Questions

[citizenzero]

Are CB Jammers legal? (I really want to jam channel 19 on the highways, telling truck drivers that I will unjam it once I am out of range)

What channels are common? (4, 6 and 9 are)

Is there a way to transmit on multiple channles? (IE a distress call)

 

[RCR619]

I wouldn't do it if I were you. Your just asking for some random person to take a boot to your headlights when you stop.

 

[kc4jgc]

You are kidding, right?

1- Did you really not know the answer to that? NO!!
2- Common channels? You have 39 of them to choose from. Channel 9 is reserved for emergencies/motorist assistance. Channels 35-40 is generally SSB operation by gentlemans' agreement.
3- NO.

 

[SmitHans]

Are CB Jammers legal? (I really want to jam channel 19 on the highways, telling truck drivers that I will unjam it once I am out of range)

What channels are common? (4, 6 and 9 are)

Is there a way to transmit on multiple channles? (IE a distress call)

Why would you want to do this?

If the crap that is often found on 19 bothers you, turn the radio off. The effect will be the same (because you can't use a channel you are jamming either).

 

[gewecke]

Are CB Jammers legal? (I really want to jam channel 19 on the highways, telling truck drivers that I will unjam it once I am out of range)

What channels are common? (4, 6 and 9 are)

Is there a way to transmit on multiple channles? (IE a distress call)

WHAT are you smoking to cause you to ask a question like this?? :lol::lol::lol::lol:
n9zas

 

[SQUAD109]

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Jam the ham band instead lol j/k

 

[gewecke]

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Jam the ham band instead lol j/k

They already do on hf every night! :lol:
n9zas

 

[citizenzero]

Also does 2way and CB use the same freqs?

I am a complete noob.

 

[canav844]

Also does 2way and CB use the same freqs?

I am a complete noob.

CB is a form of two way radio.

 

[reedeb]

An easier [and safer ] way would be to get rid of YOUR CB instead of worrying about everyone elses./

Believe me, you jam you will be found ,and a group of very ugly folks will show you how well your entire rig fits nicely in a part of your anatomy

 

[fischlerpromo]

WHAT are you smoking to cause you to ask a question like this?? :lol::lol::lol::lol:
n9zas

I believe with that question Banana Peels....

 

[eaf1956]

Ham HF

They already do on hf every night! :lol:
n9zas

Who couldn't like the PROFESSOR? We all love anti-american rhetoric from North of the border.:roll:

 

[kb2vxa]

"We all love anti-American rhetoric from North of the border."
You must be a fan of K K Karol. (;->)

Citizen, not only is causing willful interference illegal but it could get you just what you need, a serious azz kicking.

 

[skywarner]

To the complete noob

Everyone here has at one time been a complete noob, so don't feel bad for one minute.
Citizen band operates in the 27 MHz band.
Most two-way radios (either commercial or public safety) operate on much higher frequencies, mostly from 150 MHz on up. Family Radio Service is in the UHF (460 MHz) range. Trunked radio services for public safety and other big agencies operate mostly in the 800 MHz range.

So you might notice that citizen band is in a (relatively) low frequency band, which means it is more subject to over-the-horizon propagation when the band is "open" ... this means in CB lingo that "the skip is rolling in." During some high points in the sun spot cycle (in the mid nineteen-seventies, for instance) skip would be solid all day at S 20 over 9. If you and the person you were trying to talk to were more than half a mile apart, you were out of luck because the skip would cover you up. And there were some really big stations with big linear amplifiers and antennas running skip. Right now the sunspot cycle is really really low and some folks speculate that it may not recover at all, so there is basically no "skip" on CB.

Nobody serious really considers citizen band a "two-way radio service."

 

[skywarner]

Are CB Jammers legal? (I really want to jam channel 19 on the highways, telling truck drivers that I will unjam it once I am out of range)
What channels are common? (4, 6 and 9 are)
Is there a way to transmit on multiple channles? (IE a distress call)

Any jamming is always illegal. The simplest way to jam a CB channel (and I do not recommend this) is to key down and hold the microphone to your radio speaker playing your favorite songs and also sing along. You will irritate some truckers - those that are traveling the same direction as you might figure out who you are, and those who are traveling the other direction will only be irritated for about 2 minutes at the most. But you will burn up the finals in your radio, so better plan on buying a new radio every couple of months.

The trucker channel is Channel 19 nationwide, except for the west coast where it is Channel 17.

BTW, the truckers who find out who you are might have some ways to deal with this ... like "pinning the coax" or the well-known "12-gauge QRT." If you don't know what that means, just ask them.

 

[kb2vxa]

"But you will burn up the finals in your radio, so better plan on buying a new radio every couple of months."
That's a long running and well known myth to most but still some CBers actually believe it. (;->)

"BTW, the truckers who find out who you are might have some ways to deal with this..."
CBers have had ways of dealing with jammers long before truckers ever heard of CB and believe me when I tell you none of them are pretty.

 

[KB0VWG]

Have fun at the truck stop

Are CB Jammers legal? (I really want to jam channel 19 on the highways, telling truck drivers that I will unjam it once I am out of range)

What channels are common? (4, 6 and 9 are)

Is there a way to transmit on multiple channles? (IE a distress call)

If you want to see how well your jamming works go sit at the truck stop and do a sing along song while you mic is keyed up, you will find out how well it works real quick. And you might find out about some friends you never knew you had.
Lol
kb0vwg

 

[gewecke]

Also does 2way and CB use the same freqs?

I am a complete noob.

GO TO THE LIBRARY! They have books you can READ. :evil:
You are asking questions that rival driving around in the dark on an interstate!
n9zas

 

[kb2vxa]

I think we should end this, he can't understand the answers we're giving him and probably never even heard of a library. Have you ever tried having a conversation with a rock?

 

[reedeb]

Really!! Eight posts in 3 days then disapeers for [now] 9 days I think he got the answer he didn't like and won't post anymore. Oh well[sigh]