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Cover this Month On the cover this month in all it's NOVEMBER 1983 VOLUME 3 NUMBER 12 seasonal glory is the Westward P.T. 2. After considering it's versatility, you might want to consider this (but then again, you might not) . In days of yore, Vikings were well Update ; 6 known for their antiwsocial habits, but What's new on the CB scene they had their problems too. Eric,. for Twang ...... •••...... •••..... 9 example, had a nagging wife who was Watch out. he·s. . aahhl very keen on home improvements and he had hardly put his feet up after a CB 0& A 10 raid before being pressured into Is Alae smarting? refitting the kitchen. When Eric's next trip to Britain came around she gave Listen Who Dares ...... ••••.....••...... ••...... •.•...... 12 him strict instructions that, since Andy Giles does Britain led the field in kitchen design, he needn't bother coming home My Rig 15 Brian Wright tells all unless he had a kitchen sink with him. After six days in a drunken stupor 934MHz Frequency Counter 17 celebrating the spoils of war, Eric You can count on it suddenly remembered that he hadn't yet got a sink and the long boat was Back Chat 21 due to leave in an hours time. Rushing Where you belong up to a medieval Barettes building site, he asked for a sink unit. "No can do, Copy. Copy? 23 squire", said the labourer, "they've all The genuine article been installed". "What's that then?" said the panic stricken Eric. "Well" Rig Check 26 said the labourer "you're welcome to Chris Peterson continues with the second instalment that if you want it." on 934MHz Three sea sick days later, the Viking Antenna Review - Modulator OX .....••••...... •...... 30 presented his wife with her new sink Reach for the sky , unit. She was delighted. which all goes to show that A HOD'S AS GOOD Rig Review ...... •...•.... 32 AS A SINK TO AN UNKIND NORSEllli The Westward P.T. under the microscope OSLs 35 Mike the Card strikes again The contents of thiS publication including all ar ticles, deSigns, plans, drawmgs and programs and Competition , .. , , , 39 all COPYright and other intellectual property nghts The Oscar for best entrant goes to - could it be you? therein belong 10 Argus Specialis\ Publications Limited. All rights conferred by the Law of Lady Breaker 41 Copyright and other mtellectual property rights and by virtue of international copyright conventions are Judd a song a twilight. specifically reserved to Argus Speclalisl Publica tions lImited and any reproductIon requires the Mack Chat 43 prior written consent of the Company. © 1983 Hacking about Argus Specialist PublicatIOns Limited. Clubs ...... ••...... ••...... 45 CITIZENS' BAND IS normally published on the third Fnday of each month prior to cover date. We seek 'em here, we seek 'em there CITIZENS' BAND. 145 CharingCrossRoad. LondonWC2H OEE. 01·437·1002. Published by Argus Specialist Reference Section ...... •... , .. Publications Ltd. Distributed by Argus Press Sales & Everything you need to know DislribUlion Lld" 12·18 Paul Street, London EC2A 4JS. Primed by KnOllP. Drewelt & Sons Lld. Kingston-upon Thames, Surrey.
