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Been near 30 years since I had a CB. My daughter got me one for my Suburban. I'm in Carteret county. Trying to find someone for a radio check...
 
Been near 30 years since I had a CB. My daughter got me one for my Suburban. I'm in Carteret county. Trying to find someone for a radio check...

CB is largely dead. Around here you rarely even hear truckers anymore.
 
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Ok, ok, you're right.:( I'm not the one who lives in BFE. :cool:

There's not one VHF radio shop in the area? The testing equipment for VHF radios might be able to handle CB tuning.

I'll check it out. I was just hoping there was someone around who still uses it. RX seems good, I could hear a couple psychos on channel 6 ranting about something, but they didn't respond to me. Or if they did I had no idea what they were talking about.

CB is largely dead. Around here you rarely even hear truckers anymore.

I figured it probably was.
 
I could hear a couple psychos on channel 6 ranting about something, but they didn't respond to me.

Channel 6 is the "Superbowl Channel". Those guys are somewhere else, don't know where, just know they're not around here. They run ridiculous power and "skip" all across the country. They've rarely got anything to say - it's more of a d1ck shaking contest than anything.
 
Channel 6 is the "Superbowl Channel". Those guys are somewhere else, don't know where, just know they're not around here. They run ridiculous power and "skip" all across the country. They've rarely got anything to say - it's more of a d1ck shaking contest than anything.

Yeah. I used to do that when I was a kid, but only on like 50 watts. Furthest I ever got was NH to FL.
 
If you ever get in a back up on interstate turn it on to 19. lol First 5 minutes everyone that just turned theirs on will be asking what's wrong and what lane to be in. After about 10 minutes the CB fights start.

Youtube how to tune that CB by make and model. It's not terribly complicated to get one functional. You also need good coax and there are ways to install it that will make a difference, length and how it's run. And you will need a good antenna. There are ways to tune the antenna too. If the CB does not have a way to test SWR you will need a meter. Even better if you can track someone down to tune the CB itself too. Just had mine done and it really helped. I'm receiving about 6-8 miles on the most powerful radios where I run, and I'm getting out about 3-4 miles on mine with just a tune and better antenna.
 
If you ever get in a back up on interstate turn it on to 19. lol First 5 minutes everyone that just turned theirs on will be asking what's wrong and what lane to be in. After about 10 minutes the CB fights start.

Youtube how to tune that CB by make and model. It's not terribly complicated to get one functional. You also need good coax and there are ways to install it that will make a difference, length and how it's run. And you will need a good antenna. There are ways to tune the antenna too. If the CB does not have a way to test SWR you will need a meter. Even better if you can track someone down to tune the CB itself too. Just had mine done and it really helped. I'm receiving about 6-8 miles on the most powerful radios where I run, and I'm getting out about 3-4 miles on mine with just a tune and better antenna.

I hear you. I have an SWR meter coming. I was big into it when I was a kid. I can't imagine much has changed.
 
SWR meters in radios suck. 102" steel whip still rules as the mobile antenna. Ground the vehicle body parts to each other with braided copper straps...trunk lid, hood, exhaust, maybe even doors, tailgate if a truck. Buy a radio like a Lincoln II or an Anytone AT-6666 and increase your distances on both transmit and receive. Buy a West Mountain CLR Speaker and really improve your listening ability.

Just some thoughts.

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Channel 6 is the "Superbowl Channel". Those guys are somewhere else, don't know where, just know they're not around here. They run ridiculous power and "skip" all across the country. They've rarely got anything to say - it's more of a d1ck shaking contest than anything.
The CB band used to be the ham radio 11 meter band, which is really good for DX as I understand it. Back when this happened the technology pretty well prohibited the use of VHF which would be much better for CB.
 
I know it’s been a few months, but I just ran across the thread. Used to be a guy in Cove City that worked on all our stuff years ago, I’ll check and see if he’s still around.
 
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the one in Pollicksville appears to be gone. There used to be 2 boys around Wallace, I'm not sure if the are still there or not. TC's is on 117 S and Tim was over in Teachy, Tim was really good, and TC was, well he was TC.
 
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