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AM is used on the A75 in Scotland and is the main way of communicating with the Irish truckers

Thanks for the heads up stampman.

I have been thinking about "bigger is better" when it comes to my antenna, i know my old silver rod back in the day kicked ass so it think i might go back down that route, but on a hinge.

My thoughts are this, my CB is only on when i am working in my garage/ workshop so i am thinking of fabricating a hinged pole that i can leave a fully erected silver rod on and move horizontal and vertical when in and out of use.

I don't want it on show all the time and the my boundary is long enough to house something like this, i will give it more thought and keep you posted if i do it

Yes the Thunderpole CB Map is excellent.
You can enter you Handle or Callsign into it and see
other breakers in your area or in UK as a whole.
I note in Morecambe /Lancaster there is not so many about.
I find south of Lancaster there is more Breakers, hence I visit Jubilee tower
where I can contact them including Truckers.
CB is not entirely dead but quieter to what it has been which is not a bad thing.

Hi I have the same thing going on found my old uniden 200 are they still compatible thanks

Yes the Uniden 200 was a 40 channel UK radio, and the UK channels are still the same.

Andy.

AM is used mainly on the A74 road to stranrar by the Irish drivers using the ferry's

Just started the route to starting again. I am waiting for a Cobra 148 GTL from USA. I have bought it untested for spares so your guess is as good as mine what it will be like. Hope it isn't a brick. Anyway it will be fixed even a poor cheap Chinese takeaway - the bad bits can be replaced. Anyone know a good radio engineer? So it could take weeks and weeks to get the rig working. Any suggestions what i should do with it?? careful! I mean Antenna. well that is the long and short of it.. give me a shout out

Hi and welcome to the Forum.
As said Harrier is a good rig.
I use a Rotel 240 and a Thunderpole T-800 which I consider a great basic little Radio.
Like you came back into CB after many years.
Sadly there are not many Breakers in my area.
However I often visit Jubilee Tower near Lancaster and get out quite well on 4 Watts
due to the fact it is 700/800 ft high.
So far have copies to Blackpool, Preston, Blackburn, Leyland, Chorley, Rivington, Eccleston, Southport and Crosby.
Two Antennas I mainly use :- Thunderpole Supa-Nova and the Original Les Wallen Modulator.

Got my radio and its hot! just got my hygain silver rod up but have not routed the feed to my radio yet. do i need to earth the aerial? got a charly tango handle. really close to pressing the key in earnest.