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    Default Too much cb static?

    Just used my cb setup for the first time. The static on ch 19 was pretty bad. I had to turn the squelch up about halfway to eliminate it. I hardly heard any chatter, even when I turned the squelch off. Is that amount of static normal, or is something wrong with my setup? My swr was 1.5

    Is ch 19 not used in/around LA? Didn't get any response to my bear reports or requests.
    Last edited by WhistlerUser; 07-10-2010 at 08:18 PM.

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    Default Re: Too much cb static?

    Since its a low frequency AM transmission its prone to a lot of interference even from non-CB transmissions. What you're experiencing is pretty normal. In the city areas I run with the squelch halfway or even greater. Out in the boonies I can usually (but not always) get away with 1/3rd squelch or less.

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    Default Re: Too much cb static?

    Without actually hearing your Radio it's kinda hard to tell if you have "normal" or loud static going on or not.

    Some things to improve that loud static are turning down the RF gain a little if you CB has one, another thing to do if your Radio has a noise cancellation option use it. I also use a filter on mine which cuts down on noise quite a bit.

    Now when you say LA or you saying LA=Los Angeles? or are you saying LA=Louisiana?

    I do know Cali uses Channel 17 allot more than 19, but if your Talking Louisiana channel 19 should be the channel of choice for that area.
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    Default Re: Too much cb static?

    AM sucks, you pick up interference from power lines and most of the electronics toys we enjoy today. Whenever I get into a truly isolated area and don't have to run the squelch pretty high I always think my radio is busted...

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    Default Re: Too much cb static?

    Quote Originally Posted by Akosikojak View Post
    Now when you say LA or you saying LA=Los Angeles? or are you saying LA=Louisiana?

    I do know Cali uses Channel 17 allot more than 19, but if your Talking Louisiana channel 19 should be the channel of choice for that area.
    Los Angeles. I'll check out Ch 17. I honestly heard maybe 2 min of chatter over 3 hours on Ch 19. No one responded to me either.

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    Default Re: Too much cb static?

    I just started playing with my new CB too. My experience had been the same here. I have now been getting a better idea of where the squelch should be. I usually can only find chatter if I scan all channels. This is not what I bought it for, but at least I can get an idea of how it works.

    I have heard one traffic report, but it was far away and I couldn't understand it. At this point, I'm thinking this is best used on long trips on Interstate (not so much the Turnpike).

    I also heard some conversation with a guy from VA today. I'm in South FL, so that must be skip

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    Default Re: Too much cb static?

    Quote Originally Posted by WhistlerUser View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Akosikojak View Post
    Now when you say LA or you saying LA=Los Angeles? or are you saying LA=Louisiana?

    I do know Cali uses Channel 17 allot more than 19, but if your Talking Louisiana channel 19 should be the channel of choice for that area.
    Los Angeles. I'll check out Ch 17. I honestly heard maybe 2 min of chatter over 3 hours on Ch 19. No one responded to me either.
    I did the same thing, being from NC channel 19 was full of constant chatter. Out on the west coast I probably spent 2 weeks trying to talk to people w/no luck at all, probably did 100 radio checks w/nothing, I was like WTF what a bunch of Rude people, they won't even acknowledge a radio check. Talked to my Dad ( long haul trucker for >40yrs) and he said "did you try out channel 17"? I switched the CB over to channel 17 and bam within 5 seconds people were chatting away, I performed a Radio check and bam someone hollered back "it's working".

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    Quote Originally Posted by switch626 View Post
    I also heard some conversation with a guy from VA today. I'm in South FL, so that must be skip
    Another reason AM sucks.

    Skip is good if it's a hobby but we're really only interested in short range communication.

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    Default Re: Too much cb static?

    I had a Cobra 19 and a Lil Will as my first setup and I always got a ton of static. I ordered a Uniden 520xl from Sparky's, I am not sure if was his tuning or the ANL function on the Uniden but it made a big difference.

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    Default Re: Too much cb static?

    Quote Originally Posted by rocky2 View Post
    I had a Cobra 19 and a Lil Will as my first setup and I always got a ton of static. I ordered a Uniden 520xl from Sparky's, I am not sure if was his tuning or the ANL function on the Uniden but it made a big difference.
    Yea, I've been meaning to ditch the Cobra 19 for a while now, just haven't brought myself to do it. It's tuned fine with about 1.1 SWR on 19, 1.0 on channel 1, 1.4 on 40 IIRC, but the static sucks and I don't seem to be able to get many radio checks answered :/

 

 

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