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Quick Question about CB Range
- Thread starter Ranothil
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Dawn
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You're making a semanical error here. What the FCC considers a "base" or fixed station isn't the same as what the average person considers a "base". A fixed station or fixed base (that's the FBx designation) is the master transmitter be it a simplex,duplex, or repeater. That can be at the owner's location or on top of a mountain or building or anywhere remote. That's the base station. It also is required to have a higher tolerance .0025% stability then all the othe ancillary units. That also is (or used to be) the one that required complete calculation of losses and gains from radio to antenna for ERP. When a station sitting on a desk communicates with or through this station, it is a called a control station and only requires mobile stability, directional antenna, and the lowest power needed to establish communications. While people call this a base, it's in fact not. To add a little dimension to this, historically, many of what were called bases, weren't even radios even if co-located on the same property. They were essentially a remote control head either directly wired to the unit for local control or through a dc or phone line pair. The FCC term for that is a "Control Point" which can also be applied to a control station. That simply indicated that where that station was also contained those responsible for the system. When I got into this business in the early 70's, complete table top bases were a rarity. The station sat besides a desk in a 3' cabinet or somewhere else. Reasoning being that the "base" had to endure a 100% duty cycle as opposed to mobile and control stations didn't see more then a 20% duty cycle. In essense, that's true even today in a system that sees heavy usage. This my seem over the top for your question, but it's necessary to know how the FCC views the term when approaching a license.
milkman21218
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Is it that they all must live in the same location in order to be covered? And not one license for muti-locations?
To me the key in the OP is "reliable". CB is far from reliable. Just far far too many variables. Maybe in 5 years might be more reliable with out all the hash of skip. But then we factor in hand held, poor antenna. The way to go is what most have said, GMRS, or MURS.
It does not say they have to live in the same house..............
No you will not need 3 license ,it does not state that in the rules as they are immediate family.
You are correct,people do not take time to read the entire rules and then begin to assume things,go ahead and get you license and get them on the air and enjoy....Seems like this thread had more to do with GMRS than CB.
I was trying to find the best radio service for my situation. CB got dropped pretty quick! Thanks for all of your help!- Status
