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45 minutes ago, WRUQ357 said:

I've just jumped back in myself after 20 years. I was a part time truck driver back then and always had a radio when I drove. I've never been a real technical person. I went big and installed a Radioddity Qt80 in my Ram and a Radioddity QT40 in my TJR. Learning as I go.😁

What is “Big” about these radios?   

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9 hours ago, WRUQ357 said:

I've just jumped back in myself after 20 years. I was a part time truck driver back then and always had a radio when I drove. I've never been a real technical person. I went big and installed a Radioddity Qt80 in my Ram and a Radioddity QT40 in my TJR. Learning as I go.😁

I got the Radioddity CB-27 Pro. I hear cb is dead but it looked fun to play with and it says it’s a Pro!

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I occasionally will tune my HF rig to the CB channels to just listen. I hear guys from Puerto Rico blazing on channel 9 and I heard one guy broadcasting political stuff on channel 19 non stop lately. I hear plenty of people using AM, USB and LSB but not much heard on FM here in mid Missouri. 

I could buy a CB or just open up on of my HF rigs if I really wanted to talk on CB.

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I just drove our little mountain and parked at about 5,600ft elevation trying to make a contact on LSB,USB, and AM. No luck today. I was in my truck using the QT80. Saturday I'm doing a charity ride event in my jeep and I hope I will have the opportunity to test the QT40 while driving the route the coordinators picked out. 

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3 minutes ago, WRUQ357 said:

I just drove our little mountain and parked at about 5,600ft elevation trying to make a contact on LSB,USB, and AM. No luck today. I was in my truck using the QT80. Saturday I'm doing a charity ride event in my jeep and I hope I will have the opportunity to test the QT40 while driving the route the coordinators picked out. 

I’m still learning about ranges. It’d seem to me the higher the elevation the more you’d pick up? Kind of the idea of why towers are put on high elevations and taller antennas get better reception? 

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2 minutes ago, GMRSJohn said:

I’m still learning about ranges. It’d seem to me the higher the elevation the more you’d pick up? Kind of the idea of why towers are put on high elevations and taller antennas get better reception? 

I'm not a specialist in any stretch of the imagination. But yeah, height is might as in gmrs. I heard a lot of people from around the states and Canada. Not sure why, I just wasn't able to make a contact. I think my radio was running about 45 watts or so 🤔 

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5 minutes ago, WRUQ357 said:

I'm not a specialist in any stretch of the imagination. But yeah, height is might as in gmrs. I heard a lot of people from around the states and Canada. Not sure why, I just wasn't able to make a contact. I think my radio was running about 45 watts or so 🤔 

I’m sure some days are better than others… atmospheric conditions and such. And I guess if you’re out of range then you’re out of range. 

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41 minutes ago, GMRSJohn said:

I’m sure some days are better than others… atmospheric conditions and such. And I guess if you’re out of range then you’re out of range. 

Living 16 miles from the Mexican border probably puts way out of range. 

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