CB Operator CAUGHT for using Amp! High-Power CB Radio!

[@bobbynewton4555]

They need to go after mud duck, he is on 19 all day and truckers can't use 19 for traffic or road conditions

[@KlodFather]

WHere is he located?

[@392nightrunner]

Lordsburg, NM

[@martincantu6162]

i’m instead of you trying to get mud duck busted why not get bigger than mud duck and walk all over the duck. mann you a snitch you must had got pick on in school

[@jeremiahparrish8802]

Trucker dont hardly ever use 19 or cb mush anymore... and mud duck in the desert has a fine tuned radio..not an amp.. i could hear him in Massachusetts to Washington state to west palm beach FL but its clean not an amplifier..

[@jessihawkins9116]

@@martincantu6162yeah you could get extra batteries and a bigger linear and shut down mud duck

[@chansetwo]

There's a misconception I often hear about single sideband. Single sideband does not operate in between channels anymore than AM operates in between channels. SSB just splits the AM signal in half and uses each half (USB or LSB) individually while suppressing the carrier. That's why AM is called double sideband.

[@maartenc6099]

AM is just Double side band with carrier. suppress the carrier and one of the sideband and you got single side band. Your BFO in your reciever makes the carrier on both USB and LSB on exact the same frequency. in the case of channel 14 27.125.

[@johnbelcher7164]

What about Amplitude? hasn't that got to do with Skip amplifie across the Water and atmospheric Conditions Due to the Ironaspher and Stratosphere Skip usually Stronger at night me thinks that Amplitude is Sorta an Amplifier Correct me iff I'm Wrong

[@KlodFather]

@@johnbelcher7164 - It is not an amplifier but it is a very strong reflector of the original signal. If you are ever listening to a station that is far away coming on skip, and it sounds like an echo but they are not using an echo box, that is the signal traveling all the way around the globe and rejoining the original some milliseconds late.

[@BoB4jjjjs]

@chansetwo It does not split the AM channel in half! Look it up, how it works, AM has a carrier and two sidebands that are generated at the same time. What a SSB (Single sideband radio) does is remove the carrier and one of the sidebands, hence the name, Single Sideband. Older radios (usually home built by Hams, used to transmit with both sidebands, this is why they used LSB on some frequencies and USB on others on LSB (this was to stop confusion by trying to talk to another using the other sideband then you were. To hear the SSB signal (which has no carrier) you have to reintroduce the carrier back into the signal, this is why you have to tune the radio with a VCO (Variable frequency oscillator) to inject the carrier back in the right place to hear the signal and or voice from the person transmitting. Modern radios can suppress one sideband and the carrier (used for AM), this gives you a Single Sideband.

[@chansetwo]

@@BoB4jjjjs That's what I said. You're just saying the same thing a different way. This is ridiculous. If you have a need to babble endlessly with no point, do it somewhere else. Don't waste my time with it. I have better things to do.

[@johnpublic5572]

My dad had a CB in the house, and one in both cars. He'd go from Yonkers to Manhattan to work. His license was KYH-0398 and I remember him coming home and relaxing with a nice group on channel 25. Way back before you had everyone yelling "Skipland skipland!" This was back in the 1970's when the CB radio craze was in full swing. I still remember those times and the fun we had. I miss those times. --KD7YVV :)

[@MHLivestreams]

They were great times, here in Britain we got loads of skip in the late 70s, early 80s. Lots of fun as a young lad. Very good hobby for young people, very scientific, and practical fun. No license here, ever! I now have UHF VHF digital encrypted, still no license! Encryption used wisely is no issue to anyone. Just privacy and no interference for others. Have a great day, buddy. 10-10.

[@o0o_OutCast_o0o]

We had a base station in the house in the 80s. When I started driving around 1988 I had a CB in my truck. The CB was the communication between me and my dad. If I got outside the range he could hear me or I could hear him, I better start getting back in range fast or get home. IT was the cell phone of the day. Good times.

[@indridcold8433]

I was the youngest licensed operator in the Southside. 73 de KBX-1339.

[@dennissmith460]

I run a 10 meter in my truck. It's nice to have to be able to get out a little further when you're talking to someone you're working with, and be heard. The biggest problem I see is those who abuse these radios, pump them up, and go on for ever with nothing but mindless blabbering, with no other purpose than to annoy as many people at as great a distance as possible. There are a lot of them.

[@python2228]

As a trucker I run the Stryker SR-497-HPC. I hear ya a lot of childish idiots with noise toys these days.

[@dennissmith460]

@@python2228 That's the exact radio I run.

[@KlodFather]

@@python2228 - I agree with you on the noise toys. (icecream tune in the background) 10-4! DING DONG

[@stevejames9510]

Karen Ham... no one likes you.

[@robertmonaghan5420]

That's why My CB stays off most of the time... Babbling Idiots

[@NatComMag]

Thanks, Jason, for sharing our article from National Communications Magazine with your viewers. We have enjoyed reading through all the comments, too!

[@HamRadio2]

Hey, thanks for commenting! You guys have a great website.

[@ward5821]

That mentality is bleeding over into Ham Radio. I have been a Ham sence 1975, Today, it is the bad language, the interference, and disrespect for FCC rules, is not what it was. It is heart breaking, because conversations have turned into nonsense, and if you have your Ham Radio Transceiver turned on, make sure children are not near the radio! Nonetheless, I see this across our entire society. SAD

[@BecomingDangerous0]

You sound like the Typical sad ham that nobody likes. This is why Ham radio is dying off, nobody wants to be a part of a community of sad hams.

[@justawfulgamer7738]

It's always the old senile hams.

[@billa1870]

@ward5820 That's because there is no more comprehensive testing for a license. ANYONE can get a license without the hard work and dedication to get that license. Ham radio had gone to hell.

[@nathanr7931]

There's no such thing as bad language. There's language and other people enforcing their moral feelings regarding language on others.

[@addisondentremont3070]

RMS Route Means Square

[@460style]

That's OK we send Billions to other countries and they buy illegal devices.... lol😅

[@HamRadio2]

true

[@KlodFather]

You should see some of the stuff I have seen for sale in other countries that was questionable at best. Oh it worked... But far from what the entertainment industry or the regulatory authorities will allow us. Promise

[@nzoomed]

The CB band is full of people running linears, they are not afraid to even say so on the air! We can DX them when the skip is good all the way here in little old New Zealand!

[@manandatractor]

Meanwhile, this Mud Duck character in New Mexico is hammering CB channel 19 with thousands of watts and affects untold hundreds of truckers and others across state lines with his shenanigans, seems to get a pass.

[@HamRadio2]

Lots of comments about that guy, I wonder if I can hear him in Texas

[@manandatractor]

@@HamRadio2 We can pick him up on the east coast at times. You'll know it when you hear him.

[@bluegrassman3040]

@@HamRadio2his KZbin channel is Fine Tune Cb shop.

[@PackmanOutdoor]

It's mark Sherman aka Mr harddrive. Been doing it for 20 years still not been stopped by the fcc. Running a tf 900 with 13k watts

[@titantech6328]

​@@HamRadio2I can hear him in sw Pennsylvania. Almost 2000 miles away

[@OutlawNix]

My dad was a Truck driver all his life until he passed away from cancer back in 1996. The company my dad worked for all the drivers used linear amplifiers with their CB radios. My dad had a wood workshop so he made him self a portable wooden box. Which held the CB Radio with linear amplifier , AM/FM Radio, Speakers. Once the other drivers seen the box he made they wanted one too. So my dad ended up making quite a few of them for the other drivers.

[@HamRadio2]

CB Radio Go-Kit

[@jhonsiders6077]

Back in the day we called those slip seat boxes and had a bracket welded to a pair of vice grips to attach the antenna to the mirror arm most of the guys had a car stereo and speakers in them too . For safety a pull handle was on them to tread your seatbelt thru it to hold it fast in the passenger seat.

