You've been using YOUR UHF WRONG!!! CB Radio SECRETS for 4WD in Australia PLUS History & Technology
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2021
- All about UHF CB Radio, How to pick the right antenna, how to use repeater stations, what channels are for what purpose , HF radio, and much more all in todays video on UHF in Australia!
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What dBi antenna do you use? Where do you mount it? Let us know! 👇
5.5dBi ground independent, mounted same location as yours…
I have 2. 3DB interchangeable with a 6.6db running from my GME unit and a 7.5DB running on a Oricom unit. Both mounted on my bull bar. As stated in my main comment I would love to swap the Oricom out for for a GME XRS but I cant afford it.
i run dual at the same time, 2.1 and a 5.5 connected through a T connector seems to work ok
6db rfi element + 6db mobile one whip antenna. front left bullbar standard tab . + backup antenna rear left roofcage . height is might
All in planning atm, so I'm thinking of a low gain and a high gain both mounted at the back and up high above tail gate on a bar to give the separation (and place to mount). The bar will flip down to point the antennas backwards for when I need to get through low hanging stuff. Probably a 50mm square, light gauge aluminium bar.
Well researched and presented. I'm a former Army Artillery signaller so spent 20 years using VHF and HF. The only time we used UHF was with small personal radios for patrolling in tight formations. Just one tip.... Don't say over and out. It's either over or out.
Yes, over and out is just contradicting yourself
UHF's range is just too balls to bother with. Also the Australian Army needs to step it up and bust out those incredible super secure powerful Baofeng UV5R's I see every Russian soldier rocking in the Ukraine invasion. Roger the dodger, over and out.
@@bashkillszombies UHF can be really quite the performer, especially once you crank up the watts with a private channel.
VHF gives a good balance in hilly areas as it can behave less directional and bend around valleys more readily.
I can’t imagine anything baofeng would make would be all too reliable
he's one of the few youtubers who knows about location sensitivity. the bullbar is the worst place to put it for getting signal to/from ahead of the car, it makes a very tear/pear-shaped transmission field
@@bashkillszombies 1: battery life matters, low transmission range = low battery use = less weight = carry more bullets.
2: the army does have more powerful radios, but not every soldier needs to communicate 1000km. most often a 1watt radio would be good enough for tactical purposes, communicating with a soldier who is scouting ahead a few hundred meters or so.
3: uhf is not limited by watts for the army. they can use whtaever the hell they want. they got their own bands.
I’m a beginner 4wder and I didn’t know much about what channels to use and what they mean. So this video really help with understanding how uhf radios work. Cheers guys great video 👍
So glad it could help! Thanks mate!
the book that came with your radio probably has the channels and their uses printed in it.
Be careful which channel you're using.
Definitely want to stay off the urgent need channel 5 and 35 unless a genuine emergency services situations of course.
Also : ultra high frequency citizens band radio the channel 40
The cops 👮 💂 👲 👳 👴 👵 👤 👥 🚓 🚔 🚎 🚐 🚚 🚛 🚗 🚘 🚣 🚁 ✈ 🚲 ⛵ 🚨 themselves Especially uniformed officers in flashy highway patrol pursuit cars 🚔 🚘 around .
They never say anything about wanting though, they're still there so better not to use them channels unless absolutely necessary
Good piece mate, thanks.
CH 10 is for National Parks and National Conservation areas. If you're not in either of those areas don't use CH 10. If you're in a State Park or on private land, pick another channel, usually 12 by agreement.
29 was originally the CH used by the road construction industry on sections of the Pacific Hwy upgrade, particularly the NSW mid-North coast. This allowed the site chief (one chief in the olden days) to communicate with inbound or outbound loads or plant. Using 29 back in the heyday was generally a fascination for travellers but it could also warn of road closures before bypass roads became de rigueur. No construction? Stay on 40.
Different construction areas use different channels. These days, on large road constructions sites, different road construction entrances use different channels - there'll be signs indicating which channel is to be used so the site chiefs can manage truck and plant movement on their site.
On antennas - the height doesn't matter as the signal propagates from the middle of the antenna. What does matter is the thickness. You can have an eight foot whip that can be as thin as speaker wire; or a two foot whip, which needs to be fat (for internal wire length) for propagation.
