Subj : CB experiments
To : All
From : Ginger1
Date : Mon Feb 03 2025 09:37 pm
I picked up a Midland 3001 CB for a tenner a couple of days ago. Untested. From a local second hand shop.
Was pleasantly suprised to find it actually works, after connecting it up to a 12 v adaptor. Unfortunately, I don't have any antenna for it, and spent a bit of time this evening experimenting connecting it to the TV aerial in the loft. However, just static across all 40 channels. I'm not sure if this is the antenna not being suitable, or a complete lack of people on CB radio! (By the way, this is in Dorset UK).
A few quick questions for someone almost completely new to this:
1. What is the general chat channel? What is the emergency channel? Any others of interest?
2. Can I make my own antenna out of any old bit of wire? On the back of the CB is a 1/2 inch screw fit jack for the antenna, with a central female port. With a homemade antenna, is this a case of a long wire connecting these two parts (i.e. the female port and the outer threaded part).
(My previous experience of CBs was in the 80s, where my childhood friend had one in his room - he had an approx 3 ft commercial aerial in the loft of his bungalow - nothing very sophisticated - but we had people from probably a 2 mile area+).
Hoping the answer to these questions is not "CB frequencies have now been reassigned for 5G" or something dreadfully depressing like that.
THanks!
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