Finally installed CB setup, took quite some work to get it well ground, but its awesome and good to go now! thanks to BeRad for the SWR meter and knowledge advice! much appreciated
Kit:
Cobra 18WXstII CB
firestik II tunable antenna 4'
18 ft RG8X COAX
firestik heavy duty spring
firestik 3 way mount
heres some pics! anyone in victoria got a CB I can test with them?
forgive the sideways, tried switching with windows, and it did, but not here -_-
i have one, never use it though. my group all uses VHF now. i have both in the jeep though.
sweet, are you around Victoria? Just wana test with someone with mine, to see how my signal is and how far I can be heard / hear
im in langford, try it on ch 16 for a while to see if you hear anyone. ch 16 is for 4x4=16
alright ill go try now
Were you gona try it now? Not getting much
haha, i guess not :)
I'd be mighty surprised if you could hear Langford from Vic. The distance is really dependent on terrain. In the trees you're lucky to get a few km - I imagine it would be the same with cities.
I didn't mean he would hear me. i was just stating where i lived. meant for him to just keep in on over the next few days on ch 14, might here some chatter.
Haha fair enough, although! Yesterday it was a super nice clear day, and I was picking up somewhat clear signals from many guys on many different channels, and they all sounded like they had thick American south accents, and sounded like truckers... I couldn't believe it, could it be that I'm really picking up that far? Even if it's just Washington, it's still pretty far for cb
Yes thats all trucker traffic in the states. Its all about the shapemof the radio wave. And how it interacts with the environment like reflecting off the atmosphere. Also i think they may be broadcasting with more than 4 watts of power which will widen their broadcast range.. its like the difference between am and fm waves
Yea fair enough, the frequency waves are probably sub refracting or ducting in a layer somewhere up there, and Yea they probably communicate with more power, there's no way we can send our transmissions that far
Good work on getting it altogether! Gonna be busy this weekend trying to earn some cash for a new motor for the heep if your in town just stop by.
Sweet Yea I'll give you a shout, maybe Sunday around supper time! We could test out how far you can hear me/ I can hear you too.