Personally, I don't mount my antennas on the bull bar - rough roads destroy the mount quicker than a roof mount, especially if the bullbar is not pinned. Height on the vehicle does matter. If your eyes are at 5' 7", on flat ground the horizon is 15Km distant; so decent propagation on the flat is the centre of the antenna at 5' 7" - a bullbar mount won't achieve this unless the whip is gimoungus. Azimuth doesn't matter but inclination and declination also matters - that's some math for another day. Also some math for another day - if you can get the centre of your antenna to, say, 12', then the horizon is 30Km; being reasonable, without a repeater, and an antenna at 10' centre, 20Km is audible and understandable with 5W; that'd be a 6.1
My three antennas [and sand flag] are mounted on my roof rack (all four corners) using foldable mounts with four positions of foldability. In tight vegetation, folding them flat, with 5W, does little to reduce propagation distance in that type of country.
Disclosure: I run GME XRS handsets and whips, and a Cel-Fi Go.
As an aside, a well designed kangaroo will rip an antenna off the bullbar, but might slow it down enough - so it doesn't enter the cab through your front glass ;)
Pat I'm so thankful you can branch out and make videos like this. It's absolutely fantastic and as someone who was a radio operator for SLSQ I can say you've done exceptionally at explaining everything.
Thanks so much Dusty! yeah really appreciate you saying that, its good to be able to make some different sort of videos! really interesting all the UHF stuff so glad you enjoyed it! thanks for the comment ! :)
@@AussieArvos Now goto WIA and get a manual for HAM so you can study for a Foundation HAM license, which if your touring deep in the outback you will need for survival, forget Sat phones too expensive but maybe an ePerb. You're a champ for making this video, would say one of your best so far on the channel not to undermine the other great vids though. Cheers
Just did a trip from Adelaide to alice and was about 30mins behind a pilot vehicle spotting out road hazards. I found out I was half hour behind when I started hearing hazards and timing how long it took to see them. When I finally caught up to them had a chat and we were all using 6.6 gme aerials, was well and truely over 50kms away. We were all blown away
What a great video. Coming from an Amatuer Radio background I've watched plenty of videos on people "attempting" to provide information about UHF radios and the uses on vehicles and i usually want to turn off within the first 2 mins but i actually watched this video the whole way through. Very well researched and you actually explained facts instead of some idea that someone had in their head.
You should explore the hobby of Amatuer Radio. It'll open up your mind even further on what you can do with a Carrier and some Intelligence.
I was thinking the same thing, Chris! Great explanation.
congrats boys high distinction for this project
Thanks Steven!!
The Bunnings theme at the start had me in stitches
If you drove trucks for a living like I do it is infuriating this sort of thing. They have 40 or 80 channels to use for cooking around on and they use the road channel saturating it with clutter so it's utterly unusable when you need to use it
One handy trick we do in convoys is figure out who's got the best radio put them in the middle and use them to repeat messages essentially trippling the range and really good for looking for a camp so we don't have 3 or 4 cars reversing back up a track
yup, we've done this too.
As a Ham Radio Operator and avid 4wdriver myself, the infomation you have provided is bang on mate, it took me a long time studying to get my advanced amature radio licence but these high end HF radios are a lot of fun, experimenting with different antenna ideas is a big part of our hobby and making our radio shack stand out from the rest
Ham radio operator in America here. About 20 years ago I bought a HF antenna called the Outbacker, made in Australia. This was typically mounted on the rear bumper of a car. I didn't use it much but I made successful contacts on the 80 (at night) and 40 meter bands. Pretty amazing considering it's small size. I just did a google search and found a site that claims they are the "home" of the original Outbacker HF mobile antenna.
They are a great antenna. I have been using one recently to make HF contacts worldwide on 20m, and yes, they are made here in WA.
Great video, I am radio tech myself and i can see you really did your homework. Really good explanations with great graphics to back them up. BTW awesome shots of Mt St Leonard 👍
Thanks Sketchy! really appreciate it mate! yeah Mt St Leonard is a great one! can see everything from up there! thanks for the support!