[@crewsgiles9499]

As a corporate long-haul driver, I was given a new truck to drive every couple of years. The new Freightliners had built-in CB antennas inside the front of the sloped roof. I had wondered how that antenna was routed up there. I was also tempted to add an amplifier, but did not know how much power that antenna could tolerate. Someone else found out for me. I saw a Freightliner with a partially melted, partially burned, roof. The melted/burned pattern was T-shaped. I thought, *Well, there's the antenna routing, and now I know what to expect by adding a linear amplifier.* My dual band Comet SSB (awesome antenna) has priority position on my driver's side mirror mount. So if I amplify my CB (just a little wouldn't hurt, right?), I would add an 11m antenna to the starboard mirror-- and bypass the built-in.

[@jdjeff6302]

Somebody snitched on him

[@KurtClark]

There are both responsibilities and consequences to using equipment that isn't designed for CB. If I'm using my FT-1000 on 27.365 and my neighbor says he can hear me, then I'm going to figure out a way to make sure he isn't impacted by my radio. That was part of the Technician class i took, and it makes sense even if I'm using the radio on 11 meter. If someone approached him to say they could hear him through a music amp, I suspect the conversation wasn't all that cordial if that same person reported him to the FCC. Pretty sure he's leaving stuff out of his story.

[@HarleyRider503]

If you are using your FT-1000 on 27.365 you are in violation are you not ?

[@stephenmitchell3]

@@HarleyRider503 Yes, but I believe his statement was a hypothetical (I could be wrong) and I think his point is - if you're going to run illegally, you might want to do everything you can to work with your neighbors if they tell you your station is interfering with their electronic devices. Instead, he possibly told them it was the fault of their devices (as we all know, they almost all lack any kind of filtering) and thumbed his nose at them.

[@cathyrowling111]

A "ham' can use 27.365 but we must obey the "cb" band rules. Any hf ham rig is fine if we use a 4 watt am/fm carrier and/or 12 watts pep output.@@HarleyRider503

[@HarleyRider503]

@@stephenmitchell3 I will go with that therory.

[@HarleyRider503]

@@cathyrowling111 It is funny you say that Cathy. I see in the FCC database Craig has a license and you do not.

[@stephenmitchell3]

I love the guy's rant - he basically tries to turn the whole thing around. He admits that he was using an illegal radio and amplifier but it's someone else's fault because they reported him. Like you said - I don't agree with some of the rules because some of them are pretty stupid - such as the rule that you can't work "skip" on CB. But that doesn't mean you go out of your way to break them, flaunt it and then get mad about it when you get caught. Play stupid games - win stupid prizes.

[@_PJB_]

Guys like this are exactly why CB is and has been a waste of time for the better part of 20 years. It's full of way too many "I'll do what I want and if someone doesn't like it that's their problem" types. They don't care who they hurt or disturb, but the second it turns around on them, they cry like little girls. Wouldn't surprise me one bit to find out guitar amplifier guy had asked nicely several times and was told exactly where he could stuff his guitar.

[@624radicalham]

You mean a waste like amateur radio on 7.200 now and 14.313 decades before? Or do you mean a waste like hams bragging that they are running 5,000 watts on the air on 80 and 40 meters? The hypocrisy is strong with this comment ... @@_PJB_

[@richardwinegar8331]

😂

[@aaronmoore3050]

Meanwhile AT&T and Verizon can't even cover every town in America. Let's fire those losers at the FCC and put the CB radio guy in charge.

[@talisikid1618]

Some rules do need tweaking. But as the host here says, there are right ways to go about it. We have a legal and political system. Use it. That’s why we have it.

[@EarlJohnson-wm4bb]

Nice to actually hear a professional talk about this stuff. Thanks

[@HamRadio2]

I appreciate that!

[@chris2crazzy]

Lol a pro lol

[@joeblow8593]

Alright, so the FCC bagged this guy. But what are they doing about the operators using 10,000 watts on CB channel six? The so called Super Bowl channel.

[@trekster9269]

Why don't you go after the Channel 9 guys? Afraid they'll cut you?

[@charliesherman217]

They know not to mess with the boys on the superbowl…

[@LoneWolfZ]

you call it the superbowl channel? That isn't what it was called 20 years ago when I was into outlaw CB.

[@007ExtremeCB]

Absolutely nothing, I do it all the time.

[@007ExtremeCB]

@@LoneWolfZ yes that’s what it’s called for the last past 20+ years

[@cactushound]

I have a Stryker SR 955 HPC and it's a beautiful radio. It does its job very well:) BTW, I did run high power in my day (late 80's and early 90's) and the key is don't be disruptive or do anything that will piss people off, then you'll be fine. I'm glad that I was able that sell the Hawk 1000 tube type linear amplifier in 1995.

[@CBPunisher1900]

puss, i been running 2k for 20 years and if they come for my station gona be a suicided mission for the fcc lol but they do need to find that 11111 jammer that dude has been on 38lsb jamming for 3 years 24 hours a day.

[@TravisGilbert-d3l]

I had a ham operator that turned me in because I had a antenna on top of the house did it three time and I didn't have a radio in the house. And after that he called them several more time. Thee Fcc ask me would I mind taking the antenna down and I told him I would mine because if I started talking on the radio again it takes a permit to put it back up. So finally the judge I had to get a warrant to keep him from causing any more trouble for me. There are some Ham Operators that think they should be the only one to use a radio.

[@Ed123-h7i]

A Jupiter, Fl. man using the CB handle "Rabbit Ears" was fined and imprisoned (18 months) for deliberately jamming amateur radio frequencies and operating a CB station with illegal amplifiers. The FCC warned him by mail, visited him, fined him and he was told to cease his operations. He thought he was fireproof and flaunted the FCC. One early morning the FCC, FBI andPalm Beach County Sheriff deputies entered his home, arrested him, put him in cuffs and hauled him away. They confiscated everything with a plug in his "shack". The jury took about half an hour to convict him on all counts. The look on his face when the jury rendered the verdict was amazing. This guy really thought he was going to walk right up to the moment he heard the word, "guilty". Mess around and you WILL get caught.

[@HamRadio2]

Do you have a link to this story?

[@zedbear1]

"Everything with a plug" is hilarious!

[@Acokeek]

@user-jw.....What did they do with his stuff?

[@CBPunisher1900]

guess what he will be back on the air from the mobile with twice as much power guaranteed .

[@snippits75]

18 months in prison for an illegal radio.... Illegal aliens can put the beat down on NYC cops, and they don't even get a bond...processed and released...not one night in jail. This country has gone bonkers.

[@chansetwo]

It's about time. I remember as a kid in the 90's there was a CB operator across the street that ran a cubical quad antenna with a massive amplifier and had no clue what he was doing. He would interfere with everything from telephones to televisions. He was a neighborhood nuisance. I could even hear him on 160 meters when he was operating on 27 mhz. I once suggested to him that he put a 30mhz low pass filter to cut down on spurious emission. He responded "won't that lower my power". I explained that the power loss was insignificant. But, that was all lost on him and he continued his activities.

[@optimisticpessimist484]

How is a low pass filter on a CB radio going to prevent interference to the 160 meter band?

[@chansetwo]

@@optimisticpessimist484 Who said it would?

[@optimisticpessimist484]

@@chansetwo Ok, so I take it you suggested the LPF to keep him from getting into TV's. My bad.

[@laurincavender5412]

I ran into the same thing with one ham transmitting on 29.280 A.M. while a CBer had locked his push to talk switch on his microphone key down on Channel 40 (Aka 27.405mHz) one of the mix products was on 160 meters right on a old timers A.M. net on 1.875mHz where the ham on 29.280mHz could be clearly heard! Problem was he wouldn't reply to net control or anyone else. 🤔 Someone went over to his house 🏠 and found out why being that he was on 10 meters. He had a Fan antenna that had both 10 meters and 160 meters as well as the other HF bands. The CBer lived on the next street over with 🏘 houses almost back to back. The CBer had a large Linear Amplifier with a 6 element Yagi beam antenna which happened to be pointed directly at the Ham's antenna. The mix seemed to be occurring at the feed point of the Fan antenna which was not protected from the elements and had some corrosion on it, likely making a Diode Junction. The CBer had locked his transmitter down and jumped into his car 🚗 to drive and see just how far his new Amplifier and Long John 6 element beam could be heard!!!!!!

