cb radios

[jason91078]

Anybody into cb radios still? Have a set-up in your rig?

[Joey 810]

Welcome to the forum...

I do not have a CB, however TJ does... CB had limited range a few miles, and GMRS allows for a repeater .. Seems like a win-win to me.

Plus most of us have our HAM ticket as well.

Thanks for the post..

[Greg9111]

what is the frequency range of CB?

[jason91078]

what is the frequency range of CB?

Technically only in the 27MHZ range. The radio I have is a 10 meter radio, channels go down into the low 25mhz's and up into 28mhz's which is ham radio territory. I don't transmit on the ham channels though because I don't have a license.

[jason91078]

Welcome to the forum...

I do not have a CB, however TJ does... CB had limited range a few miles, and GMRS allows for a repeater .. Seems like a win-win to me.

Plus most of us have our HAM ticket as well.

Thanks for the post..

My setup has received a little love and will go out more than a couple miles now, plus there's still something about talking on a cb, maybe it's just nostalgic. I have GMRS handheld radio and i can hear the repeater, but I don't have a license and I am just a member here, not a paying subscriber. Starting out in the amatuer radio hobby going cb was just cheaper and easier.

[Joey 810]

Well, you're at the right place.. We can get you setup pretty low cost with either a GMRS base or mobile setup..

Depending on your location will be on how well a portable will work..

[T.j.]

2950 2970? :-)

[Kevin WQRE722]

oh yeah I still have my connexx 3300 with a eb-2 echo board swing mod you name it. 1 watt swinging 30. yeah buddy

followed up by a 1x4  smaking into a straight 16 pill

can someone say 1800 bird

and I just got down

[T.j.]

Kevin just had a ah hah moment lol

[Kevin WQRE722]

Kevin just had a ah hah moment lol

I think it was more of a flash back

[jason91078]

oh yeah I still have my connexx 3300 with a eb-2 echo board swing mod you name it. 1 watt swinging 30. yeah buddy

followed up by a 1x4  smaking into a straight 16 pill

can someone say 1800 bird

and I just got down

I've heard this "pill" reference before a few times, what exactly does it mean?

[T.j.]

Jayson you just found a new friend lol. Get ready for the mother of all explanations.

[Kevin WQRE722]

Jayson you just found a new friend lol. Get ready for the mother of all explanations.

the term "pill" is just a fancy word for how many transistors are in a amplifier example: a 5 pill would be a amplifier with 5 transistors in it

and T.J you can Kiss my *$$  in macys window


you know I love you T.J

[Joey 810]

Auuuuuudio.......auuuuuuudio...  Can you hear this mud duck? Auuuuuudio.... Auuuuuudio...




That's a flash back...


The term "pill", is also that the transistor looks like an actual  "pill" because its usually white..

[T.j.]

Cqcqcq dx big apple tree just got down.... Ok I'm done. Lol I was more of a 27.555 guy or even 37lsb. Just took the Wilson 1000 off the car. Way to many antennas between d star dual band, gmrs, and the occasional 4 antenna array. Don't mind talking on it every once in a while. May put it in the house. That I don't care how many antennas on lol