Yeh I'm in the radio industry also and it's great to see someone did their homework on this one. So many other videos out there with rubbish facts being thrown around and incorrect terms being used.
15 seconds in, already amazing ‘How has it effected me… you got a spare couple of days’🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 great history content too
UHF radio's are a must have in Rural Areas and are worth gold. As you cant beat them for what's going on locally with traffic accident's, water across roads, livestock out or being moved and weather events just too name a few. Great video as always.
A very thoroughly researched and accurate presentation. Well done. Your level of knowledge would make acquiring a ham foundation license a mere formality. Ham radio certainly compliments CB very well. If you can get your regular driving mates to sit the license with you, you'll never look back.
I promise.
Wow Ive been using UHF for years Your 18 minutes just gave me so much information Im embarrassed to admit it .Thankyou And keep the videos coming
Plain, simple and to the point. Probably the best advice Ive heard on the basic use of UHF and great info on the XRS. Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations on a great video. Straight to the point, accurate and enjoyable. I’m an old 27mhz CBer from way back! This video makes me want to get back into it. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Great video Patty. The quality of videos coming out now are really impressive the camera work and information are A class. You have really found your stride mate I remember when you used to just be in the background. Really glad you are putting yourself out there now mate you have a lot of skill in front of the camera. Aussie Arvos is picking up speed really quick and I can see it blowing up and becoming really huge very soon!
Thanks Erik! i really appreciate the comment, yeah with Lockdown its been pretty hard to film videos as a group, but still trying to make some interesting different videos ! so really glad you liked it and thanks for taking the time to write that really nice comment, i really does mean a lot and makes all the time and effort worth it! thanks mate :)
That was a seriously excellent upload. Just bought my first (GME) CB and there's more to learn than I'd bargained for. You answered so many questions I had. Really really well presented and the choice of topics was on point. Well done.
Thanks mate!
Great video Pat... Love the history and solid info on UHF radios definitely learnt a couple of new things. Well done GME getting behind a solid up and coming youtuber...
Honestly don't know how I stumbled across this vid, clicked it by accident, was gunna change it but you had me engaged haha. Some really good knowledge to have, so cheers!
You guys always turn what seems like a basic video, into a super interesting video. Keep it up
Great video mate, thanks taking the time to produce this for the masses. I am looking for a CB for my rig and GME was at the top of my list also. Cheers, Greg.
I have a 5.5dbi Uniden antenna in NZ, which i have fitted to a custom (Rago fabrication) bracket from the USA. Very highly recommended. It folds around the bottom of your rear light. I never would have thought about the accident scenario on the front bumper, so thanks dude. It makes me very happy with my decision.
Another great video from Aussie arvos with real world information that anyone can understand 👍
I am 62 and planning a trip to the Top End and will now purchase a GME XRS-370C4P after listening to you - I love your work - cheers - Hutchy
So the story behind ch 29 is that when the newer 5w radios came out in the 90’s there was interference between the inland Sydney/Brisbane route (hunter/Armidale) and the coast road (Newcastle/tweed) so the coast road started using ch 29. So basically you use ch 40 Australia wide except when you are heading north from Sydney,when you hit the M1 you switch to ch 29. 👍🏻
Thanks for sharing Ben! Great info!
Actually, you use UHF40 until you come off the freeway turn right and head to Hexham, then you change back somewhere between the Gold Coast and Brisbane. If you dare.
Most people use 29 right down to sydney
Good practical info guys. Lotsa stuff I never knew about. Cheers for the heads up. Oh and I love my new hoodie and shirt.
Great video and info - learnt a few things and love the energy. I would love to see a 3-5 min version of this with condensed facts and information. Keep it up
I LOVE these informational ones and the way you do it. I also liked the snowy river information segments in another of your vids
Thanks Nathan! really appreciate it! yeah definitely want to make more!
That was truly awesome dude. Very informative and helpful. Didn’t know the gme was Australian made. For me. Sold!🇦🇺
Great little video, found it useful. As for my aerials I have a GME UHF High Gail Aerial on the Bullbar as I have my Telstra Ci-Fe mounted on the roof of the car. Found this works best for my needs.
