Been watching your videos for a few years now and have always enjoyed them! Now I see you post something like this and it has not changed my respect for you! In fact I have even MORE respect then ever now!😂😂 I am a ham and very much into the hobby with digital and HF ect... BUT! I still do use a CB with a few of us guys here in Billings, MT who are also Hams as well. We have fin with it and have a great time with the non hams as well. Nice to see your appreciation for all the different bands and not just bias with the only Ham deal. Like you said it is all about the hobby of radio! I been playing with CB since I was like 9 years old when they had licenses. Ya I was boot legging it! But as I got older I got my ticket and really went to town with different modes. Hats off to you with this great video! Love to work ya sometime on digital or HF or echolink or....... Hell ya.. CB baby! 🤣 Either way 73s from Montana and keep up the great videos!
So glad to see this video. My Dad started out on 11 meter before I ever came along. The old crystal tube rigs. When CB required a license and call sign. Some of the greatest fun I ever had was shooting skip on upper sideband. Talked to a lot of great and super nice folks from Nova Scotia to Australia. Still own around a couple of hundred "antique" Johnsons, Citiphone, Lafayettes, and many more. All that fun was groundwork for my Amateur license. Love it all!! 73s
N5MKH - Started on CB and STILL running CB. Was just in Prescott AZ this last Weekend and was AMAZED at how many cars and trucks were running around with a CB antenna. Not Ham radio antennas (I did see a few but they had a CB antenna too). Probably 2/3 of the town has a truck, SUV, Jeep, or van. And probably 2/3 of all the trucks, Jeeps, SUVs, and vans had a CB antenna. It is alive and well in this pocket. Big shout out to the Radio Friendly folks in Prescott!
I lived in a cabin with no electric or water, 6'500' elevation in Mad River California years ago. I had a big stick in a 80' pine tree...running a 400 watt kicker. I talked to people all over the planet.
After watching one of your previous videos on CB, I went to my shed and dug out my 30 year old (yes 30) 40 channel Realistic with upper and lower side bands, fired it back up and it still works like a new one!!! AND THERE ARE LOCALS ON CB!!! Thank you Eric for re-igniting my interest in CB. I’m having a blast. Do you know about qrz11.com??? 73 brother. KN4TAK
Is there a recommended pattern for CB callsigns? For example, i hear many folks using three numbers when doing DX on SSB and i wonder if they are using parts 9f their ZIP codes or the area code of their local phone numbers.
I've spent many evenings on 27.355 through 27.405 LSB catching that second wave and talking with locals. I haven't done that in years though. I still have my Cherokee CBS 1000 base unit. Although it could probably use new capacitors now. However, my 5/8 wave stick needs a new top section. I don't know when or if I will get that back up and running. However, I've been thinking about putting a mobile unit in my truck.
I, like you, got hooked on CB radio in the 90's and wanted more, so I got my amateur license. I HAD to have a CB radio in my big truck cuz at some customers they used it to let the drivers know when it was their turn to be loaded or unloaded. It was a big help on the road for avoiding traffic congestion and active weigh stations. ;-) 73, N1MO
Every morning and every night we have rag chews on 36 lsb and 39 lsb. Been doing it since 1978 when I got a 40 channel ssb rig. 11 meters is still one of the greatest bands.
100% agree. My family and My parents drove from central Illinois to Cape Canaveral this past September..... We used CB in both vehicles for communication between us..... So much more convenient than trying to dials cell phone. I wish one of them would get their ham license,... maybe someday they will. Thank you for all your information Jeff KC9BHQ MARSHALL, IL
I now for a fact it's not dead here in mid Atlantic states. I drive commercial truck and at an given time there's 20 to 30 people on the air. Not so many base stations like 15 years ago in the area but plenty of high power stations still broad casting around!
Hi my friend Eric : yep you're so definitely right, here in Europe, CB is renewing, it's indeed on fire :) I have my President Grant vintage radio (just received a NIB one) on every day, and there IS skip (on 1000 to 2000 km distance, ca. 800 to 1000 mi), and there ARE folks (like me) on 11m. CB band is just fun, just as HAM bands are, i can't live without both :) Just had contacts over Europe this morning with several folks, bare foot, Grant's power in SSB. Edit : and there's lots of nice folks you maybe won't have the pleasure to meet on HAM bands, actually i have met severely rude ones on HAM bands... no secret : humans on both HAM and CB ;) Yee haa, long live CB radio !!! 73 de ha7wx / 109KP733 Chris
Yup. My favorite rig is my Cherokee CBS-1000. It's modified and expanded to 10 bands and let's me browse 10-meter as well. I get coverage from 25.165 to 29.665 Mhz. With a little Texas Star kicker next to it, I can get out REALLY well. Lots of fun.
Very well said, i hate the snob ol' farts who deny CB radio ;) I, as lots of radio ops, arrived from CB radio, i LOVE both CB and HAM. Radio is radio, indeed !!! :)
Jim Newman - I got into CB back in the 70’s. Eventually became a ham in 1989. I still go back to CBs once in a while. Hams were always the radios gods to me back then. Good times good times.
I thought the only way to get out of trucking was to die. Im open to other suggestions though! Well over 3 million miles. I do Enjoy maneuvering big trucks around. But you know all the down sides. The fun has been pretty well Sucked out of trucking. I have a Cobra 29 classic. I took it out of the box, plugged it in. Hooked it to a 12 foot coax on a vise grip mount and go. People routinely asked about my radio setup saying it sounded great. Just got lucky on that I guess. Best wishes to you.
After driving 42 years i broke my back it forced my retirement what sux is i left my CB in the truck i was driving for walmart thinking i would be back it was double sideband talkback put out 28 watts barefoot and my 500 watt kicker its all gone from my old truck someone stole it
Sorry to hear about your back and your radio. I've been busted up on the job and it's no picnic. Hope you get a complete recovery. Your radio sounds like it was awesome. I guess you'll have to build you one even better now. Best of luck to you Driver!