[@laurincavender5412]

29.280 minus 27.405 equals 1.875!!!

[@dguiley]

It’s quite annoying to have someone from half a dozen states away blasting on channel 19 when I just want to know about local traffic conditions so I can be safe on the highways and byways. At least have the integrity to use the proper frequencies for DX.

[@NathanielSr]

Hypocrites. The FCC should go after ham radio operators who transmit illegally on 40 and 80 meters. Talk about those NALs.

[@HamRadio2]

I agree that they should, so how does that make me a hypocrite?

[@jmanke6057]

I haven’t notice too many in our bands but plenty on its edges.

[@mr611man]

There's definitely an active ham community in that particular area. My parents belonged to a club there in the 90s. My late father upgraded twice and my mother got licensed at the test sessions they had. Great folks! Have reached out to me occasionally even after all this time!

[@JrGoonior]

I wish they would go out to New Mexico and shut down Hard Drive. He blanks CB channel 19 for hours at a time speaking to nobody.

[@BornAgain717]

I'm with you on that..!

[@lowbll1]

But, is he using illegal equipment?

[@JrGoonior]

@@lowbll1 Yes he is! Even his beloved Stryker (If that’s what he is using) is illegal for use on CB, it’s considered a 10 Meter Amateur Radio and transmits with more than the legal 4 watts.

[@CBPunisher1900]

@@lowbll1 yes and about 3k amp he showed it once in a video then delated it after

[@MrStaybrown]

​@lowbll1 how else do you broadcast from NM to Canada to New York. He's definitely running amplifiers.

[@OH8STN]

I still have my RCI 2950. Bought it in the 90s for SSB work on CB. There is a local "key down" culture promoting the "biggest stick" & best antenna. There's definitely some learning going on, but it can get out of hand. If that guy is pushing a thousand watts on AM for local chit chat, he deserves what comes. Excellent and very entertaining video. Thanks for sharing.

[@HamRadio2]

Thanks Julian

[@darrelldundee5045]

Man, I have a Galaxy 2517. I don't use any amplifiers. And I still get out where I would like to get out to put big power on one of those radios or any other type is asking for trouble​@@HamRadio2

[@kq6up]

There are some that run 10,000W. There are amp builders on FB marketing their builds. Crazy.

[@izzy351]

A minor clarification: SSB (more precisely is "Single Sideband, Suppressed Carrier") is not "between channels". The suppressed carrier frequency is the exact same as the AM carrier frequency, and using the same sideband that AM would've been using, just has the opposite sideband and carrier suppressed either by filtering, or now-a-days by DSP. There are things called "Double-Sideband, Suppressed Carrier" as well as Single Sideband with Carrier. My Flex will do DSB, suppressed carrier using PowerSDR (DSB button). Sometimes different information is transmitted on the different sidebands independently. I believe CHU uses Single Sideband with Carrier for the time broadcasts. Regarding power, 4W of AM 100% modulated is 16W PEP. The rules state 4W carrier on AM, or 12W PEP on sideband. On AM, you *can* get more than 100% modulation if the negative peaks are limited and the positive peaks are allowed to go above the 100% level, assuming of course that the amplifier is capable of that level of PEP without clipping. Commercial AM broadcast stations do this often, and that same technique is used on AM in the ham bands. I've always enjoyed experimenting with that, but the op has to know they're doing and be able to monitor properly. An o-scope and/or a spectrum analyzer will take care of that (I use both). I still love your channel Jason -- always fun watching what you're doing! 73 my Brother!

[@HamRadio2]

So, what I was referring to for SSB is that you can tune between channels - instead of being on 27.405MHz for Ch40 on AM, on SSB you can tune down to 27.400MHz - essentially between channels 39 and 40. We used to talk SSB here often when I was more active on CB. Your definition of SSB is correct, but that isn't what I was talking about.

[@izzy351]

@HamRadio2 - Yes, of course you CAN, but legally, no. The band here is channelized (like 60m) whether you are on AM or SSB. You should be on dial freq 27.405, 27.395, etc. whether it's AM or SSB. Yes, the SSB envelope shifts above or below that freq, and AM of course uses both sides.

[@izzy351]

@HamRadio2 - And BTW, if you are on 27.400 LSB, you are technically into CH 39's USB window, partially anyway depending on your occupied BW. Same if you are on that freq on USB- you are into Ch 40's LSB.

[@KlodFather]

@@izzy351 - And the rules mean very little. The only reason the FCC took interest in this guy is that he pissed off someone important with the power he was running. Other than that, all they did was send him a letter. No fine. No visit. And the clowns that showed up at the door were probably some do-gooder ahole hams with a bug in their butts. I worked in the RF business for many years in commercial. I am not that uptight about things. This was a stupid guy who aggrivated some karen ham and they got ahold of the FCC and as you know, shit rolls down hill. Nothing to see here kids. So talking in between channels, swearing, and playing music would not even be on their radar. 2kw got him a letter. Not even detention. Woo Woo!!

[@ericgroce1125]

Okay Jason It sounds like you're talking about a clarifier mod A lot of CB operators will modify their clarifier.. The clarifier allows you to tune the receive but not the transmit but, guys will modify it so that not only will it move the receive but it will move the transmit as well This allows people to slip in between channels It's not legal... But people do it But that has nothing to do with sideband necessarily I will say generally speaking you don't see CB radios that are AM only that have clarifiers but I imagine they're probably are a few... So you have 40 channels that's it... It's not the full spectrum anything in between those channels You're not allowed to use for transmitting You can certainly listen there though

[@378Orlando]

I’m with you 100% on the grammar buddy. I play around on 11 meters quite a bit , and you would be amazed how many operators are using the Icom 7300 on 11 meters. So the guy in the story is using illegal equipment with impunity and he thinks he’s being harassed. Sadly there are a lot of Alpha Hotels just like him.

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

@grankgergits5418 We NEED the grammar nazi community to protect us from the _axking_ of questions... (no axktrixk)

[@justawfulgamer7738]

Alpha Hotels 😂

[@digitalchaos1980]

@@justawfulgamer7738 LOL never heard that one before, myself 🤣😆

[@DavidMitchell79]

​@@digitalchaos1980 Someone is an Army veteran, I am thinking. Oddly, as a USAF veteran the use of phonetics came through loud and clear for me! LoL... 😂

[@juststeve7665]

@@DavidMitchell79 no that's been Hamspeak for A-Holes for decades. Some called it "Adam Henry"

[@mdouble100]

There used to be a CB station in Hamiliton, Ontario, Canada which ran massive power. They were well known to truckers on the QEW between Niagara Falls and Toronto and further East. I don't know if they are still operating but it seems no one complained because they continued for years. This is a very heavily used truck route with some drivers passing along this route daily so I expect this operator was considered a friend providing a service rather than just someone breaking the rules. However, it's been assumed by HAM's that they were allowed to continue because enforcement by Industry Canada, our regulating agency, was and is rather lax. Which is say, the rules are enforced using the standard of no harm no foul. After all, enforcement costs time and money and ties up staff in small departments who deal with all issues related to use of the radio spectrum including commercial licenses etc. This may explain why CB stations running to much power, and there are lots of them, manage to continue doing so without being cited for breaking the rules. Monitor channel 38 on any given day at certain times and the big stations running lots of power are clearly heard. Very obviously the rules are not being vigorously enforced. As a licensed Amateur Radio Operator I understand the need for rules because without then the we would have chaos on the air. It is unfortunate that it falls to HAM's to use their own initiative to locate offending stations but without such activities perhaps interference would be a bigger problem. Even such things as malfunctioning transformers or problem RF from LED signs could make life difficult for those living close enough to be affected. HAM's who find interfering signals are sometimes chacterised as being vigilantes but I think they are providing an important community service. Having said that, I also agree that, some of the rules with regard to CB and HAM radio are dumb.

