Beginners Guide to CB Radios
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Erik From Farpoint Farms explains what CB radio is, what types of radios are out there, and how they work, and why you need one pronto!
Its a beginners guide to CB Radio.
great video ( on my wife's user name ) I am a very active on 26,915 shooting skip I go by 277 Muleskinner southeast Texas?
Nice video, enjoyed watching?
I have had a Colt 210 40 channel, DNT 40 channel UK FM and a President McKinley Multi mode set 240 channel not a 360 channel, My DNT and Colt 210 got trashed by a so called friend who turned out to be no friend and the President McKinley 240 channel was given to a farmer friend.
Have you used a MURA PRX100 Power mike.?
Actually, there are a lot of people in my area that do use CB radio. Many of them have very nice base stations and also operate mobile and about 70% of them are hams too. Channel 16 is still a popular sideband channel and those with 23 channel sideband rigs use it since they can't hit the upper 17 channels with their old rigs.
The Noise Blanker / Automatic Noise Limiter feature is extremely important if operating in a mobile environment. I'd never buy a CB that didn't have that feature. The Antron 99 is still widely available and there are many sources that sell it. The IMAX 2000 is a step up from the 99' and is about 24 feet in height. Some CBers that I know use the IMAX 2000 and love it. Thanks for posting this video.?
Awesomely informative! Thanks!?
Is this still used by truckers? Or is it just for hobbyists now a days. I was wondering if I should get one in my car to get trucker updates on traffic or accidents etc.?
could you make a video on how to ground the base station antenna?
Good video man. I quit playing with cb radios about 6 years ago. Now the way things are going in the world im wanting to have some emergency communication capability…and the fun. I used to run a Stryker 440 10 meter that was converted to cb. Man that thing would talk! I could hit local base stations 30 miles away easily. Illegal i suppose but i use the converted 10 meter responsibly. Im going to install a new Galaxy 98vhp converted 10 meter as a base. Has a factory internal 200w amp for extra power when needed. But my only doubt About cb as emergency communication is the government could easily clamp down the 11 meter band if they wanted. So if we had a civil emergency or civil unrest they could shut us down so i dunno how effective it would be in that situation. I know they already have a internet kill switch so surely they have a citizen band radio kill switch. But oh well we can pray it never happens and just enjoy the fun.?
Thanks Erik. That was just what I needed. I have had a Grant LT in my truck for about 10 years now. The fuse blew out, then I lost the fuse, now I have know idea what to replace it with. Haven't used it for about 5 years now. Think I'll get it going again.?
I think I blew up my CB I can only hear national people ;( I have a 24 foot antenna?
Well the new radio is coming soon and better then cobra , it's guaranteed , hearing from the reliable resources?
Good video – Thanks for the information. I have been learning electronics about a year or two now, and recently started looking at little AM radio set projects, I want to get into CB radios and maybe even HAM eventually, but this video was JUST what I needed to get the basics of how it all works
THANKS !?
I am a general class ham, I stayed a technician until they dropped the code requirement. I became a technician in 1987. Before that I played with CB radio. I still have my Uniden Washington SSB base, and an 80 watt Galaxy amplifier. I used a 102" whip with a 4" spring mounted on the eave of my house, and a 106" length of 8 gauge wire connected to the mount and run along the edge of the roof to form an L shaped dipole. I got SWRs below 1.1:1. If you want to talk skip, you are going to need more than 4 watts, but nothing crazy, like 1000 watts. 80-100 watts works fine. My Icom IC-718 HF amateur radio puts out 100 watts, and I can talk around the world on that, with a 13' portable antenna, depending on conditions. I still play with CB once in a while, and have one in my pickup, so I can listen to truckers on the road. If you really want to get into radio, get your ham license. Ham radio gives you 1000s of times more than CB. Power up to 1500 watts, several worldwide bands with thousands of frequencies, plus VHF/UHF FM where you can use local amateur repeaters to talk across several states on a little handheld radio.?
Great video, thanks! Do you have particular recommendations as to what radio to get? I want a decent unit that'll bb a good investment but obviously I don't want to spend a lot, especially on features I don't need! I'd like a mobile and a handheld unit!?
Man you and I would get along great! I don't have a CB rite now but I'd like to get back in the game. Get me a Base and a ground plane. Tune my base down to half a watt. Throw a 350 watt old skool tibe linear on it. For the car go with a 90 watt Palomar. Oh I forgot. Need a D104 for my base. Man I miss those days. I had 1 from age of 10 to 30. I'm 40 now. I kinda went cell phone last 10 years. Hit me up o. Facebook man. Brad Jones in Portsmouth Ohio?
At the far right of the video, what kind of portable television is that??
I found a 1975 Royce cb 23 chan + pa I got it for 25¢ at a yard sale and it works so I'm buying a antenna soon?