your favorite CB myth , lies and legends .

[towerdog]

............and if you hook your CB up to the cable TV system you will be able to talk all across town..

 

[Mr Clean]

50 watt dk 2000 watts pep on a pep meter is the stuff! Not a good 600 watts on a Avg meter that dont move or swings upward 40 or 50 watts under mod.

 

[King Mudduck]

Damn,this is my kind of post!

But you had better take care. A lot of cb techs will want your head for all of this!

 

[KD8EMW]

Biggest myth i heard. i bought this )*(&^*)& radio ill &*()^)&* talk wherever the *&^&*)& i want to ass8--0 . Thats what was told to me on the 10 meter band on 28.325 am the other day . They was even dumb enough to tell me who they worked for and their names . LOL I loved sending that recording off to the FCC .. Keep the Dang blasted F Bombs and the Illegal CB's the hell off the Ham Band's

 

[Robb]

Biggest myth i heard. i bought this )*(&^*)& radio ill &*()^)&* talk wherever the *&^&*)& i want to ass8--0 . Thats what was told to me on the 10 meter band on 28.325 am the other day . They was even dumb enough to tell me who they worked for and their names . LOL I loved sending that recording off to the FCC .. Keep the Dang blasted F Bombs and the Illegal CB's the hell off the Ham Band's

Can't or won't argue with that...

Wecome to the forum!

 

[KD8EMW]

Thanks for the welcome.. On a happy note Boy did the ten meter band open up the other day wow. I was smiles ear to ear made 5 contacts in 35 mins . Must have had a pipeline to the west . Only had the 718 set for 45 watts on ssb.

 

[grimace]

you can't turn your volts up on a cap by adjusting the volt meter on top
http://www.al-eds.com/images/P/SPC121_l.jpg

 

[peperoni]

Long before the big watt competition amps were devised I heard a few.

1) CB Shop owner was bragging on his 3 stage Gray 300(4xMRF455) amps stating that the low side is for local talking and the high side is for shooting skip.

2) Dump truck driver saying how he could change traffic lights with a Golden Eagle 500(They might do 450 peak on a dosy).

3) Another funny one was a claim that a mobile with 200 watts could light up a flourescent bulb from 30 feet away.

4) Whistling in the mic will blow the final out.

5) If your radio keys 4 watts and then you turn a 100 watt amp on.......your coverage distance will increase by 25 times.

6) The FCC will arrest you on the spot for operating any amp in back of a CB.

7) An Antron 99 has a 9.9 db gain.

There are more but I don't have a week to put them all down.

i heard most of the ones you posted ... the funny one is n#6

 

[peperoni]

What about the operators that claim Davemade audio is louder than X force audio? How can anyone respond to a joke like that.

alot of mudducks think it's all about the gold ..... when basicly they're the same in builds

 

[peperoni]

YouTube - Private Jet Pilot on CB Radio channel 19

It's bullshit.

totaly :bdh:

 

[MisterFatty]

That improperly phased antennas work better then a proper single antenna...

 

[hookedon6]

Running a power mic with the volume turned up almost all the way & same with the mic gain on your radio will give you more range lol. Only thing that will do is piss alot people off with the muffled & squeel sound your audio will have

yeah, but it clears up out there in dxland

 

[wcsd106]

Had a guy tell me once that he was living near a river and wasn't getting the range he wanted out of his radio.

He went on to say that he got a very long chain, dragged it into the river, and connected his ground wire to it. He said he used the "whole river" for his ground and instantly was able to talk 100-200 miles on the same barefoot radio that had previously only been able to talk 5 or 6 miles.

What else can you do? Smile, nod your head, and keep the BS rolling .

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

heres another good one ........

http://www.mauldroppers.com/showthread.php?1010-Swing-kit-or-not.&p=175927#post175927

"I have had some pretty schwingy rigs... On a PEP meter I've had them dead key 15-20 watts and SSSSWWWIIIINNNNNGGGGG up to about 700 and it was cristal clear audio... Don't tell me it wasn't cause the o-scope showed perfect sign waves from the antenna coax... Amplitude Modulation is the key. If you adjust everything properly and don't have any pinched or chopped carrier you are going to be clear 99% of the time."

 

[RatsoW8]

The skip really rolls in on cloudy days...