@@mikehagan4320 thanks ,they told me id be in a wheel chair within 6 months of my sergury, that was 4 years ago im still walking ,im no better but no worse being retired sux but with the new laws i would have quit anyways,i miss driving in the 70 through 90s but around 2010 everything went south i drove for walmart the last 22 yrs and they turned into a crap job around 2010 i hear there worse now ,anyhow take care
@@mikehagan4320 I developed Type2 Diabetes. Lost my medical card.had to come off the road. I'm now a forklift driver loading trlrs. I do have 2.1 million miles under my belt. I don't recommend getting Diabetes, it's not fun sticking yourself 3 or 4 times a day..
I use my CB Radio every day ! Thank you for this video ! Using CB since 1986 ! I'm a HAM radio operator and I'll tell you, I love CB more than HAM Radio bands. 73's from Puerto Rico.
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@@oldnbroke1544 In the UK we have three levels of licence; foundation, intermediate and full. I have the full. Foundation gets you on the air, intermediate gets you more power and more privileges and full gets you the full banana.
If you have the mean$, just getya a decent HF rig and do the MARS/CAP mod on - if the FCC cared about CB Radio violations as such, they'd have been all over me years ago with fines and confiscation because I (emphasis added) have a "fan club" on the CB band here in Akron, Ohio and they KNOW what make and model of radio I'm using on CB.
I'd recommend a Uniden Bearcat 980SSB. I always get compliments on how good it sounds, and I'm just running barefoot. Hell, even before I had my nice K40 BCMAX antenna, and I just had a slightly out of tune, non-tune-able magmount TRAM antenna, I still got compliments. All I'm using is the standard mic that comes with the radio. It includes weather radio as well. That's handy when you want to hear the weather while driving, and don't want to poke around on your phone. Uniden also makes a model that's a CB and police scanner in one, but I'd check if your local PD has switched to digital, because it would be useless to do that then. And I don't think the scanner model has SSB.
Thank you!! Finally someone standing up for CB radio..The Expedition Overland channel just referred to a CB as useful as a cardboard box. That got me mad. I think it's extremely useful. I'm a trucker and have one in my truck and in my car. It has saved me numerous times from highway closures and other disasters. It still works well as communication and the barrier to entry is extremely low. I mean you can get one at Walmart for God's sake.. Everyone has a Walmart. I am a ham radio operator now and you're exactly right, I got into CB when I was a kid and worked skip and eventually got myself and my uncle into ham radio.. So I don't know why hams are such snobs. It's really insulting. Now yes in the city you're mostly going to hear nothing or truck drivers screaming at "new" truck drivers for traveling the middle lane going below the speed limit but that's why you have a volume knob. As soon as you leave city limits people are mostly helpful and kind. In my car I have a CB, an analog dual band ham and a dmr digital plus a scanner from time to time and I think cb should be included in most any system.
Well Eric I've been in radio since I was 16 and I started out on CB radio and I've been a ham for 30 years and I'm almost 60 so okay I'm Still on 11 meters to have a good one 73, oh yeah Eric I forgot to put this in the little comments yesterday. Upon 160 + 80 and 40 meters those guys talk worse than sailor sometimes least on the CB radio you're more professional hi hi 73. (N9XYI)
I got started in ham using CB back in the 70's during the CB boom. I have had a CB in the shack here ever since then, it is all radio to me. I also have one in the mobile and have the same antenna you do. If you hear the midwest coming in, listen for the 1430 southern MN, that is me on lower 38!
In fact here in sweden we have clubs for 11m that are like ham-clubs. We have designated callsigns based on where we live. We have contests, mobile days, test nights and so on. 11m (CB) is very much alive and growing here in sweden. Our club is only at 500 members so far but many of us are hams that are just having fun with each other and talking.
Hi, i guess you're on SSB on the EU40 there? Not got a sideband rig yet but 27/81 FM is well alive in the UK. Will keep an ear out for any Swedish calls when i can.
@@danielgubbgron8316 Cool thanks for the freq. I'm still waiting to find a good SSB rig at the right price but will listen out on 235 for "Daffy Duck" on my old mid band rig when i get a chance. 73, Dan.
I was into CB radio as early as 1973. In the late 80s while going to college I worked security so spent a lot of time sitting in my car. I ended up getting a President Grant with low mid and high bands. 1987 was a good year for skip, and we were able to go below channel 1 and talk to a number of midwest station operators while sitting in the San Francisco Bay Area. That year I also got my ham ticket after passing the 5wpm and technical exam for the novice class. Daily contacts through Asia, Australia, New Zealand and one contact in Mongolia. But the CB band was truly alive. Even made a friend who lived in Quebec and was operating on Channel 35 LSSB. Not much traffic in our area except for truckers. Many people now have their Technical Class license for Ham because you no longer need to know morse code, and many clubs spoon-feed you the answers to the technical test.
Same story here. KZO8175, handle was Panhead on CB radio way back when. Now K8ETA. Had lots of fun with both CB and HAM radio.. CB was a gateway drug into ham radio for me!....
I think it should be noted for those listening that aren't for totally familiar that radio you're demonstrating does have sideband and it is on Side Band. This is important because sideband on skip is a lot more usable often times than a straight AM
I'm in Northern Nevada and we've been getting some great west-east skip the last few days! I love talking on CB radio, just made it out to Hawaii today on channel 6. I always enjoy your great videos!
I use the CB that’s built into my 2015 Harley when I go on road trips. It comes from the factory with it, so the people on that show are full of shit. People still use it!
I love CB. I got my ham tech ticket just shy of two years ago, and I have a CB set up right next to my ham rig in the "radio" room in my house. I also have both ham and CB in my car. If someone chooses to look down on CB, they are only depriving themselves of some good radio fun, like you say.
