AM CB Radio - 27MHz

G'day Steve,
As I remember, the call channels are/were 11 AM, 16 & 35 LSB.

I still use 27MHz from time to time, but only SSB via my Codan.

Regards
Stu

Yes, that's is referred to as SWR, I would also add that a 27Mhz needs a good ground plane and many UHF antennas don't so the mount is probably very different.

You may also need to get the right length cable.

It is best to have 2 setups.

If you need 1 then get the 27mhz one professionally installed and tested and use that for UHF with the right antenna.

It will work, we use 27mhz SSB as it has more range in general and a lot better in the Vic high country. PC122 is SSB & AM.

Because its fallen into disuse with little traffic its effectively a private channel.

Still a bit of traffic on call channel 35 ,but its ssb not much AM.

Robin, is that traffic on channel 35 on LSB?

Yep lsb as per Old mate.

We use channel 16 mostly and also have it on my HF (backup) as well as my 4 remaining PC122s.

The PC122 and SSB have quite interesting characteristics that make them quite useful over UHF.

Its has an RF gain control and I wind back the gain (as opposed to a mute).
This means that it ticks along quietly in the background and because of the nature of SSB you can hear others in the background and voices don't get locked out as they do with F.M. (sort of like when out with a group for dinner you can tune into 1 voice over the others).

When in a convoy I try to have 27nhz at front and rear and with better range can have a conversation outside of the trips UHF chatter.