There are 40 shared CB channels used on a "take-turns" basis. There are no channels authorized in the CB Radio Service above 27.405 MHz or below 26.965 MHz. No...
Users many not raise the power output of their CB units. That would be unfair to the other users sharing the channel by raising the level of radio noise. You...
You may operate your CB unit within the territorial limits of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia, and the Caribbean and Pacific Insular areas...
You must use an FCC certificated CB transmitter at your CB station. You can identify an FCC certificated transmitter by the certification label placed on it by...
There are no height restrictions for antennas mounted on vehicles or for hand-held units. For structures, the highest point of your antenna must not be more...
Ten-codes are operating aids used by public safety and other professional communicators. The FCC does not regulate the meaning of the ten-codes. You may use an...
NEWINGTON, CT, Oct 30, 2000--Recent FCC reports suggest that the operation in and around the 11-meter Citizens Band by licensed amateurs continues to be an...
Amateur Radio or HAM radio is a world wide hobby. It's a hobby that is more so designed for those that are really into radio communications, those that are...
Freebanding is basically 'out of band' operation in the 27MHz CB region. Freebanding represents all frequencies below, inbetween & above the internationally...
QRG Your exact frequency is ... QRH Your frequency varies. QRI Your transmission tone is (1-Good 2-Variable 3-Bad) QRK I read your signals (1-Bad 2-Poor 3-Fair...
Make It "Short and Sweet" When using your CB radio, get on and off the air as quickly as possible. NEVER USE PROFANITY "WHICH IS AGAINST THE LAW" and subject...
USE CHANNEL 9 in EMERGENCY ONLY Emergency channel 9 is designated for this purpose and this purpose alone. The FCC has given public safety agencies various...
Freebanding- what is it? Freebanding is the use of the frequencys above and below the normal 40 CB channels. The range of freebanding operation is between 25...
As you use Citizens Band radio and become a more skilled radio operator you will probably promote your own interest into the mysterious world of radio...
Radio waves surround you! Signals are transmitted and received by millions of stations. AM and FM radio stations, television, mobile business radios, fire and...
To help you to visualize the behavior of invisible radio waves imagine the effect on the surface of the water when you toss a small stone into the air and it...
The unit for measuring frequency is hertz (Hz). It is named after Heinrich Hertz, a German physicist who discovered electromagnetic waves. The frequencies that...
Guess where the FCC assigned the short-range citizens band (CB) service. They allocated 23 channels - ultimately expanded to 40 channels - at 27 MHz. Is that...
Different radio frequencies travel over the surface of the earth and into space in many different ways. Sometimes the bounce, sometimes they are refracted...
Every radio transmission travels out from the antenna over two paths: the ground wave and the sky-wave. Ground waves are the real work horse for vehicle mobile...
The second component of a transmitted radio signal is the sky-wave. In VHF and UHF mobile radio bands, sky-waves normally travel out into space and keep right...
The output power of a mobile transmitter, which might be as low as I watt or as high as 1000 watts, has very little to do with the maximum distance that the...
In the 1950's, the FCC established the Citizens Band (CB) radio service. They intended to provide a group of channels so short-range communications could be...
Every industry has its bottom dwellers. We can not protect you from them. Consumers who make decisions based strictly on price, or on what someone says instead...
Those are the people who use the (uppers and lowers) channels outside of the regular 40 channels allocated by the fcc for cb use. Generally speaking these are...
Poor, or no chassis ground on the antenna mount. Broken, pinched or kinked coax. Antenna has not been tuned on vehicle. Loose or corroded connections. Short or...
... not permitted to be transmitted on. In the good ol days people would open clarifiers to get to these channels. However now with the newer radios opening...
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