[@KlodFather]

No harm No foul is pretty much what is going on in the states these days. The only reason this got any attention or enforcement is that this guy pissed off someone important. They sent him a cease and desist letter but no fine in the mail, no visit, and no confiscation. I've heard it from the FCC directly, the hams are self policing, and they do not care about CB or HF for that matter with the exception of marine and aircraft. AM radio is a very low priority. VHF low band 30-50 mhz is another band they do not care about and is being cleared and no plans to do anything with it.

[@jameslashley3970]

Why use the word "they " , do you mean He or Him ? They means more than one .

[@americaswayout4489]

Do you realize any signal above about 5-5 might REQUIRE a power reduction because a Ham can't use any more power than absolutely necessary to make the contact. Most Hams use at least a 100 watts with many running 1500 watts all the time. Have you EVER reduced your power?

[@allenbacus1324]

Some of these offenders can be heard across 3 channels and from several states away, and they have absolutely nothing to say. They just repeat the same thing over and over, while disrupting anyone actually wanting to use the frequency for legitimate purposes. That is sad, because I remember the days my dad was part of a CB-based civil service group (REACT) that helped police and fire departments during emergencies and directed traffic for parades and other events. I even remember his CB license...KCR0696! That's what eventually led me to ham radio.

[@seeharvester]

Years ago, I would often hear some guys on channel 6 over the entire CB band, 1-40, from across the country. Ridiculous. Cottonpicker this and cotton picking that. Probably still that way.

[@billdivine9501]

Funny, I still know my cb license number, and the numbers of people I used to talk to back in the late 70’s early 80’s. Why I remember that stuff is beyond me. I can’t remember what I had for dinner last night.

[@user-yc8hr2tm4u]

Only 3 channels away I have seen some bleeding from 27.025(6) to ( monitored) 27.655

[@RobBob555]

3 States ? I can hear them all the way in Scotland on the "superbowl" channel 😂

[@user-yc8hr2tm4u]

@@RobBob555 that's the same channel they transmit on,it's when they swamp the entire 11 meter( including the buffer band) my radios front end acts as though the antenna is pulled away taking the stations I talking to from the 7 s units to 1 s unit till the offending station stops transmitting

[@Vance-Malone]

The violater received a warning letter. Just cease operation or get a ham license. There was a guy in my town that took apart his radio turned on a few potentiometers in the radio. Thought he was "souping it up". Saw the watt meter increase. And then ran a 300 watt amp. The problem was he had no clue what he was doing. Probably took the radio way out of tune, generating all kinds of harmonics, he cold be heard on church speakers, tv sets, phones, and computer speakers several miles away. It really didn't take very long for him to get a warning letter.

[@trekster9269]

Sure there was....

[@James_Knott]

Harmonics do not cause problems with audio gear. Any such interference is due to deficiencies in the audio equipment and would still be interfered with even with a perfectly clean signal.

[@jamesharrison2041]

I can tell you this much ''''''' the way c.b. interferes with t.v. these days since t.v. went digital is '''' only ''one'' thing'''' it ''blanks'' the screen black with ''no'' audio at all'''''''99.9 percent of people would not ''suspect'' a c.b. radio did this''''' they would simply think they had bad ''tv reception''''''' 73rd's.

[@unclequack5445]

Wow 300 watts did all that?

[@cathyrowling111]

Oh yes they do!! Any hfsome 6 meter vhf low transmitted signal can get into a music amp or stereo . I think you might be a cb'er. A guitar amp will rectify the signal and hum and distort the sound. Some will actually reproduce to transmitted modulation !!!! I had a friend who lived many blocks away and could hear my transmitter through his tv set while it was turned off!! Sony ran stand-by B+ through their speaker coil windings !! Many older tv's and hi-fi radios etc did the same thing!!@@James_Knott

[@joshmccarthy9605]

Growing up in the 80s Dad would add linear amps to CBs for extra money. I didn’t understand any of what that meant, but he stopped real quick after a couple of guys in suits walked around the neighborhood and asked the neighbors questions about what my dad did. He also made very sure that if anyone asked me anything about radios, I was to play dumb and not say anything.

[@HamRadio2]

Haha

[@9999plato]

I'll tell you, if the FCC decides to take a page from the ATFs book then they would say that by tweaking the radio you are "Manufacturing" a radio that operates outside it's initial bandwidth. The government loves to put stuff like this in front of juries.

[@crewsgiles9499]

Tweeking is what hams do-- what the FCC *wants* hams to do-- on ham bands.

[@nobodynoone2500]

dont give those shiteheads ideas.

[@DukeDave1]

Hay Jason. All I have to say is WOW. Yes. Good grammar is needed for understanding and convayance of your ideas to others.

[@DonDegidio]

Hi Jason, Last year ran across my CB license. It was KBDV3018 and I remember upgrading it in 1983 for use in RC aircraft on 54 MHz. Was allowed 25 transmitters. 73 WJ3U

[@dalesmyth7398]

I still use my numbers on air today, KBR7764. From 1965. First radio was a 5 channel white face Johnson.

[@EarlJohnson-wm4bb]

You can pick up hookers with it in Elko Nevada...😉

[@zedbear1]

@@dalesmyth7398 I stopped cbs in the 80s, then I'd call out my step dad's number, just for fun. KBK9707

[@joewoodchuck3824]

I never knew 54 mhz to be covered by a CB license, or of any available upgrades to one.

[@indridcold8433]

73 de KBX1339

[@thiamata5346]

I do agree with you on that guy learning English and punctuation. That was mouthful with no room to breath in or out!

[@JoeR203]

Imagine being in prison for this. "I killed 26 people. What are you in for?" "My radio had too much power."

[@HamRadio2]

Like those are in the same boat and deserve the same punishment? You're harsh...

[@gem1967]

I agree with you.

[@Blake-W8LB]

This happened near where I live, right outside Chattanooga. I did a Facebook search for the guy and he's made a bunch of posts on a "cb and ham antenna" group and it is hilarious to read through all the radio and legal experts in the comments.

[@HamRadio2]

Lol

[@trekster9269]

Just like here.

[@Hank_W6IR]

In rem is a Latin term meaning "against a thing," which refers to a court's power to adjudicate matters directed against property. In other words in addition to the fine they can seize the equipment.

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Great opinions and Points of View @Ham Radio 2.0

[@HamRadio2]

Thanks

[@MrStaybrown]

I have a cobra cb in my truck and always hear heavy haul escorts over 20 Mike's away, just loud and clear. That's 3 towns. Why do they need to run amplifiers if they're only talking to the other escorts in front or behind the heavy haul?

[@Deo-d6p]

Nice video! I read through most of the comments and am amazed at the number of folks who still don't get it! There was one comment about the downhill slope that ham radio is currently on (all the foul language, operating above legal limits, etc.). I wish it were different too!

[@ralphnunn3]

I have several thoughts on this: 1) I think you're right. If this guy wasn't splattering RF all over the place, he probably wouldn't have been caught. Those Ameritron amps have to be tuned to the frequency that you intend to transmit on. Judging by this guys grasp of the english language, he's not the sharpest tool in the shed. So, he probably didn't tune the amplifier for 11 meters. As such, he splattered his RF all over the spectrum. Long story short - he was an idiot, and got himself caught. 2) Is this a trend? Are the guys on Super Bowl 6 next in the FCC's crosshairs? They're transmitting with A LOT more power than this guy was. They at least have the good sense to tune their amplifiers. So, maybe they won't be next. Hard to say. 3) If these export radios are used responsibily, I don't think they should be illegal to use on 11 meters. 40 to 75 watts? That's nothing compared to what hams, or even the Super Bowl 6 guys use. 4) I couldn't agree more that Part 95 needs some revision. Baofeng on GMRS? Should also be legal.

