The upcoming 2024 UK CB Radio BIG NET.

[@paulnewman6241]

Brilliant video as always Fred I’m in west wales with my thunderpole T800 and silver rod antenna.

[@therixon]

Great video chap!! If no one else is, then ill head up to Walbury for this one.

[@nicksharpe74]

Many thanks for kindly promoting 43 years of legal CB radio. I have found Delboy's Radio Blog giving Channel 27 UKFM 27.86125 MHz and hope to hear you on the air on 2nd November. Like many others we struggle to hear any CB action unlike in the late 1970s/80s , so weather permitting it will be great this time.😀😀📻

[@TheRetroShed]

It’s often pretty dead here in Redditch, Worcestershire but then again we are in a bit of a dip here! I’ll have a listen out on the night.

[@Christophers-Assorted-Stuff]

I don't suppose I will have any luck in hearing you on the day, I haven't so far. I have only just renewed my interest in CB after 24 years. My aerial is just a 1/2 wave portable wire hanging from a window. I can't believe the price of an A99 now, I used to sell them for 50 quid when I had my CB business. With the wire antenna I have heard Americans on the mid band on am and ssb and also foreigners but no English stations, the old UK band has been dead since I started listening again. 555 has had one or two English speakers and plenty of Italians. But I need to get a decent antenna mounted up on a pole before I can be heard I think. In a straight line I am in Norfolk 90 miles from your locations. I have, in 2002, spoken to a mate in Hornchurch using a silver rod 1/2 wave on a pole in the garden but that needed a fair few watts. I have noticed that there seems to be a preference for using LSB on the mids, I wonder why?

[@GbHill59]

Sounds like a lot of fun. Wish I was able to take part of it. Cheers from the US.

[@johnlees8418]

never say never mate . many signals coming from USA . skip running good at the min

[@proprotornut5389]

Best of luck for this event! 😊

[@DDBRadioCommsTV]

We will be there to support the net. I've posted on our page & group & will hopefully pull more people in than last year. 73's DDB002

[@pistonbroke]

A load of us in South Wales are on ch25 pretty much every evening. I'll be listening out for this one.

[@billmorrison4746]

Its feeds like this from yourself that help keep radio alive and kicking, its getting more and more popular again as more breakers rediscover the hobby.

[@japautosalon]

Keeping radio alive

[@Delta_Dave_UK-]

Cheers Fred ill attend the The Net. Looking forward to it.

[@sutitigi]

Hello, today 22/10/24 here in Finland the 27/81 FM band is very clear and strong in to my location in North Finland, most of the 40ch have breakers , no music players, radio is the President Grant 2, model, last model they made. I have made contacts on ch 19 and ch 30, i hope its the same for the Sunday Birthday net. 56CTOO4 CB =ZANUUSI 1980 TO 1990

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Hi. Thanks. Its on a Saturday.

[@kyletaylor8191]

i’m new to the world of cb can’t wait for this hope i can find you all from south wales

[@carlsam1516]

What part of s.wales mate

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Hopefully there will be people on locally as this is country wide.

[@Blackadder1320]

I will be mobile in the Potters Bar area and will call in. I’m glad they’re starting earlier as I’m off the St Albans in the evening to watch the fireworks.

[@Joocyjames]

Think I'm going to buy myself one of those Radioddity QT80 after watching your vid on it recently. Loved the 80's on the legal FM then bought a Cobra 148 GTL DX and had major fun with that. With that QT80 your getting a lot of raido for the price !!!

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Good choice!

[@alanj349]

Appreciate the update 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Tobinindustrial]

All the best with this net. Thank you, Fred, for doing your part to keep the CB radio hobby alive and well. If you might be broadcasting on Am or SSB, it would be interesting to see if the event can make it across the pond... Just saying...

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Good question. Sometimes there are break off nets so a good night to scan around.

[@pilgrimoutdoors-uk6177]

For those wondering - its 2024 not 2025, and its Channel 27.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Thanks. Typo

[@sutitigi]

Get the Tipx out Fred😊 @@CB-RADIO-UK

[@Paul-lt9cc]

Why limit to once a year it needs to grow..😁

[@TheHeartOfFenris]

Truth

[@RCDUDEFPV]

AM IN :O), THUMBS UP

[@snakezdewiggle6084]

Nice one Fred.! Good luck.👍 How about those "ear-muffes" on CB Action...😉😆

[@walkingtowheels]

To celebrate tune in to: 18:00 to 22:00 Hours GMT Main Net - Ch37 UKFM (27.96125 Mhz) USB Calling on Ch 27 EU (27.275 Mhz) AM Calling on Ch 14 EU (27.125 Mhz) I found this on the Internet...

