New FM mode channel plan!

So to get the deviation within the 2.5kHz spec will these radios require parts changes in addition to tuning?

 

You bring up a great point. With higher deviation like 5 kHz in an export radio, your audio will be a lot louder than a CB radio with 2.5 kHz deviation. Personally I hate the loud and so-called proud CB radios (snipped limiters), because they hurt my ears. They are too loud and hard to listen too. It will be interesting to see how these two different radios communicate on FM mode.

 

Yes loud and proud is a pita. If you are listening to certain conversations, one side blasts out with unintelligible ghoulash while the other guy is much softer. I can only surmise that most of the "loud" guys don't know how bad they sound

 

I agree. For some reason when their audio is too loud, the tone of their voice isn't very pleasant to listen too. It's more of a screeching sound to my ears. So they would probably be very upset that I quickly turn my volume off rather than listen to them, especially after all the money they spent having a tech make it sound that way.

 

Well that's something else I forgot about, the narrow vs wide FM. So basically the export radios will need to talk to each other, and the CB radios need to talk to each other, or else their audio won't sound as good.

 

Make sure you tell them they sound like crapI’m installing a Motorola CM300 cuz its standard in my area, , not sure if I will leave the “workhorse of ages” TRC 427 or opt for a newer smaller CB. CB in my area is so dead, last road closure, over 2 miles of trucks and only 3 of us able to communicate