It sounds like you are going in the right direction.A good antenna is critical because it is your ears.Getting it in the the air as high as possible is also...
I have been thinking about a beam too. Do you use them verticaly or horizontally? As for amplifiers, I'm thinking of getting my Amateur (ham) licence so i can...
Hey Sandy> Yes, beams work the best.They are a bit more expensive,But you can point them any direction, and they direct all the rf in that direction.Here is an...
I'm setting up my shack and i'm wondering about lightning protection. Are the lightning protectors on ebay (about $10 to $15 US) any good? How do they work? It...
Nothing will be able to protect you from a direct hit, lightning protection really only works when there is a near strike. It can help and for the cost it is...
To anyone interested in linking CB Radio via internet (VoIP), The Aussie based PRAIL Project – http://www.prail.org/ Gateways use Asterisk and run on a Unix...
should be www.copper.com from CEF 336, or VA7DGP ... ['''(@)'(@)'''''''''''''''''''''"""''|(@)(@)***********'(@) Catch me on the road at or dpoaps1@......
Greetings everyone I am in Perth, Western Australia. I am desperately seeking a good UHF CB antenna for use at home. If anyone has a spare UHF CB antenna...
38 lsb is great when the US is in...hasn't happened for a while but keep listening. They use 38 lsb as their call/ragchew channel. ... From: Richard Banfield...
I'm out of Muswellbrook. Sometimes transmit mobile from Singleton after work. Keep an ear out for 269 Hunter Valley or 43RSN027 mostly on 27.355 lsb. ... From:...
... Hi Robert, I'm from Thornton near Maitland. I'm in the process of getting back on air after a number of years off air. I am also looking at getting my...
I finally got my mast made and my aerial up (5/8 wave vertical) and made my first contact, (9xx ? Paynesville, can't remember his exact call sign right now but...
Sounds suspiciously like a "pinned coax" trick from the old days, :), but you did say there was no continuity when you checked it so it might be that earth at...
What I mean by no continuity is no short detected between the centre and outer of the coax. Today I'll check that there is continuity between the centre and...
Hi all, I am a beginner of CB radio and I am planning to purchase a pair of handheld radio first. There are 2 options for me, ˇ°Uniden UH064sxˇ± and...
Hi guys and gals I have at last found a good SSB AM CB radio. I am putting out a request for anyone here in Perth, Western Australia who may have a spare...
... I'm pro Motorola. Also have a look at the OMDI OM-477CB, they have a c-tick (unlike the imports), 4-5 Watts and outstanding receive sensitivity. REVIEW:...
*Prestige Communications*<http://www.prestigecom.net.au/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=298&zenid=92028da3a641e82ecaa3f9e6ebaa8d6c>shouldn't be too far away...
Bill, I just bought a 5' whip from Tricky Dickies for a bout $23. Seems to be ok but not too sure how it'll handle my 2970DX....lol. Regards, Bob. ... From:...
Hi am looking for an old CB magazine from either 1979/1980, it had a monthly photo comp in it and I won in one of those yrs. the photo was of me at my cb when...
Google the Maco website. They used to have all the plans etc. Not sure if it is still up as Maco are now out of business. ... From: xu1_torana_power...
Possibly a little off-topic but still concerning radios, would anyone have or be able to find a link to the user manual for a VDO CR741X car radio. It is the...
The major radio event in Victoria returns to the Kyneton Racecourse, only an hour from Melbourne, Ballarat and Bendigo, on Sunday the 14th of February. The...
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