CB Radio

sycopaff wrote:

i might have to phone them up!

Let the phone ring (he hasn't transfered the number yet) at the end you'll get an out of date ansafone message with his mobile number on it.

That's still current and you can get him on that.

thanks!

try this.
remember mention BOFA BILL and this H4H rally.

07813067975

got to find some money first!lol thanks though!

what do ya think of magnet mounts?

Mag mounts are good as they are generally more flexibuble and can be moved to suit the terrain.
I prefer them

i'll go for one of those then! just seems easier!lol

What do you do about earthing the antenna with a mag mount Bill?

would have thought the mag would have an earth built in to contact with the body?

Sounds simpler that running a strap to the chassis, that I still haven't got around to doing!!

Normal arial..... Earthed on contact with the mount. Gutter or otherwise is through body.
If yer fixing onto a roof rack then best check that it is earthed.

Ye dinna need tae run an wire to the chassis.

Mag mounts generaly come with a metalic base cover that goes onto the body and/or the magmount base.
This provides a protective cover and earth to the body of the car.

The beauty of the mag mount is that ye can move it about to suit the terrain and also if ye do encounter a 'big branch' it will give way saving any damage.
i.e. if ye through overgrown areas just move it to the rear bumper.

Hope this helps

Metal to metal contact in your twig (antenna) is more to do with a ground plane than with earthing. Your antenna comes with coax cable that carries an earth anyway, so even a fibreglass car has an earth at the antenna. What it lacks is a ground plane, effectively a distinct but important part of the antenna. Your car is, to all intents and purposes, a blooming great antenna (unless it's a MitsiBitsi in which case it's a blooming great Jap pile of junk antenna).

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Ok so Wix (Team Wickes) fitted my little compact CB on the dash and it looks good! Nice blue channel light, easy to operate and appears to work. Drove back to Birchington and listened to what can only be described as a load of nonsense!!
Now I haven't used a set for thirty years so anyone with a quick 'heads up' on op procedure would be gratefully received.
Thanks JJ

jjakajmr wrote:

Now I haven't used a set for thirty years so anyone with a quick 'heads up' on op procedure would be gratefully received.
Thanks JJ

Learn what all the naughty words they use mean, I ofcourse wouldn't know

Get yourself a copy of Convoy & Cannonball run!!

Should be cheap enough on Amazon

10/4

Now I already know this lot if it is still current!!
Handle
Your 'handle' is the nickname you'll use when using a CB radio. Other CB users will refer to you by this nickname. One of the first things you'll be asked during a conversation is "what's your handle?"

Good Buddy
CB users are friendly folk, and everyone you speak to gets to be a good buddy whether you've spoken to them before or not. 'good buddy' is sprinkled throughout the conversation at ease - e.g. 'what's your handle, good buddy .....'

Ten-Four or sometimes just "Four"
The 10 code is used a lot in CB talk, and this one is probably used the most - Four is short for the ten code 10-4, which means acknowledged, ok, yes,etc.

Ten-Twenty or sometimes just "Twenty"
"What's your twenty?" is is asking what their current location is. This term comes from the ten-code 10-20.

Smokey or Smokey Bear
CB slang for a Police officer. A 'smokey in a plain brown wrapper' is slang for an unmarked police car and a "smokey report" is what CB users say when they pass on information such as the location of a police speed trap.
I'm gone
Used at the end of the conversation meaning you have finished transmitting and will no longer be listening. Also sometimes said as 'we down, we gone'
Back door
To say "at your back door" means that someone is driving behind you. "Knocking at your back door" means approaching from behind.

Front door
CB users just love to travel in convoy and this is the leader of a convoy.
Put the hammer down & Put the pedal to the metal

Slang for speeding up your vehicle - pressing the accelerator.
Four-wheeler
A small passenger vehicle - car/4x4

Eighteen-wheeler

Articulated Lorry / Large Truck.
Kojak with a Kodak" or Smokey taking pictures

A policeman with a radar gun. This can also refer to a speed camera.
Seat cover

An attractive female passenger in the passenger seat.
Got your ears on?

Calling their 'handle' and asking someone if they are on the air and listening to you.
Breaker .... (followed by channel number)

Telling other CB users that you'd like to start a transmission on a channel. ("One-nine" refers to channel 19, the most widely used among truck drivers.)

Breaker, breaker to (CB user handle)

A slang term telling another user that you'd like to speak to them specifically or 'Breaker breaker - any taker ....' if you're just looking to chat with anyone
Meat Wagon

CB slang for an ambulance

Any more???

JJ, as it's main use is for the Rally, you'll mostly be talking to the rest of us, and apart from the occassional 'Gibberish' that is spouted on here, we all speak English

My old handle many moons ago was 'Fireball'.

10/10 'til we do it again.

Tim, Richie; As organisers we won't need worry about being overheard on the CB - we'll talk in Welsh.

evo4x4 wrote:

Tim, Richie; As organisers we won't need worry about being overheard on the CB - we'll talk in Welsh.

I think that's the "Gibberish" that Steve's on about!!

Alane wrote:

evo4x4 wrote:

Tim, Richie; As organisers we won't need worry about being overheard on the CB - we'll talk in Welsh.

I think that's the "Gibberish" that Steve's on about!!

Watch out or they will show you the Fford Allan(sp)

General Confusion wrote:

JJ, as it's main use is for the Rally, you'll mostly be talking to the rest of us, and apart from the occassional 'Gibberish' that is spouted on here, we all speak English

So, thon bein the case jist how com awbudy ahsks mon tae repeat aw ah say then?
Brest ye ken fit ye reply as ahl tell ma mammy ohn ye

I know the TTI-550 has got adjustable squelch, but is anyone aware of one that filters out random scottish?

I thought that was what that big wall up there was for!!

It's not working......

evo4x4 wrote:

Tim, Richie; As organisers we won't need worry about being overheard on the CB - we'll talk in Welsh.

Keith , Dybia Caffwn at brush i fyny acha 'm Cymraeg 'n flaen , namyn allasom beunydd arfer rhyw bath chan chyfundrefn