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CB FM Mode
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Well Howdy right back to you and welcome aboard. Good bunch of radio heads here !
A cobra 2000 with channels will probably get you on 26.805 BUT the 2000 doesn't have FM... (I have seem a couple heavily modified examples mostly for European use that had FM added)
Listening this morning on .805 I heard a station in Georgia working someone? on FM. I guessing this is now the unofficial free band FM calling frequency?
I do believe it is the official unofficial freeband frequency. I talked with a guy from southeast Missouri last night and had a good conversation. He told me that today is the one year anniversary of a facebook group using 26.805 FM. So today they are doing a call log in.
I heard a couple of strong stations out of Pennsylvania last night but didn't have any luck getting a reply from either of them.
I am just working a mobile setup for now. I will be happy to get a base station going again.
There's a group on FB pushing 26.805 as the official FM frequency. I never thought it made sense for the folks running out buying an FCC certified 40ch am-fm CB that would never get to that frequency. Channel 1 made more sense to me, but there's no reason you can't have a couple of 'em ( 1 legal, 1 unlegal). While FM audio is very clear I do not like the way my voice comes through on FM, which is why I have an 2m HT gathering dust, and did finally hear someone on .805 using FM AND an echo mic that sounded like garbage. I'll stick to SSB (and AM on 19).
You probably heard a guy in Alabama using echo. I made contact with him a day or two ago. I didn't care fir the echo he was running either. But, I must say I am digging the FM mode more then I thought I would.
We will see if it is worth or if you can mod the little cheap Thomas FM I'm getting. Money, Money, & More Money !
Worked a dude in Texas earlier on 805. 20 over solid. Great audio.. loud but not over deviated.... I have heard several others from down south today also. I'm kinda digging this 805 FM stuff. Might park here and listen more often when the band is up.
Remember that FM has ZERO forward audio so if you are running an amplifier & it's a tube amp then you will be giving those tubes a lot of stress & you will not get ANY Peak Swing.It's a Very Overrated mode to me for the 11 meter band.I think it was a waste of time by the FCC.
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The lowest frequency that a modified (with switches) Cobra 2000 or 148/Grant XL MB8719 chassis will go down to is 26.815, or 320kc down from Ch 15 (27.135).
Unless the offset crystal (11.325) is changed.
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Unless the offset crystal (11.325) is changed.
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26.805 is channel 65 cb in germany,, that is what started the international "fm" dx frequency, usa fm freqs so far in the legal 40 channels is channel 1 and 24,,, but remember fm can be used any where on the legal 40,,,
All of the above is why we just use channel 1, everyone that has FM will have that channel.
Not all users are comfortable freebanding.
73
Jeff
Not all users are comfortable freebanding.
73
Jeff
Well been tracking my Little Thomas radio and says it will be here by Friday. Brings thoughts about using a mobile antenna with it. I know I'm a greenhorn compared to most of you but I wonder about tuning a regular AM CB antenna for use with FM. Is there anything you can do to enhance the antenna for FM use. Or just adjust the SWR on AM and Let Er Rip ?