Stephen Morton True, I wish ham radio would Drop the regulations . It’s 2019 people are going to use cursewords. I’ve been a ham radio operator for years, and I can never get past five minutes of talking on him radio repeater or any kind of ham radio, The most friendly people I’ve ever met on the radio was on CB radio and those little family radio service radio you can buy from Walmart, a lot of folks and ham radio and I mainly talking about the older generation think they’re too high up and Frown down at newer hams
@Stephen Morton True because again cell phones don't have regulations on what you can say or do on them, It's just another form of communication. Its simple and easy to use. I talk on simplex 2m all the time and enjoy making long distance contacts, I also do some dmr on simplex and its crazy,I live in Arkansas and I hear alot of folks using dmr on simplex, but I just don't have time to program a repeater in when Im on the road, or in a quick second
Hey, thanks for the shout out in your description lol. Not sure if you've actually watched one of my "STUPID" videos... Trying my best. God bless brother 🙏
Back in the day before cell phones, I was maybe 10 or 12 talking to my dad on his way home from work on a cb radio and we thought it was the bees knees. Heard about HAM, figured it was somehow "beyond me" and dreamt of getting my license. Recently did and am learning a ton. I gotta agree with another poster completely: for me, CB was the gateway to HAM. Yeah okay, there was 30+ years in between, but hey.
I dove head first into CB radio in early 2019 and have since used it as my push to get my ham license. Besides shooting skip, when no hams want to talk locally, there's a crowd of people most EVERY night who are always willing to on CB. 73s from South Carolina
Good for you calling into the radio station. I think a lot of us remember someone in the 70s or 80s with a CB. Thanks for sharing! (I finally got my 7100 so now I need to learn to use it... watching for more videos :) )
A few days ago, I worked 001 (New Orleans, LA) and 1414 (Athens, Ga) within the first five minutes of keying the mike! I am using a Bearcat 980 SSB, 20 amp power supply, 5/8 wave Super Penatrator at 45 watts! How do I know when propagation is alive/ I check the 10 meter activity at: www.dxmaps.com/spots/mapg.php and then, let 'er rip. Been a C.B. and HAM for 30 years.... CB radio is simply more wild and fun!!!! (Give me a shout if you hear me at 38LSB calling: "CQDX: 926 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CALLING 926 CQDX!" :)
This CB vs Ham shit has been going on since before I was even born. To get to the point, the FCC does still investigate radio complaints especially if they get enough of them. If you get caught running heat on a 4 watt radio, on 10 meter - they might be nice and give you a warning the first time around. But the second time... they will set you back 15K. If they see anything else, like an antenna above 60 feet in a tree there is a few hundred more. I know someone who got busted just 5 years ago. There was another case where a licensed ham operator got busted jamming cell phones on his daily commute - that got him an 18K fine. So it goes both ways. And no, I'm not a ham operator - but I was going to get licensed. I use CB daily when driving for things like accidents, speed traps, construction lane changes, etc.
The 16th of June of this year 2022, I was listening to Belfast, Ireland on channel 35 USB from Uranium City, Canada. It was extremely clear. I responded with my ancient Cobra 148 GTL and Belfast heard me. The conditions are phenomenal. That day, the solar flux index was 185! The Cobra 148GTL is 41 years of age. I have had it in my vehicle since 1996 when I bought the vehicle new. It is dying and will likely not be around in a month. But I will enjoy it while I have it.
@@masterscambaiters3121 The Cobra 148 GTL did die in July 2022. Now I have an Anytone AT-5555n II. It is a radio with a Stryker SR-955 HPC. From the factory it is 60 Watts! I made a modification for 12 meters, 11 meter CB, and 10 meters. It does all the heavily modified Cobra 148GTL did without any modification and more! I hope it lasts as long as the Cobra lasted. Hope to hear you on the air some day.
KAHL878. Got that call in the mid '70s then a month later the FCC dropped the requirement. $20 was a lot for a poor teenager. Fast forward to the early '90s when the sun spot cycle was great. I could talk to Australia in the summer almost every evening. And that was on SSB barefoot with a fiberglass vertical base antenna. Good times I'm looking forward to the next cycle.
Whats great about CB is the cost... you can get a great radio for say $250.00! my 7300 … a great radio and considered a great price for what you get was $ 1000.00, bucks just for the radio! thanks for the great vids Eric 73 NS9T !
SSB Cb is where it’s at! Sometimes you got to get off 38. Lincoln 2+ is a nice little radio. Made a QSO on 12 with it a few weeks ago. When you get your fill of high and mighty hams, my 11Meter friends are a breathe of fresh air. And you don’t have to listen to them talk all about dmr and hotspots. However spend most of my time on ZELLO with hams and 11Meter guys.
Subscribed to your channel in a thumbs up absolutely right I love CBI had an old Lincoln and I see your Lincoln I think I wanna get that And put it back in my truck Love to shoot skip My numbers were 58 heading down a country road in South Carolina hope to catch you out there some day when I get backup injoied the video
CB radio here in Louisiana on ch19 in contrast to "SOME" of the folks on the HF bands, Ch19 is like a Disney Movie rated G where people who are supposed to know better and hold a License speak using foul language that would make a New Orleans hooker blush. Tru Fax!
Nice video, Eric. I got hooked on CB in ‘’75 and now an extra. It’s fun, whatever the mode, band, or class. There is so much, I can’t keep up, from CB to SSB to Satelite, to digital. Lighten up and have fun. By the way, not all hams are snobs
That was back when we had some sun spots. We are at the low of the cycle and we are at least another year out. I know, I sure do miss it too. Just have to be patient, there is no other choice. We are in the same sun spot boat on the ham bands too.
Cb is very active here in ne georgia Saturday night roll call avarge 40 to 50 checkins every time, soeme hams thinksmits al trashy cbers well you can here the f bomb on cb or ham only difference is price. Been a cb guys for 52 years and a ham mfor around 25.
I agree with you 100% let the people have fun there's nothing wrong with that. If something is said that offend you turn the channel turn off the radio. I myself still operate a CB radio and I can tell you that yes CB is alive. And I am also an amateur radio operator as well. And you are right when 11 is open so is 10.. and yes you are right some amateur radio operators do look down on CB. but most if not all ham radio operators at one time talked on cb radio
Having a 100 stations trying to "ride over" each other sounds like a cluster f#$k!! BTW, be honest, you do not hear this everyday because atmospheric conditions do not allow this ever day!!
