CB radio and VOIP

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Just saw this on another Forum - sounds interesting

CB seems up for a new lease of life since users are now rigging up VOIP gateways to allow worldwide communication in the same way that the amateur radio boffins have done with Echolink.
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Does anyone know anything about this idea?
 
Not yet - I will post as soon as I have more info. If you are a radio ham then you'll already know all about it.
I am not so we'll both have to be patient :D
 
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voip

Not a radio ham just a CB'r in a previous incarnation:D

gave up with the ankle biters swamping the airwaves with rubbish

and clever clogs taping down their mikes and 100w transmitters!!

used to be a good contact system for local traffic conditions

we had a disabled lad (Top Cat) used to control the channel,

and a few truckers came along with us.

have fun
weez
Tony
 
yes i remember the old cb radio (a midland if i remember) used to have one in a old morris marina i once owned:eek::D thats where i first used my name i have on here mandrake they were ok till they legalised them .
 
10-4 from The Brewer... Those were the days, Ham Internation chipped with a 50w burner and a fire stick sitting on top of Dunstable downs thinking you've done well if you spoke to someone further than Coventry!!!

Then the skip came in and ALL you speak to were Italians running 1000w linears and PDL2 quad beams... ah happy days - until some ******* broke into my car and nicked the lot!! Ah maybe not such happy days afterall!
 
Bring Back The Chicken Box

Often wish they would make a comeback again, probably more reliable than a mobile phone. The comradery from fellow c.b ers was great, and help was allways at hand if you were in trouble. I would by one tomorow if they became popular again. I'm also using the same handle as twenty odd years ago. Maybe the wild campers should start tranceiving in secret, then the muppets wont take over again like they did when it was legalised.:)
 
I believe that Mikejay and Nomad had a good sesh with a british trucker in France this year
 
cb voip

what band are they working on now?

weez
Tony
 
Wee-z said:
what band are they working on now?

weez
Tony
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From my limited knowledge Tony cb radio's are still limited to 27mhz or 49mhz,do they still require a licence?Not sure,used to have one myself years ago spent many happy hours on there.Like any other activity idiots can spoil it,i remember getting up one morning to find some scrote had stolen my 17' aerial from the side of my shed:mad:!Will it ever make a comeback?can't see it myself.Using one while driving would land you with the same fine as using a mobile phone probably,Andy.
 
nowhereman said:
Often wish they would make a comeback again, probably more reliable than a mobile phone. The comradery from fellow c.b ers was great, and help was allways at hand if you were in trouble. I would by one tomorow if they became popular again. I'm also using the same handle as twenty odd years ago. Maybe the wild campers should start tranceiving in secret, then the muppets wont take over again like they did when it was legalised.:)
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one easy way down to the car boot sale buy a rig and twig and start modulating stay lucky stay safe mandrake on the side and highly satisfied 10 10 we gone :D:D:D
 
Why not just get a ham licence, no morse now get one in a weekend, or get one free in a cereal packet, hee hee
 
radio

I have a disc for the amateur radio licence kicking about
dont even have to do morse code now.

however could not be bothered to do it.

we used to use CB when lost in the wilderness looking for out of the way CL's

when I was a "Tugger" someone was always happy to come in with directions

Happy days?

weez
Tony
 
as far as I am aware there is no licence needed anymore with a CB in the UK

Amateur radio is excellent with use of repeaters stations but, and here's the problem, unless you have the top licence - the so-called "Advanced" you will not be licenced to use a transceiver abroad. In fact, its a "cut your bits off" offence - you have been warned. I was going to do the Foundation licence just so that I could get better range when abroad. There are limitations as to the distance the CBs reach out to - yes, I know about burners :D

here's another one that appears to be a grey area. Use of CB in Italy or even having one in your possession may be illegal - perhaps ***** may know something about the regs for Italy?

btw - I still don't know anymore about this CB-VOIP thing so I'll give the bloke a good shoeing and see what he comes up with
 
2 Kings 4.19
 
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Right, back on topic - here's an update for you all

[QUOTE Sorry Baloo

I had forgotten that last Thursday was a college evening (alternate Thursdays). I really will be seeing the guys at the Radio Club this Thursday so will set an alarm on my phone to remind me.

If you Google 'echolink' you will see how the system works for amateur radio users. It consists of somebody having a radio attached to their computer with the Echolink software on it. This allows you to call their radio and using a simple code, to connect to another computer with radio attached. We call them nodes.

There are a couple of nodes here in Essex. You call on their frequency and they act as a gateway to another node in another country. As long as you know the number of the one you want to call then you can get through. Or you can go for a random connection. This works fine for us radio nerds since we're socially dysfunctional misfits we are just happy to speak to anyone. If you want to find somebody in particular then it gets tricky. You have to know that they are within range of a node at the other end at the right time.

Mates at the club tell me that they have been using a very similar system on the CB bands and that they can get on easily and talk worldwide. I don't think that it is as complicated as the amateur radio system but I couldn't find anything about it on the interweb.

I'll ask the lads on Thursday. A reminder is set on my phone.

Cheers

ericthellama ][/QUOTE]
 
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