I used to be plagued by noise, almost s7 on SSB, but what saved the hobby for me was a separate horizontally polarized receive magnetic loop. It took my noise floor down to s0 and brought all the signals out from the noise. Great video Fred as always! 73s from 2ED503
Hi Fred yer got me back into cbs again Great vids yer cost me a fortune lol md100 30 amp cre 8900 and now hf radio keep it coming catch on the 305 73s.
Nice CB setup hopefully more people will get back into CB make Skip n Dx better the more CB out there and on air 10-4 waving a hand from Michigan Roger over and out
Hi. I did briefly see some of your comment on Zello. Sorry you had a bad experience. Its been fine when i go on (you need to be quick to get in though) but i dont go on in the eve when its very busy and active. It is moderated so anyone being abusive or stupid will be muted. If you wanted to try it again maybe go on mid morning when its quite. There is some good advice given.
Good morning Fred great videos with good info, reference the noise issue that Alberts got if he has got router or WiFi or any neighbours have it will giveb off a lotb of noise on all bands. The cheaper the WiFi router the more noise it will emitt, he should check his neighbours... Cheers fred...
Great vid as always Fred, Very informative to the newbie CB operator-Keep it up --Your an ambassador to the hobby and the world of radio, hope to work you sometime m8 73s..
Hi Fred, just a side note for you. It's always worth fitting a ferite ring on your power cables to help stop interference coming into your rig and any RF possibly going the other way. You can also try a power conditioner on your power supply and a cheap fix is to fit a 0.1yf capacitor across the power cables to the rig.It's That might help somebody.. Alan B.
I keep an eye out on 27Mhz on my IC7300 - totally like what you say Fred, get on there around commuting time, lots of very funny banter and a bit of a chuckle ! The best thing is just to keep on trying at your own regular time, like 8:00 - 8:45 and 17:30 - 18:30, just to keep trying ! If you have a blog/social media, let people know when your active. Regarding QRM - if you know the source of the QRM/Noise that you cant remove (street lights), phasing (changing the shape of the RF field) will help, getting a wire and QRM eliminator will null out and reduce it for sure !
Nice advice Fred round here were all on 2m now as the 11m totally died off I do scan the 11m but now I will keep an ear out on the 27.305 usb were all around the Aylesbury area which was a hotbed of activity 20 years back now dead shame really
If you've got a bit of wire, a couple of zenner diodes and a multimeter or an analogue guage you can make a field strength meter to track down the source of noise.
fitted 2 rigs in my van, an am and an am/fm, the am/fm hasnt done so well in the garage for the last 18 odd years, so im left with the am rig at the moment, trouble is there dosn't seem to be anyone on am around me :(
Hi Fred, can I ask you? on what day, what time and on what frequency, and modulation do you listen? maybe I can listen in and maybe I hear you. So.... day: Time: F: Mode: ???? Best Greetings from the other side! ( The Netherlands ) Rob (RadioRob)
The PLT noise is still there but mostly effects my CB and CRT 10m radios. My HF radios help to filter it. Sadly you will hear it again once i start using the shed shack again.
Not around here. Theres no nets. Everyone is on UK40 Its like the old days... except it goes quiet around 5pm 19 is the calling channel. if its quiet people have a talk on the 19. when its busy we go to a channel, just like the old days. Really like the old days.... Lots of the old guys n galls are back on. I didnt buy a 6900... I bought a CRT Millennium clone. Im mainly mobile. At home. I rarely turn the rig on. I still have my 40 year old homebuilt antenna up, at the very worse I get s3 noise, generally its s1, but about 1 mile from home there is a 300m cube and its 30+ of dead carrier. Its there and once out side the area its gone. (weird) Glad I dont live there :-)
I should think the thumbs down are for the zello. I have to discourage use of that, as it's harmful to radio. It does have it's place however, to replace mobile phones. Regards, Tim HT Warwickshire
@@CB-RADIO-UK I noticed straight away fella and it bugged the crap out of me lol... I won't start m8 lol, but I will comment if you say it again unless you are talking about the Specific ocean haaa .. Thanks for the video m8.