Well, normally that doesn't happen unless you're near a large city, and even then, it's rare. Conditions have to be just right. But it's regularly fine for talking within your city, or even the next city over depending on the terrain in the area you live. I find myself having a great time on CB almost every day in the mobile.
CB radios are the cream of radio, now is even better, it doesn't splash tv set, as it used to in the old days, so there's no need for so many restrictions. now is more freedom for a new hobbyist. the radios are a lot better than before.
Superbowl 6 and 28 was blowing up today. I heard people from all over Florida, GA, AL, MS, KY. LOVE DOCS! There is a guy out of Cocoa Beach running some serious power. I heard him in Titusville a few days ago and then today at home in Port St. Lucie. 772 YOTA waving at you!
Kick ass video! I have been noticing a rise in CB antennas showing up on vehicles lately. I should probably get my old Galaxy 88 and Palomar 350 watt amp fixed up and use them again.
I have my license since 2015,but I keep coming back to cb band over and over again. Ok it more like freeband,but you can get such great DX's,it's worth it
Just get some of the radios like in this video and find a quite unused frequency and set up your own channels away from the noise when the skip is in. If I had a family I would just go to say 25,175 or somewhere like that ( an unused marine SSB channel or FM once used by the oil industry) and talk away. Not likely anyone else would ever be there listening. I have talked all over the world by tuning around listening in places not commonly used. Once talked to a US Air Force transport plane going to Vietnam on an 8 meg upper sideband frequency during that war. A doublet dipole with ladder line and a open upped HF radio with a antenna tuner and you can go anywhere. One radio I have goes from 1.8 megs to 60 megs .
Way to be a ambassador of the hobby !!! Very much appreciated from a fellow enthusiast
Been watching your videos for a few years now and have always enjoyed them! Now I see you post something like this and it has not changed my respect for you! In fact I have even MORE respect then ever now!😂😂 I am a ham and very much into the hobby with digital and HF ect... BUT! I still do use a CB with a few of us guys here in Billings, MT who are also Hams as well. We have fin with it and have a great time with the non hams as well. Nice to see your appreciation for all the different bands and not just bias with the only Ham deal. Like you said it is all about the hobby of radio! I been playing with CB since I was like 9 years old when they had licenses. Ya I was boot legging it! But as I got older I got my ticket and really went to town with different modes. Hats off to you with this great video! Love to work ya sometime on digital or HF or echolink or....... Hell ya.. CB baby! 🤣 Either way 73s from Montana and keep up the great videos!
So glad to see this video. My Dad started out on 11 meter before I ever came along. The old crystal tube rigs. When CB required a license and call sign. Some of the greatest fun I ever had was shooting skip on upper sideband. Talked to a lot of great and super nice folks from Nova Scotia to Australia. Still own around a couple of hundred "antique" Johnsons, Citiphone, Lafayettes, and many more. All that fun was groundwork for my Amateur license. Love it all!! 73s
N5MKH - Started on CB and STILL running CB. Was just in Prescott AZ this last Weekend and was AMAZED at how many cars and trucks were running around with a CB antenna. Not Ham radio antennas (I did see a few but they had a CB antenna too). Probably 2/3 of the town has a truck, SUV, Jeep, or van. And probably 2/3 of all the trucks, Jeeps, SUVs, and vans had a CB antenna. It is alive and well in this pocket. Big shout out to the Radio Friendly folks in Prescott!
When the power goes out (like in CA right now) a CB or ham radio is the only communication you might have.
I lived in a cabin with no electric or water, 6'500' elevation in Mad River California years ago. I had a big stick in a 80' pine tree...running a 400 watt kicker. I talked to people all over the planet.
After watching one of your previous videos on CB, I went to my shed and dug out my 30 year old (yes 30) 40 channel Realistic with upper and lower side bands, fired it back up and it still works like a new one!!! AND THERE ARE LOCALS ON CB!!! Thank you Eric for re-igniting my interest in CB. I’m having a blast. Do you know about qrz11.com??? 73 brother. KN4TAK
Thanks for mentioning QRZ11.com!
Is there a recommended pattern for CB callsigns? For example, i hear many folks using three numbers when doing DX on SSB and i wonder if they are using parts 9f their ZIP codes or the area code of their local phone numbers.
I use 134 Colorado springs Colorado or WWS0911. 134 cobra was my first radio and 0911 is the last4 of my zop
I've spent many evenings on 27.355 through 27.405 LSB catching that second wave and talking with locals. I haven't done that in years though. I still have my Cherokee CBS 1000 base unit. Although it could probably use new capacitors now. However, my 5/8 wave stick needs a new top section.
I don't know when or if I will get that back up and running. However, I've been thinking about putting a mobile unit in my truck.
I, like you, got hooked on CB radio in the 90's and wanted more, so I got my amateur license. I HAD to have a CB radio in my big truck cuz at some customers they used it to let the drivers know when it was their turn to be loaded or unloaded. It was a big help on the road for avoiding traffic congestion and active weigh stations. ;-) 73, N1MO
Thanks to CB radio I'm enjoying Ham radio today. CB was my school.
It’s nice to see you covering this fun band. I check propagation everyday for most of the usual bands.
Every morning and every night we have rag chews on 36 lsb and 39 lsb. Been doing it since 1978 when I got a 40 channel ssb rig. 11 meters is still one of the greatest bands.
I've been using CB radio since I was 6 years old. 427 in the Garden State NJ
I'll be looking for you. If you hear someone cslling... probably me little bastard
My first CB contact was a 1200km skip. With thr same antenna with onlx a slight SWR adjustrmrnt a few days later i can't be heard 50km away
100% agree. My family and My parents drove from central Illinois to Cape Canaveral this past September..... We used CB in both vehicles for communication between us..... So much more convenient than trying to dials cell phone. I wish one of them would get their ham license,... maybe someday they will. Thank you for all your information
Jeff
KC9BHQ
MARSHALL, IL
Loved my cb since the 80"s
Does CH.38 (27.385 USB) like a Calling QRG on 11m band in US?
What is about 27.555 USB?
