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They would be a great feature for two base remote stations that need to communicate within line of sight. TIA. 
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Are there any CB Radios with CTCSS Encode and Decode in them?
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I believe the higher end/newer President radios have CTCSS/DCS capability. While I don't need a CB anymore, I can see that it would be a handy solution for some users.
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Plenty of choices. This one changed the game for overall performance & value.
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Via mobile experience as an OTR truck driver. Several thousand hours annual use. Earlier references to the Qixiang factory’s new circuit board elsewhere. Several brands. The above possibly the best known example at present. Paired with the equally new Driver Extreme DRX-9010 External Speaker...
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President: George FCC AM/FM/SSB, and Harrison FCC AM/FM
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A short (good) explanation for those not familiar:
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They would be a great feature for two base remote stations that need to communicate within line of sight. TIA.
And mobile to base.
Run this up on a painters pole. Or attach to balcony. One of the links in this thread is of an operator has one at 6’ in his condo courtyard talking Skip nationally & internationally.
Small Base Antenna: SIRIO Boomerang W
Each leg about 4’ plus or 9.4’ total https://unicomradio.com/product/sirio-boomerang-w-base-antenna/ Forgotten I had one of these. Am going to be home long enough it’s worth the trouble to me to get a 5-gal bucket holding a painters extendable pole to run it up a ways. Similar to this...
11M SSB is hot for the next couple of years. I hear SoCal on the Great Plains almost daily on AM.
The features of the topic make a valuable addition.
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Very good tutorial on CTCSS and DCS squelch.
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What is your comparison of the George FCC AM/FM/SSB vs RadiOddity QT60 strictly as an 11M radio? Receiver vs Receiver, Audio quality, build quality, features??
What is your comparison of the George FCC AM/FM/SSB vs RadiOddity QT60 strictly as an 11M radio? Receiver vs Receiver, Audio quality, build quality, features??
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A choice for RX in Mobile
I’d be pleased to give you that comparison. If I yet owned the G2.
My intuition (so far, so good, on radios) is that the G2 is just that much better RX/TX that it’ll be worth the expense. To me.
As 11M (AM19) is constant-use I live in a different galaxy than the casual, home-from-work guy turns it on in the evening. The higher expense for those whom $ is above “value-received” aren’t — in main — going to see it the same way.
(Let’s leave aside any confusion in argument caused by Amateur gear use on 11M).
The opinions I’ve learned to trust are fairly unanimous that this is the best CB yet.
“The moment” for me came while sitting in SE New Mexico and hearing — clear as a bell — a familiar voice (YouTube contributor) from England, on AM Skip on a G2 back in early December. “I knew” what it was.
Clarity is the override, as I see it. All else the same. Adding DSP ten years ago got me my start. Till now the best mobile RX I’ve experienced has been with the Lincoln 2+. So, integrated NRC + PRESIDENT Corp savvy ought to be the ideal.
I can only recommend what’s my path as I go through written reviews and videos. Them that don’t understand what DSP/NRC uncover aren’t bringing an A-game.
— Clarity is the difference between hearing the faint distant warning versus driving on into perdition, unawares. (The deficiencies of the other mans rig is the whole of the game).
Having said this it’s with the caveat that the mobile antenna system is without compromise. The working environment is going to be crucial given some mobile experience already operative (to distinguish between top choices).
The “best” for most is the QT60/Q5 variant. It’s what I’m currently running. A no regrets choice. FCC G2 requires an outboard amp or adding the EU-spec final to compete in TX. (Big truck required crutch). Highway use needs 5-miles plus as can be obtained in every situation. (Reaching that far isn’t the obstacle, and clarity in TX a distinct edge).
RX is the most difficult task.
If I can hear them, they can hear me is the true ideal I’ve learned is what’s worth pursuing. A mile or two isn’t at all the same thing. It’s in repeating & getting clarification on any warning or heads-up received at greatest distance.
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