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octo0072000 · Jan 4, 2016

Wedg1e said:
Ditto. Ironically everyone over the age of four now has a mobile phone with more than enough range...

mobiles don't work out on the moors laneing

Kayos · Jan 4, 2016

octo0072000 said:
mobiles don't work out on the moors laneing

Good point

Considering how dead it seems the airwaves are, there are lots of new sets available

Tinbasherdan · Jan 4, 2016

A few of my friends went to ham, and are now spending more and more time on the CB again, as there's not much challenge with ham

brightspark · Jan 4, 2016

Tinbasherdan said:
A few of my friends went to ham, and are now spending more and more time on the CB again, as there's not much challenge with ham

and theres more boring farts on it with not a lot to say :laughing:

-our-flying club - had radios for training and u could get on to the ham bands they went scatty if u talked to them :laughing:

just used to tell em to p ,.,.,.,.,.. off and change channel :whistle:

the snooper · Jan 4, 2016

Kayos said:
Good point

Considering how dead it seems the airwaves are, there are lots of new sets available

Even the old sets are selling but as you say the airwaves are dead so who is buying them and for what reason, is there a market where people are buying and exporting

Robotstar5 · Jan 4, 2016

the snooper said:
Even the old sets are selling but as you say the airwaves are dead so who is buying them and for what reason, is there a market where people are buying and exporting

Some of them can be modified to work on the amateur 10metre (28Mhz) band, I've got a modified LCL CB myself.

Tinbasherdan · Jan 4, 2016

pdg said:
'No challenge' means you're doing it wrong imo...

If you just go out, buy a radio and aerial and be an 'armchair operator' then you're better off with CB.

The new exams are supposed to be a progressive route to experimentation, building your own equipment (NOT from a kit) and using it to contact 'the world'.

If that sounds derisory, good.

From what I saw when I went to the club, amateur radio is all about spending ages building kit, to have a 5 min chat and recieve a card through the post, whilst simultaneously making new members feel like they are something you stepped in and unwelcome, I'll stick to the CB, I can have useful conversations with people on the state of traffic etc, and communicate fairly effectively when in convoy

the snooper · Jan 4, 2016

Robotstar5 said:
Some of them can be modified to work on the amateur 10metre (28Mhz) band, I've got a modified LCL CB myself.

modifications make it an illegal rig though as far as CB goes, how does that compare for 10 meter use ?

ajlelectronics · Jan 4, 2016

Amateur radio and CB are two completely different things. The whole point of CB is non technical communication, whereas amateur radio's whole point is the technical side. The communication aspect is, or at least is supposed to be secondary and for testing.

Clubs are not for everyone, certainly not for me, but I'm sure that like forums on the internet, they vary wildly in their attitudes.

the snooper · Jan 4, 2016

in 2014 they made it legal for Am ssb to be used but not using existing gear and licence free as with the 80 fm channels, they can never police the equipment, they never did successfully when it was only 27/81 40 channels and now its licence free I can see it being less policed then before

octo0072000 · Jan 4, 2016

Well found this on the back shelf still got to go look in the loft
little Midland 27/81 full 4 watts handheld mike is also speaker runs on 8 AAs made in 1988

still works well still muppets on 19 playing music

the snooper · Jan 4, 2016

octo0072000 said:
Well found this on the back shelf still got to go look in the loft
little Midland 27/81 full 4 watts handheld mike is also speaker runs on 8 AAs made in 1988

still works well still muppets on 19 playing music

ive just been looking on ebay at rigs there are some nice legal am ssb rigs about now I wonder how they compare to cobra 148 and so on

the snooper · Jan 4, 2016

pdg said:
I knew someone who had a lot of gear confiscated in the early 90's... Rigs, linears, aerials, the lot.

Running over power and with non-approved transmission modes was and still is 'policed' in exactly the same way as anything else is policed - they wait for a complaint and then decide if it's worth the hassle to 'make an example' of someone.

I would imagine (but wouldn't say to do it) that you'd have no issues running an old multimode in a sensible fashion.

simply looking at the amount of older multi modes still about shows it was a rare event to have gear taken away

the snooper · Jan 4, 2016

pdg said:
Different I imagine. If they're type approved they'll be under half the power and 'probably' lower quality...

yeah without doubt power wise but as you know you can get round that bit very easily

brightspark · Jan 4, 2016

I was one of the 1st in our aeria to get a rig I had it in the gaffers van with burner mounted underneath it and a nice -twig on the roof :laughing:

they were getting confiscated then .I was parked near the cop shop working and the joiner came in and said whats in your van ???why theres a load of coppers swarming all over it looking through the windows

ohh sh,,it when they went I pulled it -out real quick and hid it :vsad:

that was a close one

the snooper · Jan 4, 2016

brightspark said:
I was one of the 1st in our aeria to get a rig I had it in the gaffers van with burner mounted underneath it and a nice -twig on the roof they were getting confiscated then .I was parked near the cop shop working and the joiner came in and said whats in your van ???why theres a load of coppers swarming all over it looking through the windows ohh sh,,it when they went I pulled it -out real quick and hid it that was a close one

I don't think they actually had the power to confiscate it though as its not illegal to own, only to operate so would have needed you to be transmitting

ajlelectronics · Jan 4, 2016

Power output is not of great consequence. That part of the frequency band was turned over to CB because nobody else wanted it. Propagation effects renders it less useful for most of the time. When the band opens, a little goes a very long way. In the last 10m opening, the band was crowded with DX that I was able to work easily on low power.

The other point is that there is no point throwing out more RF than needed as you need to be able to hear the other party, not just "shout" at them.

brightspark · Jan 4, 2016

the snooper said:
I don't think they actually had the power to confiscate it though as its not illegal to own, only to operate so would have needed you to be transmitting

the lousy gits would bulls..hit u and take it and u wouldn't have known the law then now we are all clued up on laws and tell em where to go if there wrong :laughing:

the snooper · Jan 4, 2016

ajlelectronics said:
Power output is not of great consequence. That part of the frequency band was turned over to CB because nobody else wanted it. Propagation effects renders it less useful for most of the time. When the band opens, a little goes a very long way. In the last 10m opening, the band was crowded with DX that I was able to work easily on low power.

The other point is that there is no point throwing out more RF than needed as you need to be able to hear the other party, not just "shout" at them.

very true good weather conditions and a little goes a long way

ajlelectronics · Jan 4, 2016

As an example...

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11 2015-10-24 16:25 K3ZU 10m 28.321 SSB USA

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