I now for a fact it's not dead here in mid Atlantic states. I drive commercial truck and at an given time there's 20 to 30 people on the air. Not so many base stations like 15 years ago in the area but plenty of high power stations still broad casting around!
What the hell ??? I thought 11 was dead damn, gonna check tomorrow, thank you lol
you would be surprised the amount of people who shoot skip on 11m are also ham operators. I find chatting on 11m is more fun then VHF/UHF.
@ 4:13 I hear ya loud and clear out here 333 wav'in back @ ya ten foe !
What's the source that you recommend for learning ham
Heck ! I have been a Ham for 30 years and now I need a CB radio ! Where your affiliate link. Lol.
Skip - I remember. Low cloud cover and other strange weather things got you a QSL card.
No idea where my Cobra cut SSB is. If I ever find it I would consider adding it to my RV.
I used to listen and talk on cb in 1987. Today all I hear is static!
There's definitely lot more going on on 10 11mtrs it's great I've had them since 70s
Hi my friend Eric : yep you're so definitely right, here in Europe, CB is renewing, it's indeed on fire :)
I have my President Grant vintage radio (just received a NIB one) on every day, and there IS skip (on 1000 to 2000 km distance, ca. 800 to 1000 mi), and there ARE folks (like me) on 11m.
CB band is just fun, just as HAM bands are, i can't live without both :)
Just had contacts over Europe this morning with several folks, bare foot, Grant's power in SSB.
Edit : and there's lots of nice folks you maybe won't have the pleasure to meet on HAM bands, actually i have met severely rude ones on HAM bands... no secret : humans on both HAM and CB ;)
Yee haa, long live CB radio !!!
73 de ha7wx / 109KP733 Chris
I have a base unit, two for my vehicles and a handheld.
As a wise old Ham told me many decades ago, "Radio is radio!"
Yup. My favorite rig is my Cherokee CBS-1000.
It's modified and expanded to 10 bands and let's me browse 10-meter as well.
I get coverage from 25.165 to 29.665 Mhz.
With a little Texas Star kicker next to it, I can get out REALLY well.
Lots of fun.
Absolutely
Very well said, i hate the snob ol' farts who deny CB radio ;)
I, as lots of radio ops, arrived from CB radio, i LOVE both CB and HAM.
Radio is radio, indeed !!! :)
If not for CB back in the 70s when I was young, I wouldn't be a General class Ham now that I'm old.
@@W-733_KWX a lot of the ham operators who down CB radio are probably on CB radio half the time but they just won't tell you
CB is the gateway drug for ham radio.
Amen
Jim Newman - I got into CB back in the 70’s. Eventually became a ham in 1989. I still go back to CBs once in a while. Hams were always the radios gods to me back then. Good times good times.
damn right it is..
got my gmrs cacll wrfd339 going for ham cb was my start
Exactly and I'm burning up radio Airwaves crack often. LOL ! CQ DX
Former truck driver, I still have the one I used in my 18 wheeler.I will never get rid of it.
I thought the only way to get out of trucking was to die. Im open to other suggestions though! Well over 3 million miles. I do Enjoy maneuvering big trucks around. But you know all the down sides. The fun has been pretty well Sucked out of trucking. I have a Cobra 29 classic. I took it out of the box, plugged it in. Hooked it to a 12 foot coax on a vise grip mount and go. People routinely asked about my radio setup saying it sounded great. Just got lucky on that I guess. Best wishes to you.
After driving 42 years i broke my back it forced my retirement what sux is i left my CB in the truck i was driving for walmart thinking i would be back it was double sideband talkback put out 28 watts barefoot and my 500 watt kicker its all gone from my old truck someone stole it
Sorry to hear about your back and your radio. I've been busted up on the job and it's no picnic. Hope you get a complete recovery. Your radio sounds like it was awesome. I guess you'll have to build you one even better now. Best of luck to you Driver!
@@mikehagan4320 thanks ,they told me id be in a wheel chair within 6 months of my sergury, that was 4 years ago im still walking ,im no better but no worse being retired sux but with the new laws i would have quit anyways,i miss driving in the 70 through 90s but around 2010 everything went south i drove for walmart the last 22 yrs and they turned into a crap job around 2010 i hear there worse now ,anyhow take care
@@mikehagan4320 I developed Type2 Diabetes. Lost my medical card.had to come off the road. I'm now a forklift driver loading trlrs.
I do have 2.1 million miles under my belt.
I don't recommend getting Diabetes, it's not fun sticking yourself 3 or 4 times a day..
I use my CB radio almost everyday 😂
Same here.
Ham isn't so good when all you see is break lights for a few miles in front of you on the interstate.... cb still rules
@@walterdavis4808 I fully agree
Same on my side :)
So CB isn't dead yet for those that like "shooting skip".? What about the Philadelphia Pa area.......???
I use my CB Radio every day ! Thank you for this video ! Using CB since 1986 ! I'm a HAM radio operator and I'll tell you, I love CB more than HAM Radio bands. 73's from Puerto Rico.
I agree! Same here!
Just people having fun on cb!! That's why I like it more than ham too.
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i think i heard you on channel 20 about a month ago i use a pearce simpson lynx 23
I have a full ham licence and use 11 more than anything.
I have respect for operators who are willing to admit this.
What is a "full" ham license...
@@oldnbroke1544 In the UK we have three levels of licence; foundation, intermediate and full. I have the full. Foundation gets you on the air, intermediate gets you more power and more privileges and full gets you the full banana.
I'm a ham as well I use cb more then ham..
Ditto
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I agree and yes I have a CB radio and I need to pick up a SSB CB Radio.
If you have the mean$, just getya a decent HF rig and do the MARS/CAP mod on - if the FCC cared about CB Radio violations as such, they'd have been all over me years ago with fines and confiscation because I (emphasis added) have a "fan club" on the CB band here in Akron, Ohio and they KNOW what make and model of radio I'm using on CB.
@@Dr.Gunsmith it would not apply in the UK given you run on fm carrier not AM where am and ssb live
@@jasonhowe1697: FM, AM and SSB are all now legal in the UK.
