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Hello all name is James, been 23 years since i last used CB radio and just recently bought a rig (was just listening last few months with a cheap SDR) would be great to do a bit of DX when the skip comes in.
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 Ham M7VIC Posts : 1178 Times Thanked : 73 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: Call sign request (Issued) Sat Nov 28, 2020 6:43 am
Hi James,
Welcome to Charlie Tango DX.
Always good to catch a bit of 'skip'! There are flurries of activity on and off the CB bands through the year but we usually get a good lift at the midwinter solstice, (around Xmas to New Year), and if you're patient enough some great ones during the Summer. Here's hoping you catch some good radio waves
Callsigns are usually issued most days so you shouldn't have to wait too long.
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 1317 Times Thanked : 33 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 47
Subject: Re: Call sign request (Issued) Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:30 pm
Call Sign : 26-CT-3889 Posts : 4 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2020-11-27 QTH or Location : Sheffield Equipment Used : CRT SS6900N
Subject: Re: Call sign request (Issued) Sun Nov 29, 2020 10:49 pm
Victor wrote:
Hi James,
Welcome to Charlie Tango DX.
Always good to catch a bit of 'skip'! There are flurries of activity on and off the CB bands through the year but we usually get a good lift at the midwinter solstice, (around Xmas to New Year), and if you're patient enough some great ones during the Summer. Here's hoping you catch some good radio waves
Callsigns are usually issued most days so you shouldn't have to wait too long.
All the best, Victor
Yes keep getting bits coming through now and then but Antenna is just in the loft at the minute. Next Job is to get someone to mount it on the chimney.
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 Ham M7VIC Posts : 1178 Times Thanked : 73 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: Call sign request (Issued) Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:02 am
You'd be surprised what you can do with an antenna mounted in the loft James.
My own antennas are nothing more than wires cut to specific lengths hung around the roof rafters to form 'Inverted V' antennas. I've shot skip into Europe with one on CB frequencies to several countries during the summer and currently transmitting to the world on Ham bands using the others! (My bits of wires are otherwise known as a 'Fan Dipole' antenna.)
Of course, it's a bit difficult to fit a commercial 1/2 wave or 5/8ths wave end fed CB antenna in the loft.
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Subject: Call sign request (Issued) 
