i have a noob question is their anyway to hear any type of CB on any type of ham radio?

[zigzagman95]

A friend of my has his ham licese and is woulding if you can pick up CB frequnces on a ham radio. he looked this on wikipda that bewteen 470 and like 480 mhz you can hear cb channels on them is this some what true and what info can i get from good and bad?

 

[jeepsandradios]

US CB Channels are 27 MHZ. Not quite sure what your asking here ?

 

[K7MFC]

Are you in Australia or New Zealand?

 

[K4EET]

@zigzagman95, is this thread in any way related to your other thread? My thought is that you are considering the Baofeng UV-5R a ham radio and trying to use it on CB frequencies. That radio will not cover CB frequencies.

 

[vagrant]

@K7MFC I agree with you. The OP may be in a country where “CB” is on UHF. UHF CB - Wikipedia

To answer the question, it depends on the receive range of the amateur radio. Some may be limited on receive range. Just compare the frequencies of the specific amateur radio.

 

[WB9YBM]

A friend of my has his ham licese and is woulding if you can pick up CB frequnces on a ham radio. he looked this on wikipda that bewteen 470 and like 480 mhz you can hear cb channels on them is this some what true and what info can i get from good and bad?

The only way I know of to pick up CB on a ham radio is if:
1.) He's got an HF rig, and;
2.) That HF rig has got a general coverage receiver.

 

[KEWB-N1EXA]

A friend of my has his ham licese and is woulding if you can pick up CB frequnces on a ham radio. he looked this on wikipda that bewteen 470 and like 480 mhz you can hear cb channels on them is this some what true and what info can i get from good and bad?

UHF CB - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

This is not for The USA !

 

[n1das]

A friend of my has his ham licese and is woulding if you can pick up CB frequnces on a ham radio. he looked this on wikipda that bewteen 470 and like 480 mhz you can hear cb channels on them is this some what true and what info can i get from good and bad?

zigzagman95,

First off, Welcome to RadioReference!

What country are you in? In order for us to best help you, please tell us what country you are in. This is important and it matters A LOT. What version(s) of "CB" are available to you depends on the country you are in.

 

[cavmedic]

UHF CB - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

This is not for The USA !

And the question was asked IF he was in the USA, as in other countries, CB means something different than here

 

[zigzagman95]

A friend of my has his ham licese and is woulding if you can pick up CB frequnces on a ham radio. he looked this on wikipda that bewteen 470 and like 480 mhz you can hear cb channels on them is this some what true and what info can i get from good and bad?

i watched a video on line in was from australia and gone to another web site from australia and it had freq's for cb's in for the 470 mhz range will they work here?

 

[K4EET]

@zigzagman95, first we need to know for sure where "here" is and second we need to know what radio service (type of business) you are talking about... And that is at a minimum to get started...

<edit> Also, please see my Post #4 above. Are the two threads related by chance? If they are, like I said, the Baofeng UV-5R will not do CB radio in the United States (27 MHz). However, they do cover 470 MHz but may not be legal again depending on the radio service being used in.

 

[522]

Too many Zig Zags for the zigzagman95

 

[zigzagman95]

i found this site last week CREST » CB Channel Frequencies. free to all.

 

[k7ng]

Zigzag, there are some folks trying to help you here, who could probably answer every question you might have - if you would answer their questions. So far you haven't done that. At least tell us where you are (country, city)!

 

[K4EET]

@zigzagman95, listen to what @k7ng is asking of you. Our hands are basically tied, i.e. we cannot answer your questions, without you answering our questions first. How we answer depends entirely on how you answer our questions. Your questions are highly dependent on your location as has been requested many times so far.

 

[trentbob]

Wherever on Earth? zig-zag is located he obviously is suffering from a serious failure to communicate. He clearly has the volume down and is not hearing a word anyone here is saying. This has been going on almost 10 days. Valent effort everybody!

 

[N9JCQ]

Since the site he shared was regarding Australian CB channels... Unless he decides to clear things up....

 

[K4EET]

Since the site he shared was regarding Australian CB channels... Unless he decides to clear things up....

To "assume" will only make an...

 

[KEWB-N1EXA]

And the question was asked IF he was in the USA, as in other countries, CB means something different than here

As we wait !

 

[W8KIC]

If the OP was located here in the states, the only question I’d have for him would be.....WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO DO SO IN THE FIRST PLACE?