27MHz CB - anyone still use?

Yes mate, heaps of people still use 27MHz CB's.

Would you like to buy one ?

Good condition. Comes with an aerial, base plate and wiring.

CHEAP

CHEAP

$75.00

Yep , have a Uniden SSB.... and use it. Sometimes you may as well shout out the window, more people will probably hear you..Gone are the days when another motorist saw your aerial and was keen to talk to you. There is nowhere the amount there was 30 years ago when i got my first. The channels were crowded!!!! AHH, those were the days, no responsibility, girlfriend, and V8 Monaro, spent all my money on takaway and driving around aimlessly........hhhmmm doesn't really sound that bad... Huh!!! Where have all those years gone???

Yes they do, but not a lot. To be of any value for 4WDing you need one with SSB to give decent range. I've chatted on SSB CB from the Gulf with a guy in Adelaide.

Get an Amateur Licence (_you_ shouldn't have any trouble passing the exam :) and then you can get some _serious_ radio gear.

Mike Harding

Use it all the time mate.
We have 9000 acres bordering 50,000 acres of state forest near Monto in Queensland. It is mountain country so although we have UHF in each vehicle and the house, most of the time we can't trigger the repeater because UHF is virtually line of sight.
Dug out all of the old 27Mhz radios a fitted one to each car as well as a base station in the house. Now we have no communication problems from anywhere throughout the property or the state forest and it is 23km just to the far boundarylet alone when we go through the state forest.

Cheers,
Brett

Going on serious adventures,highways and station properties,UHF is the go.Everyone incl truckers,properties has one.As CBs (27mhz) are so cheap at Dicks place,mite as well have one of them too.Get decent antenna...Got UHF..Get a "Polo" aerial..A rep came into our place.Had one on roo bar of Falcon wagon.He called a station owner at Aramac from Barcaldine (75kms..Remember we don't have many hills out here).When he got out to the station,the property owner was discusted to see the rep had just a little Polo aerial (GME)(Owner was on the base station with hig antenna on house roof)..He was using those huge,long white aerials on each rig.He ditched all the big,white ones for Polos.

Yep still have my trusty Ranger RCI2950 from about 10 yuears back, but hardly use it anymore. 10 Years back the whole 40 ch in Sydney were crowded and UHF was for only a few people, but nowdays you will hardly hear anyone on around the 27mhz band.
My radio is modified to cover full TX and RX from 26-32mhz so is good for SSB and marine with 25w power output across all freqs so I just hang on to it, but yes use UHF far more.

Cheers

If you have a quality side band 27 meg CB you can get a long way at times. I have a good one (Undien PC 122XL) and keep it as a spare in case the Barrett HF goes phut. It was my first two-way - as for now, I wouldn't buy one. The Barrett, the CDMA phone and my new UHF cover most needs. I have communicated up to 2500km while mobile on some occasions, using a 1.5m helical wound antenna on the 27 meg. Quite some years back a bloke saved himself quite a bit of angst on the BV track using SSB on a CB - got out to somebody on the coast - in fact, when skip is operating, from central Oz to the coast is an ideal 'hop' for the signal - it often works well for such copies - because its not worth much now, but in excellent condition, mine stays in the dash for that sort of day !

I still have my old 27 MHz sideband. Havn't turned it on for about a year.
Do get some truckies with it on the road. Not used as much as the UHF for sure.
Had to go UHF last year to keep in touch.
Found the 27MHz useful on trips with a a number of friends as an option for the lead and tail vehicles to keep in touch over a longer range, or when seperated in a national park and no repeater available.

You cant beat a 27Mhz CB, UHF is no fun. You cant work other states on 4w AM on UHF. You cant hear the yanks come in on ch6 & 11 in the mornings on UHF. 27Mhz is not dead its just all you people forget to turn it on!!!