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CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 5 The Citizens' Band oHice matters, you will be pleased business practices, a has been the scene of great to hear that this change in section of society that upheaval lately. with editorship doesn't signal regards CB as a private arrivals and departures. any significant change in plaything and an NEWS Departing has been David the magazine. Hedgehogs unsympathetic government Lawrenson, man about will be able to sleep at have combined to make town, sometime CB editor. night, secure in the even the most ardent CBer rugby player and known to knowledge that CB watches heave a sigh of dispair. But FROM his friends and enemies over them and those (quite now, two years after the alike as 'Piggy Lawrenson'. rightly) in fear of an legalisation of CB we do Arriving has been Sue imminent attack from have a workable and Sharp, woman about town. Twong will be relieved to working system. There are soon to be CB editor, know that I have been not nearly as many THE definitely NOT a rugby granted custody of the complaints about 'wallies player and we won't go into 'Twong Gun' and the hot and bucketmouths' (even what she is called as she's line is waiting for reported more encouraging, positive writing this editorial! sightings. steps are being taken in WORLD David has taken his I'm glad to include an some areas of the country bruised and scarred body off optimistic note in my first to counteract them), there to a rugby magazine to editorial. I've been doing my are many dedicated people write for those already homework over the past who give up their time to OF initiated into this fearsome week or two and reading monitor the emergency sport - unfortunately past issues of Citizens' channel (and there's a lot less before he could show me Band. It seems to me that infighting between them) some scrum tactics for the rather negative attitudes and there is a thriving CB getting near the coffee on CB, from users and non British CB industry offering machine or out of the users alike, are dying down a range of innovative goods building at 5.30. I've been and being replaced by a and employing British trapped here three weeks more cheerful view. people. We can start now, without a cup of There's no denying CB forgetting the sighs and coffee. Although, going by has had a shaky allow ourselves a small pat some of the others, maybe introduction in this country. on the back. that's not such a bad thing A spectacularly bad press, after all ... some dealers who have not Turning to more serious been over particular in their Sue Sharp
On The Side In September's 'Communicate the OSL Way' Mike referred to the fact that the other CB publications had taken a tumble and that we seemed to be the sole survivor. 'On The Side' magazine has written to us, understandably grieved by this comment as they are still producing their magazine and it obviously doesn't do the confidence of their readers and advertisers much good to read that sort of news. Sorry about that. O-T-S.
Spoke Too Easy August's edition of Citizens' Band NEWS magazine saw a review of the Maxcom Speak Easy, operating on 49MHz. Our reviewer made some very favourable comments about it but lamented the FROM lack of a legal version. Maxcom have written to us to point out that the 27MHz version is available and is very similar to the reviewed model. THE The Speak Easy 27 conforms to government regulations and takes a PP3 battery. It is available from usual CB suppliers and at a similar cost to WORLD the 49MHz version.
6 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 Safety First against a 11,000 volt electric lines. In one or two conduct electricity to some overhead electric power cases, surviving witnesses extent, and gloves do not No apologies for line. They were up a tree at have claimed that they did provide any real protection reproducing this bulletin the time and it is possible not know the lines were against electrocution. It is from the Electricity Council that they did not realise that dangerous. therefore extrem€'~y exactly as it arrived in our the line was there. It is also It is important to dangerous to handle CB office. Read it and follow it possible that they knew the remember that: aerials near overhead - your life may depend on line was there, but that they All overhead electric electric lines. it. did not realise it was live. lines carry currents It woulc.: be safer and Two men were A number of other CB which can be lethal and more sensible to talk to the electrocuted recently when enthusiasts have been which in many cases, can local Electricity Board before a 30 foot CB radio aerial electrocuted while moving jump short distances to an erecting or dismantling CB which they were moving fell aerials near overhead aerial. Most materials aerials near lines.
Knight Time Beta By Far has grown and developed in Thanks! Those busy lads from luton, If you live in the the past four years. For those who are Knight Communications Manchester area and are Owner Roy Trents' thankfully fit and ablebodied Ltd., have added some new looking for a real expertise doesn't only and enjoy CB as fun, it can goodies to the vast range communications specialist, extend to his stock. The they distribute. be difficult to appreciate the or just for something to do shop is fully equipped for need of disabled people for First out of the hat is on a damp Saturday repairs, modifications and human contact and security P.G. Electronics accessory afternoon we can testing - and Beta Comm selection from Italy. These - and that CB can mean recommend a trip to Beta don't stock anything that much more than just fun. include antenna switches, Cornm of 231 Chorley Road, doesn't perform well under CBers have always been dummy loads, linear amps, Swinton, Manchester. test. The service extends aware of the benefits that pre-amps