CB Radio

[rocky28965]

Anyone in NZ still use 26mhz CB radio ?

 

[rocky28965]

I guess not

 

[muzzonz]

Anyone in NZ still use 26mhz CB radio ?

Not like it was "back in the day". You won't find anyone on 26Mhz ssb I think. AM - truckies use channel 11, caravaners sometimes use a channel and the odd 4x4 club/groups may use a channel - most use FM PRS now. But ... now that 27Mhz is legal for NZ CB'ers most DX chasers are there now. 27.355/27.385. Plenty of skip most days.

 

[slowmover]

I’ve heard Melbourne, AU, in Texas.

Skip is a crazy phenomenon.

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[rocky28965]

I've been hearing American accents on 27.025 and 27.085 in the mornings from my location in Otago.

 

[K9KLC]

I've been hearing American accents on 27.025 and 27.085 in the mornings from my location in Otago.

While not from your area, that was a neat statement. I can remember in probably 1982 or 83, my mom was working a guy down that way on 27.375 or so, and calling me on the phone, and telling me the amplifier was smoking. I told her to go ahead and talk for a bit yet. I knew it was a connection on the parasitics on the tubes arcing and not a huge deal. Man she was so, so excited. I tuned in and listened from my house about 10 miles or so away from here and it was quite a conversation, you could hear the excitement in her voice.

 

[K9KLC]

I've been hearing American accents on 27.025 and 27.085 in the mornings from my location in Otago.

On AM or what mode?

 

[rocky28965]

AM on my SDR