Question is do you put your your call sign on the back of the van ?
Good idea or bad ?
I have to say all I have heard so far is a lot of trash talkso not sure I want people to know that easily,sad to say.
However when we are on the road we are keen to hear from real people with real advise on the road conditions .
So good idea or bad to have your call sign on the back of the van?
Woody2 said
09:26 PM Dec 30, 2016
G-day Col Rennie . We have our call sign on the back off the caravan plus channel so any one behind us can call and we know
they a talking to us. Helps if you are in aline off mixed traffic.Our thoughts any way.
hako said
09:26 PM Dec 30, 2016
I don't have mine on the back but I reckon it would be a good idea and I cannot see any privacy issues or reasons to not make your call sign available to the person following you.
Good Luck.
Dougwe said
09:34 PM Dec 30, 2016
I have dougwe 40/18 so all good with me and works well too. Probably take the 18 off one day as not many use it.
Col Rennie said
09:34 PM Dec 30, 2016
Thank you
I will give it a go and see what happens .
So call sign and a selected channel you are listening to correct?
Thanks again
Happy new year
Dougwe said
09:43 PM Dec 30, 2016
Chanel 40 Col as it is the truck chanel and you hear the truckies reports. Just turn down or off going through big towns or cities to get rid of idiots. I just turn down as sometimes you here traffic reports.
-- Edited by Dougwe on Friday 30th of December 2016 09:54:00 PM
Col Rennie said
09:46 PM Dec 30, 2016
Thank you
You guys have really made being a newbie a ok place to start .
Its like a new world ,there is just so much to learn.
Bring it on
KFT said
09:53 PM Dec 30, 2016
Dougwe wrote:
I have dougwe 40/18 so all good with me and works well too. Probably take the 18 off one day as not many use it.
G'day Dougwe,
We often use 18 when travelling with another van or two so we don't clog up the "road channel"-40
I still scan 40/18 while I am driving around van on or not.
HNY mate
Frank
Dougwe said
09:57 PM Dec 30, 2016
"with another van or two"
Do you have friends KFC,mate!
HNY back at ya both and to Col.
Sarco Harris said
10:27 PM Dec 30, 2016
I find the problem with monitoring Ch 40 is the often quite foul language used on it. I wouldn't bother monitoring it because of this issue alone.
Delta18 said
10:36 PM Dec 30, 2016
Sarco Harris wrote:
I find the problem with monitoring Ch 40 is the often quite foul language used on it. I wouldn't bother monitoring it because of this issue alone.
If you are not going to monitor ch 40 you may as well save your money and not fit it.
By all means monitor ch 18 & if you are lucky you may get Mabel talking to Cyryll and commenting on the beautiful coloured sour-sobs on the roadside. That is if you hear ANYONE on that channel.
By all means I agree ch 40 is pretty crappy in large towns & cities but on the highway it is invaluable.
It is generally not the trucks with the foul mouth, it is the juvenile DH's in towns that don't have half a brain that cause trouble on the airwaves.
Aus-Kiwi said
03:09 AM Dec 31, 2016
I've recorded them DH on iPhone . Played it back . If you want to upset these single cell brains ? They go off . I've recorded that too .. Eventually they stop . Must admit it was during a thunderstorm otherwise I have better things to do . Yea not just language! But anyway I've heard it all before !!
Col Rennie said
10:02 AM Dec 31, 2016
Thank you all for your feed back .
I will start by looking to take the good off of the airways and drop the rest in the B/S ,DH bucket.
Happy new year
Bring in a great 2017 on the road
Keep smiling
Col
mike g g said
10:43 AM Dec 31, 2016
Hi Col I just call up which ever van it may be such as (copy in the jayco silverline ,etc,) yes 40 is the truckie chanel except for Sydney to Brisbane via the Pacific hwy which is channel 29,i think that sadley not enough vanners use channel 18,as there can be a bit of strong language on 40 /29.have always had cb`s in my trucks and cars since they first came out ,breaker breaker 10.4 was the starting point in those days,i`m an ex trucker.Wouldnt be on the road without a good CB by the way.should be a must have in all towing vehicles.
rickeng said
04:08 PM Jan 1, 2017
I have been using c.b radio since 1980 ,imported my (illegal) radio from the U.S.Over the years I have made lifelong friends and had some great times. sadly the idiots slowly take over until the system becomes unusable. I may dig out my old radios and see what the world on the airwaves is up to...................Rick
Col Rennie said
10:18 PM Jan 1, 2017
Hi Rick ,
Thank you for the feed back .