and a robust Beta Comm is a further to an antenna CB can offer handicapped collection of power supplies. specialist communications erection service, custom and disabled users and The power supplies range shop covering CB, amateur built accessories like filters much of their fund raising from 2.3 amps to 25 amps radio and satellite T.V. The and seven day opening. is aimed in this direction. At (although the last one is a shop dates back to 1979 So if you have money to times, though, breakers feel bit priceyl). and the very early days of spend or you're in need of that this has become a one For the very specialised CB and the range of advice call in at Beta way street and that they breaker, Knight's have the equipment that the shop Comm or phone them on don't get the credit. Kopek AR-1002 antenna now carries shows how it 061-7931010. rotator, an automatic, So it's nice to see that compact version suitable for one charity at least publicly radio and TV antennas and realises the help that CB lightweight amateur aerials. and CBers can give. Arthritis Care is a national The AR-1 002 comes charity and has given quite complete with all fixings a bit of attention to CB, and is simple to install. especially in its publication last but definitely not Arthritis News. Their first least is the Moonraker AK story featured ninety year 1000, a British old Ernie Austin or manufactured and legal 'lucerne' of Bristol who has mobile antenna. Knights discovered a whole new claim a 3dB gain over 1/ 4 world with his CB. Not only wave isotropic aeria I. These accessories are has he found people to talk • not directly available from to during the long nights Knights, of course, but ask when he has been unable your local shop if you're to sleep but has found a interested. new group of friends. Arthritis News followed Good Listening hall and special awards will the letter) and the whole up their first story with a be given for QSO and SWL town will be under the selection of letters from CB Any short wave listeners reports. Applicants must 'maple leaf' for the duration users (some who also had amongst you might care to send their own QSl card of the week. arthritis) and CB clubs and listen out for station ON 4 and 150 Bfr., or 5 dollars or Frequencies to listen out organisations who were elM in Belgium at the end 10 IRC's to: on are: prepared to help. of October. Radio ON 4 CM SSB; 3.705, 7.090, If you or your clLlb are Amateur radio users in Box No. 140, 14.141,21212,28282, able to extend help or Knokke, Belgium are staging 8300 Knokke 1 144.250 and 145.400 on FM. advice to local arthritis a 'Canada Week', running Belgium. CW; 3.595, 7.005, sufferers write to: Mrs. C. from the 28th October to Knokke has close 14.025, 21.025, 28.025 and Holland, Editor - Arthritis the 2nd November. During associations with Canada 144.025. Let us know if you News, 6, Grosvenor this week a special station (although just what I'm not do get one of the special Crescent, London, SW1 X has been set up at the town sure, they didn't tell me in multicoloured awards 7ER.
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CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 9 Some brain teasers for Smart Alec this month but, as usual, he's got all the answers at his fingertips. Quite a range of problems too ... from DXing to radio interference from and to mobiles.
'Confused' Of Scotland is no number or markings on it. Can you let me have the relevant Up in the wilds of Scotland. Oavid information or give me the address of Mackenzie (a good Scottish name that) P.G. Electronics in Italy so I can wants to know about Midland rigs. correspond with them direct. Q One of my friends has got a A I'm afraid my powers of deduction Midland 3001 AM rig. I saw a are not good enough to let me identify Midland 3001 4 channel FM rig in an the component from this distance, but electrical shop, so is this rig I can give you a third alternative. converted? If it is. is it an AM rig Knight Communications Ltd., of Unit converted to FM or visa versa? 19, Brittania Estate, Leagrave Road, A The chances are, Daw·et that L uton. are distributors of P. G. neither rig has been converted The Electronics products and should be Midland range is one of the best able to help you. It's cheaper than known and most successful in writing to Italy! America, which as you know, usesAM SA on slightly different frequencies. When CB was introduced in this country, Midland also developed a Beep With Binatone range ofrigs for the British market and Neil Hayes in Birmingham had two frequencies. using the same basic questions for the price of his stamp. case design and model numbers as Q Smart Alec. I've got a couple of their American counterparts. questions for you. The first is. could Incidently, it is possible to convert you tell me if there's anyone one from the other and British producing 'Roger Beep' unitswhich I Customs are prepared to accept sets could fit inside my Binatone 5 Star. whcih have been converted from AM Secondly. could you tell me if I could to FM if correctly done and nominal use a gutter mount on a rather rusty duty paid. SA caravan tow bar. Thanks a lot. A At one time there were a lot ofsmall Power Failure businesses offering accessories like this one for sale but they seem to have J. B. Perkins of Barking, Essex is dropped out of sight a bit lately. If you having trouble identifying a want something that will fit inside component in his power supply. your rig I suggest keeping an eyje on Q I have a P.G. Electronics 1B Amp our classified adverts, since mo~t of Power Supplywhich has developed a the larger companies selling Roger fault. I have partly fixed it but I need Beeps sell external rather than to replace a zenner diode - and there internal units. Bear in mind too, that
