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Clouddancer wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:41 pm Depends on where you live.
Thunderpole has a Map on site showing Breakers in UK.
Gives you an idea who is on CB around you.

That's only if people bother to register on here.

Agreed.

Not too much stormy weather, the standard silver rods are very flimsy (including the Thunderpole one, Hygain and Sigma ones, including the unbranded jobbies), if you want a bent banana then buy one of these but be prepared to keep going up the ladder to fix it. I bought a Sirio GPE 5/8 wave 'rod ...

I use one on 27Mhz (CB) and I find it ok for general use. I use it Homebase. Used to run a Modulator years ago and I would say equal to, but not better.

Personally I think the CRT SS 6900 is a good radio, I believe the Anytone AT 5555N is a similar beast, just different colour display readout and channel number display colouring. The CRT 9900 is a more expensive beastie, well liked by some people.

I have the SS 6900 and find it a good transceiver ...

11m vertical Dipole's are very easy to SWR in, I've always been able to get an SWR of 1.1.2 across 80 channels on UK FM 40 and EU 40 (CEPT Mid block) with very little trouble. Never tried an inverted V dipole.

Currently using a SIRIO Boomerang A which is in my garden mounted to a garden concrete ...

Welcome

I've got the same problem in Telford, need to get my homebase aerials up.

The only Eurosonic Handheld CB I could track down is this one

http://www.cbradio.nl/eurosonic/eurosonic_ultimate.htm


Pics of ES 220

http://www.radiopics.com/CB%20Radio/UK% ... 0220CB.htm

Now I feel OLD

Does anybody have a channel & frequency list for the new UK PMR channels, 16 of them I believe.

Also are the channels in use Analogue or Digital ?

I'm confused.

Just brought a Lincoln boxed with manual and mint unmolested, just opened the band's for CB 😵 don't know why lol first copy today south Germany, mind I was 1700ft up the clee hill Lol 👍


That's not bad. Heard good reports about the Lincoln & Grant 2. :)

Must try the Clee Hills sometime, not too ...

Signs of good service.

Try a basic 1/2 wave silver rod, available for around £30. Easy to SWR in apparently. Get some decent RG58 coax and PL259 plugs or buy a ready made up 10 or 20 metre coax length.

Yes, it will work, but probably won't get out very far compared to a properly mounted homebase antenae. Check the SWR before using it.