in their truck wants to talk to you, but most hams (as I have found) will talk to most anyone who is licensed.

 

I keep thinking about getting into ham radio, maybe in the next year or two. Ham has interested for a while, but other hobbies have taken precedence.

 

Yes. 28.0-28.3 is designated CW(Morse)/Data. You'll hear all kinds of beeps, boops, whirrs, and some really odd noises on that section of the band.

28.3-29.7 is designated voice. Most of the SSB activity occurs in the Novice/Tech section of the band, 28.3-28.5. Note that the hams use USB on this band.

If you do get your "ticket" (ham license) and get on 10m, you *will* want your radio to be putting out a clean signal! Unlike the CB bands, there are people watching the ham bands. These Official Observers *do* have the backing of the FCC. Personally, I would not get my rig "tweaked and peaked" by someone with just a screwdriver and power meter who "tunes for maximum smoke". Quite likely, that "extra" power is being transmitted somewhere else.

One plus to having the ham license is that if the FCC happens to be doing inspections at the scales that day, they can't say a darn thing about you having that 100 watt 10 meter rig in your truck. If you don't have a ham license, you could be writing a rather large check (up to $10,000), as well as having your radio taken. (And no, the FCC does NOT need a warrant to inspect your radio. [§ 95.426]) Having the ham license removes the ability of the FCC to use the "possession implies use" argument.

It's completely legal to use modified CB gear on the ham frequencies (with a ham license, of course).

 

That's a big negative sir.

28.000 to 28.299, as pointed out, is a non voice segment of the 10 meter band. Can you communicate between the two frequencies? Sure....if you have a morse code key and don't mind doing dits and dahs. (morse code) I don't know if your radio has the option for a CW key or not. (my old SS158EDX did) Just don't try to talk voice there.

Although what does make me laugh is how you said the tech test questions are hard. IMO I thought the test was easy, especially since you are no longer required to learn morse code. Most of the tech questions are on the basics of electricity and the do's and don't of radio.

Then again some people just see a CB radio as a tool, and others see beyond it. Depends on if you enjoy communications or not. I started off a few years ago when a friend gave me my first CB radio for a road trip, another gave me my first antenna, and I was hooked. I had never used a CB before in my life. Then when I found all the good chats migrated to ham, I studied and got my ticket. One thing I found is most of the stuff I learned about CB radio helped me when I became a ham. (except for the noise toys, echo or CB lingo....we don't use any of that on ham radio)

But no, to become a ham, all must test for it. No one becomes a licensed ham w/o testing for it. It's designed, I think, to weed out all the riff raff and only let in those who truly want to spread their wings, build their own stuff, work the world, etc. Sorta like a boot camp for radio ops.