Thanks again, look forward to more of your videos.
Mick
good on you GME
Great video. Very informative and easy to understand. I've always mounted my antenna on the bull bar and never thought about what would happen if I hit an actual bull. I just installed a UHF in my new 4WD last week and now I'm thinking I should move the antenna.
They make these in Sydney's North West in Winston Hills. I wanted to support local and bought the same radio. It has been excellent so far.
One thing I love about GME that nobody seems to mention is where they locate the microphone on the handset. It's above the screen so those of us who grab it with our hand across the front aren't blocking the mic when we talk. It's a clear indication of someone who actually uses the gear, not just makes it.
Good work lads, it was only yesterday I was on the highway in Sa when a call came over on 40 letting me know my tail light was falling out. I do a lot of country km’s and it’s worth it’s weight in gold. Safely getting around trucks over taking etc
Definitely ! tjhanks Dennis!
Nice job mate. You should do a follow-up on how to use CTSS or DCS to filter comms of other users not in your convoy. It is great for restricting what your CB receives when travelling with family and friends (and not interested in the general public interference). I’d give you an A+ if you also included graduate level discussion on using the encoding to cipher the transmission. Thanks!
Also to be responsible you should have TX lockout enabled otherwise you can jump on someone else. Use of CTCSS etc on repeaters is illegal as well.
Always coming through with the info boys. Always hanging out for you videos 👌👌
Thanks Ed!
An update for those around Canberra, channel 2 Repeater is back up, big thanks to GME and Watts Communications in Fyshwick. 👍
I wanted to make a UHF CB video and trying to explain it... now I feel intimidated as this is one of the best videos on UHF CB explanation I've ever seen. Well done, great job!
Wow thanks so much mate! really means alot ! Thanks :)
@@AussieArvos If you want to learn about Amateur Radio or do a video on it, hit me up I'm in Tassie
You go alright too Hayden😉. I feel a young VK in the making..73's
@@nathanpike5853 thanks Nathan 👍
Aussie made for Aussies shown on Aussie Arvos GME and Patrick awesome work 4X4 content we need and enjoy thanks mate
Thanks so much Dan!!! Really appreciate it mate!
When I was CBing in remote W.A. in the 1980s and 1990s, I used a GME AE409L ground Independent UHF Antenna, which I mounted on a vehicle roof gutter bracket with a spring base.
It being a "ground independent" antenna made this type of mounting easier, and it gave me a full 360-degree ground plane pattern, so it didn't matter where I located it, just so long as it was up high and free of other metallic obstructions.
I used the 6db gain loaded stainless steel whip most of the time and found it entirely satisfactory for general use. Here is some more info on this GME antenna.
The GME AE409L gives you the flexibility to use it either on 6dBi or 9dBi gain through the use of an additional whip on top of the existing whip. The 6dBi whip is suitable for most conditions. When you are out in the flat country areas, a 9dBi whip will give you a longer range.
This antenna is suitable for mounting on bonnets. An excellent antenna if you are driving mainly on bitumen roads. It is not recommended for off-road driving conditions.
But with a little bit of "tweaking ingenuity," you can always add your own spring base to your mounting hardware to circumvent this problem.
I highly recommend the use of a ground Independent type of antenna setup because that way, it doesn't matter where you locate your antenna, you'll always have a perfect ground plain. You will need to keep obstructions well away from the antenna though.
Best video yet. Great content,well researched and presented and really worth while. I’m running an old 40 channel GME tx 7something that’s about 30 years old with the original 6ft aerial but have a hinge mount GME like yours that’s going on the roof soon.
Thanks Ken! really means alot mate! the old GME gear is just as good i reckon!
Good content mate.
I am an Electrical Engineer and agree with aerial placement on roof. Mine is on the roof rack and have 2.1dB short aerial (High Country) but when I am on open stretch I put the 6dB whip.
