they have the gun and you are in their sights.ĭon’t say Anything (better to keep your mouth shut and have them think you are stupid than to open it and prove you are!)ĭon’t Sign anything. They live and breathe this shit.they know the score, they have done their homework, they are prepared. You can’t outsmart these guys.this is their job. Try not to use the same radio on the 40 as you do on the freeband.if you can…Different radio different name… The last thing you want to have is a bunch of those colourful Sugar Delta QSL cards on the wall while you stand there telling some bloke with a permit to search your place that the 40ch super puma is your only CB radio!!! Riiiiight.!!!! You need to be a bit smarter than that. You can keep your real identity for the normal 40ch…if you want. Do not disclose your PO box number over the air and probably better to stop collecting QSL cards. Only use email addresses from google, yahoo or Hotmail which are difficult to trace. In most counties of the world it is not a big deal to operate freeand but in the land of the kangaroos it has become an issue, so if you want to work freeband CB down under here are a few tips to help keep the RI’s from your door.Ĭreate an identity for the freeband that has nothing to do with you.different name, different location, different antenna, tower and radio. Now back to CB…It amazes me to hear stations on air, operating illegally in the freeband and disclosing their equipment, names, emails, and pretty good descriptions of their locations… the whole nine yards, over the air!. We respected authority cos it usually ended up hurting when we bucked it. Before that we listened to the radio, or read books or played cards. It was a while ago and we still had black and white TV…but that was only after I was 11. When I grew up CB was 2 w and AM only and a 1/4 wave GP antenna was as much gain as you were allowed. Increase the CB radio band.With the current trend of the authorities to police the operations of Illegal CB operators I thought it might be a good time to remind folks of how things used to be.
As time goes on, we may seeĮnough pressure placed on the FCC to once again See even more operators in this tiny slice of Popular again! Many radio manufacturers haveīegun producing new models so we can expect to Operators have joined the CB ranks creating even This helped with congestion but since then more Increase occurred in 1977 when the band was Get the FCC to increase the number of channels in the CB band without avail. There have been many attempts in the past to these are both US Navy and US Coast Guard. this is the Civil Air Patrol frequency for search andĪnyone would talk on these frequencies is beyond Interference to legitimate users will definitely attract the FCC's attention very quickly. Importantly, avoid frequencies that are used by legitimate operators such as the ones listed below in this table.
One way would be not to run excessive power.Īnother is to keep your conversations civil Operators enjoy DX contacts with those operatingįrom other countries and find it necessary to The US are authorized on frequencies outside the
Nevertheless, it is a popular activity regardless of the reason.Īnother compelling reason for unauthorizedįrequency operation is that countries other than One main reason is that the legal 40 channels can be so crowded that it is nearly impossible to communicate, even across town! Many have taken to these freeband frequencies in order to simplyĬommunicate, still others enjoy the great DX, and yet others just get a thrill from simply usingįrequencies they just aren't supposed to use. Stations in another state and even other countries! There are even radio groups and clubs Operators are attempting to communicate with The world on these frequencies! Most of these Uncommon to hear many, many stations from around When high sunspot cycles happen, it is not MHz up to channel 1, 26.965 MHz, and from aboveĬhannel 40, 27.405 MHz, to the edge of the 10 These freeband frequencies run from 26.000 These uses include "private" channels, club callĬhannels, and even for attempting long distance That are not designated to the CB Radio Service. Or channels in the 11 meter frequency spectrum Freeband CB Radio is the use of frequencies
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