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CB Radios
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02-04-2008 7:42pm#1
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A CB radio transmits on 27mhz which is still the bandit band and is allocated for Citizen Band and doesn't require a licence as far as I'm aware.
To answer your question on antennas, the bigger the antenna does not mean further range but means lower frequency. The longer the whip the lower the frequency the shorther the whip the higher the frequency.
There are 2 bands that can be used without a licence and they are 27mhz which will require a tall antenna and 446mhz (PMR) which is a small micro wave antenna with limited range and legal power restrictions.
If you decide to go with a CB Radio make sure it has SSB which still has activity in Ireland and around Europe and the States, and with the correct conditions you will be able to make contact with any place it the world.
Cheers for that byy
Think i'll google around and do a bit of research. 0 -
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Cobra were a good brand too - but in the era of mobile phones I would have thought that CB was all but dead.
27MHz which is short wave - similar but higher frequency to what aircraft use when crossing vast oceanic regions - Atlantic, Pacific, etc (SELCAL, for example). Unreliable and dogged by intererence but essentially it does work. With a decent aerial and some seriously good 'skip' you can chat to other CB users across the planet - IIRC it was referred to as good DXing. Always better if you went 'on the side'. USB or LSB was the only way to DX.
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rally organisers use them to run rallys... maybe this is the reason above? find out when cars are starting and so on....
Different system, Most CB's won't pick up the signal, that's why ya see folks with scanners...
Used a CB (president Jimmy)for a fair while in the 80's, good crack. The Italian Skip was gas to listen to, ecco mic's etc...And lets not forget the mad USA Bible thumper shouting about Satan and all things evil
CQ, CQ, CQ, DX This Ecco Sierra Alpha Tango on standby for a radio check...Might plug it in again sometime
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is allocated for Citizen Band and doesn't require a licence as far as I'm aware.
Doesn't it depend on wattage? I thought they required a licence if they were more than 4 watts.Fey wrote:You don't need a license for CB radiosnot a lot of people seem to use them here any more
Most truck drivers still use them.Does anyone still use them
To contact someone on a mobile phone, you need to have their number.crosstownk wrote: »in the era of mobile phones I would have thought that CB was all but dead
If you wished to make contact with an unknown driver near you, a mobile phone wouldn't be much use.
The boody transmissions from pagers in the Mater Hospital have spoiled CB use in Dublin City!
And, of course the illegal(?) broadcasting of church services over the CB frequencies doesn't help either.0 -
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Wishbone Ash wrote: »Doesn't it depend on wattage? I thought they required a licence if they were more than 4 watts.
Most truck drivers still use them.
To contact someone on a mobile phone, you need to have their number.
If you wished to make contact with an unknown driver near you, a mobile phone wouldn't be much use.
The boody transmissions from pagers in the Mater Hospital have spoiled CB use in Dublin City!
And, of course the illegal(?) broadcasting of church services over the CB frequencies doesn't help either.
Yeah you would wonder who chose 27.185 for the paging system for the Hospitals, I noticed Navan Hospital is the same and probably others.
The churches are keeping someone in business too, almost every church has an Antron 99 on top now and are pushing more than 4watts by the sounds of things. I'm sure during the right conditions other Dx'ers far afield are scratching their heads. Thats if they can find a clear freq to Dx on.0 -
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10 4 good buddies!
My dad went the whole hog and learned Morse to get his full HAM radio licence. Dear god, I almost picked it up by osmosis the amount of times he used to practice.
CB pretty much has had its day, but I can remember some great great characters in times gone by.
Kidcapree would make a pretty good CB handle!0 -
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