[@GoonyMclinux]

People use splatter amps on gmrs, spectral purity in the end comes down to the operator not the equipment.

[@duanetrivett750]

Sir, I agree with all you say except the part about his uses of the English language and him not being the sharpest knife in the shed .

[@624radicalham]

Wrong. He was caught because he pissed off someone important and that someone made a call. There is ZERO enforcement on 11 meters.

[@GoonyMclinux]

@@624radicalham yes there is, although its not a whole lot I watched the fcc bust a few people in the last couple years.

[@kd5smf]

I have been a Licenced Amateur Radio operator for quite some time. I started out using CB's like most of us Old Schooler's. Now, I don't operate with any linear amplification on any bands. I just use my equipment as designed. I stopped using CB radio along time ago because of all the trash talk on the frequencies. I think that this person who was operating illegally per Part 95 rules should have to not only pay a fine but also go to jail. I'm grateful that the FCC has put this person out of business & off the air. 73's

[@sealstech8087]

Yall may or may not find it interesting, but I have in fact had a visit from the FCC before thru no fault of my own. They did ask outright if I was broadcasting to which I replied no and that was correct. So they get the hound out and start sniffin. Turns out there was a bad ballast in my center kitchen florescent light. I didnt get a ticket but the landlord had to have an electrician come out on a sunday to fix it. I forget the frequency but it was impacting OTA television plus something else.

[@HamRadio2]

If only they were that diligent for all RFI-leaking products

[@rogerpackham15]

I knew a guy in the 90's who built amps for 11 meter operation. He used ac window units for the housing. He could build 2k plus amps. His basement looked like a mad scientists room lol.

[@sleeve8651]

I'm telling on myself here a bit, but I'll apologize now ! But this is hands down the funniest thing Ham radio related I have been involved in ! Years ago, I was unable to climb my tower to apply antennas and such, due to surgery from a Service related injury to my back ! So I began using mobile HF, as a means to play radio ! Too, this was back when it was no issue to hear cordless phones ! On occasion, I would sit in my driveway, and work Sideband on HF ! One day while using a Police type scanner in my home, I happened to hear the young wife of my neighbor terribly upset ! Sobbing, the whole nine yards ! Seems in between sobs, she was explaining to a church member, that she could hear what she believed was Satan talking thru her Stereo system ! And she was scared to death ! When she was asked what the Devil had to say, she replied that she couldn't understand it ! It was just these weird sounds coming out of the speakers ! (What most Hams call the " Donald Duck " sounds when not properly demodulated !) She went on to say that she needed to talk to the Pastor, and thought about having an exorcism of some type done on the house ! Sorry....but this still makes me laugh ! Anyway, you guessed it ! Whenever I parked in my driveway, and talked sideband next to her home, Satan would rase his ugly head, an prey on this poor womans soul ! 🔥👹🔥 Sometime after, the couple chose to move away from that GOD forsaken house ! Miles and miles away ! Funny....I don't remember them saying Goodbye ? 🫲🙄🫴

[@HamRadio2]

Lol that IS funny!!

[@justawfulgamer7738]

That's messed up dude 😂

[@sleeve8651]

@@justawfulgamer7738 They never asked, and I never offered ! Probably made for some entertaining conversation at their dinner table ! 😂🤣😂

[@WR3ND]

Imagine if you had the courage back then to tell her it was you and that you were also listening in on her phone call...😏 We were all kids once. 73

[@sleeve8651]

@@WR3ND Courage....? Courage had nothing to do with it, trust me ! I'm sure with the repeated stories that circulated back then about the hazards of people listening to not only Cordless phones, but Baby monitors, I'd guess they already had their suspicions ? And to be honest, I don't know of any Ham, or SWL that had a receiver capable of tuning those, as well as Cell Phones frequencies that didn't listen ! It was not only entertaining, but very telling of infidelity, drugs, Police taking drugs off people, only to use it themselves later ! If you didn't listen you missed out ! It really told who and what your neighbors were ! Now people drive around and hack security cameras ! Same hobby, different mode ! @✌️

[@zedbear1]

The Galaxy, I wanted one sooo bad! About the echo, there were reverb mics back in the 70s. D104 with a reverb sounded good! Great times back then.

[@HamRadio2]

I have an old 88

[@zedbear1]

@@HamRadio2 Glad you have one. A guy I worked with brought some catalog to work, I'd look through lunch time and wish I had one. Mid 90s.

[@joaninga1]

They need to go after that, window licker guy in the desert. he al ways ties up channel 19.

[@bluegrassman3040]

Fine tune CB shop.

[@davidpotter7484]

I have a couple galaxy 33hml radios. Had them since 94 or so. Ran with a tuned pair of wilson 5000 antennas. Hauled loads all over the states. Both worked great, one was modifying by a guy who went to prison for modifying them. That one would broadcast over a cars am/fm radio if it was in range. Found that out asking for a radio check when i was servicing my truck in my shop. I was broadcasting over the shop stereo. Great reception, kept me awake hauling livestock in the middle of the night.

[@terryparker1694]

Bleeding over just means wasted power in harmonics. You're doing it wrong.

[@Ibin.Pharteen]

I had a Texas Star 667v in my car, which did about a little over 500w with a 8ft fiberglass whip. The farthest I ever shot skip on the side was somewhere in California from the midwest. As for as RF interference, it would freeze up Hardees computers and cycle on and off touch table lamps when I would key up. It would also do mysteriously turn on quarter car washes when you would key up.

[@KlodFather]

The grocery store computers and the bank for me. Wiped them out. Burned out some guys computer in his toyota car 90's model. RF is 50% science and 50% witchcraft.

[@constitutionalstacker5701]

All the years I used to talk daily on the radio there were a ton of guys running power. We all were. To actually get a letter from the FCC must mean the guy was bleeding over his neighbor's electronics something fierce for some time. Pretty hard to get busted running power unless you're really causing an issue.

[@MegaGeorge1948]

When I was kid in the 1960's, Radio Shack and Lafayette Radio both were selling 100 watt P.E.P. (their definition) amplifiers that worked on the 11 meter band that could be attached to a CB transmitter 5 Watt output, even though it was intended for a HAM operator.

[@careymitchell4731]

I recall a fellow who had a 2 kW amp around 1960. Nothing new here. Back then, TVI was indeed an issue.

[@spaceflight1019]

I don't recall the Radio Shack stores selling amps, but the Lafayette and Olson Electronics stores did.

[@spaceflight1019]

​@@careymitchell4731Considering that 27 MHz Class D CB radio has been around since September 11, 1959 this guy was probably running a ham transmitter with the 11 meter band, which was previously a ham band. 2kw was the maximum power input for a long time until the rules changed to measure power output, and then the maximum power increased to 1500 watts.

[@dereks2042]

I'll make a couple comments on things discussed from approximately the 4:50 time point. As far as the operation without a valid station authorization goes, CB operators and stations (radios) goes, they are authorized by rule, but the rules have a clause that states that violations of the regulations voids the authorization to operate. In rem seizure is a civil action where the case is filed directly against the property instead of it's owner. My understanding is that it came about in antiquity as a way to handle the seizure of ships that were used in piracy, where often the ship's ownership was either ambiguous, or owned by someone abroad who couldn't be easily summoned to a local court.

[@richiec7602]

I listen to people on cb that run a lot of extra power and they have directional (beam) antennas. If they are not interfering with any one, the FCC looks the other way. If you modified a 10 meter radio to work on 11 meters (cb frequencies) and don’t interfere with anyone, who cares. Certainly not the FCC. Otherwise, they would have to write thousands of these letters.

[@bassmanjr100]

I would never do it. I don't see the point. I suspect you are correct.