Cheers
I've got my HF mounted on the roof - my UHF and SATCOM are bull bar mounted, but that's more due to space and keeping the cables and antennas separated than due to range desires. If I can't reacj on a bull bar mounted UHF, it's time for the good old HF on RFDS or VKS-737 (I can use both, but mostly operate on VKS-737). Of course, working in Maritime Communications, all this talk of 100W and less is a bit tame for my tastes! My ship recently got a QSL card from Germany, following one of our GMDSS HF tests (conducted off the NW Shelf near Broome)! That's range!
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However, I only became an electrical engineer, several years after I stopped using the CB.
Hence my knowledge was obtained from (older) TV / Radio aerial books and understanding SWR compared to various points of mounting.
SWR for the same aerial & cable length can vary greatly, depending on the location of the aerial.
Also - if one has a 2nd aerial (either a normal am/fm radio aerial, or a dedicated CB aerial), if it happens to be at a set distance from a working aerial, it often acts as a dipole reflector.
Having TWO aerials connected as if a dual dipole can also have a greater effect than most people know - of creating a razor sharp "arrow beam" - similar to what a YAGI gives.
In other words, sometimes a dual aerial system works to block signals from the sides while amplifying signals from front & rear (or one side to the other).
Side to side beam patterns are good, if one is sitting at the side of the road, wanting to hear radio chatter from either direction, whereas a front/rear lobe effect allows travelling people to hear others in front or behind (such as in convoy), whilst eliminating any radio traffic to the sides (from fixed house locations etc.).
What an awesome video! So glad I found your channel. Great work mate
Ive been in telecommunications for 10years, love my job.......bloody awesome video lad👌
Very informative a lot that I did not know about channels one of the best videos. I think I’ve watched a long time well done
Gme xrs here with the 2dbi and 6dbi antennas used as appropriate. Mounted on the bullbar for convenience and because you can see it before it hits trees. I totally agree on GME for both the exceptional quality and buying something owned, designed and built here.
For a bit of a time warp, I started using cbs when most people used 18 channel am cbs using the 27mhz frequency. UHF cbs in those days were an oddity. How times change.
And another great video. I love the stuff you guys are doing.
Awesome video! Simple and to the point. Perfectly explained.
Well presented. We are going to be travelling Australia fulltime soon, so i am about to now show my kids this video and test them 😉
All your videos are useful and full of info and this is no exception. Thanks guys.
Thanks Benny!
Mate best vid on uhf's. Explains everything you need.👍
Awesome vid bro! Awesome summary, best I’ve heard, great vibe too.
I brought a 9 db GME 3 stage steel whip antenna nearly 30 years ago and am still using the original base and 6 db antenna. Had to replace the 9 db antenna because a galah flew into it and bent it. It still worked ok but for cosmetic reasons it got changed. It’s always been mounted on the bullbar and has been fine there. Once you could get 6ft fibre glass antennas that was the trend to mount on the bullbar but it would smash at the first sign of a low tree or anything that didn’t give
I am also a beginner and your video was a great intro. Many thanks.
I've got my GME 40CH UHF antenna mounted on the passenger side guard channel. I use an Aussie made RFI stainless wire antenna with a mopole base. I'll be checking out that GME radio online.
Great information, it me an instant subscriber.
Cheers from the U.S.A.
That's a great radio system mate.
Repeaters: when set in duplex, when you press the push-to-talk whilst on channel 1… you are actually transmitting on channel 31
(that’s what the repeater listens to).. and when you release, your radio switches back to listening to channel 1.
that’s why you can hear the “roger beep” the repeater sends when you let go. Same for Channel 2=32 thru to 8 on 38.
(You can test this with a second radio listening to channel 31 and hear yourself)
Basically a repeater simply takes channel 31 and transmits (repeats) whatever it hears on channel 1.
It’s up to your radio to deal with transmit/listen.
Pretty basic, but it help if you understand how it works it’s easier to understand what it’s doing.
(Also a good reason to avoid channels 31-38.)
Another interesting fact: by law all repeaters must transmit their VK license number at regular intervals in Morse code… if you listen to a repeater long enough you can confirm it.. if your Morse code is fast enough you can identify exactly what it’s call sign is… (it’s very quick however!) then look it up to find it’s physical location.
Great video. Well presented. You certainly did your homework. Keep up the great work!
gme definatly got thie moneys worth out of this sponsorship. great work on the video, hopefully this dedication leads to plenty of future sponsor offers for you guys.
