Cb radio/ ham operator
Does anyone run cb radios or ham radios?
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Good morning, "d-n-17;"
I am also numbered among the radio users. Currently, they consist of a 40 channel CB radio, a Kenwood TS-480SAT with the VGS-1 Speech Synthesizer Chip feeding a Hi-Q 5/80 screwdriver type antenna on 80 Meters through 15 Meters, a Radio Shack HTX-100 with a 98 inch whip for 10 Meters (the Hi-Q 5/80 will not tune up to 10 Meters without changing the top whip), both for mobile HF operation, and an Icom 2 Meter/70 Centimeter dual band mobile. Then back in the dining area or main operating area, is another TS-480SAT, another VHF/UHF dual band mobile, a marine VHF FM radio, an air craft VHF AM radio, and a business band VHF FM radio for SAR. The driver's area Icom dual band VHF/UHF radio probably will be replaced with a Kenwood Dual band with APRS capability. The CB radio antenna is a 5 foot long "ham stick like" helically wound antenna mounted to the left of the windshield about 18 inches below the roof line. The main ham HF antenna when parked is a 27 foot long Hustler-Newtronics 6BTV that goes on the 2 inch square tube receiver in the back. There is also another coaxial cable up on the roof for attaching an NVIS dipole down on 40, 60, or 80 Meters. Most of the VHF/UHF antennas are mounted on the plastic air conditioner and vent covers on the roof so that I do not need to drill any holes in the roof. The coaxial cables go inside mainly by passing down through the refrigerator condenser heat exchange air shaft. The 1987 Winnebago Elandan has been extensively modified by changes and additions in the wiring, and I did a lot of rewiring in the engine area to clean up the wiring and make up the proper length cables to help things work better and physically fit better. Yes, it actually is a mobile communications station, and I can sleep in it too.
And I do recommend the Kenwood TS-480 with the VGS-1 Speech Synthesizer as a mobile radio. That radio will tell you what button you have pushed, what parameter you are about to adjust, and by how much you have changed it. You do not need to look at that radio while driving.
So, yes, there are some of us out here who are "radio active." And I do agree that the CB radio is not like what it was back in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. It is much quieter now. But then, 2 Meters is not the same as it was back in that time period either. Often when driving, I do not hear anything on 146.52 Mc.
Enjoy, and 73;
Ralph, N7KGA
Latte Land, Washington
I am also numbered among the radio users. Currently, they consist of a 40 channel CB radio, a Kenwood TS-480SAT with the VGS-1 Speech Synthesizer Chip feeding a Hi-Q 5/80 screwdriver type antenna on 80 Meters through 15 Meters, a Radio Shack HTX-100 with a 98 inch whip for 10 Meters (the Hi-Q 5/80 will not tune up to 10 Meters without changing the top whip), both for mobile HF operation, and an Icom 2 Meter/70 Centimeter dual band mobile. Then back in the dining area or main operating area, is another TS-480SAT, another VHF/UHF dual band mobile, a marine VHF FM radio, an air craft VHF AM radio, and a business band VHF FM radio for SAR. The driver's area Icom dual band VHF/UHF radio probably will be replaced with a Kenwood Dual band with APRS capability. The CB radio antenna is a 5 foot long "ham stick like" helically wound antenna mounted to the left of the windshield about 18 inches below the roof line. The main ham HF antenna when parked is a 27 foot long Hustler-Newtronics 6BTV that goes on the 2 inch square tube receiver in the back. There is also another coaxial cable up on the roof for attaching an NVIS dipole down on 40, 60, or 80 Meters. Most of the VHF/UHF antennas are mounted on the plastic air conditioner and vent covers on the roof so that I do not need to drill any holes in the roof. The coaxial cables go inside mainly by passing down through the refrigerator condenser heat exchange air shaft. The 1987 Winnebago Elandan has been extensively modified by changes and additions in the wiring, and I did a lot of rewiring in the engine area to clean up the wiring and make up the proper length cables to help things work better and physically fit better. Yes, it actually is a mobile communications station, and I can sleep in it too.
And I do recommend the Kenwood TS-480 with the VGS-1 Speech Synthesizer as a mobile radio. That radio will tell you what button you have pushed, what parameter you are about to adjust, and by how much you have changed it. You do not need to look at that radio while driving.
So, yes, there are some of us out here who are "radio active." And I do agree that the CB radio is not like what it was back in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. It is much quieter now. But then, 2 Meters is not the same as it was back in that time period either. Often when driving, I do not hear anything on 146.52 Mc.
Enjoy, and 73;
Ralph, N7KGA
Latte Land, Washington