[@jamesharrison2041]

LOOK ''''''' the F.C.C. does not ''really'' care what your doing as long as there not ''hearing'' about it '''' or ''reading'' about it''''''''' ''''''dont being doing ''stupid'' crap'''''''Stay off the F.C.C ''RADAR''''''.

[@seanhazelwood3311]

They used write thousands of letters, and DF a station if necessary. Now it's a matter of funding and priority. Plus, most modern equipment is less prone to RFI than the older stuff.

[@624radicalham]

The point is to be heard over a receiving radio's local interference. Hard concept to comprehend?@@bassmanjr100

[@Anamericanhomestead]

My reply to the FCC would have been: The US Federal Government is now over $34 Trillion in debt. All of your rules and regulations are now null and void. Signed -WE THE PEOPLE

[@HamRadio2]

This ^

[@robertmonaghan5420]

You Radio Guys Are Incredible! Universities should award some of You Degrees for Your Knowledge

[@HamRadio2]

All of our knowledge is publicly available, and you can learn it too. You should try it sometime

[@BigRed1500LC]

The RCI 2950 and 2970 by Ranger are “ham radios”. And if left alone and unmodified are actually pretty good radios. They will do all modes including CW, and even have a repeater split function. There is also a provision for CTCSS encode and decode with a tone board installed. The President HR-2510 also falls into this category. Yes they can be modified to be used on CB but honestly so can any Yaesu, Icom or Kenwood. (MARS MOD). The Anytone radio you recently released a video on is also in this group. I am a licensed Amateur Operator (KG9PN) and I own a RCI-2950 (unmodified) and have made hundreds of 10 meter contacts on it including the now defunct MIR Space Station! I understand the backlash against these but the problem is “CB Shops” illegally modify them and THAT is where the problem really lies in my mind! I’ve seen hundreds of these radios in my 36 years as an OTR Trucker. The new RCI radios now actually cover 10 AND 12 meters and when unmodified WILL NOT TRANSMIT outside ham bands!

[@HamRadio2]

I always liked the RCI 5054 for 6M

[@BigRed1500LC]

I’ve never seen one except in pictures!

[@meola69420]

You got a QSL card for that MIR contact? I would love to know how one was made on a 10M radio. The HAM shack on MIR was in the Priroda module, and it only had 2M and 70CM never any HF and there are no current HF HAMsats in orbit that are active according to ARISS. Biggest issue with running an HF satellite, is HF is meant to skip in the atmosphere, not penetrate it, therefor it would be absolutely unreliable for satellite passes as most of the time it won't make it out of the atmosphere, let alone successfully in the small-time window for a satellite pass.

[@georgeetherege8347]

Hold on -- The RCI 2950 / 2970 are not ham radios because they ARE capable of transmitting on the CB channels. It is against the FCC Rules (both Part 95, CB and Part 97 Amateur, I believe) to even possess a transmitter (much less use one) that is able, within the same device, to operate on BOTH the CB channels AND any other service’s spectrum. So… if you have an RCI that out of the box transmits on CB channels and you flip the switch, cut the jumper wire, or go into the firmware and make it also capable of transmitting elsewhere, TOO, you are violating the FCC Rules. Ignore the fact that the RCI rigs are not even CB rigs because they are not FCC accepted as such. Does the same go for switching, cutting or firmware-changing your Yaesu rig so it will transmit on 11 meters? Well… yes, BUT, that modification is legitimately included in the “majors’” multi-band rigs ostensively so a ham (because he/she is a ham) can use the nice radio (with an attenuator on the output) as a versatile RF signal generator in his/her efforts to design and build diy AMATEUR transmitting (and receiving) stuff. So if you look up how to mod your ICOM to “work” on all bands you most likely won’t be visited by the FCC. Of course, operating a Yaesu FT-891 on lower side band on CB channel 38 at 11 watts PEP is, strictly speaking, against the Rules. But who’s gonna find out? The rig is probably every bit as clean on that frequency as it is on 10 or 12 meters. But a CB guy or gal operating on CB channels is licensed by virtue of his/her operation on them IN COMPLIANCE WITH PART 95 RULES. And that part includes a requirement that his/her equipment can be adjusted by the operator to use any one of the 40 channels, with no other adjustment available by virtue of the equipment’s design. (Well, that was long-winded.)

[@aarongriffin81]

The AO-7 satellite uses 29Mhz(10meter) downlink as well as its beacon. It uses 2meter uplink. I'm not sure if the QSO card would be for 2 meter or 10 meter because neither person is transmitting on the 10 meter radio, it is only for receive. Both individuals are talking on 2 meter bands. @@meola69420

[@truckerron]

Why haven't they gone after hard drive?? The fricker down in New Mexico... The mud duck

[@Ibelieve218]

what about mud duck he needs to be in jail!!!!!

[@betmulligan6192]

Interesting video. I'm generally not very pissy about what radios people use to transmit on CB or as hams. But just for the sake of courtesy and having manners, if my radio is causing intereference for someone else drop the lawbreaking and use a legal radio. Sheesh. Don't be a jerk is enough of a law.

[@trekster9269]

Rules are not laws....

[@michaelw9maa854]

What about the mud duck in the desert on cb.

[@LoekBerkepies]

Great video, really liked it 👍 keep making more of them.

[@HamRadio2]

Thanks, will do!

[@glenmo1]

I have been into CB radio since 1972 as a kid using my dad's license originally.. there are many people up here in Connecticut in the Northeast on channel 6 running CB BIG power .. after all these years I only know of 2 people busted by the FCC.. one had a giant beam it was running thousands of Watts coming over landline telephones.. stereo speakers and TV even though we have cable now... Another one from what I heard was in a van at Short beach in Stratford CT.. he was probably pushing about 20,000 watts! (Yes these idiots do) well he was bleeding on the aircraft frequency of the nearby airport tower..FCC was down there the next day and nailed him! ..FANTASTIC ... But many people are running 10 m radios on CB 60-70 pep .. running foot warmers.. anywhere from 100 to 400 watts in their mobiles.. some of them running base stations running small foot warmers.. never heard of any of those people getting busted And this is over a 50-year.period .. in fact they guys who talk on channel 6 have these key Downs all over the East Coast.. where they line up their vehicle side by side and key down thousands and thousands of Watts in competition.. we're talking like 40,000 Watts here some of them.. the whole back of their suburban is amplifiers.. AC.. DC amplifiers that are hand built! .. giant antennas on the roofs of their vehicles and trailer hitches with additional radials .. kind of stupid as far as I'm concerned but they do it and none of them get busted..

[@brabus8317]

FCC should start going after all jammers on CB radio channel 38 LSB

[@LeeMcc_KI5YPR]

If you can go to jail for breaking a "regulation", its a law. RMS is root-mean-square, a way to measure ac signals. More of an average. PEP is envelope, which reads higher than RMS. How did he know about a guitar amplifier? Maybe a neighbor asked him to stop? Maybe the neighbor is also a ham? Anyway, sounds like somebody was polite and warned him.

[@thomasmaughan4798]

Peak Envelope Power is still RMS, but at modulation peaks (the "envelope"). The publisher apparently does not know this and treats RMS more like average power which is a reasonable measure but imprecise way of putting it.

[@James_Knott]

RMS is the DC equivalent value of AC voltage. For example, AC power is typically 120V RMS. There's no such thing as RMS power.

[@thomasmaughan4798]

@@James_Knott "There's no such thing as RMS power." There is to me. It is the power derived from RMS voltage. An alternate is the instantaneous peak power at the top of a cycle. Since the voltage is going to be 1.41 times RMS, power is the square of that or exactly twice. So peak power is going to be twice RMS power. I suppose you have different words for such things and that's okay.

