Well done on the contact on 4 watts. My friend spoke to an English ex pat in Malta using a Maycom EM27 (also 4 watts), and my old K40 antenna on his car from the Barnweil monument on a hill (approx 600ft asl), just behind Prestwick Airport. Proves you don't need mega-watts to make the contacts.
nice copy! on some short es conditions on the cb fm band i used fm many times over the years great band alot can be done on 4watts best wishes from the timebandit ex 2w0aqp mw0cnd swansea wales!
takes me back to the early eighties,with my high gain silver rod,tristar 747 sideband and york jcb 863,,before 27/81 i had a midland 150 m,as as a seventeen year old back in late 81,i would have killed someoneone for a sideband set with a high button,unfortunately legalisation pretty much killed the fun overnight
I have three Fidelity UK FM radios....nice rigs.I also worked a number of EU stations on UKFM in the summer months....Check out my Youtube channel........73's Dave
I have since managed to contact this station again from a better location on top of a hill. Unfortunately the frequency was quite busy again so I was battling with other stations calling at the same time! However, the skip this summer has been very good and I've had many good contacts on this ordinary UK40 radio.
I tend to hear him when the skip is good but this was the first time I was ever able to get through, much to my surprise! I think normally there are so many other stations calling, some with more power.
he sounds like willie groundskeeper willie from the simpsons lol.
24nov67 10 months ago
Well done on the contact on 4 watts. My friend spoke to an English ex pat in Malta using a Maycom EM27 (also 4 watts), and my old K40 antenna on his car from the Barnweil monument on a hill (approx 600ft asl), just behind Prestwick Airport. Proves you don't need mega-watts to make the contacts.
SpuriousEmission 1 year ago
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eddie4240xl 1 year ago
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eddie4240xl 1 year ago
something not right about this
kenwood480 1 year ago 3
nice copy there mate :)
pepsiholic2008 1 year ago
nice copy! on some short es conditions on the cb fm band i used fm many times over the years great band alot can be done on 4watts best wishes from the timebandit ex 2w0aqp mw0cnd swansea wales!
2w0aqp 2 years ago
takes me back to the early eighties,with my high gain silver rod,tristar 747 sideband and york jcb 863,,before 27/81 i had a midland 150 m,as as a seventeen year old back in late 81,i would have killed someoneone for a sideband set with a high button,unfortunately legalisation pretty much killed the fun overnight
blade0954 2 years ago
I have three Fidelity UK FM radios....nice rigs.I also worked a number of EU stations on UKFM in the summer months....Check out my Youtube channel........73's Dave
m0ogy 2 years ago
I got one of those rigs on Dec 81 and it sat under my midland 150m am rig...lol
scottishsanny 2 years ago
nice radio
rodge125 2 years ago
running 100 Watts, blody hell, amusing french
MrMladafronta 2 years ago
I have since managed to contact this station again from a better location on top of a hill. Unfortunately the frequency was quite busy again so I was battling with other stations calling at the same time! However, the skip this summer has been very good and I've had many good contacts on this ordinary UK40 radio.
GPOTOM 2 years ago
Thanks for posting that. I was a CBer in Lockerbie for 20 years before moving to Australia. Your vid brought back a few memories.
vk2cjc 2 years ago
What antenna where you using?
mrspidersir 2 years ago
It's a full size Springer antenna made by Sharman Multicom, fitted to the car roof with a 7" mag mount.
GPOTOM 2 years ago
ive also made contact with mr geoff today at 6pm,for about 20 minuites on a cobra 148.nice video... regards ian. in hull.
rradishuk 2 years ago
I tend to hear him when the skip is good but this was the first time I was ever able to get through, much to my surprise! I think normally there are so many other stations calling, some with more power.
GPOTOM 2 years ago