CB shop broadcasting...

There is a bob's cb in like central pa. Never been there.

 

Were in a cycle with the sun that is really making "skip" travel right now. It's a cycle we get in every 10 or so years. At least that's what a radio guy told me a couple weeks ago. You go to other channels (for me it seems especially bad in the 20's) you hear the skip pretty loud.

 

What I was thinking too....skip has been pretty strong lately. Turn to channel 6 or 11 and if you hear a lot of black folks chattering posting out their call numbers and such, then you know skip is rolling. Now I'm going to go buy me a new SSB radio and talk across the earth.

 

Bob's is in North Central PA area. Good shop. I've done business with them and no a couple guys that live in that area that really like them. I had good experiences with them both times. Good shop in my book. They don't do shotty truckstop cb shop work either like the ones just out for your $. I had a problem with an antenna I bought from them ( factory defect ) called them up and they sent we a new one and paid for return shipping on the defective one.

 

No but I've been hearing different places from all over the country lately with the skip being as heavy as it has been. I'm still trying to figure out where that #### woman is advertising JW's truck wash I have heard her everyday for the last 3 weeks I think all over the midwest!

 

Setup has some effect but it's jmostly ust the propagation in the atmosphere. That's what causes "skip". Base stations or non moving mobile stations do the best because the constant positioning of the antenna. In the right conditions you can talk several hundred miles on a barefoot radio swinging 15-20 watts although the more power your running the louder you will be heard on the other end. The atmospheric conditions cause the signal to "bounce off" or "skip" off the atmosphere and who knows where the will "land". You may not here someone 5 miles away but may be able to talk to someone 500 miles away. Skip is alot heavier on ssb and easier to talk long distances on ssb but that is also the case in normal conditions as well but even on AM it has been really heavy lately. We are coming into a major sunspot cycle which is what causes the "conditions". It happens every few years but this is one of the major cycles we are coming into. You'll notice that it is much "heavier conditions" later in the day when the temps are higher especially. When it hits "full cycle" you'll hardly be able to talk to people close to you but will have no problem talking hundreds or even thousands of miles depending on your setup.