SW Scotland to SW France on CB Radio during skip

14/06/2009. Made contact with station 14AC003 "Mr. Geoff" in Cognac, SW France, using my Fidelity 2000 CB radio running 4W with a Springer antenna. Skip conditions on this day were variable but some distant contact was possible. Distance from my location to Cognac is 689 miles!

I am not a radio amateur (yet) but am really enjoying the Summer skip conditions with my Fidelity 2000 CB radio, purchased on eBay.

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Science & Technology

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• cb
• citizen's
• band
• radio
• skip
• propagation
• scotland
• france
• 108
• 14
• 4W
• Fidelity
• 2000
• amateur

[GPOTOM]

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.

[mrspidersir]

What antenna where you using?

[GPOTOM]

It's a full size Springer antenna made by Sharman Multicom, fitted to the car roof with a 7" mag mount.

[rradishuk]

ive also made contact with mr geoff today at 6pm,for about 20 minuites on a cobra 148.nice video... regards ian. in hull.

[GPOTOM]

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.

[kenwood480]

something not right about this 

[vk2cjc]

Thanks for posting that. I was a CBer in Lockerbie for 20 years before moving to Australia. Your vid brought back a few memories.

[24nov67]

he sounds like willie groundskeeper willie from the simpsons lol.

[SpuriousEmission]

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.

[pepsiholic2008]

nice copy there mate :)

[2w0aqp]

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!

[blade0954]

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

[m0ogy]

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

[scottishsanny]

I got one of those rigs on Dec 81 and it sat under my midland 150m am rig...lol