CB is getting more popular

[KANE4109]

FM came out a few years ago on CB, anyone notice if it's being used?

I have a guess that I will be watching for!!!!

FM was added during a higher part of the current solar cycle. I think that not many DXers will have any interest in it.

But when the next solar minimum comes along.... in the few pockets/places that have a local CB group that still meets on the air.... I am wondering if there will be more "adopters" coming out of the woodwork. I believe that it will prove to be more quiet than AM and possibly more attractive for those local meet ups.

We will see what we will see....

 

[EAFrizzle]

I have a guess that I will be watching for!!!!

FM was added during a higher part of the current solar cycle. I think that not many DXers will have any interest in it.

Try 26.805, channels 30-36, 27.555, and 27.600 for FM DXers. UK narrowband FM channels start just above 27.600, so that can get active during an opening.

FM really is better suited for local comms, or small traveling groups on 11 meters. That fact isn't going to stop a CBer during a band opening, though.

 

[niceguy71]

FM came out a few years ago on CB, anyone notice if it's being used?

most of my group still have and use their old AM only CB's .. a bit of nostalgia I guess ... and the old times tell me they don't need that new FM crap

 

[smithdoor]

most of my group still have and use their old AM only CB's .. a bit of nostalgia I guess ... and the old times tell me they don't need that new FM crap

I believe that it take years to make change to FM .
I have both just AM Cobra HH50WXST and base station AM FM it is a Cobra S19 AM FM.

It just time

Dave

 

[smithdoor]

most of my group still have and use their old AM only CB's .. a bit of nostalgia I guess ... and the old times tell me they don't need that new FM crap

The sideband is to costly look at well over $200.00 But FM is under $100.00 for name brand. In 2002 when taking to lot truckers they all had changed to sideband. If they need range just cellphone. I look on internet, truckers still use channel 10 at weigh station ( It how CHP talk to trucker on getting the weight truckers. CHP check the of each front is 6,250 lb for each wheel and the rear is chart they use) Lots fun.
So truckers only need am but I did read owner operators are upgrading to FM and still use 102 in twin antenna. Company own truckers luck to have a 48 inch .

Dave

 

[slowmover]

Those who never hear anything = poor radio rig. That’s a given.

Some stretches of some roads there’s not much and those are factors I’ve covered extensively, elsewhere.

Kalifornia Konfused is that less than 3% of Americans live between IH-5 and IH-35 if we control for the greater Denver SMSA. That’s a gigantic land area to first traverse. A crappy little rig won’t cut it.

BEST MOBILE thread is the desire for more men to take the time to do it right (first time) and then join by speaking up and helping relieve the burden of a long day. There are plenty of radios turned on given Interstate travel. Do your part.

The tech stuff is straightforward. Learning to use it well is the actual learning curve.

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[slowmover]

most of my group still have and use their old AM only CB's .. a bit of nostalgia I guess ... and the old times tell me they don't need that new FM crap

A sly dog would run FM with a few friends on the same channel so’s all the others only heard that buzzin’.

“Oh, yeah, we forgot to tell y’all about that.
Sorry you missed it”.

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[slowmover]

That dude was stout here in Kaufman, S-6 to S-7. Thought it was a local at first, as it seemed like a convo for a few minutes. Knew it couldn't be skip with the solar conditions.

Yeah, he heard me a time or two: “If you’re not on the road get off 19, please”. (It’s not like I have real power.)

So I suspect a fixed location. (Kaufman WalMart is 92/air-miles from the one near me).

Had a sharp drop-off I don’t associate with mobile (near edge of FTW 20-miles East). Though we have had a stationary mobile irritant, “ . . at the FTW Walmart parking lot”.

I haven’t been on the road since then so hopefully he’s back in re-hab. OKC had Wino Joe who went on for years.

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[EAFrizzle]

He was at a fixed location at that time, but I'd suspect a mobile unit. It'd take a Super Bowl rig to do that from the ground, but that was the same kind of coverage I used to get on top of a parking garage with just a kilowatt.

I figure we'll be hearing more from him.

 

[slowmover]

He was at a fixed location at that time, but I'd suspect a mobile unit. It'd take a Super Bowl rig to do that from the ground, but that was the same kind of coverage I used to get on top of a parking garage with just a kilowatt.

I figure we'll be hearing more from him.

Thx for the insight.

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