CB Radio

[Ronin]

I'm hoping the metal of the car will shield a lot of the interference, and that the CB rig will have a better designed IF circuit that won't just fall over in the face of the interference.

It's the not the metal of the car shielding alot of interferance, the car earths the antena.

[scimmy ben]

Get a in-car pc to (or laptop) and keep connected by WiFi and a mic

Or a couple of 3G cards and use skype*

Other VOIP clients are available

[Matty2Fatty]

"snowman, you got your ears on son"

"mercy 6 mercy 6! you got about 8 & 1/2 on me, blowing my windows down! comeback!"

CB could be fun for convoys

[scimmy ben]

Having spent a whole 3 minutes researching this subject i can conclusively recommend this CB unit for the one feature that you will use the most...


The Public Address facility. Imagine being able to tell other drivers what you think of them without having to leave the comfort of your own car. Those times when you can utter those most immortal of words, "Pull Over" so you can have a clear outside lane

I wonder if they do a version with sirens

[CraZyMoFo]

isn't it known as HAM radio ... or am I getting confused & thinking of something else entirely?

[Ruaraidh]

Excellent!!

CB revival.

Internet? No use in a car!

Mobile phones? Can't transmit to a channel and illegal for hand held use.

Marvellous: CB is IT!

[Yak]

or PMR if youve not got a dogdily shielded car computer

[manic_mechanic]

i've been fancying CB's since watching smokey and the banding a few weeks ago for the first time in years

"snowman, you got your ears on son"

Same here - and my heroes, the Dukes of Hazzard!

Those baby Midlands are tiny - I was thinking of attaching one to the centre console on the passenger side, and hanging the mike off the rear view for that redneck gunrack appeal!

Hmmm...... a couple of mates of mine have them for sale - I might just get one!

[Stidi]

i'd get one just so y'all can hear my yeeehaaww when pulling a 90mph sliproad powerslide

hell i almost spit...

[scimmy ben]

Those baby Midlands are tiny - I was thinking of attaching one to the centre console on the passenger side, and hanging the mike off the rear view for that redneck gunrack appeal!

If you mounted it there you would miss the opportunity to fit one of these

[30psi]

HAM is Amateur radio - Which is a different ball game and you need to pass exams etc to use it.

The advantage of an aerial on the roof is that the effectively earthed car means the roof acts as a ground plane

[nene]

It's the not the metal of the car shielding alot of interferance, the car earths the antena.

If the car earthed the antenna, the CB wouldn't work

The car body provides a ground plane for the antenna to radiate against, turning it into a virtual dipole. Since the interference source would be on the other side of the ground plane and the car body is, in effect, a faraday cage, the antenna will no longer be able to "recieve" the interference being transmitted by the invertor on the display's backlight supply. The cable will be shielded, as will the CB rig, so that means there's no way for the interference to "leak" in, and it will be all nice to go

or PMR if youve not got a dogdily shielded car computer

Well, until they start making transparent aluminium, I think we're going to have to put up with it

[Ruaraidh]

Actually now I think about it I have a radio license anyway as had to do the radio exam for my pilots license.

Wonder if that counts? Hmm or if I used a dodgy CB my license would be revoked?

[alanjuggler]

Well, until they start making transparent aluminium, I think we're going to have to put up with it

can't you just improvise shielding for the pc? lead box, smaller faraday cage made out of chicken wire and lolly sticks etc.

addendum: http://www.endtimesreport.com/faraday_cages.html

[nene]

can't you just improvise shielding for the pc? lead box, smaller faraday cage made out of chicken wire and lolly sticks etc.

The PC already is shielded, barring holes for cables. The problem is the screen, hence wanting to use transparent aluminium Anything that will shield the screen will also block visible light

[alanjuggler]

encase the radio in a small faraday cage then, as per reference website. i think that's his example.

might be rubbish, but nevermind, he talks about china neutron bombing taiwan

and then haxor a massive antennae into the car as an extension for the pmr.

this is sounding like the #sxoc chatroom

[nene]

encase the radio in a small faraday cage then, as per reference website.

Well done brainiac, it won't pick up any interference, but then it won't recieve any signals either

i think that's his example.

might be rubbish, but nevermind, he talks about china neutron bombing taiwan

He's a little OTT, yes, but then there's also a reason why Lum and me own a car with a diesel engine that has a mechanical fuel pump

Edit: Being a VW, it would be hard to tell whether it had suffered from the EMP or not, since most of the electrics are broken anyway

A few months ago I was actually thinking of seeing if I could pick up a PRC-320 or something, since they're EMP hardened and all the electronics are made from the more robust germanium instead of silicon.

and then haxor a massive antennae into the car as an extension for the pmr.

The PMR which is in the faraday cage and thus completely isolated from the outside world?

this is sounding like the #sxoc chatroom

IRC Anyway, you make it sound like a bad thing

[madcowman]

pick up a PRC-320 or something

http://www.milradio.com/For%20Sale.htm

VRC321 is the vehicle mounted version - its also possibly a little overpowered for most needs

a 349 would do it too - if yoiu have a LOT of AA batteries....

http://www.milradio.com/Pictures/For...PRC-349-ab.jpg

I remeber the amazing ammount that used to get "reassigned" when I did Signals in CCF

[nene]

VRC321 is the vehicle mounted version - its also possibly a little overpowered for most needs

I'm not sure there's a rigged-for-radio alternator available for an S13

Whilst a much nicer radio, it's also much bigger and bulkier.

a 349 would do it too - if yoiu have a LOT of AA batteries....

Yes, but the 349 is a VHF set, not HF. Plus it's a pile of unmitigated shite. I'm surprised your CCF lot wanted anything to do with them, the first (and last, thank god) load of CCF peeps I tried to train on the 349 showed more interest in beating each other up and being a bunch of unsufferable brats. Never volounteer for anything.

[madcowman]

Fair point

I was a signals instructor so had to attempt to teach voice procedure to said brats

mind you they dont call it a whip antenna for nowt