What's 10 meter?

[Fjamming]

What are the 10 meter radios? Are they CBs? Then there's SSB... Anyone ever use that on the CB?

Thanks. So much to learn and getting confused as I read them.

[eecue]

CBs are 11 meter radios.

10 meter is reserved for Amateur Radio operators (Ham)

Most CB radios use AM for the modulation or mode, but some use Single Side Band and in Europe some use FM. SSB (both Upper : USB and Lower: LSB) is more common in the Ham bands, used almost exclusively below 6 meter.

Hope that helps.

=]

-Dave
N3CUE

[Fjamming]

Thanks Dave. Is there a way for me to modify the 10 meter to work with CB? So much to learn. I'll work on getting a HAM license.

[SoCalOcFj]

I use to talk on the Cb way back when. Including SSB. In general nowadays I think SSB is pretty much dead just like Cb is. The only diff w/ the SSB you get an upper side & an lower side per channel (3x the channels) and ya get 3x peak power over the regular Cb carrier 12-15 watts max vs 4-5 watts.
Cb in my opinion is the best for reg close in group stuff. But for safety ham is the thing to have.
Actually I am one of those who isn't into the ham thing. The next time I am deep into Mexico I will be renting a sat phone. My.2

[gascolator]

SoCalOcFj previously said:

The only diff w/ the SSB you get an upper side & an lower side per channel (3x the channels)

No... the difference between upper and lower sideband is a matter
of which half (phase, actually) of the modulation is transmitted. If
someone is on USB channel 19, they will not be intelligible to someone on
LSB channel 19. However, they WILL interfere with other communications
on the same channel (frequency). The same is true of AM. Only one
signal of any kind can for practical purposes be transmitted on a single
frequency.

So anybody who says there are 'three times the channels' is simply
blowing marketing smoke with no technical 'fire' to back it up.

Because the carrier is not transmitted on SSB, and is re-inserted back in the
receiver, a lower received signal level can be made usable to the listener.
SSB will 'punch' through when AM is nothing but mud.

Also, since the carrier and (redundant) second side-band use up 2/3 of
the power, and because the carrier is on all the time, lighter-duty
transmitter components can transmit much more usable signal via SSB.

[eecue]

You can mod your ham equipment to work on 11 meter, but you would be breaking the law if you transmitted on it.

Being that there is virtually no FCC enforcement on the ham bands you most likely would not get caught. Now if you mod your ham radio and start transmitting on public safety frequencies without permission you will get cracked down on.

Also if you transmit on ham bands without a ham license (or without properly identifying your station and some other rules) you will get tracked down by hams and reported to the FCC.

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-Dave

[Mikey D.]

You don't want to mess with Uncle Charlie (FCC) - the fines are very steep and they WILL collect one way or another!

Search the ARRL website for 'FCC Enforcement' - you'll be surprised at what you see!

Mike

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[MIKESCRUISER]

anybody know how to lower the radio noise without filters? I got the midland handheld cb(75822) w/firestik 3ft antenna. everything is within range. swr at 2.0

[eecue]

that's a very high SWR, you should have an SWR between 1 and 1.2

check that your ground is good and that you are using a matched antenna.

[MIKESCRUISER]

2.0 is too high? I'll check my gound, thanks.