10 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 fitting something inside your rig could A Quite simply. TBA means 'to be 5. How long is a piece of string? well invalidate the warrenty or announced'. We have had to use this Seriously O.F. you'I! have toreadup on guarantee that Binatone offer, if your when we have not been able to get a this one in Citizens' Band, especially rig is a recent purchase. retail price from the supplier or been last month and this month. Turning to your second problem, unable to get a price confirmed. This 6. Write to Lucas Electrical Ltd., theoretically there's nothing stopping has often been to prices fluctuating Audio Oept.. Great Hampton St.. you from putting an antenna on your wildly. Birmingham for their booklet 'Radio tow bar, but in practice ifs not such a The main difference between a Interference Supression'. good idea. For a start the higher an 'normal' twig and a di-pole is that the SA antenna is mounted the better the first is (presumably) legal and the signal will get out. and the less the second quite definitely isn't. In Inside Out signal will be attenuated by areas of antenna design terms a di-pole ismore metal(like a car chassis) etc. The other efficient as ifs effectively longer - and Another antenna problem from M. problem is the rust on the tow bar. All the most efficient CB antenna would Young in Pontypool, Gwent, and a the instruction leaflets and text books be approx. 33 Ft. long. a wavelength. question on the Fidelity 2000. tell you that you must get as good an As this is rarely practical and the Q I have a feeling that this question earth as possible when mounting the Government wouldn't permit it might stump you, but if I know you antenna - and that areas ofpaint etc. anyway, the length is artificially added lot at CB you'II be bounding around must be scraped away. The same in the loading coil, at the bottom of the in a jiffy after you've read my applies to rust. Apart from that if you antenna on a legal version and in the question. proving that no-one can force the gutter mount to fit you're centre of the 'poles' on a di-pole. stumps CB without a good battle welcome to try it and let me knowhow first. Back to the question. Can you it goes. SA buy a CB mobile antenna that SA automatically goes up and down at Six Of The Best the touch of a button? Do you have Encore, Maestro details and price ranges? Also from Scotland, Desert Fox (alias Also have you ever tested the An interference problem of a different L. D. Tatton) really wants his moneys Fidelity 20007 kind from Scotland again, but the other worth. Six questions! way round this time. Q 1. Do you have to join a club to Q I recently bought an Austin OX legally? Maestro 1.3L, and I have been told 2, Do you require different that the installation of a CB radio will equipment from what I use as,home affect the electronics. Could you base i.e. York CB869 with please tell me if this information is Thunderpole antenna. All legal, no correct, and if so, is there anything extras to increase the power etc.• that could be done to allow a CB 3. Is channel 9 backed by the radio to be installed. Home Office? (I do monitor although A We rang British Leyland on your I am not a member of an emergency behalf and spoke to the Engineering monitoring service). 4. Is there any truth that there will Oept. After some deliberation, they A I've never seen a legal version of feel that installing a CB should not soon be 80 channels? 5. What is the benefit of 934 Mhz. this type ofantenna and I suspect that present a problem, since radio it wouldn't fall within the specification equipment installedin similar vehicles over 27Mhz.7 6. I have a Barracuda in my fully definition of legal anyway. This sort of by the A.A. has been trouble-free. antenna was very popular in the They do emphasize theyhave no direct supressed car but still get a lot of intereference. Any suggestions? States. especially when there was a experience of CB but can see no CB crime wave and breakers didn't obstacle to the use of it. The suppliers want to identify their cars as having a of the digital equipment used in the CB in it anda few did 'cross the water. Maestro also say that it is screened I doubt if there are any still available against routine RF interference but it and that aside, they are not altogether wouldbe common sense to site the rig suitable for UK frequencies and are away from the location of digital rather inefficient because of the readouts. restrictions of the design. I only wish poverty stricken writers We dida review ofthe Fidelity 2001 could afford new Maestros . .. in September 1982. The 2001 is very similar to the 2000 and technical SA characteristics and performance are A Whew! Desert Fox needs a page to identical. himself for that lot. I'llhave to keep the SA answers short so that someone else gets a turn. so here goes. • 1. No. but to OX legally you must use legal equipment only, although some OXers use illegal AM equipment and some clubs are based on this illegal • use. OX means 'long distance' so it's free for anyone to try for that record breaking copy. 2. You don't need special equipment to OX, although many would say the better the equipment the better the chance ofgetting a long distance copy. 3. No, there is no legal protection for Announcing Albatross channel 9. The CB code of practice Q Alex, first off, what does TBA does recommend that breakers Problems should be sent to stand for at the back of the respect the tradition ofchannel9 but it CB Q & A, Citizens' Band magazine, un~er retail price and seems that the authorities are not secondly, what do you think is best, a prepared to back this up. 145 Charing Cross Road dj-pole or a normal twig? 4. Very, very unlikely at the moment. London WC2H OEE
CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 11 Feature
This month Andy R Giles reviews a book that was published legally, is imported and sold legally but, although you can buy it legally, you cannot use it in the way intended without breaking the law.
