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Hi. I have bought my first ssb radio........ a superstar 3900. Can't afford anything else i'm afraid. Up until now I have only used fm and am rigs so know nothing about ssb. Any advice on what channels are best to listen to? Will my antenna that I use for uk fm work ok for ssb? I have had a little ...

Yes, thats the same as the "static" that i'm getting! Like bacon frying......

Hi. Like you I too pulled my old rigs out! Couldn't hear anything on am and only the odd one on uk fm ..............until I bought a homebase antenna a silver rod from thunderpole. What a difference! I can hear a few (not many) on AM and loads on the fm.

I have pulled out all my old radios i.e harrier cb, harrier cbx (well worn), york jcb, Harrier homebase and I have also bought a new midland 78 which I havn't set up yet. Bought a new silver rod for the house and dug out my old antenna for the car! Next on the list is a thunderpole orbiter . I have ...

Couldn't agree more. Although for the last week there seems to be constant interference on every channel in bursts blocking out all but the closest copies................ very strange????????

Hi all. I have had something on every channel for at least 3 days. Whatever it is causes the needle on my cb to go at least half way up in bursts so it's impossible to hear anyone that's not on my doorstep! Is this skip?

Hi. If it's new there shouldn't be a problem with it. Check that you have wired the plugs correctly it's easy to make a mistake (some good advice on youtube) I have had problems with connections in the past causing similar. Make sure your shield wire isn't in contact with the core wire etc.

Thought the cb would be a good way of passing some time on lockdown but it seems I forgot that many around me are mobile so there is nothing much to listen to!! Merthyr Tydfil area South Wales.

Thanks for the advice. I have purchased a second hand 30 amp power supply so that should do the job. I havn't tried the amp yet though!

Hello all. I've set my homebase up with old school harrier cbx and silver rod antenna and it;s surprising how many breakers are in the south wales area and i'm hearing breakers from Cardiff and Bristol. The old cb ing seems to be coming back.......

Are you sure your coax lead connections are sound. Is the antenna high off the ground? Does the swr vary at all with length?

Hi all. Just bought a little CTE 747 amplifier and I need to know what to power it with. Could I get a 20 or 30 watt
bench power supply and run my fm cb and the amp together. Would the 30 amps be too powerfull to run the cb if I took the amp off? Any suggestions as to what I could use not ...

I've been thinking of making some kind of hinge system so I can lower it in bad wind. The answer eventually will to buy a more expensive antenna! Though a chap a few doors down from me still has his silver rod up since the early 1990's.........no longer in use and slightly bent but not too bad ...

OK Thanks for that.

Hi all. I plugged in my old fidelity 3000 today and all seemed fine until I dropped below channel 10. When I key the mic at channel 10 or less it transmits for 2 seconds and then nout with mic still keyed and further down the channels I can see the needle move backwards on the scale. Any ideas???