[@James_Knott]

@@thomasmaughan4798 First off, you may want to go to Wikipedia to look up "root mean square" to understand what you're talking about. RMS is the method of determining the DC equivalent voltage or current of AC. It does not refer to power. Since you've already accounted for the AC in calculating power from the RMS value, there's no reason to do it again. Power is power. Now, you may have instantaneous power or average power, but that's not RMS. BTW, I studied Electrical Engineering in college, specializing in communications systems.

[@thomasmaughan4798]

@@James_Knott Since power increases as the square of voltage increase, the "mean" of the "squares" is the average power. The root of that average power is the voltage equivalent that would lead to this average power. Anyway, I invited you to provide your word for the concept that I label RMS power.

[@maartenc6099]

The license comes with the radio. And since he is operating a radio that has not included the licenses (not a authorized type). He was operating on the cb-band without a license. (read between the lines). RMS = root mean square. It is the average power.

[@GONAVYCHIEF]

There are thousands of Strykers, RCI's, Presidents and others out there. I have a sweet stock Cobra Night Watch Sound Tracker in the mix with my HAM radios. I have it connected to a Vector 4000 Antenna, and it receives and transmits awesome. I started out with a CB when I was 10 years old, so I have a lot of great memories from those days. I still enjoy talking with people on the CB and listening. Along with the over-the-top people there are a lot of good folks to talk to. You can tell who is pushing their signal with powerful amps. You can hear them humming. Some are horrible. They are loud and you can't understand a word they are saying. With that said, I think you really need to work at getting the FCC's attention.

[@benjaminmeadows1380]

Can't beat old crobra there bullproof

[@smoberdeen]

Jason, Here's an update from 2 months ago. I took the Stryker to Park K-1964, John Bryan S.P. in OH and made two contacts to California on 10m. The rig set up was the Stryker SR-955hpc, a Wilson 5000 mag mount with the whip cut for 10m, and a LifePo4 20Ah battery. The contacts were to San Francisco, CA and Hanford, CA. One of which was a P2P to K-10875. Good Luck!

[@HamRadio2]

I'm going to do that soon

[@Jesusnumber1]

I'm pretty sure all of channel 6 is illegal lol bottom line don't rock the boat and you won't sink

[@davidclarke6658]

I heard one say on channel 6 they were using 1,000w output. A little bit over lol.

[@Joe_Goofball]

Is the radio illegal to use with the amplifier, or illegal for unlicensed use?

[@HamRadio2]

Illegal with the amplifier - you aren't supposed to use that much power on CB frequencies

[@KevinBenecke]

The Federal Communist Commission in action.

[@Aaron48219]

*"11mtr with an Ameritron amplifier"* That glare was aimed at me, wasnt it? :D

[@gary6212]

Those idiots running massive power on CB have destroyed CB's usefulness; it is just chaos on those channels.

[@HamRadio2]

Yes

[@Dan-gg8fk]

Hi Jason. Another tragic tale of an RF overdose. Your right. If he had grounded it and used a band filter he just might have remained under the radar. Always good content. I talked to Chris when he was taking the last truckload down to Utah. Budd stopped by to help him unpack. Danny WZ1P.

[@HamRadio2]

Yeah Buddy setup the amp for his IC-7700;@!$ now it's on the air with their Hexbeam. I'm itching to get back out there and operate from it. I'm also planning to setup an Allstar node at his shop that lives there full time

[@rocketman221projects]

Even with a properly set up station, a kilowatt of AM is going to get into nearby equipment. Guitar amplifiers are especially sensitive to that since they are amplifying very small signals.

[@JoeFramo-uw9fp]

Hey Jason want to wish you Merry Christmas Happy New Year my friend you came a long way since I remember very good Jason❤

[@HamRadio2]

Thanks, you too!

[@jeffneely214]

Neighborhood interference! 1Mhz away you can run 1,500 watt legal. Oh ya.... That makes allot of sense. Still can cause interference 1 Mhz away. CB shops can technically Run CB radio amps cause if Fcc knocks on the door they can say it's just for 28 Mhz not 27mhz. Reason why BBI can sell amps cause he's making them work 0-30mhz lol Tuned for 26-28mhz

[@hazmathauler4536]

Sad Hams….always whining….ill keep having fun with my barefoot Galaxy 94HP, Galaxy 66v, Stryker 955 and Stryker 497, all upgraded and all clean. Loud and proud. I enjoy what I’m doing and mind my business, here in central Illinois…Hazmat Hauler saying goodnight and wishing you all a happy Easter 😎.

[@HamRadio2]

It's amazing how all the whiners in my comments are CB or GMRS guys, yet they all claim it's Hams who whine. I find that odd. Anyway...I have a Galaxy 88 and a Stryker radio that a viewer sent me, so you'll be seeing me use those on some POTA activations soon.

[@hazmathauler4536]

@@HamRadio2 I’m not whining. If all I had to worry about was big power radios and the FCC, then I wish we both had a feather up our ass’s and we would both be tickled. Oh and I side note…why do hams most generally put there call sign after there name on a comment?! Good Lord….NERDS!

[@HamRadio2]

Probably because we're proud of the fact that we took the time to learn the material that you're too lazy to do

[@hazmathauler4536]

@@HamRadio2 Lazy has absolutely NOTHING to do with it. It’s simply something I’m not interested in pursuing. Have a great night and keep doing the Lords work….prick.

[@davidk1579]

Maybe if the FCC would increase the legal amount of power for CB's ,the need of purchasing an amp. Would decrease. 4 watts won't get you across a city like Chicago. Am only talking about something in the line of 25/50 watts.

[@SocialistDistancing]

4 watts could interfere with that guitar amp. I used to interfere with the neighbors' band, but they didn't complain. They just played over top. A ferrite core around the guitar cable may have helped. Well, I guess the Super Bowl should be on notice. Too bad those radio personnel weren't sent to secure the border. What a waste of time.

[@Rocky-Stone]

Some of us are new and just learning and I have found it's pretty easy to make a mistake on cb or gmrs.. and the experienced operators are often buttholes rather than helping new people. Seems like if the experienced guys helped newbs, in the long run it would a good thing to promote the hobby.

[@michaelbrill1081]

Awesome video brother, love your sense of humor,73s, kb0uzz

[@HamRadio2]

Thank you kindly

[@sixteenornumber]

About 30 years ago I knew someone with a CB radio in their truck with a 1000 watt amp. If they keyed down at a gas station, the pumps would reset and show all zeros.

[@HamRadio2]

LOL

[@Ibin.Pharteen]

WOOOORRRLLD WIIIIIIDE!!!

[@KlodFather]

I used to whistle on AM with 375 and all the registers at the grocery store would freeze and twitch... had to reset the system to get it back up LOL Bad Idea.

[@KlodFather]

Burned out the computer in a guys 90 something toyota camry ha ha. It stalled when I keyed up and would not restart. Heard through the grapvine he had to replace the computer... OOPS. In those days Toyota said in their tech papers and manuals not to have a transmitter more than 5 watts in their cars or it could result in severe computer damage. In those days they were not shielded very well. FYI

[@hankhalbert6542]

Why the selective enforcement? Have you been to Atlanta lately? Guys running 25-50KW, all day. Why Tennessee?

[@MikeBaxterABC]

I had a CB Mobile in my truck with an Home Built two stage tube type amp! :) .. back i the 80's. It would cross channel 3 channels up and down :) I used ot park up on this big hill, and wish everyone happy new year! :) People would tune in just to hear .. an talk about it for weeks later.

[@John-vu8ik]

This is why there's a wide division between CB operators and HAM is that the lower class ham operators with a novice or no code license is so arrogant a d a lot of their time arguing about who knows more. If somebody acting like the FCC shows up is usually do to a lot of complaint by one or more people. Another thing about having one of those FCC licenses is they can come and take everything on a whim

[@HamRadio2]

This is simply untrue

[@kdsf12]

You're speaking about "class"? Your first (run-on) sentence does not illustrate "class". The sentence is a mess.