[@wowsly]

i am gutted i am working on the 2nd but i may have a radio with me for RX :D long live CB

[@fretlessfender]

Just for kicks... I guess I will drive to the coast, park there and hope for some good propagation! My cb is for europe so I can't mix in with the conversations, but with the other radio I can listening in! Have a good one! From Holland!

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Good luck and good DX.

[@gibbosj08]

I will give it a go again this year Fred last year was funny my thunder pole t-800 wasn't putting out much power. fella called max got me he was mobile and drove to high ground and ended up on my street lol. I ended up giving him directions back to Welham green..😂 I hope that if I use my new 9900 I can make better contact cheers Fred. James in Cuffley ish 😂👍

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Hi James. You should have no issues from your QTH. Big Ears Dave will hear you.

[@raymondmartin6737]

Sounds interesting, good luck from the US. Nov 2, is just before election day on Nov 5, God help US. Being born in London, UK, 1944, during WWII, I still have my birth certificate, and if the election goes badly, you might know what I mean, I might return to the UK. My wife and I went to London, in 2013, staying at Earl's Court, London, and where my parents lived from 1939, and left in 1949, when I was about 5, on the Queen Mary, to NYC, on February 25th. My Mother told me that my Father felt seasick on the way over. We lived off Edgware Rd, Park West, near Marble Arch, and after the war, the famous RAF Spitfire pilot, Douglas Bader was a neighbor in our building, whom you could hear with his metal legs from his crash injury in the 1930's. 😅

[@duanetur7433]

Hi Fred Thxs for the ifo about the DX on Nov 2nd Hotwheel 26CT3067 will be tuning on the day lets hope we can make contact from Frinton on sea Essex cheers for the update video. Take Care all from 305 net

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Hi bud. Hope your keeping well. I am sure you guys will put on a good show.

[@Allthingsradio]

Im in MK i ll be listening

[@chrispike5773]

I'm in Tring but only have a Red Devil mag mount in the loft. Will have a listen.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Good luck. Hope you hear breakers.

[@TheHeartOfFenris]

I shall have to reinstall my silver rod and get the Cheltenhammob (all 4 of us.... 😂) on.

[@cbrmac]

Pity you are so far away fred ...best of luck with it 👍👍

[@CamilleCullen-ow6qj]

I wish we had reasonable CB radio here in the States.

[@pgreeff]

Regrettably I don't have a CB, but I'll be listening on the scanner.

[@carlsam1516]

I've had a scanner now got a thunder pole tx hand held copied a few on it but need to be on high ground to get further

[@fedcall6618]

Good man fred you should do one about dublin repeater..464.150 a few uk boys doing link

[@darrelwood294]

I'll, give it a go coventry west midlands

[@MissCJC]

Hey Fred, This is Cally (DDB22 from the Devils Dyke Breakers - DELTA DELTA BRAVO) My friend Trish (DDB002) and I were bringing in some of the Breakers in Sussex on Saturday night from Devils Dyke Brighton. Our lovely Jake and Dave invited us to help out and I was also making a KZbin video during the afternoon and evening. I was so happy to hear your voice and we wanted to see if you could hear us, but it was so busy we couldn't get through to ask you. BUT I was recording at the time, so i should have some nice audio of you, do you mind if I use it in my next video? Miss CJC

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Hi. No of course i dont mind. I could here Dave talking to Trish but from my homebase i could not hear anything back. Nice to know my signal was getting out as i dont do so well on FM. Great to have you on the net and well done.

[@JediBuddhist]

Just checked Met Weather. It's not looking good for Saturday girls and boys :/ Good luck all.

[@BKHD605]

Would love to see you give the SDR on 27Mhz another crack. The RTLSDR's (Blog v4 and Nooelec) will "tune" into themselves at 27Mhz. Ideally you would need one of those Ham It Up boxes or an SDR based on a different chip but that does get expensive quick. You can kind of work around it by using 3.2mhz bandwidth and setting the center freq as far away from 27mhz as possible but it's less than ideal. Looking forward to your coverage on this event, might try and bodge a vertical antenna together for it!

[@lampshadesneeded]

im getting all the fmuk groups here in bulgaria. have done all year.

[@vinnyhoughton]

I'll be on, I'll try to pick you up from MK

[@Greg-et2dp]

Frid in the shed your KZbin videos are awesome my friend

[@patrickdiddly1]

Hi Fred, can you help me please? I have a Uniden UBC125XLT scanner, i am unable to change the frequencies to NFM mainly for PMR, Do you have any pointers? Love the vids, Patrick in Lancashire.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Hi Pat. Sorry no as ive never owned that radio.

[@PaulMoorhousehankooks]

Hi fred got my foundation license last night

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Nice one congrats.

[@johnnorth9355]

I will try and get on the net but I keep getting swamped by wall to wall Americans lol.

