alistairolsen

Is there still much traffic on CB nowadays? trucks and taxis and the like?

Does anyone knwo what band the police are using nowadays (just for interest

Are the handhelds any good, or do you really need a huge external ariel to get a decent range?

Cheers

Dave McB

iv still got 1.

dont use it tho...

AFAIK its mainly truckers nowadays.

the old range is still in use, there is also another set of channels (27/94 spec??)

yeah, as before huge aerial=bigger range...

alistairolsen

yeah, theres 80 channels now. Tempted just to get a handheld and perhaps a magnetic ariel, CBA installing it properly and tbh it doesnt look right on any car thats not fromt he 70s

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I still use mine but FM is dead in my area.

I still DX using SSB on my Ham international Jumbo

alistairolsen

when you say dead, no one on it, or it doesnt work?

dad was into Ham radio, but I cba with the exam and stuff, i was just thinking of chucking a CB in the car to listen to the traffic tbh

MK5RST

Ive still got one, theyre still quite good in trafic ques ect, the police have some digital satelite radio syatem that cant easily be tuned into

RS500/364

i got the cobra dont work think it did from 26- 30 mgz OMG cost shed loads

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LOL, my cb still works.

No one uses it any more in my area except for a few truckers that pass through my town.

As for side band, the italians are still king, not many english speaking
contacts these days.

I use it now mainly to crash the toy helicopter of the neighbours

alistairolsen

fpmsl, i used to be into radio modelling, 27mhz is dodgy as!

might just find a cheap one and fling it in tbh

Bungle

I still have one and as usual nottinghamshire has the most users in the country

RS500/364

What cobra ya got 148? wanna sell it

saphcossie427

i got 1 its an old nato 2000 mint condition aswel just stuck in a cupboard keep thinking of setting it up but then can't be arsed with it, spoke all around the world on it though back in the day

alistairolsen

Cb in the 80s sounds like it was magic craic! but then then so do proper rwd cars too

Dave McB

Thats the one iv got along with signal amp and mahooooosiv amplifier (weighs a ton!!)

never sell it. took me ages to trade up to when i was a kiddie

RS500/364

you might have that make but 26-30 mgz bet you dont

Dave McB

cant remember whats on it tbh.

just remember it had modded switches for extra channels, a mahoosive channel list *(had 2 write em down cos i didny know em all) and some weird side band stuff too

RS500/364

Also got the freqenzy thing to add on to do 26 - 30 mgz for another one

biglee

i have a uniden 28/30 with a chipswitch for 25mhz to 31.9mhz 0.4 watts to 50w fm and 100w USB.

27.555.0 usb is where its at still,

i also have my ametur radio licence call sign M3-ATU

saphcossie427

my amp is a bremi brl500 with modded valves can do 1kw fm 2kw pep/ssb its got 5 valves in total its a beast aiii

best radio i've had is a yaesu ft920af and used to work 45/86mtr all very naughty but hey it was all good fun at the time..

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If you just want to listen, buy a scanner, you can listen to everything then.

Bungle

HOLY FUCK That brings back memories i remember my brl 500 or should i say i remember the neighbours banging on the door cos i was wiping there tv's out with it switched on lol,

Ialso remember my sirio vector 4000 (sigma 4 copy) snapping in the wind and landing on a load of teenagers sneaking a fag next to the dis used garages beside my house Oh the joy

rallyeweezle

Police use tetra band radio now, apparently it is possible to get scanners in other countries but im unsure.