I'd recommend a Uniden Bearcat 980SSB. I always get compliments on how good it sounds, and I'm just running barefoot. Hell, even before I had my nice K40 BCMAX antenna, and I just had a slightly out of tune, non-tune-able magmount TRAM antenna, I still got compliments. All I'm using is the standard mic that comes with the radio. It includes weather radio as well. That's handy when you want to hear the weather while driving, and don't want to poke around on your phone. Uniden also makes a model that's a CB and police scanner in one, but I'd check if your local PD has switched to digital, because it would be useless to do that then. And I don't think the scanner model has SSB.
@@brickson98m, thanks for the recommendation on the SSB radio. I've been thinking about putting a mobile unit in the truck.
Thank you!! Finally someone standing up for CB radio..The Expedition Overland channel just referred to a CB as useful as a cardboard box. That got me mad. I think it's extremely useful. I'm a trucker and have one in my truck and in my car. It has saved me numerous times from highway closures and other disasters. It still works well as communication and the barrier to entry is extremely low. I mean you can get one at Walmart for God's sake.. Everyone has a Walmart. I am a ham radio operator now and you're exactly right, I got into CB when I was a kid and worked skip and eventually got myself and my uncle into ham radio.. So I don't know why hams are such snobs. It's really insulting.
Now yes in the city you're mostly going to hear nothing or truck drivers screaming at "new" truck drivers for traveling the middle lane going below the speed limit but that's why you have a volume knob. As soon as you leave city limits people are mostly helpful and kind. In my car I have a CB, an analog dual band ham and a dmr digital plus a scanner from time to time and I think cb should be included in most any system.
Well Eric I've been in radio since I was 16 and I started out on CB radio and I've been a ham for 30 years and I'm almost 60 so okay I'm Still on 11 meters to have a good one 73, oh yeah Eric I forgot to put this in the little comments yesterday. Upon 160 + 80 and 40 meters those guys talk worse than sailor sometimes least on the CB radio you're more professional hi hi 73. (N9XYI)
I got started in ham using CB back in the 70's during the CB boom. I have had a CB in the shack here ever since then, it is all radio to me. I also have one in the mobile and have the same antenna you do. If you hear the midwest coming in, listen for the 1430 southern MN, that is me on lower 38!
Roger,smoker 55 mobile back out
Well I still talk on the cb some but I like to use the repeaters about as much , if not more. I'm proud to do both !
Yea got my 1st cb december 1968 b4 the boom
Fun?! How dare you?! *lol*
Sure glad they had CB back when I drove truck over the road before cell phones! Still have my cobra, base station it is!
It’s cycling back around. Every 11 years.
Yup, i guess you could say it's being propped up... Very bad pun...
2020 is going to be at its low then it will start to pic up.
they say time repeates itself !
I started in cb, still have my navaho ssb that i turn on now and then: i'll never bad- mouth my begainnings. Ke6gkv
Between talking on and repairing CB's,it led me to ham land too!
BTW I hope your doing ok,with the power outage!
I am in port st lucie, new to cb. When I was younger and poor it was the rage now at 75 I am interested
In fact here in sweden we have clubs for 11m that are like ham-clubs. We have designated callsigns based on where we live.
We have contests, mobile days, test nights and so on.
11m (CB) is very much alive and growing here in sweden. Our club is only at 500 members so far but many of us are hams that are just having fun with each other and talking.
Hi, i guess you're on SSB on the EU40 there? Not got a sideband rig yet but 27/81 FM is well alive in the UK. Will keep an ear out for any Swedish calls when i can.
@@danmackintosh6325 that's correct, we use ch24 (27.235) usb as a calling channel. Keep an ear out, we often hear uk on usb as well
@@danielgubbgron8316 Cool thanks for the freq. I'm still waiting to find a good SSB rig at the right price but will listen out on 235 for "Daffy Duck" on my old mid band rig when i get a chance. 73, Dan.
I was into CB radio as early as 1973. In the late 80s while going to college I worked security so spent a lot of time sitting in my car. I ended up getting a President Grant with low mid and high bands. 1987 was a good year for skip, and we were able to go below channel 1 and talk to a number of midwest station operators while sitting in the San Francisco Bay Area. That year I also got my ham ticket after passing the 5wpm and technical exam for the novice class. Daily contacts through Asia, Australia, New Zealand and one contact in Mongolia. But the CB band was truly alive. Even made a friend who lived in Quebec and was operating on Channel 35 LSSB. Not much traffic in our area except for truckers. Many people now have their Technical Class license for Ham because you no longer need to know morse code, and many clubs spoon-feed you the answers to the technical test.
KHH5389 Big Bird was how I started out as a kid back in 76 with a Realistic 23 Ch with SSB. Yes I became a ham. KC5ECB
KRK8171 I also used a friends call sign until I got mine KRJ9963 I'm a new ham now KD9OAM. 73's Bill.
Same story here. KZO8175, handle was Panhead on CB radio way back when. Now K8ETA. Had lots of fun with both CB and HAM radio.. CB was a gateway drug into ham radio for me!....
cb was alot of fun as a kid in 74 for me here in Australia, im a ham as well but i do love my cb radio's cheers 025
I think it should be noted for those listening that aren't for totally familiar that radio you're demonstrating does have sideband and it is on Side Band. This is important because sideband on skip is a lot more usable often times than a straight AM
Where I live we have no skip this month, I check my radio once a day, everyday !
I'll listen for you!! 301-Wyoming
Get that antenna up.high and check swr
I'm in Northern Nevada and we've been getting some great west-east skip the last few days! I love talking on CB radio, just made it out to Hawaii today on channel 6. I always enjoy your great videos!
Wow. How many watts are you running? Are you a ham too? Im in st george utah about 120 miles north of you
I use the CB that’s built into my 2015 Harley when I go on road trips. It comes from the factory with it, so the people on that show are full of shit. People still use it!
I love CB. I got my ham tech ticket just shy of two years ago, and I have a CB set up right next to my ham rig in the "radio" room in my house. I also have both ham and CB in my car. If someone chooses to look down on CB, they are only depriving themselves of some good radio fun, like you say.
