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<blockquote data-quote="POWWAG" data-source="post: 1381119" data-attributes="member: 16748"><p>All of the transmitter power output is controlled by the FCC, so when you spend more money on a CB your just buying a better receiver. Single side band is the way to reach out, the draw back is everyone in your group has to have SSB. Same with HAM or VHF. A liner amplifier (not legal for CB) is the way to crank up the distance you can talk/receive but are useless close in. A power mic can help also. Back in the 70's when CB was the high school kids cell phone the shops would tweak the power up and we had "secret" channels that are now part of the 40 from the original 23.</p><p></p><p>Last year at our clubs camp out we had a communication melt down and at the next business meeting we put the SWR meter on everyone's rig. A matched antenna can make a world of difference. I also discovered most didn't know what all the knobs did, so here's a hand out I made.</p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: Blue"><div style="text-align: center">CB HANDOUT</div><p></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: Blue">Volume: Turn it up it gets louder, turn it down it gets quieter.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: Blue"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: Blue">Squelch: Is basically an adjustable mute. You can set the squelch to mute anything below a given signal strength. As you get further from the station your communicating with the signal gets weaker and you have to turn your squelch down to hear them.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: Blue"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: Blue">Automatic Noise Limiter (ANL): Clips off the RF wave generated by other electrical stuff. It works on the spiky narrow waves of junk noise and clips them outside of the normal carrier signal being received. If your radio has one, turn it on.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: Blue"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: Blue">RF Gain: The RF gain on your radio if so equipped controls the receiver. It allows you to set the sensitivity of the reception, set low it won</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="POWWAG, post: 1381119, member: 16748"] All of the transmitter power output is controlled by the FCC, so when you spend more money on a CB your just buying a better receiver. Single side band is the way to reach out, the draw back is everyone in your group has to have SSB. Same with HAM or VHF. A liner amplifier (not legal for CB) is the way to crank up the distance you can talk/receive but are useless close in. A power mic can help also. Back in the 70's when CB was the high school kids cell phone the shops would tweak the power up and we had "secret" channels that are now part of the 40 from the original 23. Last year at our clubs camp out we had a communication melt down and at the next business meeting we put the SWR meter on everyone's rig. A matched antenna can make a world of difference. I also discovered most didn't know what all the knobs did, so here's a hand out I made. [I][COLOR="Blue"][CENTER]CB HANDOUT[/CENTER] Volume: Turn it up it gets louder, turn it down it gets quieter. Squelch: Is basically an adjustable mute. You can set the squelch to mute anything below a given signal strength. As you get further from the station your communicating with the signal gets weaker and you have to turn your squelch down to hear them. Automatic Noise Limiter (ANL): Clips off the RF wave generated by other electrical stuff. It works on the spiky narrow waves of junk noise and clips them outside of the normal carrier signal being received. If your radio has one, turn it on. RF Gain: The RF gain on your radio if so equipped controls the receiver. It allows you to set the sensitivity of the reception, set low it won[/COLOR][/I] [/QUOTE]
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