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Offline gcrank1

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Should I hook up CB?
« on: August 01, 2012, 01:39:07 PM »
New to all this, but the SW notion has bugged me off/on for years. I have a couple of 1970s vintage automotive (12V neg grd)CB radions out in the garage that I acquired and never used, should I hook one up and learn to play with it (really mostly interested in listening at this point) to learn a few things? I know CB is not SW........
Im also going to keep my eye out at G-sales, etc. for any of the older AM/FM bigger box tabletop transistor radios (for AM DXing), but like everything it seems, about the time I get interested in something it has moved into the 'collectable' catagory.....
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Re: Should I hook up CB?
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2012, 01:45:40 PM »
hook it up...i will talk to you


been thinking about it  myself  but can't find the motivation
last year a frein had one in his truck.....couldn't get an answer at all.
didn't even find any skip to listen too
talking skip is  fun for some reason


but then  maybe his radio was broke!!!!!
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Re: Should I hook up CB?
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2012, 02:50:24 PM »
Broke!........well, I know what that's like.......
Did he even check the fuse or see if the lights came on? (power hot wire hanging loose under the dash again!).
I guess there isnt any downside to hooking it up. Maybe tomorrow I'll start digging the bits and bobs out and see what-all I've got. If it powers up Im sure you guys can get me up to speed pretty quick.
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Re: Should I hook up CB?
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2012, 05:44:13 AM »
Found a mag mount antenna, stuck it in the middle of the old car roof, not worried (or should I be?) about the length 'cause Im just listening. plopped a CB on the passenger seat and plugged into the cig-lighter. Volume about 2/3s, squelch to just below (above?) static. Once in while something comes on but I cant make out the words, diddle with the volume to make sure below speaker distortion, same result. Maybe Im not built for this kinda stuff?
BTW, home is about 5mi.crow from the Interstate, so there should be chatter on 19, right? 9 was quiet last night except for what sounded like a Hispanic Cowboy making conversation for boredom.
Should I be letting it idle as said above with the squelch up to keep it quiet until a trans is picked up?
Is the magnet making a grd plane through the roof paint OK?
Am I on the right track?

Im thinkin' Im about 20+yrs too late late for this.......
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Should I hook up CB?
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2012, 05:51:24 PM »
It's quiet on there now days. But making sure your antenna is tuned will help you receive better. You should pick up truckers on the highway.


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Re: Should I hook up CB?
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2012, 01:53:17 PM »
Get a better ant.........
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