Re: CB reception

Posted by Thor on March 03, 2001 at 01:56:54:
In Reply to: Re: CB reception posted by Shawn Pope KC0FZV on February 24, 2001 at 13:53:13:

I'd have to disagree with the antenna answer...after all...the antennas that are specifically sold for CBs are designed to operate in that frequency range...thus giving you better reception and transmission range (which doesn't apply to scanners)...scanner antennas are usually made to pick up a much
wider range...
I used to have a CB Mounted in my Old Ford Ranger (which I sold about 6 months ago), with Dual Trucker antennas...I could pick up CB Traffic from about 10 miles away (I lived on the North Side of The Kankakee/Bradley/Bourbonnais, IL area and I could hear the truck traffic on the south side...about 10 miles away)....and my transmission range was about 5 miles (one of my friends lived that far away, and we could talk from our houses, cheaper than a phone call)
both of our CBs were unmodified (though we were thinking of boosting the power...never did though)

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