TN.Frank Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 (edited) Since I got the new speaker wire antenna hooked up I'm pulling a lot of talk in from the 26-27MHz range. Sounds like maybe CB or who knows. One guy was saying something about being in the Bijou, maybe LA?? If so then I'm picking up stuff pretty far away since I'm in TN and the Louisianan bijou is way South of me. Anyway, just an inexpensive speaker wire antenna has made a lot of difference. P.S. Just looked it up and yep, it's Citizens Band, 27MHz. Must be getting some Skip from these places. Also heard some Spanish talking too, Mexico or maybe Texas? Edited February 4, 2014 by TN.Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no42 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) Yes, That be CB Radio! Normally uses AM, Upper Sideband (USB) Lower Sideband (LSB), there should be approx. 40 channels in that space. Edited February 5, 2014 by midnitesnake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN.Frank Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Yes, That be CB Radio! Normally uses AM, Upper Sideband (USB) Lower Sideband (LSB), there should be approx. 40 channels in that space. LOL and there use to be only 23, I was all caught up in the CB craze back in the late 70's although I got out of it as the fad died off. Funny that it only really came in well under Wide FM. I'll have to check it out somemore later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElfnetCommunications Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Yes, That be CB Radio! Normally uses AM, Upper Sideband (USB) Lower Sideband (LSB), there should be approx. 40 channels in that space. There's actually something like 8 banks of 40 channels globally. The US uses band C or D, I cannot remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobdone Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Here in the UK only FM is legal and 40 of our channels were offset from your 'blocks' , however 33 years after it became legal we are now licence free and on the verge of being allowed AM modes (AM/SSB/DSB). The SSB modes could be 12W thus allowing a licence free station on 11M more power than a licenced station (albeit a novice licence) on 10M. As CB is mainly unused now here , it allows for a bit of licence free experimenting.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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