'The bands are dead ' ? It's that same on ham bands ? Full of listeners all listening? Just call cq or this is **** anyone out there ? Everyone waiting for everyone else to call . Just call and keep calling . And or once you find a fellow cb'er organise a sked , so others can also find life out there .
@@CB-RADIO-UK Sure I forgot about that ? I'll take a look at that vid ,tks . I forgot, I am a bit eccentric, I can call and call over and over ,until someone puts me out of my misery. (They have even said that to me , light hearted , I think ? ) .
I used to be plagued by noise, almost s7 on SSB, but what saved the hobby for me was a separate horizontally polarized receive magnetic loop. It took my noise floor down to s0 and brought all the signals out from the noise. Great video Fred as always! 73s from 2ED503
Thanks for sharing!
Hi Fred yer got me back into cbs again Great vids yer cost me a fortune lol md100 30 amp cre 8900 and now hf radio keep it coming catch on the 305 73s.
LOL it can never stop. Just look at Awesome :-)
Nice CB setup hopefully more people will get back into CB make Skip n Dx better the more CB out there and on air 10-4 waving a hand from Michigan Roger over and out
Great video Fred for CB’rs and new hams. 73. Art in the States
Another informative video Fred, well done 👍👍
Good video and advice. Really useful for those returning to radio after decades off the air or any newbies 👏🏼🙂
Glad it was helpful!
Good advice Fred.....best wishes mate.....Bob
Hello Fred. I went onto the zello channel and I got ptt fright. It's because I haven't been on air for quite a few years 😃. Great video 👍😊🍻
Hi. I did briefly see some of your comment on Zello. Sorry you had a bad experience. Its been fine when i go on (you need to be quick to get in though) but i dont go on in the eve when its very busy and active. It is moderated so anyone being abusive or stupid will be muted. If you wanted to try it again maybe go on mid morning when its quite. There is some good advice given.
Good morning Fred great videos with good info, reference the noise issue that Alberts got if he has got router or WiFi or any neighbours have it will giveb off a lotb of noise on all bands. The cheaper the WiFi router the more noise it will emitt, he should check his neighbours...
Cheers fred...
Thanks Dave. Albert will read the comments. Yes WiFi extenders and the like are a nightmare.
Great vid as always Fred, Very informative to the newbie CB operator-Keep it up --Your an ambassador to the hobby and the world of radio, hope to work you sometime m8 73s..
Nice of you to say. Thanks. Dont know about ambassador LOL. It tough when your new back on air and you set up only to find so much noise.
Hi Fred, just a side note for you. It's always worth fitting a ferite ring on your power cables to help stop interference coming into your rig and any RF possibly going the other way. You can also try a power conditioner on your power supply and a cheap fix is to fit a 0.1yf capacitor across the power cables to the rig.It's
That might help somebody..
Alan B.
Thanks Alan.
Ive tried ferrites on everything and it made zero difference.
I keep an eye out on 27Mhz on my IC7300 - totally like what you say Fred, get on there around commuting time, lots of very funny banter and a bit of a chuckle ! The best thing is just to keep on trying at your own regular time, like 8:00 - 8:45 and 17:30 - 18:30, just to keep trying ! If you have a blog/social media, let people know when your active. Regarding QRM - if you know the source of the QRM/Noise that you cant remove (street lights), phasing (changing the shape of the RF field) will help, getting a wire and QRM eliminator will null out and reduce it for sure !
Good point on calling out at regular times. People tend to be habit forming on the times they go on air.
Nice advice Fred round here were all on 2m now as the 11m totally died off I do scan the 11m but now I will keep an ear out on the 27.305 usb were all around the Aylesbury area which was a hotbed of activity 20 years back now dead shame really
You never get thumbs down from me fred always THUMBS UP.....nice vid.
I appreciate that
If you've got a bit of wire, a couple of zenner diodes and a multimeter or an analogue guage you can make a field strength meter to track down the source of noise.
