Subj : Re: CB experiments
To   : Bob Worm
From : Ginger1
Date : Thu Feb 06 2025 20:32:11

  Re: Re: CB experiments
  By: Bob Worm to fusion on Wed Feb 05 2025 19:02:29

 > SSB is actually legal in the UK now, license free (on purpose built radios
 > and to 12W PEP). I guess compliance to both is minimal but I doubt many
 > people get their collars felt unless they take the mick...

Forgive my ignorance - what's SSB? Very new to this game.

 > For my area at least, yeah - channel 19. It was fiercely maintained as the
 > calling channel back in the day but people seem to just as often sit on
 > there chatting nowadays. Not enough traffic to warrant a calling channel

Ah I see. So Channel 19 was where people would seek a chat, and then they would take it off to other channels?

 > Call me a wuss but I'm not sure I'd want to key up on a home made aerial
 > without measuring the SWR first - these days we are spoiled with nanoVNA and
 > the like :)

And sorry, what's SWR? You mentioned a SWR Meter. Something to seek out areas with better radio signal for the desired frequencies?

Thanks!

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