I'm afraid from what I can have hear so far the airways can be cleaned up a little.
However for ever one or two DH there are many more really nice helpful people .
Dig the old unit out and get back on the airways.
Keep smiling
macka17 said
09:28 AM Jan 4, 2017
Same as you Rick.
till it got too bad.
Even the VHF and marine HF are full of idiots who don't know protocol nowadays.
I just carry and old Uniden Sundowner UH 053 16 ch, for hand talking with van\car and mates.
(gawd. How old is that thing nowadays.)
Plus a 30-ft of flat wire to roll out and listen to HF weather from Airports
on my old Kenwood 0-30 marine transc.
Aus-Kiwi said
10:07 AM Jan 4, 2017
Even though we have our names on rear with Ch40 . We are often called Winebagoo . So we call our selves Wenibagoo one . Mainly when talking to truckies about passing etc . The safer you can be on roads the better . On Nullabor the truckies are excellent . Notify you when turning off or stopping . They don't hang around though . I guess they have work to do . Good on them !!
-- Edited by Aus-Kiwi on Wednesday 4th of January 2017 10:10:14 AM
Tony Bev said
01:32 PM Jan 4, 2017
On the Port Wakefield road traveling south, two truckies ignored me, so I automatically pulled over when I safely could to let them pass.
When the third one appeared I asked for a channel check, explaining that I was using a hand held UHF. This third truckie answered, and it was only a few kilometres up the road after he passed, that it became a duel carriageway.
Perhaps the truckies were happy to sit behind me, for a few kilometres, as I was doing 95 KPH at the time, and I think that it may have been in an average speed camera zone
Each truckie I talked to, and quickly let pass, thanked me Perhaps it was a coincidence that two trucks had broken radios
Aus-Kiwi said
02:24 PM Jan 4, 2017
The problem at times . They are often not sure who , where you are . ?? Why my call identifies us on road . They don't know who Ann and Graeme or Aus-kiwi is ., Maybe just as well ? Lol
Tony Bev said
03:51 PM Jan 4, 2017
Aus-Kiwi wrote:
The problem at times . They are often not sure who , where you are . ?? Why my call identifies us on road . They don't know who Ann and Graeme or Aus-kiwi is ., Maybe just as well ? Lol
I did think of this, as our name on the campervan, is not large
Perhaps a name with larger letters may be the go
Hylife said
11:05 PM Jan 6, 2017
I remember back in the old days when we actually had "proper" call signs that were issued by some government department when you paid the appropriate amount of money for your CB licence.
Yep, you used to have to have a licence for a CB and the maximum power was 200milliwatts on 27Mhz.
You sure learnt all about good antenna design in those days.
PeterD said
05:34 PM Jan 11, 2017
Hylife wrote:
Yep, you used to have to have a licence for a CB and the maximum power was 200milliwatts on 27Mhz.
Where did you get that 200 mW from? The 27 MHz specification was 4 watts 6K00A3E or 12 watts 3K00J3E.
Two Strays said
09:29 PM Jan 15, 2017
Col,
Set your Priority Scan to say Ch 18. Set your Group Scan to a limited list of numbers, 1 to 8 repeater numbers, ch 5 and 35, safety channels, ch 18 , 20 motorhomes and any other number you like. Set your Open Scan to all the 80 numbers. That way you can select which Scan you want. When in the open country we use Open Scan. In the city set to Priority Scan.
On Open Scan we have spoken to school kids driving to the bus stop, Pilots mustering cattle, truckies and GNs
As you are new to using UHF radios may I suggest that you carefully read the instructions then. listen to the others on the road and establish contact when you feel like it.
Happy Caravanning
Guys,
Just another newbie question.
Just fitted a CB
Question is do you put your your call sign on the back of the van ?
Good idea or bad ?
I have to say all I have heard so far is a lot of trash talkso not sure I want people to know that easily,sad to say.
However when we are on the road we are keen to hear from real people with real advise on the road conditions .
So good idea or bad to have your call sign on the back of the van?