ameane, I forget who, once to other like minded individuals and said that there are two types who sees CB as a way of doing this. He of people in the world, those has no particular interest in the who split people into two mechanics of his equipment and types and those who don't. treats it just as a tool that allows him to He was of course highlight chat to his friends. ingSan overworked old cliche that The other sort of CBer may like writers use far too often. Despite this, I talking to people, but his main interest am still going to say that I believe that ;s radio. He is fascinated by the there are two types of CB enthusiast. principles of radio, with long distance The first is the person who likes talking contacts and with all the gadgetry that
12 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 goes with the hobby. He usually listening to any frequency is permitted changes his rig quite often and goes in so long as you do not divulge any for very large (and sometimes illegal) information that you hear. This is not antennas. It is this type of CB user who true. The average British citizen does often goes on to buy a general not have the right to receive any coverage communications receiver. signals at all - unless he has the These are radios that cover from below appropriate license. The one that most 1MHz up to 30MHz. They allow the of us have (or should have) is a user to listen to broadcasts from all television license. Although the BBC over the world and short wave benefits from the licence fees. this is listening is now a rapidly expanding not a license to receive BBC hobby in its own right. programmes. It is written permission Some short 'wave listeners enjoy for the license holder to operate a listening to the amateur bands. television receiver. which is why there .. There are several of these bands and it is no point in modifying your set sothat can be quite entertaining to listen in on it only receives ITV. This ploy has been conversations between people who tried several times and it always fails are often several thousand miles in court because the television is still a apart. It is not unusual to tune into an television receiver and as such it must amateur net containing five or six be licensed. However, a monitor is not stations. each in a different country. a television receiver and I have often Other listeners prefer to tune into wondered how the law would apply to the broadcast bands and listen to someone who had a monitor obscure radio stations from all over the connected to a video recorder. world. This is my personal preference. especially if he said that he never I regularly tune into Radio Moscow to watched programmes in 'real time' but hear their strange interpretation of only recorded them and played them world events. It is sometimes hard to back later. But that's a different story Philips communications receiver believe that they are describing the and I don't intend to be the one who are! There are several of them same news items that were just tests it in court! sprinkled throughout the bands and on News At Ten. Another station Besides bestowing upon its owner they are all high powered stations that whose broadcasts are liberally permission to operate a television set, transmit a voice. usually female, which sprinkled with such phrases as a television license also allows him to just reels off a list of numbers. In 'capitalist lackeys' and 'the running receive signals from any authorised America the voice speaks Spanish. in dogs of Imperialism' is Radio Prague. broadcasting station and from Europe (inclUding Britain) it is German Half an hour of this makes the BBC's licensed radio amateurs. This means and in the Far East it is Korean. The licence fee seem very reasonable. that you are allowed to listen to radio transmissions last about 15 minutes radio stations and radio amateurs from and nothing else is ever said. just Hallelujah anywhere in the world and nothing strings of numbers. As far as I know, else. You are not even allowedto listen no~one has figured out who is doing it On a good day. with a following to licensed American CBers because or why. but spying seems to be the wind, it is sometimes possible to pick they do not fit into one of the above most probable reason. up American local stations. their categories. You shouldn't even listen The next few pages in the book equivalent to our Capital or Radio City. to British CB users without a CB explain the abbreviations that have The United States is covered by license. been used and how to use the list and hundreds of these stations and all In America the law is completely the rest of the pages are packed with tastes are catered for. There are music different and anyone can listen to frequency lists. Everything is there. stations that specialise in pop. jazz, almost anything they like so long as from Interpol to the