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Citizens Band or CB radio is in the United States an unlicensed radio service operating on 27 MHz.

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I have a very simple question To which I need a very simple answer. I have several aerials that are "pre tuned" for 27mhz CB radio use, these are stud mounted on to snail connectors with 4m ...
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I tested 2 unmodded 27MHz 100mW handheld CB walkie talkies for range .The model was Sharp CB 100 made in the 70s .The standard whip antenna did not have a visible external loading coil .Range was ...
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I am trying to get into CB world and have couple of questions if some good soul could help out, Radio is CRT 2000H and antenna is, Jetfon AB/02 is a CB-27 base antenna with 3 radials. FEATURES Band: ...
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As I suspect that most people reading know already that a "well behaved" CB antenna tends to be quite large. In the past I compromised on a "proper" antenna to reduce size by ...
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Is it possible to utilize an old CB Base Antenna (10 meters tall) as 5g Antenna to plug into the back of a 5g router that is currently only registering 4G? I have one on top of a single story unit ...
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I'm very new to Ham radio and would like to know in simple terms how to calculate antenna the length of an antenna required for a 477 MHz uhf radio and or half wave or 1/4 wave whatever is better. I ...
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I have a mobile mounted CB antenna that has an SWR of 1.5 on channel 20. Is it possible to use it with a 10 meter radio? I do not have enough room on my car for an additional antenna, so if it is ...
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I am learning about Amateur Radio so as I can go for my foundation licence but I was on CB back in the days, a channel nine monitor and used the 10 code and the Q code but all I can see is the 73 ...
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I've started playing with VOACAP to better plan and predict conditions on 27 MHz (CB). To my utter astonishment, VOACAP says that I won't be able to communicate on that frequency, regardless of ...
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Is it possible to modify a CB radio to connect to a wireless network, and potentially send any data sent from the radio as a buffer to an outside source like an API? If so, what would be the best way ...
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I’d like to add an aftermarket antenna to my cobra HH50wxst to boost my range. My only concern is if I got a longer antenna, could it possibly throw off the SWR and damage the radio? I am totally new ...
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I'm in the process of planning a UHF CB radio repeater. And I've heard there are ones around that transmit a voice message/warning on their input frequency (as well as standard output channel ident) ...
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Can I use 2 identical rubber ducky antennas with a splitter on my CB HT radio to improve range?
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How can I check if my CB radio is AM or AM/SSB? I know that it is a CB UHF radio but there is no information of whether it is AM or AM/SSB.
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I'm a beginner trying to use one of my two CB radios as a "base station." The problem is that the power cable is just two wires (no connectors/12v car plug) and a 2A fuse along one. Is it ...
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