What Kind Of CB's Are You Using...
Diesel Bomber
Joined: May 2008
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From: Sumter, SC
its called a linear amp... their highly illegal but my stepdad HAD a 1000 watt linear amp and he was at a rodeo and when he keyed it up it took over the announcer and you could hear him talk... and he had buddies in dallas tx and we are in hico, tx and he could talk to his friends there.... which is about 120miles or so from here...the reason there illegal is because when u drive by a house and key it up... it will turn on microwaves and turn off tv's... stuff like that
Its a combo of things not you dont necicarilly need an amp and the conditions with the atmosphere need to be just right to go far. basically to keep it short the radio waves are sent out from the antenna in a radial fashion and bounce from the atmosphere back to earth then back up and so forth thats how you get skip. If the atmosphere isnt just so dosent happen. I was talking that far ( see my prev post a couple up) this spring had good conditions for shootin skip almost every night for about 2-3 months almost from east to west and north to south cool stuff right there. And the important thing about radios is not just having a "BIG" radio but the antenna if you want to get out spend the money and buy a good antenna and they also work better if you can centrally mount it in the center of the vehicle. The vehicle acts as a ground plane and helps radiate the radio wave out more front to back and side to side nothing to block it. Just some thoughts on CB'in
Well guys, I've got a good single antenna that's mounted in the center of the bed right behind the cab. I'm also runnin a 225 linear. It does alright, and is supposed to boost reception as well. I understand unless somebody else is talkin with a "big" radio that it doesn't really matter cuz they can't get back to you. I'd love to run a big 1000W linear, but they're expensiv and I wouldn't know how to match it to my radio. But blkjack, how do you know when your conditions are good to talk on skip, and if you're recieving it, shouldn't you be able to get back to whoever is transmitting?
Diesel Bomber
Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Sanford, Colorado
most of the night so didnt try might check tomorrow night and see but to answer your question with the set up you have you should have no prob gettin out. As long as everything is matched and tuned right. What part of the country you in? that some times changes some things like me i live in a big a$$ valley in colorado so has some advantages and some not being high is good but being in a bowl sucks. Well if you want some help with it PM me and will see what i can do to help you out.
Diesel Bomber
Joined: Dec 2007
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From: Bedford OH
its called a linear amp... their highly illegal but my stepdad HAD a 1000 watt linear amp and he was at a rodeo and when he keyed it up it took over the announcer and you could hear him talk... and he had buddies in dallas tx and we are in hico, tx and he could talk to his friends there.... which is about 120miles or so from here...the reason there illegal is because when u drive by a house and key it up... it will turn on microwaves and turn off tv's... stuff like that
because it's not tuned right and putting out garbage, a properly tuned setup won't interfere with anything.
as for skip, just a half a mhz up in the 10 meter ham band (yes im licenced) I talked all over south america on 5-10W
Diesel Bomber
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From: Sanford, Colorado
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