Russian Navy. rock. middle of the road and so on. they do not pass on anyof the informa· Canadian fishery vessels, embassies, There are all-new stations, revivalist tion that they may have gathered in the military, oil rigs, aircraft, time signals stations (lots of 'Hallelujahs'). phone process. Tuning into the local police and so on and so on. It even shows the in stations and even all weather and emergency services is a popular frequencies used by Air Force One. the stations. America offers rich pickings pastime in the States and their 'plane used by the President of the for the broacast band listener. Every Freedom Of Information Act has made U.S.A. If anything. there is too much country in theworld has a radio station it possible for some enterprising information in this book. It would take of some sort and there is a great deal of publishers to bring out lists of all the months to plough through all the pleasure to be had from winkling out interesting frequencies that people frequencies listed, if you were allowed some of the more interesting ones. may want to listen to. Once a book has to. but it is interesting to be able to There is book that is invaluable in this been legally published in America. satisfy your curiosity as to say, the quest. It's called The World Radio & there is nothing to stop it being frequency used by the BritiSh Embassy TV Handbook and it lists the frequency imported into this country and that is in Finland. of every station in the world and the why The Confidential Frequency List is Some communications, such as times of the broadcasts that are in now available over here. Now in its ship to shore. use a duplex system • English. fifth edition, it is a fat 1223 pages) where one station transmits on one Having pointed out the pleasures of paperback that was compiled by Oliver frequency while the other one uses a shortwave listening, I should now P. Ferrell, with the aid of a different one. Where these are listed .. mention the drawbacks. The law in minicomputer and a word processor. in the book, both frequencies are given England is very strange, as we saw in Even then it must have been a so that both sides of the conversation the days when it was legal to buy and mammoth task because it lists some can be heard by switching from one to sell American CB rigs, but not to use B,500 frequencies and 100,000 items the other. them. Much the same sort of thing concerni ng them. I was most impressed by the book applies to listening to the radio. It is The book starts with a foreword and the amount of information that it quite legal to sell, buy and possess a from the author and then goes on to contained. It is just a shame that here communications receiver that is explain some of the things that the in Britain we are not allowed to make capable of receiving from OMHz to listener may hear. Different modes use of Mr. Ferrell's hard work. 30MHz. or a scanner that covers many (c.w.• RTTY, s.s.b. and so on) are The Confidential Frequency List is hundreds of MegaHertz, usually from explained as are Letter Beacons. There imported by The Amateur Radio about 26MHz to 512MHz, but it is is also a paragraph about 'Number' Exchange, 373 Uxbridge Road, London illegal to listen on most of the stations. It is hard to say whether it is W.3 9RH ITel: 01-992-5765) and it frequencies that these sets cover. It is legal to listen to these broadcasts or costs £B.95. l ," a popular but mistaken belief that not because no-one knows what they CB
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14 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 nowing that I test many used for over a year is a mobile rig, the varied base stations and Uniace 100. I have found it to be a mobile antennas and rigs, superb little rig, it is smi'tll but has all Antenna man Brian breakers often ask "What do the necessary features und has good Wright confesses all in you suggest I purchase", modulation and the price IS now very when they are thinking of a competitive. In fact mOSt of my friends this months rig Knew antenna and rig. This always changed over to these ri!Js some time choice. But he can't seems to be a difficult question to ago to cure swamping and modulation answer, as many factors need to be problems. help drifting back to considered. For example the choice of 1use the Starduster antenna which antennas ... homebase antenna depends on I found to be superb in those early available space, type of mounting and naughty days. 1 must hasten to add price etc. One poi nt not very often that my Starduster has been considered is that if the rig being used 'legalized' i.e. I have shortened the is not very selective and suffers from whip to 1.5 metres and fitted a base bleedover, desensing etc., then a large loading coil with no noticeable loss in efficient antenna mounted high up is performance and is still the best legal only