[@dingnextstop]

Blimey… I thought CB died years ago…? I used to be on it in the days of “Dukes of Hazard” and my handle was General Lee… I had a mobile rig in my MG Midget and a home rig “ with the twig on a biscuit tin”… we had great fun and in the evening I managed to “Bounce” and often get guys in Italy and sometimes the US!

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

We are still rocking.

[@forddude1976]

I don't have a antann at the moment im really missing my radio

[@Dj-Jon-E-C]

Stupid me for some reason I said to locals on Ch 19 event on Sat. But then realised it was Nov it's on. So might get few on cb sat 19th lol. I watched this vid too and some odd reason I thinking 19th must been the wine I had last night lol.

[@robdaines2448]

49ct 06 will be calling in on the net

[@davidwatson9124]

Hi Fred. First-time watcher to your channel . I have a couple of questions 1. What is the maximum wattage for a cb radio in the UK?. 2. Why is it so complicated to achieve a ham license. Was looking into it, but I was totally confused. Help needed. Thanks.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Hi. Its 4w am and fm. 12 watts SSB. I think that now you can take a test on line the Ham ticket is a lot easier.

[@davidwatson9124]

@@CB-RADIO-UK on 4 watts, in miles, what would be the furthest you could transmit to.

[@sprint955st]

Ham foundation is a piece of cake now, Google Essex Ham. You can do the reading in the morning take the exam in the afternoon and you can use 25W on many bands. Easy.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Depends on area and conditions. Locally i would get about 10-15 miles.

[@skyhill4279]

What frequency is it on Fred? 🇮🇲

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

All in the video

[@GbHill59]

Love your channel. I’m in North Carolina USA. Is SSB legal over there? I don’t understand why they don’t legalize am broadcast.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Hi. Yes we have had legal LSB and USB for 10 years now.

[@carlsam1516]

What frequency fred is it on please

[@carlsam1516]

Silly me channel 27 fm

[@agoraphobicadam1171]

Look out, Fred has big Alinco on. :)

[@androsearl4705]

43 year Anniversary 27 MHz radio

[@Auntystatic]

I remember those rally's before I could drive I persuaded my dad to do the one down in Northampton around 1979 ish, he wasn't keen didn't want to get pulled by busby or the police, it was a big turn out, later when I became a radio professional the Association for British CB (ABCB) started up and I became one of the officers for the Nottingham area campaigning for legalisation, after it became legal and went rapidly down hill most of us original breakers stayed on the USA bands or moved to Amateur radio, I haven't been on the UK40 since, is it still full of nutters with echo boxes and wanabee dj's?

[@dudleyedge1374]

Is therea limit on power ?

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Well legal power is 4 watts but i cannot see many running that. :-)

[@dudleyedge1374]

@@CB-RADIO-UK I'm the other side of country so wanted to give it a go with my new unused ss9900

[@tedere]

Just brought a crt6900v down the road from you.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Nice one. Listen out for us around 5pm weekdays on or around 27.305 USB. You should hear us. We leave gaps so give us a shout and say hello. Your more than welcome.

[@cbrmac]

So much better without that horrible echo lol 🤣

[@daiena_rabinovich]

Hi I just wanted to ask if you have tried any radio that has both Zello and analog uhf/vhf? I thought it would be interesting because with Zello you can talk with people all over the world from a small handheld radio. I don’t know if it’s a good suggestion or not but I thought it would be fun.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Hi. No ive not tried Network and radio.

[@brianfranks1477]

what channel will the net be on ? fm? am? 27.185 am ?

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

All in the video

[@mcjjordan]

When is it?

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

All in the video.

[@19TC504]

wat time is that for me mate? i m in 19div but i love to listen

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Not sure. Its 1900 GMT

[@19TC504]

@@CB-RADIO-UK ithink pm for me

[@cornbread-KO5RN]

🎃👋

[@Greg-et2dp]

Frid in the shed iam thinking about getting cb radio my friend

[@Greg-et2dp]

Frid in the shed 73s to you and your wife and kids and grandchildren my friend

[@Greg-et2dp]

Frid in the shed my hobbies are painting pictures 🖼 and listening to shortwave and ssb my friend

[@delboyonline]

2025???? That should be 2024 😂😂😂😂

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Yep. typo

[@delboyonline]

@@CB-RADIO-UK 😁

[@Greg-et2dp]

Frid in the shed I learn lot from you about bying cb radios and antennas for cb radios and power supplys for cb radios my friend

[@gaz66chris]

ch34 east of england is probably the busiest net daily lots of herberts on every evening daily

[@Greg-et2dp]

Frid in the shed iam thinking about getting my Grms license my friend

[@richardpattison5525]

I'll give it ago good luck.13dr278.richard