CB radios, useful or not..
I was digging through a box of stuff and found a CB radio that I had in my toad when we were motorhome-ing. For a moment I considered installing it in my Suburban but, it occurred to me that in the 1...
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jplante4 wrote:Wadcutter wrote:w8lpn wrote:
It is referring to the limit you can legally talk to someone. It was 150 miles give or take. They removed that limitation but left the power requirements in place so still 4 watts on AM 12 watts SSB. So really no difference except for the wording. Now if you are using amplifiers or on the SSB you can punch out further but thats about it.
With a good antenna and when propagation is right it's like working 10 meters on QRP. You can get a pretty good bounce and work about anywhere. Going to have to wait a few more years tho to make that happen.
Or you could just message them on facebook :)
You could. Provided you have wifi or cell connection. Or you could just tweet since that appears the way we're conducting govt business these days.
It's more fun to build your own rig and antenna and making it work.
