>>283904If you get a receiver that covers 26.9 - 27.4 mhz, then yes, you can listen to CBers.
Warning : Their lingo is VERY hard to pick up.
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uChI5DdoAnU>"No Excuses on da' Bowl">Channel 6 AM = "CB Superbowl"...basically a huge power competition where people try to walk on top of each other.Software defined receivers are getting popular. I highly recommend one.
>>283872Most 10 meters, it offers the most excitement for me. I can have a 2-3 minute conversation with good dx with a fairly minimal antenna setup.
Basically though, everything except 80/75 and 160...80/75 is where all of the damn former CBers and old fuddy duddies hang out. Although I will listen in on the old AM nets occasionally...some of those old wideband broadcast transmitters sound NNIIICCEEE.
160, I don't have an antenna for it...hell, I don't have an antenna for 80/75.
I would love to experiment with 550m band someday...
Antennas:
5/8 vertical for 10/11m @ 35 ft AGL
40m dipole fed with twinlead @ 40 ft AGL
I suck at CW, so I run it through my computer. I do the same thing for PSK31 and RTTY. The 802 mixer makes it easy to input my laptop's speaker output.
