PMR446 England to France 500mW (119km)

Video:YouTube/26-CT-842

We've had some amazing conditions on the CB and HF bands this past few weeks but it's always a good idea to check out the high frequencies as well. 

This video features a brilliant cross-channel contact from Sussex in England to Normandy in France on PMR446, using a Floureon FC200 with just 500mw.

Distance = 119km/74 miles

Video - Mid Wales Vintage UK FM Net

Video:YouTube/AlBarst 26TC101

The Mid Wales Vintage UK FM Net took place on Thursday 27th May and here we have a video from Allan 26TC101....

Mid Wales DX Group Vintage Evening

This year we celebrate 40 years of legal UK CB radio....

A special event is taking place on Thursday 27th May - The Mid Wales DX Group Special FM Vintage Evening.

From 19:00 hours (UK Time) on channel 36 UKFM (27.95125).

So get your old 27/81 CB radios out of the cupboard, power them up and give a shout!

UK CB Radio Anniversary 27th June 2021

 

It's almost that time of year again...

On 27th June 2021 we will celebrate the 7th anniversary of the legalisation of AM and SSB here in the UK.

It's a Sunday so plenty of opportunity to get on the air!

USB CALLING ON 27.275 - CHANNEL 27

AM CALLING ON 27.125 - CHANNEL 14

*Please QSY to a clear frequency once contact is made

CB Radio Skip - Channel 38 14/05/2021

Some truly amazing conditions on the CB band with every channel full of stations coming in from around the UK and beyond. Here's a sample of how our local chat channel sounded here in North East England....

CB Radio Skip 08/05/2021 (President McKinley EU)

Some good short skip conditions today... It was a bit mad on UK Channel 19!

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...