I have the same set up as you and it’s a great unit with antenna on the front. Top video🎙📻
Ive run my ariels from either on the bullbar, spare wheel carrier, or on the guard. Tbh it just comes down to where it best suits me at the time and what is fitted to the vehicle.
Great vid mate...well presented and spot on with good info. 👍
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A radio check, is NOT just to see if you are being "heard" or that anyone can talk back.
A (genuine) radio check is to tell you TWO certain specific things.
1/-
That yes - you are "getting out" ..
But more important is
2/-
YOUR SIGNAL STRENGTH.
On your unit, there will (or should be) a strength meter.
On any received signal - you will see the strength that it is being received at.
Now - to be certain that your signal is getting to somewhere else, two things are needed.
ONE is how far away from each other are you, and TWO, what power they are transmitting to you on.
BOTH these strengths, give you your own output power, AND your ability to receive a likewise power signal.
Thus - for a genuine radio check - you need to advise where you are, and what your SWR is.
(SWR = Standing Wave Ratio)
If you have an aerial - it matters as to EXACTLY, how long your cable is, between your transmitter & your aerial
It thus also matters, as to what your STANDING WAVE RATIO "is" between your transmitter & your aerial.
Which is why - any half-dead Indian - always asks - what does my smoke look like.
In other words, how STRONG is my signal when it gets somewhere, and what strength their signal is, when it gets back to you.
SWR matters.
Why - ?
Because if your aerial is NOT tuned correctly, your standing wave ratio COULD be so high, as to obliterate your lovely output power.
Having the SWR as close to 1:1 as possible, means that a small power output, could be MUCH STRONGER (further away) than a weaker "out-of-tune" 1:5 SWR radio that is closer to the recipient.
Often as much as completely wiping the other station out, if your SWR is at 1:1 (fifteen miles away) with a closer station with a higher SWR of 1:2, less than 1/2 a km away from the recipient.
POWER = strength.
Strength is only obtained by having a correctly TUNED aerial.
An aerial transmits FAR MORE POWER, if the standing wave ratio (SWR) is as close to 1:1 as possible.
Thus, at the same time as "buying" your TX/RX unit, and your co-ax, and your aerial & fittings, buying a SWR meter, (connected "in line" with your aerial & TX/RX unit) is probably the best money for value - you could ever spend in CB radio terms.
Sure, a "manufactured" aerial is approximately 1:1 - when you buy it (as the manufacturer can test these on fixed loads)
However, even 1/2 inch more or less, of the wrong size co-ax (50 ohm instead of 75 ohm) - can put your SWR so far "out" that your transmitter does NOT have enough output power, to overcome the standing waves, inherent in your aerial cabling, to output ANY signal.
PLUS POSITIONING OF THE AERIAL MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENE IN SWR
An over-the-counter (store bought) aerial can have a SWR of 1:1 with your lovely new TX/RX CB radio, if the aerial is center mounted in the middle of the roof (on a roof rack bar)
But the SWR in the cable, could be self-blocking your output power - if the "mismatch" is in the order of say 1:5 SWR.
So to hear someone say - Oi, yes you are getting out - means diddly shyte, if they are say 1/2 a km away - vs someone who tells you your signal strength is about a 3 - at a distance of twenty km.
Excellent video buddy, very informative and simple to understand. Great job.
great video very informative whatched it with my son good work
Thank you for this video. It was very informative.
I only just installed mine this week and tested today. Low and behold my first real experience was was some aggressive knob starting a fight with the driver just a few cars ahead of me! Great introduction. I told him he needs to learn how to love. It actually stopped after that..
Great video, very informative 👍🏼
Thanks for the informative video, we soon will be traveling OZ in our 4x truck and this info will come handy. Subbed
Loved the video, you’ve got some pretty solid facts.
The whip you hear when you transmit though a repeater is something programmed into the repeater; there is some around that won’t give you that crack
As a radio technician, I have a lot of friends reach out and ask about common faults, and troubleshooting techniques; I think that would make an excellent video. Reach out if you need any information
As a licensed hobby radio operator great presentation and very accurate in your theory presentation 👍
Great info mate. Thanks
6.5db mounted to the bull bar, the aerial is the perfect length that if it touches I won’t fit or if it misses I will, where I live in Qld we have more flat grounds, long straight roads so the high gain is good for me
Great video.
