CB Radio - A Little Bit Of Skip At Last!

It was certainly good to hear a few voices on the bands this week after what feels like an eternity of near silence.....It wasn't much, but it's a start!

NEW - President George II - CB Radio

 

If the above image doing the rounds on the internet is correct it looks like President have another multimode radio in the works... The President George II

The image appears to show that the radio has:

AM/FM/SSB

HI-CUT

NB/ANL

VOX

ECHO

CTCSS/DCS

PA

DW

VARIABLE RF POWER 

USB CHARGING SOCKET

4 x MEMORY CHANNELS

RF GAIN HI/LO

MIC GAIN HI/LO

KEY LOCK

Likely to have export mode with expanded frequency range and high power!

I guess in many ways this will be the replacement for the President Grant 2 which was recently discontinued. The radio certainly looks similar to the Grant 2 in many ways.

If it is based on the Grant 2 this could be a very good radio. Time will tell...

NEW North East CB SSB Net - 14/04/2021

 

UPDATE: This net will now take place every TUESDAY NIGHT!

Information from Facebook about a new 'North East SSB Net' here in the UK which will take place for the first time on Wednesday 14th April 2021, then every Wednesday after that.

Time: From 19:00 hours (UK)

Frequency: 27.085 - Channel 11 mid band

Mode: USB

The net will be chaired by Stephen from the Stanhope Moors, so why not pop in and give him a call....

Three Nets - One Rig!

Video:YouTube/AlBarst 26TC101

A very interesting video from Allan, 26TC101 from Thursday 8th April where he attempts to chat with the guys on the Mid Wales Net, The East Midlands Net and Southern/South Coast Net...

Channel 38 Net Today

Covering London and the South East (Possibly further) the channel 38 CB radio group have their net today at 11:00am UK time on 38 midband, 27.385 USB.

So if you are in the area or there's any skip running pop in and say hello to Rob and the gang.

Upcoming Space Station Contact 06/04/2021

  

An ARISS educational school contact is planned for Shannon Walker KD5DXB with students at the School of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences, Southern Hemisphere Space Studies Program 2021, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia.

The contact is scheduled on Tuesday April 6, 2021 at approximately 11:27 GMT/12:27 BST.

The link to the ISS will be operated by the amateur radio telebridge station IK1SLD, located in northern Italy.

Downlink signals will be audible in Europe on 145.800 MHz FM.

Video from the ground station will be webcast on: https://www.ariotti.com/

Inverclyde Net - TONIGHT

 

Covering large parts of South West Scotland is the Inverclyde Net which takes place tonight and every Monday night from 20:00 hours (UK time) on channel 34 UKFM, so if you are in the area make sure you pop in and say hello....

CB RADIO - Homebrew Starduster Antenna

Video:YouTube/Mike-M0MSN

Making your own antennas can be fun and in this video you will see Mike making his own version of the good old Starduster 10/11m Antenna...

Yaesu FTdx10 “MARS” MOD

Videos:YouTube/ZEB CLARK

A couple of videos explaining how to wideband your shiny new Yaesu FTdx10...

Of course you do so at your own risk!

Sunday CB Radio Nets

 

CB radio nets to listen out for today...

Firstly the Delta Romeo DX Group have their net on 27.365 USB from 11:00 hours. They are located in the North West of England and have stations calling in from far and wide.

Secondly the South Coast & Southern Sunday Net takes place on 27.245 USB also from 11:00 hours, based in Kent but again with stations popping in from all over.

Finally we have the Glasgow District Net on channel 33 UKFM (27.92125) from 20:00 hours which covers large parts of Scotland.