Citizen Band radios?

[Samandothers]

I wish I still had the Corona Mark II. It met its end when a '68 Caprice failed to yield right of way and cut in front of me...totaled it. I did learn from the accident I should wear a seat belt, good thing I have a hard head.

 

[MossRoad]

I still have my old Teaberry Tele-T 23 in the basement. It works fine and looked cool in my car back in the 70's! :thumbsup:

 

[k0ua]

I still have my old Teaberry Tele-T 23 in the basement. It works fine and looked cool in my car back in the 70's! :thumbsup:

Wow haven't seen one of those in a while! That thing was made to look like an IMTS mobile phone from the late 60's or early 70's. more or less. I wonder what it would bring on e-bay..

James K0UA

 

[Brake Weight]

What's the farthest skip anyone has done? I hear NorCal, New York, and Mexico pretty regular. I got out to NorCal once, but he could barely make out Mississippi. I'm two hours north of New Orleans.

 

[MossRoad]

Wow haven't seen one of those in a while! That thing was made to look like an IMTS mobile phone from the late 60's or early 70's. more or less. I wonder what it would bring on e-bay..

James K0UA

Not gonna sell it! :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

What's the farthest skip anyone has done? I hear NorCal, New York, and Mexico pretty regular. I got out to NorCal once, but he could barely make out Mississippi. I'm two hours north of New Orleans.

I used to talk to a guy in Louisiana once in a while from South Bend, Indiana. Damp nights with fog and low clouds always brought out the long distance.

 

[RobertN]

My Uncle and Grandfather were in to it years back. In the 60's, they both got portables for their cars. They were about a foot wide, foot deep, and 8" tall. Tubes...

My Grandfather had a Pace base station for my Grandmother. Again, 23 channel, tubes. He hot-rodded it a bit.

Interestingly, that old 1960's base station is still in use at the fire station up outside of Portland, Or. Lots of guys still have CB's on the farm tractors; if there is a volunteer FF response, easiest way to reach them is with that radio.

My uncle still has the other two mobile radios.

Oh this thread brings back memories. I too had the CB - 23 channel back in the late 70's. I remember sending off for my FCC License - thought I was a cool teen.

 

[Pete Judd]

I have a cb in the 4WD truck, handy when on the logging roads, as the log trucks and dump trucks broadcast direction and mile marker so you don't run into them or vise/versa.

I also am a ham, and have a 2 meter in the truck and car. A lot local short haul truckers are hams and use the local 2 meter repeators to keep them awake on their night time runs.

If you buy an "export radio" and start using parts of the 10 meter band, people like me will be reporting you to the FCC. Fines start at 10,000 bucks, and it is hard to get out of the fine.

 

[flyingcow]

So a 2 meter is OK to run without a license or it;s low enough range so you're not such a nuisance?

 

[k0ua]

So a 2 meter is OK to run without a license or it;s low enough range so you're not such a nuisance?

No, you need at a mininim a technician class Amateur Radio license to get on 2 meters. And you will get caught in a heartbeat on 2 meters (144 to 148 Mhz) without one. Power level is up to you. From milliwats to 1500 Watts maximum. Most mobiles run anywhere from 25 to 75 watts with 50 being very popular. Most hand helds from 1 to 5 watts. Most home stations are still at about the 50 watt levels, tho some will run up to 160 or so. Guys working moonbounce (yes bouncing signals off the moon and back to earth) will run close to the max with large antenna arrays. Although moonbounce can be worked with 100 watts and 10 element beam if the guy on the other end is running a larger antenna array. The most popular mode is FM and using the thousands of repeaters installed and maintained by hams around the country. Every community has one or more repeaters, many linked over great distances.

James K0UA