G-day Col Rennie . We have our call sign on the back off the caravan plus channel so any one behind us can call and we know
they a talking to us. Helps if you are in aline off mixed traffic.Our thoughts any way.
Good Luck.
Thank you
I will give it a go and see what happens .
So call sign and a selected channel you are listening to correct?
Thanks again
Happy new year
Chanel 40 Col as it is the truck chanel and you hear the truckies reports. Just turn down or off going through big towns or cities to get rid of idiots. I just turn down as sometimes you here traffic reports.
-- Edited by Dougwe on Friday 30th of December 2016 09:54:00 PM
Thank you
You guys have really made being a newbie a ok place to start .
Its like a new world ,there is just so much to learn.
Bring it on
G'day Dougwe,
We often use 18 when travelling with another van or two so we don't clog up the "road channel"-40
I still scan 40/18 while I am driving around van on or not.
HNY mate
Frank
Do you have friends KFC,mate!
HNY back at ya both and to Col.
If you are not going to monitor ch 40 you may as well save your money and not fit it.
By all means monitor ch 18 & if you are lucky you may get Mabel talking to Cyryll and commenting on the beautiful coloured sour-sobs on the roadside. That is if you hear ANYONE on that channel.
By all means I agree ch 40 is pretty crappy in large towns & cities but on the highway it is invaluable.
It is generally not the trucks with the foul mouth, it is the juvenile DH's in towns that don't have half a brain that cause trouble on the airwaves.
I will start by looking to take the good off of the airways and drop the rest in the B/S ,DH bucket.
Happy new year
Bring in a great 2017 on the road
Keep smiling
Col
Hi Col I just call up which ever van it may be such as (copy in the jayco silverline ,etc,) yes 40 is the truckie chanel except for Sydney to Brisbane via the Pacific hwy which is channel 29,i think that sadley not enough vanners use channel 18,as there can be a bit of strong language on 40 /29.have always had cb`s in my trucks and cars since they first came out ,breaker breaker 10.4 was the starting point in those days,i`m an ex trucker.Wouldnt be on the road without a good CB by the way.should be a must have in all towing vehicles.
I have been using c.b radio since 1980 ,imported my (illegal) radio from the U.S.Over the years I have made lifelong friends and had some great times. sadly the idiots slowly take over until the system becomes unusable. I may dig out my old radios and see what the world on the airwaves is up to...................Rick
Thank you for the feed back .
I'm afraid from what I can have hear so far the airways can be cleaned up a little.
However for ever one or two DH there are many more really nice helpful people .
Dig the old unit out and get back on the airways.
Keep smiling
till it got too bad.
Even the VHF and marine HF are full of idiots who don't know protocol nowadays.
I just carry and old Uniden Sundowner UH 053 16 ch, for hand talking with van\car and mates.
(gawd. How old is that thing nowadays.)
Plus a 30-ft of flat wire to roll out and listen to HF weather from Airports
on my old Kenwood 0-30 marine transc.
Even though we have our names on rear with Ch40 . We are often called Winebagoo . So we call our selves Wenibagoo one . Mainly when talking to truckies about passing etc . The safer you can be on roads the better . On Nullabor the truckies are excellent . Notify you when turning off or stopping . They don't hang around though . I guess they have work to do . Good on them !!
-- Edited by Aus-Kiwi on Wednesday 4th of January 2017 10:10:14 AM
On the Port Wakefield road traveling south, two truckies ignored me, so I automatically pulled over when I safely could to let them pass.
When the third one appeared I asked for a channel check, explaining that I was using a hand held UHF.
This third truckie answered, and it was only a few kilometres up the road after he passed, that it became a duel carriageway.
Perhaps the truckies were happy to sit behind me, for a few kilometres, as I was doing 95 KPH at the time, and I think that it may have been in an average speed camera zone
Each truckie I talked to, and quickly let pass, thanked me
Perhaps it was a coincidence that two trucks had broken radios
I did think of this, as our name on the campervan, is not large
Perhaps a name with larger letters may be the go
Yep, you used to have to have a licence for a CB and the maximum power was 200milliwatts on 27Mhz.
You sure learnt all about good antenna design in those days.
Where did you get that 200 mW from? The 27 MHz specification was 4 watts 6K00A3E or 12 watts 3K00J3E.