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Posted by: garrett5462
just wondering if anyone else was like me... maybe i could talkt o some of the ppl out here during skip... this is whati got now
galaxy dx33 (swinging 42 watts)
d104 lollipop
palomar 200 watt kicker
antron 99 with the groundplane kit mounted 45 feet off the ground
recorder bulilt into radio
if anyone else has a base in their house like me pm me or reply to this thread
this is quadboy 426, they call me mr.quad, riding around the world, out of western massachusetts and im checking the mail.
Posted by: garrett5462
yea man channel 11, 6 and 28. lol. just today i was down on c band and i was talking to a girl in san diego and this guy in southwestern montana. its pretty fun.
Posted by: garrett5462
hey d you have a radio or anything? i always get skip from oklahoma...
this is 426, the big man 4-2-6 out of the backwoods of western massachusetts, i just put the cap on my bottle and laid it down.
Posted by: garrett5462
yes you can, skip is when the atmosphere is just right, the clouds are really high and thick and the signals just keep bouncing and go very very far. i live in mass. and i have talked to ppl from virginia all the way to california and montana. the signal is real great even from the ppl in georgia and everywere else. but, when this is happening it is hard to even talk to someone a few towns over because you get such a great signal from the skip. its weird, you can talk 3000 miles but you cant talk 15 miles. and also, the skip usually comes from at least a few states over because the signal is such a long bounce you dont get it.
and sometimes when its real high u can get stuff from across the atlantice( if you on the eas coast) and you can talk to england and ireland. and also if your on the west coast you would be able to talk to hawaii and even sometimes aautrailia.
its a pretty neat thing. sometimes when it doesnt go away though it gets real frustrting when u cant talk to you neibors becuase the skip just drowns then out. the signal from a guy in texas is strong than a guy across town.
Posted by: garrett5462
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Originally posted by: counterpunch
My handle is Spaghetti Legs. Keep an ear out for me Garrett LOL
hahah... my handle is quadboy and sometimes mr quad. and during skip youll hear me as 426.
Posted by: garrett5462
no, cops use radios similiar to cb's but of a very higher frequency.... and a common cb has 40 channnels with exception on a higher and lower sideband. cb is considered 11 meter, frequency of 26-27 mhz, there are many other types of radios from 2 meter to 60, it is all on the frequesncy range.
Posted by: garrett5462
my radio have 6 different bands on it and c band is on band lower than regular, so it is 40 channels below zero. and i dunno if u will be able to get california, it all depends on were u are, you willl probably get florida and texas and canada. from new jersey.
Posted by: garrett5462
yea a scanner usually picks up air,ham,fire,ambulance,police and cb and sometimes military like if your near an airbase or something. i have the big antenna because mine is in my house and not in a car. so if u have a radio in your house you sort of need a base antenna(18ft for 1/2 wave and 24ft. for 5/8 wave). and my radio has the recorder custom built into it so if plp are saying something i hold down a button and it records it and i hit another button and key the mic and it plays it back. also, i can record myslef if i hold the button and talk.
Posted by: garrett5462
yea what did you use for an antenna? like a wilson lil will magnet mount( like a pice of flat stock metal on the rack) or did u take a mount and mount a fiberglass whip on the side of the rack?
Posted by: garrett5462
yea, that was probably during skip.
Posted by: DriverDoyle
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I do have a CB, but it some POS cobra. I love when I get skip from down south lol. It's funny as hell to listen to the truckers preach.
Hey im one of them truckers from down south doing the preachin..LOL..
Posted by: DriverDoyle
Yeah i will keep an ear out for you next time im going down the road.. My handle is Driverdoyle...
Posted by: o4Bruin3inlift
i have a CB on my bruin ..well i did but i took it off but i think i might put it back on
Posted by: o4Bruin3inlift
yea i had like a mount on it and used an antenna i found in my dads shop..it was easy to put on ...we put the antenna in the back and the Cb in the front..so i could drive n tlk but i couldnt hear so it didnt matter ...i think i remember talkin to some guy from georgia one time or somethin
Posted by: jonnyyellow
hmm.. i dont get all fo this cb stuff..
wahts skip?
and the cb can reach all the way across the us?!?!
Posted by: jonnyyellow
oh cool
also.. are cbs what poliece use?.. jw
and is there only one channel?
Posted by: jonnyyellow
two questions :
if i get one of those cheap cobra cbs at walmart.. will i be able to talk to people from cali during skip or something... and also i think there are those police interceptor radios.. which what price are they( if you know by anychance).. will they be able to be used as regular cbs?
Posted by: jonnyyellow
oh and wahts a c band?
i tihnk you mentioned that before
thanks for all the info.. haha
Posted by: jonnyyellow
oh cool.. i might go out and buy one.. i forget how much they were at walmart but i tihnk around 50.. which is pretty cheap.. or i might borrow my friends since he said he bought one there and wanted me to get one.. but that was a year ago.. and he doesnt use it..
Posted by: jonnyyellow
oh and whats the point of having the huge antenna you have.. and how can you a recorder built into the radio? sounds cool
and "scanners".. if i have one of them... will they actually be able to hear the police calls as they state?
Posted by: counterpunch
i do have a CB, but it some POS cobra. I love when I get skip from down south lol. It's funny as hell to listen to the truckers preach.
Posted by: counterpunch
My handle is Spaghetti Legs. Keep an ear out for me Garrett LOL
Posted by: counterpunch
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Originally posted by: jonnyyellow
two questions :
if i get one of those cheap cobra cbs at walmart.. will i be able to talk to people from cali during skip or something... and also i think there are those police interceptor radios.. which what price are they( if you know by anychance).. will they be able to be used as regular cbs?
I found my CB at the dump in the swap shop, a cobra, and I can talk to people across the country.
