CB radio Swansea city Wales,short skip.

sporadic e skip on CB radio,

[@ukgamer9363]

i wonder if my old rotel 240 from 40 years ago would pick up todays cb radio.? back in the early years before it was legal i used to dabble on cb back then a lorry driver would bring back a usa cb with ssb and usb it was real nice hearing the usa channels while i was in the uk. anyway back then i bought an very old cb called a stalker lol (wish i kept it now) it had 23 channels a tuning knob (in gold) lol and my mate had a ham internaional jumbo (that was the dogs **** ) at the time.

[@johnnorth9355]

Good stuff.

[@DeltaXray444]

Hi Martin, very nice contacts.. what time of day are you getting these contacts, im out of the loop as I've been in recovery from a major operation and not had the time or strength for the radio. Thanks.

[@martindavies6640]

Hi delta x-ray 444 , believe it or not, I spoke to Scotland and the north east of England in the evening around 21.05pm, , band conditions were crazy, bearing in mind, I'm running legal power just 4 watts, into a home made single element Delta loop,, that's Only 10 foot to the base, it's got a bit of directivity, and a little gain, keeps me fit back and forth turning it😂. I have seen your KZbin channel i think your name is Glenn, sorry to hear that you have been in hospital, hope you are feeling better and on the mend. Hopefully put more videos up in the near future, best regards and good luck with the DX cheers Martin 163 black dragon 01 Swansea city Wales.

[@DeltaXray444]

Thanks for the reply Martin, I've not been able to get on the radio much at all as im in recovery and cannot get comfortable at the bench but im getting better each day and the daily treatment is going well.. I may try the radio this weekend and see how it goes as im still hooked up to antibiotic drip and pain meds.. Your station seems to be working very well.. I have watched a few of your recent videos and you have had some fantastic contacts on the short skip, I will listen out for you and it would be awesome if we could make the contact.. As I mentioned I've been out the loop for about three to four months with two operations and resting so I have no idea how the short skip is working at the moment.. I thank you for getting back to me with the time and will definitely be listening out for the E Skip maybe up on the higher UK FM channels. Again thanks for the reply and the time.. Glen 26Dx444 Nottingham.

[@martindavies6640]

Thanks for the reply, and glad that you are on the mend, band conditions on CB radio especially short sporadic e, has been touch and go, there's not been lot's. Mainly Scotland and the north east of England, . Did speak to Yorkshire, the other day. Well look forward to seeing if we can hear each other one Day, best regards Martin.

[@martindavies6640]

Yes your old CB radio would work a treat, on the old FM CB radio frequencies on UK FM, . I'm not sure if you know this but ssb CB radio is now legal in the United Kingdom, from 26.965 ch one to 27.405 ch40 . It became legal in 2014, if you check out eBay, you will find a huge choice of New CB radios, with frequency read out and channels, so if you want to speak to the United States or other countries you can 😊. Hope this information is good for you regards Martin.

[@AllanM2e0]

Short skip can be so much fun

[@martindavies6640]

Yes short skip is fun, its even more fun building simply antenna's and using 4 watts, 😊, and seeing where your signal's get too, keep and eye out my channel, Going to try the New 2023. Model of the superstar 3900, regards Martin 👋👍

[@AllanM2e0]

@@martindavies6640 I use WSPR 200mw on the wsprlite. It’s amazing where that gets heard from an end fed wire

[@AllanM2e0]

@@martindavies6640 I use WSPR and a WSPRlite set at 200mw . Amazing where you get heard using that and a end fed wire and a great indicator to see how the band is

[@martindavies6640]

Yes it's amazing what you can do a CB radio and 4 Watts, . But i know you can use digital modes, Which are decind for low power,

[@wd23st]

great to see the MFJ tuner - get a lot of stick but I like mine

[@martindavies6640]

Yes I use it for the bottom of the new ssb frequencies. It's a bit beat up, i bought it second hand, it's better to keep the radio happy 😊.

[@wd23st]

@@martindavies6640 I use it primarily for wire aerials - I have a Yaesu FC707 which is quite a bit smaller