Thanks very much, learnt a lot.
Very helpful episode, thanks!
Thanks Warren!!
Very informative and well presented. Smashed that subscribe button!
It's wild to see the large differences from country to Country. USA with a GMRS license (UHF) we get 50watts. And an amateur radio license, general class. We get to 1.5kw. good informational video
Great vid and explanations... its a pity a lot of city and local truck drivers use channel 40 as a personal play thing...
What an awesome expanation on UHF radios... Excellent stuff !!
There is also an HF CB system available which is still out there on the 27MHz band and is still class licenced like the UHF CB frequencies. It does not require the massive tuner box for the antenna that the radios using the lower frequencies around 3 - 7MHz. Best of both worlds to have both!
Brilliant mate, Yours is becoming one of the best and most informative channels on youtube keep up the good work..
Thanks mate :)
That was very informative! Great job mate 👍👌😎
I really liked this vid. Real informative.
I’ve learnt a lot from this video. Thank you. I’m wanting to get into 4wding but don’t know much.
Thanks so much Tahi, great idea wanting to get into it! you can have a look at afew of our other videos, not all of them are the best advice HAHAHA but another great source of info is the RUclips channel Seek Adventure, he made some awesome videos
Tahi, if there is a 4 wheel drive club near you, I suggest you join it because the members will have a lot of experience they are willing to share including suitable vehicles for your asperations, how to safely use said 4wd and the locations of local tracks.
You may also find that the Club members do regular outings and some go on longer trips which you might be innvited to join if you get along with the trip leaders and your fellow members.
If there is more than one club locally, go along to their meetings and choose the Club which most suits your likes and dislikes.
Really good video mate, thanks.
Good video mate. I have been in to CB radio for 20 years now, both 27MHz and UHF and 3 years ago got my ammatuer radio licence. Its a lot of fun and were very lucky to have the free to use CB radio spectrum we do. Its WAY better than the American counterpart.
Thanks John!!
@@AussieArvos Away back in the early 1970's here in NZ - the CB license was a cost for everyone, minimal but still a cost (about $5 a call sign of which I had FOUR, 3 for my three units in Otago and 1 in the car for use in Invercargill).
Later, when they opened the number of channels available up to 40 with Upper & Lower sidebands too, they started charging (like wounded bulls) an exorbitant amount, in annual fees - which was about the time I said nah - to hell with it, and stopped using my CB's.
About ten years after that, when most people were wanting a comparable unit to those in the USA & Australia, NZ changed to 27Mhz, which meant my old 7 channel pop-up-toaster, and my later 11 channel were unable to be used, as I couldn't afford to convert all the crystals over to 27Mhz, and the units couldn't be changed to USB & LSB either, just down the middle old school radios.
Thus my old CB's still have the original (main band) 26.5Mhz based crystals
great video very informative and well presented
Good stuff fellas very insightful and good info
Great video thanks Pat!
I learnt a thing or two from this video, cheers
Nice 1
I have the same unit and thanks for the repeater lesson...awesome 👍
Fascinating. I learnt a lot. I live in rural Qld. Mobile phone signals are sketchy at best. I have the UHF in my ute as a safety back up mostly. Don't run with it on as too much crap on it. I did ten years in the rural fire brigade. During the big floods in 2011 our trucks didn't have UHF in them. Flooded in people were trying to talk to us and couldn't. Since then UHF has been included in our trucks. Certainly still very useful in rural areas.
Just watching the videos, mate youre recording in my favourite camping spot in the area haha
good video mate . I am just looking at getting handheld waterproof uhf radios for kayaking with my wife so was looking around RUclips for some info . You packed this video so full of info for me . me being a total cb noob. thanks !
Well done video...mount sugarloaf loves his shirt !!!
Such a brilliant explanation of the technology and easy to understand!
Thanks for the info, I learned things I was clueless about👍
No worries! glad it could help!