CB Radio

Yes, back in the 80's. Go to channel my house number + 8... in an effort to get 10 seconds of privacy with the girl you fancied :D
 
Must admit that sometimes I'm tempted to get a setup again. I used to enjoy just listening to other people or odd signals into the wee hours sometimes. I've still got the brackets on the house.

BTW - you can get a scanner fix here:

http://websdr.org/
 
GSXR Gaz Mc said:
i had a midland CB radio when i was a kid, my mam spent more time on it than i did
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I remember those - I had one to start with, then I got a modified Cobra 148 with an LED frequency display and the extra "bands" ("Lows, Mids and Highs") which were just either side of the CB band. Loved that radio.

Some summers on 11 metres SSB were absolutely crazy. Some of my mates still have their QSL cards from all sorts of far flung places.
 
Used to have one of the below modified slightly long before it was made legal in the UK. Mobile phones were not even thought of so it was Ideal for communicating with friends. Wish I never sold it now.

 
Have a couple of rigs myself still.

Got a Midland-Alan 48 Plus Multi as a home base, although I've not gotten around to setting it up since moving house. Thinking I might put it in the new car when I get one...

Have a Midland-Alan 42 Plus Multi handheld for the mobile, which I'd had wired up to the motorcycle at one stage.
 
BuffetSlayer said:
I am curious to know what the "Squelch" function does? :eek:
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As the Wiki link but basically.

Squelch off you hear.....Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh........Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Squelch on .... Silence apart from the people on the other radios as long as they have a half decent signal.
 
Yeah its basically a filter. Strong signals get through it. Useful to turn it off if you are trying to hear weak or distant signals. :)

I have no idea why it is called squelch. :D
 
GSXR Gaz Mc said:
a circuit that suppresses the output of a radio receiver if the signal strength falls below a certain level.
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Basically, you lower the squelch if you need to hear people with weaker signals, but generally turn it up if their signal is strong so you don't get the white noise at the same time.
Generally I turn mine down, then slowly up until just past teh point where the HISHHHHH stops.

Squelch... Because it squelches the interference down?
 
Hades said:
Presumably because it suppresses the squelching noise?
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No idea! I associate a squelch noise with walking in mud, or the noise made by women when they, ahem, do certain things! :D

White noise and static don't make me think "hmm that sounds kinda squelchy!". Perhaps it is a throwback to an age where squelch meant something else, like a colloquail term or something?
 
If it's anything like the comms we have in a plane, it'll be how 'sensitive' the microphone is. edit: Whoops should've refreshed the page!
 
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