I was picking up skip 5 states over yesteray as well.
Some 505 guy bragging about using 480watts.....
I’ve been a ham operator for years and what amazes me is you can get on CB and have a normal ‘qso’.
Stephen Morton True, I wish ham radio would Drop the regulations . It’s 2019 people are going to use cursewords. I’ve been a ham radio operator for years, and I can never get past five minutes of talking on him radio repeater or any kind of ham radio, The most friendly people I’ve ever met on the radio was on CB radio and those little family radio service radio you can buy from Walmart, a lot of folks and ham radio and I mainly talking about the older generation think they’re too high up and Frown down at newer hams
@Stephen Morton True because again cell phones don't have regulations on what you can say or do on them, It's just another form of communication. Its simple and easy to use. I talk on simplex 2m all the time and enjoy making long distance contacts, I also do some dmr on simplex and its crazy,I live in Arkansas and I hear alot of folks using dmr on simplex, but I just don't have time to program a repeater in when Im on the road, or in a quick second
@Rene Drew so will parents. Then there are no more manners at the dinner table. How low does the bar need to drop? [drops mic]
Hey, thanks for the shout out in your description lol. Not sure if you've actually watched one of my "STUPID" videos... Trying my best. God bless brother 🙏
"WOODSTOCK" 411 BLUE SKY OPERATOR, HOLLYWOOD FLORIDA. JUST GOT DOWN.
I'am Your Newest Subscriber Great Videos Lower Side Of 38 Is My Favorite Channel
CB is alive and well. Many people are on the radio. Maybe not every local yocal like in the 70's but there are many.
Oh Yes I live in Lynchburg Virginia and 11 meter CB is rocking very well channel 28 am and 38 LSB is Rolling here to
I have a friend in college liberty Lynchburg. I gave him a cobra.. Call name Grey Ghost.
@@asappestcontrol1250 great I go by white star 341 ... Im actually in Amherst county 10 miles North of Lynchburg
Back in the day before cell phones, I was maybe 10 or 12 talking to my dad on his way home from work on a cb radio and we thought it was the bees knees. Heard about HAM, figured it was somehow "beyond me" and dreamt of getting my license. Recently did and am learning a ton. I gotta agree with another poster completely: for me, CB was the gateway to HAM. Yeah okay, there was 30+ years in between, but hey.
I was on 38 about 4 CST. It was crazy I talked to 2510 Virginia, he was at the beginning.
I talked to him as well today
I started out on CB back in 1995 as polar bear, now a ham KC3DSF. And I still love CB, 73!
I dove head first into CB radio in early 2019 and have since used it as my push to get my ham license. Besides shooting skip, when no hams want to talk locally, there's a crowd of people most EVERY night who are always willing to on CB.
73s from South Carolina
CB and HAM is what you can count on when things go down. Don't think cell and internet will always be there in an emergency.
Good for you calling into the radio station. I think a lot of us remember someone in the 70s or 80s with a CB. Thanks for sharing! (I finally got my 7100 so now I need to learn to use it... watching for more videos :) )
Hope you enjoy very much that radio. I have that one and the 7300 too.
Nothing wrong with CB. Keep it up guys KC3NL
Why dont I find your call on QRZ? Is it a real call? Yes I am a real ham....are you?
A few days ago, I worked 001 (New Orleans, LA) and 1414 (Athens, Ga) within the first five minutes of keying the mike! I am using a Bearcat 980 SSB, 20 amp power supply, 5/8 wave Super Penatrator at 45 watts! How do I know when propagation is alive/ I check the 10 meter activity at: www.dxmaps.com/spots/mapg.php and then, let 'er rip. Been a C.B. and HAM for 30 years.... CB radio is simply more wild and fun!!!! (Give me a shout if you hear me at 38LSB calling: "CQDX: 926 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CALLING 926 CQDX!" :)
cb radio brought a million people into the radio hobby in the 80s in the uk "
This CB vs Ham shit has been going on since before I was even born. To get to the point, the FCC does still investigate radio complaints especially if they get enough of them. If you get caught running heat on a 4 watt radio, on 10 meter - they might be nice and give you a warning the first time around. But the second time... they will set you back 15K. If they see anything else, like an antenna above 60 feet in a tree there is a few hundred more. I know someone who got busted just 5 years ago. There was another case where a licensed ham operator got busted jamming cell phones on his daily commute - that got him an 18K fine. So it goes both ways. And no, I'm not a ham operator - but I was going to get licensed. I use CB daily when driving for things like accidents, speed traps, construction lane changes, etc.
More people in my area on CB than the repeater
@Michael G I'm in Nevada often, I've seen it used there alot among the offroading community, but I've never had mine when I go
Same here in South East England 😁
The 16th of June of this year 2022, I was listening to Belfast, Ireland on channel 35 USB from Uranium City, Canada. It was extremely clear. I responded with my ancient Cobra 148 GTL and Belfast heard me. The conditions are phenomenal. That day, the solar flux index was 185! The Cobra 148GTL is 41 years of age. I have had it in my vehicle since 1996 when I bought the vehicle new. It is dying and will likely not be around in a month. But I will enjoy it while I have it.
🔥 fire in the wire 📻
@@masterscambaiters3121 The Cobra 148 GTL did die in July 2022. Now I have an Anytone AT-5555n II. It is a radio with a Stryker SR-955 HPC. From the factory it is 60 Watts! I made a modification for 12 meters, 11 meter CB, and 10 meters. It does all the heavily modified Cobra 148GTL did without any modification and more! I hope it lasts as long as the Cobra lasted. Hope to hear you on the air some day.
Haven't heard much in years but my cb is on every time I'm in my truck. Wish it would come back
Been on cb since the 90's
KAHL878. Got that call in the mid '70s then a month later the FCC dropped the requirement. $20 was a lot for a poor teenager.
Fast forward to the early '90s when the sun spot cycle was great. I could talk to Australia in the summer almost every evening. And that was on SSB barefoot with a fiberglass vertical base antenna. Good times I'm looking forward to the next cycle.
