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How many of you are operating on CB in FM mode? Is there a group in your area? Are you working skip in FM mode on any of the standard 40 channels? With 2025 predicted to bring us the peak of this cycle's skip activity it would be great to know where the FM activity is so that we can make skip...

Does anyone have any experience with these? I have two of them. The top section of my A99 got knocked around pretty well and stripped the threads. Compliance with property and zoning regulations here pretty much require that a stick antenna be used. I had a Radio Shack Archer crossbow 1/2...

After much research, I went with a Comet 712-EFC. I've compared it to a few different antennas - including a 3db gain Sinclair, a 7.2 db gain Retevis MA 09 and a few others. The Comet delivers a lot of bang for very reasonable bucks. Our local amateur radio club was impressed enough that it...

I go back and forth between a Midland 575MXT and a Retevis RA 86. As a base, I don't need a zillion repeater pairings. I have five (5) Florida Keys repeaters programmed, two (2) Miami ones and one (1) in Naples. The 50 watts on the Midland is a big plus, but the Retevis is more user friendly...

The best antenna I have ever used was the old Radio Shack .64 ground plane omni. It was a fantastic performer and I had upgraded everything I could on it (screws, nuts, washers, clamps, etc.) to stainless steel. Unfortunately, it met a premature death when it got hit by lightning. Radio Shack...

Around 8:45A.M. I heard some stations carrying on a conversation on LSB 38. One mentioned being near Southampton, which is just SW of London. A few minutes later, I picked up 306 in Northern Ireland on LSB 36. He was chatting with a station in Hamilton, Bermuda and then 195 in Brooklyn, New...

Now that the FCC has allowed FM mode on CB more operators are using it (legally): is there an FM channel in your area that has a regular crowd? Do you know of any FM net on CB? Chime in.

Anyone using a walkie talkie as their base unit? The Cherokee AH-100 in my photo frequently gets used in that capacity with a little Radio Shack headphone mic set. I've also used my Realistic TRC 234s, 226s and 216s as base units. I've got an old Turner +3 base mic wired up so that I can plug...

Every so often someone will post about a net in their area. I thought it would be helpful if operators listed the nets in their area, the call in times and the frequency(ies) they are on. As propagation characteristics get better all the way to 2025, there ought to be some great opportunities...

This is a new effort to reinvigorate an old theme. Some of you will recall the pre-40 channel days. Back then, the unofficial SSB hailing frequency was LSB 16. LSB 38 has taken over since pretty much the day we went to 40 channels, but it gets too crowded. And it isn't too uncommon to have...

These have been out for a few years now. I am curious as to how they have held up for folks. Mine is only about a year old. Performance wise, I can't complain. It holds its own just fine against my Stryker SR5K and my Wilson 1000. I don't have any experience with the Sirio antennas, so I...

Some of you have already seen this idea floated on another thread. I thought I'd go ahead and start a dedicated thread so that everyone on WWDX interested could get the news that we're going to try our LSB 16 revival effort again over the Labor Day week-end. Like our past LSB 16 revival...

Binrat has posted that he's looking at setting up a DX contest for the August 10-11 week-end. I suggested that CB should be included. He responded that we would be. If the skip is rolling, you can expect the usual and customary LSB 38 pile up. Anyone interested in continuing the LSB 16...

July 20th is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It also conveniently falls on a Saturday, so many of us will have the day off. It seems like the perfect celebratory event (and day of the week) to send your signal into the heavens. How about we give the LSB 16 revival effort...

July 4th is Independence Day here in the U.S. Many of us will have the day off. How about we give the LSB 16 revival effort another shot then? My recommendation is that folks work around the following hailing schedule: 9:00A.M. eastern/8:00A.M. central/6:00A.M. pacific; 12:00 noon...

A few of us have been working to bring LSB 16 back into the mainstream - mostly as part of an effort to relieve the congestion on LSB 38. Here's what I suggest for our next coordinated effort. Saturday, June 22nd: 9:00A.M. eastern/8:00A.M. central/6:00A.M. pacific; 12:00 noon eastern/11:00A.M...

The idea of "reclaiming" LSB 16, the original SSB hailing frequency on CB as part of an effort to bring some relief to the LSB 38 pile up has been kicked around here quite a bit. I propose that folks here make an effort this weekend to both monitor and shoot some skip on LSB 16. If operators...

This theme has popped up in various forms at various times on WWDX, but this past Memorial Day Week-end experience made it clear that it is worth addressing again. When the skip is rolling, the 38 LSB logjam is a mess. We need to relieve the congestion. Three suggestions. (1) Someone...

I'm sticking a CB on my boat, where there is lots of noise generated by the battery charger, the generator and other sources. What stock CB radio has the best noise suppression of them all? Thanks.

The repeal of the 250km limit was long overdue. Should there be a U.S. 11 meter/CB DX contest to celebrate and honor this historic achievement? Maybe over the 4th of July week-end? Just a thought.