Great video mate yeah summers on the way whoop whoop
Can't wait!
I wonder how much noise I'll have once I get set up. I have all of those things lol. I've got two aquariums and an old-school plasma tv.
Hopefully you will be ok but S 5-7 is pretty normal
Fred on your Alinco the outer mic cable cover near the socket is coming off
Thanks. Been fixed.
fitted 2 rigs in my van, an am and an am/fm, the am/fm hasnt done so well in the garage for the last 18 odd years, so im left with the am rig at the moment, trouble is there dosn't seem to be anyone on am around me :(
AM seems quite in the UK which is a shame as we waited so long for it. A few nets near me but for most of the week its dead.
THANKS FRED
Hi Fred,
can I ask you?
on what day, what time and on what frequency, and modulation do you listen?
maybe I can listen in and maybe I hear you.
So.... day: Time: F: Mode: ????
Best Greetings from the other side! ( The Netherlands )
Rob (RadioRob)
Hi. 27.305 USB. 6am- 7am & 4pm- 4.45pm Mon-Fri GMT.
Dont forget mid band channel 31 :)
So, what happened to that serious noise problem you showed us a few months back -- the one you tried lo locate locally?
The PLT noise is still there but mostly effects my CB and CRT 10m radios. My HF radios help to filter it. Sadly you will hear it again once i start using the shed shack again.
That mic plug on the Alinco radio could do with a repair Fred, otherwise your gonna have problems mate with wires breaking off.
All been taken care of John
Hi does the alinco run UK 40 FM at all
Yes its wide banded and programmed with the UK 40 FM.
@@CB-RADIO-UK great I'm thinking of getting one or similar see if it's better for reducing the RF noise
Not around here. Theres no nets. Everyone is on UK40
Its like the old days... except it goes quiet around 5pm
19 is the calling channel. if its quiet people have a talk on the 19. when its busy we go to a channel, just like the old days.
Really like the old days.... Lots of the old guys n galls are back on.
I didnt buy a 6900... I bought a CRT Millennium clone. Im mainly mobile.
At home. I rarely turn the rig on. I still have my 40 year old homebuilt antenna up, at the very worse I get s3 noise, generally its s1, but about 1 mile from home there is a 300m cube and its 30+ of dead carrier. Its there and once out side the area its gone. (weird) Glad I dont live there :-)
I wish i only had s7 as mine is 8+. And that's it running on a battery.
I should think the thumbs down are for the zello. I have to discourage use of that, as it's harmful to radio. It does have it's place however, to replace mobile phones. Regards, Tim HT Warwickshire
Lol I'm on video
Yep you made this one.
hi Fred
I tried to call you
earlier today but the signal
was getting bad mvh: scandinavia-1121 Norway
Thanks for the try Jann. Summer skip rolling in soon.
My handle is 'clicken Chicken'. I'll plug my radio back in in A/C. Channel 19. CQ, I have no idea what I'm doing.
Shout out x kebab x
'"Specific"
LOL dont start :-)
@@CB-RADIO-UK I noticed straight away fella and it bugged the crap out of me lol... I won't start m8 lol, but I will comment if you say it again unless you are talking about the Specific ocean haaa .. Thanks for the video m8.
'The bands are dead ' ? It's that same on ham bands ? Full of listeners all listening? Just call cq or this is **** anyone out there ? Everyone waiting for everyone else to call . Just call and keep calling . And or once you find a fellow cb'er organise a sked , so others can also find life out there .
Rob your not wrong. Rem my "pick up the mic" video. It can be hard if your new to over come mic shyness.
@@CB-RADIO-UK Sure I forgot about that ? I'll take a look at that vid ,tks . I forgot, I am a bit eccentric, I can call and call over and over ,until someone puts me out of my misery. (They have even said that to me , light hearted , I think ? ) .
Fred anyone who has any sense Don’t use the uk I’ve not been on there for months bunch of muppets
Depends on your area David.