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CB radios are crippled with a locked clarifier; they need not be so. An amateur radio doesn't have that problem. So, to unlock a clarifier on a SSB CB radio is a must. I talk SSB almost exclusively, and I can tell you for a fact that they aren't built with TCXO to keep freq stable, like an amateur radio has. Since they are built cheaply and drift more readily than a Ham radio does, they simply need all the help they can get.

Once I rebuild a radio, I also unlock the clarifier. It doesn't slide much, usually no more than +/-500hz. But I make sure the radio is a solid and stable as I can possibly make it. Not enough freq slide to go between channels - mind you, just enough to allow it to lock in to another lunkhead that thinks his radio is perfectly on freq.
That's it.

I have also talked extensively on the 10m band. Even Ham radios don't agree on freq. Try 28.400mhz call freq and listen to how many people are actually spot-on freq with your radio. You will know that they are all off freq to one degree or another. Although they are built better than a CB, that doesn't mean they can maintain perfect alignment or respond favorably to cooler or warmer temps; they will also change to some degree.

<blockquote data-quote="Robb" data-source="post: 594523" data-attributes="member: 8446">FSB:CB radios are crippled with a locked clarifier; they need not be so.&nbsp; An amateur radio doesn&#039;t have that problem.&nbsp; So, to unlock a clarifier on a SSB CB radio is a must.&nbsp; I talk SSB almost exclusively, and I can tell you for a fact that they aren&#039;t built with TCXO to keep freq stable, like an amateur radio has.&nbsp; Since they are built cheaply and drift more readily than a Ham radio does, they simply need all the help they can get.Once I rebuild a radio, I also unlock the clarifier.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t slide much, usually no more than +/-500hz.&nbsp; But I make sure the radio is a solid and stable as I can possibly make it.&nbsp; Not enough freq slide to go between channels - mind you, just enough to allow it to lock in to another lunkhead that thinks his radio is perfectly on freq.That&#039;s it.I have also talked extensively on the 10m band.&nbsp; Even Ham radios don&#039;t agree on freq.&nbsp; Try 28.400mhz call freq and listen to how many people are actually spot-on freq with your radio.&nbsp; You will know that they are all off freq to one degree or another.&nbsp; Although they are built better than a CB, that doesn&#039;t mean they can maintain perfect alignment or respond favorably to cooler or warmer temps; they will also change to some degree.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Robb, post: 594523, member: 8446"] FSB: CB radios are crippled with a locked clarifier; they need not be so. An amateur radio doesn't have that problem. So, to unlock a clarifier on a SSB CB radio is a must. I talk SSB almost exclusively, and I can tell you for a fact that they aren't built with TCXO to keep freq stable, like an amateur radio has. Since they are built cheaply and drift more readily than a Ham radio does, they simply need all the help they can get. Once I rebuild a radio, I also unlock the clarifier. It doesn't slide much, usually no more than +/-500hz. But I make sure the radio is a solid and stable as I can possibly make it. Not enough freq slide to go between channels - mind you, just enough to allow it to lock in to another lunkhead that thinks his radio is perfectly on freq. That's it. I have also talked extensively on the 10m band. Even Ham radios don't agree on freq. Try 28.400mhz call freq and listen to how many people are actually spot-on freq with your radio. You will know that they are all off freq to one degree or another. Although they are built better than a CB, that doesn't mean they can maintain perfect alignment or respond favorably to cooler or warmer temps; they will also change to some degree. [/QUOTE]

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