I am tempted more and more to see if my dad still has his CB radio and install that in my truck... that would be fun.
Whats great about CB is the cost... you can get a great radio for say $250.00! my 7300 … a great radio and considered a great price for what you get was $ 1000.00, bucks just for the radio! thanks for the great vids Eric 73 NS9T !
I just watches your video on citizens band, "coincidence" that this was just uploaded
weird
same!
SSB Cb is where it’s at! Sometimes you got to get off 38. Lincoln 2+ is a nice little radio. Made a QSO on 12 with it a few weeks ago. When you get your fill of high and mighty hams, my 11Meter friends are a breathe of fresh air. And you don’t have to listen to them talk all about dmr and hotspots. However spend most of my time on ZELLO with hams and 11Meter guys.
"Radio Authoritaiii" lmao South Park reference.
Subscribed to your channel in a thumbs up absolutely right I love CBI had an old Lincoln and I see your Lincoln I think I wanna get that And put it back in my truck Love to shoot skip My numbers were 58 heading down a country road in South Carolina hope to catch you out there some day when I get backup injoied the video
Cb right now more decent than ham radio in miami
I have heard that from several people.
There is trash in every part of our lives, too bad the FCC doesn't screen people for morals. 73 de KG5RQZ
Yes, there is a repeater here in Miami, that I have to erase from the memories of
all my radios because the bad language they allow in that Rep.
CB radio here in Louisiana on ch19 in contrast to "SOME" of the folks on the HF bands, Ch19 is like a Disney Movie rated G where people who are supposed to know better and hold a License speak using foul language that would make a New Orleans hooker blush. Tru Fax!
3.860 LSB is rediculous! So is 7.5 LSB.
Nice video, Eric. I got hooked on CB in ‘’75 and now an extra. It’s fun, whatever the mode, band, or class. There is so much, I can’t keep up, from CB to SSB to Satelite, to digital. Lighten up and have fun. By the way, not all hams are snobs
That was back when we had some sun spots. We are at the low of the cycle and we are at least another year out. I know, I sure do miss it too. Just have to be patient, there is no other choice. We are in the same sun spot boat on the ham bands too.
Here in Miami, almost every day I heard people from different states and also
from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. In AM and SSB mode.
I think you're missing that this isn't a video form "back then".
Cb is very active here in ne georgia Saturday night roll call avarge 40 to 50 checkins every time, soeme hams thinksmits al trashy cbers well you can here the f bomb on cb or ham only difference is price. Been a cb guys for 52 years and a ham mfor around 25.
At 36 years old I've been on cb since a very young boy. I currently run a galaxy DX959. Often have conversations out here in big sky country Montana.
Galaxy 959 is a very good radio..love it got extra channels on mine ..
Yep I started when I was 12 years old was an old Sears 23 channel
I'm 38 now
I agree with you 100% let the people have fun there's nothing wrong with that. If something is said that offend you turn the channel turn off the radio. I myself still operate a CB radio and I can tell you that yes CB is alive. And I am also an amateur radio operator as well. And you are right when 11 is open so is 10.. and yes you are right some amateur radio operators do look down on CB. but most if not all ham radio operators at one time talked on cb radio
Having a 100 stations trying to "ride over" each other sounds like a cluster f#$k!! BTW, be honest, you do not hear this everyday because atmospheric conditions do not allow this ever day!!
A CB/SSB monitor on channel 38 LSB makes a great alarm for a potential openings on 10 Meters.
Well, normally that doesn't happen unless you're near a large city, and even then, it's rare. Conditions have to be just right. But it's regularly fine for talking within your city, or even the next city over depending on the terrain in the area you live. I find myself having a great time on CB almost every day in the mobile.
Quick question your whip is bent does it make you SWR READING flat so you don’t have to trim it?
CB radios are the cream of radio, now is even better, it doesn't splash tv set, as it used to in the old days, so there's no need for so many restrictions. now is more freedom for a new hobbyist. the radios are a lot better than before.
its 2021 now and yes CB radio is dead, sold all my stuff and got OUT :)
I think ham is becoming too digitized. It just isn't "radio" anymore. It's all computer. CB is still "radio".
The Truckers Dont Talk Much On Channel 19 Anymore They All That Stupid Bluetooth BS Stuck In Their Ear
Superbowl 6 and 28 was blowing up today. I heard people from all over Florida, GA, AL, MS, KY. LOVE DOCS! There is a guy out of Cocoa Beach running some serious power. I heard him in Titusville a few days ago and then today at home in Port St. Lucie. 772 YOTA waving at you!
Yah them boys in Cocoa are always running power. I give them a hard time every time I drive through Cocoa HAHAHA
I keep a CB just for ch 38 lower sideband- i make more dx contacts there than on 10 or 6 meters
AMEN... absolutely.. game over.. you win.. lol
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Kick ass video! I have been noticing a rise in CB antennas showing up on vehicles lately. I should probably get my old Galaxy 88 and Palomar 350 watt amp fixed up and use them again.
Great video Eric. Thanks for helping to bring all radio enthusiasm back to life. Keep posting great content!! 73’s
I have my license since 2015,but I keep coming back to cb band over and over again.
Ok it more like freeband,but you can get such great DX's,it's worth it
CB IS NOT DEAD. we use cb's on our farm. + i hear truckers talking on them as well. but im thinking about upgrading to GMRS radios.
Just get some of the radios like in this video and find a quite unused frequency and set up your own channels away from the noise when the skip is in. If I had a family I would just go to say 25,175 or somewhere like that ( an unused marine SSB channel or FM once used by the oil industry) and talk away. Not likely anyone else would ever be there listening. I have talked all over the world by tuning around listening in places not commonly used. Once talked to a US Air Force transport plane going to Vietnam on an 8 meg upper sideband frequency during that war. A doublet dipole with ladder line and a open upped HF radio with a antenna tuner and you can go anywhere. One radio I have goes from 1.8 megs to 60 megs .
@@americaswayout4489 o ok thanks 4 the info.. :)