[@chuckhoward3626]

RMS is 70.7% of peak to peak

[@vegasfordguy]

EVERYONE runs big power on the CB radio bands. Nobody cares unless you're disrupting an airport, military, etc. Hundreds of big power stations running all day everyday. I agree with a few of the other comments, if you want to mess with someone then go after Hard drive 163 Mark Sherman!

[@get__some]

Not everyone. i run low deadkey, no amp, and 10w ssb. got plenty of contacts, proving that power is not required. Just last week, i talked to a guy in Mississippi from Lake Erie 4w dk swinging 7w on a stock cobra 29 hooked to an a99 antenna.

[@tedkrasicki3857]

So John Wick's father dies because something interfered with the pacemaker, then ....?

[@wrenchwookie3304]

CB is full of jokers who are blasting out the RF in a most inconsiderate fashion. I'd love to see them get a grip on that guy who runs ads on Ch. 19. I think he's in New Mexico?

[@bluegrassman3040]

They say Lordsburg, New Mexico. Lives in a RV.

[@robertmethia7080]

rte 64 cb store i think

[@theirishman8356]

What older galaxy radio are you referring to ? I have an older one from 2000's I have the DX959 with a mod upgrade ulsb. Does my clarifier put me up in that range ?

[@HamRadio2]

Galaxy 88

[@RicArmstrong]

Truth is, cb is dead. The FCC should allow up to 100 watts on CB so more people are likely to use it again. 4 watts is nothing and encourages people to illegally boost their cb

[@brianveitenheimer4492]

Good comment. Make CB fun and useable again. Needs to be enforced though. The vast majority of 11m operators would agree.

[@RogerBrenon]

I'd be happy with 25 watts.

[@ricksshop]

RMS = Root Mean Square. It's basically a formula to determine output power to compare with other wave-forms. For a sine wave, it's approximately 70% of peak. Remember folks, it's legal to use CB equipment on HAM (if you hold a license), but not the other way 'round.

[@HamRadio2]

yep, that's it

[@James_Knott]

RMS is used to determine DC equivalent voltage or current, not power.

[@ricksshop]

@@James_Knott Yes, which is then most often used to calculate power for comparison to other sources.

[@cidcolead1115]

You do need to stay within the 10 kc wide channel on SSB. Normally the carrier is on the center of the channel, same as AM. Some radios were manufactured with one sideband filter and offset the carrier within the channel. This caused USB and LSB audio to be on top of each other. Unlocked TX carriers and sliders between channels is not legal.

[@axandio]

Correct. Only the receive is legal to adjust via the "clarifier". Of course most radio's clarifiers can be tied to TX by the screwdriver jockeys.

[@juststeve7665]

your technical explanation is ridiculous... "This caused USB and LSB audio to be on top of each other"... nonsense.

[@axandio]

@@juststeve7665 10 Kc wide channelized frequencies give 5 Kc's for LSB and 5 Kc's for USB before any overlap occurs. In the U.S., there is no "overlap" or "on top of each other" if the specifications are followed. Only export or modified radios that put it outside of regulations would have an "overlap" issue.

[@Coreazcool]

Please. Folks do what they do. The equipment is illegal in spectrum according to part95. It really is easy to hunt and classify offenders when they use any amount of excessive power. Also, not rocket science to know that if you are coming across a speaker, they will listen to your transmission and ascertain your information.

[@winterburan]

🙂Here in Italy on channel 45, (27.465 Mhz) there are truck drivers who transmit with 4 kW amplifiers, such as the Bias V 16 or the TSUNAMI the KING, they hear them all over Europe, for me personally it is absurd it only serves to disturb the ether because very few are able to make themselves heard from afar not having the same power, honestly exceeding the Kw is absurd and useless already 600 are more than enough to do anything without disturbing an entire continent and beyond! We have practically no controls anymore, if you don't make a complaint directly, no one will investigate anymore

[@jamesharrison-eg8mu]

I used to run a radioshack ssb radio with an old courier amp in the late 70s to 1985. I thought it was the coolest thing to be able to talk as far moble as i did. It got me introduced to an old ham that helped me get my ham ticket almost 40yrs ago.

[@kellyw1648]

He is lucky he only got a letter. FCC fines only come in increments of $5,000 (at least that is what I have seen in most articles) and they take all your equipment most times. And I completely agree with you about punctuation, spelling and grammar. And I made C's in English class. Thanks for posting.

[@benjaminmeadows1380]

Old friend got caught on 11 meters using ham equipment the only thing they did is give him warning s they never took his radios

[@Monza62000]

they cant take your radios anymore they got sued big time ,,

[@benjaminmeadows1380]

@@Monza62000 yes if we buy them you should be able to use them but hams are talking about ll meters are bleeding over there ain't noway say if I'm on channel 6 even with 10.000 thousand watts you couldn't here me 20 meters is so far away from 11 unless running closer to ten meters but I'm normally on channel 38 cb lsb alot

[@cathyrowling111]

Obviously doesnt have a ham license!! Ever heard of HARMONICS? @@benjaminmeadows1380

[@FireballLive1]

They better not show up at my house ..

[@bodoger]

What are they gonna do about the other half million cb'ers?

[@HamRadio2]

Being a CBer isn't illegal, so.... Nothing?

[@rodsnitker]

There needs to be an extra fine levied for not using proper punctuation. lol

[@HamRadio2]

Lol

[@JohnFairchild-w3i]

I had a smp. Way back in the late 80 and early90 because i ran. Everywhere. From the. Gulf to the artic and way eay out. But i only used ut mainly st nite snd was. Curitious. And had. Hugh and low snd had the. Incoming amp ehich i loved. Palamar 350

[@robertmeyer4744]

I have herd lots of stories like this over the years but so few the FCC went after. I had a lady years back herring voices in her oven. most people thought she crazy. she has a instate in her back yard. turned out CH 19 CB was getting into the clock board and sound was coming threw the mini alarm speaker. I have a RCI 2950DX 10 meter radio. is quite clean on spectrum. but when some CBers get them they clip the limiter to make them louder on am. making RFI and splatter. working in AM Broadcast with the new rules we can have 120% mod on pos peek on AM. and many people like but the transmitter and no not have interference . we have a station monitor and watch for harmonics . The amp he was using is clean if tuned correctly but on a dirty radio ,just makes it worse. the 11 meter CB band was a old HAM band from years back . 73's

[@juststeve7665]

where can I find an interpreter to decipher what you have written? Might try Grammarly or check with a 5th grader to develop correct grammar. LOL you work in AM broadcast? Must have been tough in college with the lack of English skills

[@mrtechie6810]

​@@juststeve7665true but I understood the entire comment.

[@KlodFather]

@@juststeve7665 - I understood it. You should take a reading comprehension course... It would help 😜👍

[@ericzerkle8486]

No reason anyone needs to clip these newer radios.

[@KlodFather]

@@ericzerkle8486 - Getting rid of the limiters really sharpens up the audio. Makes a huge difference. Like it or not, it is an effective way to take a mundane radio and make it really talk. On the other side, a radio that makes AM by double sideband injected carrier (the way many ham rigs do it) removing or dialing back the mod limiter in them has a different effect. If the carrier is turned down to 50% of where it normally is on Am or a third, then that power that would have been put into the carrier can be put into modulation generated by the balanced modulator. One radio would produce 300% mod without carrier colapse (where the dirt and interference comes from) because the audio 3x the size of the carrier was superimposed on the carrier. The needle on the receiver would swing wildly while listening to that signal and it was loud when compared to the other radios. In a pileup my bet is on DSB injected carrier with some elfin magic at work. Looked good on the analyzers also. Just cannot run the total power where the final amp clips.

[@Al_Nunnery]

I live just outside of COLLEGEDALE Tenn. That is literally right down the road from me

[@saltire546]

Plenty of Hams running Acom A2000a amps at full power !!!!!!!!

[@HamRadio2]

That's hard to prove but even if it's true, those amps are made for those bands. An Ameritron isn't made for 11M