going to make the problem worse, antenna that I have used. If I were to not better. You will certainly get out replace it, the only legal antenna that I further but you won't bring in the have tried that virtually matches its distant signals ifthere are other strong performance is the Thunderpole, signals present on other channels. which is not surprising as it looks very Mobile antennas on the other hand similar. need to be as efficient as possible as swamping is not usually a serious Mobile Use problem, at least not for long if you are moving. Types of mounting, design, For mobile use 1 use another durability and anti-theft devices etc. Uniace 100 (well I still want good are some points that should be modulation to get out), it's simplicity in considered of course. operation and excellent squelch and When it comes to advising on compact size make it ideal for mobile which rig, things get even more use. Some breakers may not like the difficult as choice really comes down mic. socket on the left side, but to personal preference. So many extension leads to bring the mic lead features have to be considered as well out where desired are very cheap. At as performance, audability, tone, the time, if the greenstuff was modulation levels, resistance to available the mobile antenna just had bleedover and reliability. After the to be a K40 although there are many breaker has listened to me waffling on, good legal antennas around now. The the inevitable reply is usually along K40 is nevertheless the best all round the lines of - OK now that I've antenna that I have ever used mobile. listened to all that rubbish, which has If I had to change it, I would use the confused me even more - WHAT DO Armstrong TAK10 as this is a well YOU USE? constructed antenna with nearly the Firstly we will deal with my same performance but smaller in size. homebase equipment. Good design, in One type of rig that I have always my opinion, consists of producing a used a great deal and find very useful simple to use product, with the for copies back to homebase for upto 5 minimum of unnecessary controls, miles is a hand-held. I always use the that does its job very well, is reliable 40 channel Harrier/Harvard, but I and if it does need attention at a later found the desensing a problem when date, is as simple as reasonably the channels got busy. This problem possible to repair. One more important was completely cured by fitting a feature when using a rig homebase is 10.7mHz crystal filter and changing resistance to bleedover and the 15kHz - 455kHz ceramic filter to a desensing, which I find the most 6kHz unit. The hand-held now works annoying problem on CB (even worse perfectly on its own antenna and than wallies). This bleedover is better than many mobiles on a something I had never experienced nomebase antenna. I occasionally until using rigs other than my own. use the Harvard 020 2 channel hand Even the so called special rigs I have held for very short copies as I find it tried, J have found impossible to use very conveniently fits into my pocket seriously when the channels are busy. and is useful for shouting 'eyeball' to a Some rigs are better tha n others in th is friend passing in a car for example. respect but the rig that 1have found to be the best and the one which I have CB
CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 15 • Bleed-over virtually eliminated for most situations Mic control automatically searches BOdB (typical 1OOdB) adjacent carrier rejection • Crystal for busy or free channel clear modulation • Instant return to breaking channel • Beautifully styled • British designed and tested in British conditions • Guaranteed for 12 months
What CB Magazine said inApril ... From the mailbag All In all, we have to say that thiS is the best rig we have The performance has been arevelation compared J.W from Sheffield tested to dale. to anything we have seen before, and what's more it's ••... J must congratulate you on your Magpie. I did not At no time during testing was there the slightest BRITISH! think it possIble to obtain anythmg of this standard. evidence of swampmg. blocking, cross·modulation. It has cut oul bleed'over which here In Sheffield IS one
bleed·over in spite of 4giant twigs within a 200 yard . ..and in June. big problem ...H radius. The technical performance is unimpeachable. with an SAM. from Suffolk The transmitted audio quality was excellent. exceptionally high degree of immunity to bleed·over. "... My son brought an Auloscan 5000 for me to try .. crystal clear with real punch to it making any sort of The designers of the Magpie Autoscan 5000 have Breakers came in from all over the place and power or processor mike totally unnecessary. got it right and during our tests we could detect no remarked on the 100% clear modulation. How soon Inside. you will find the kind of construction signs of desensing, bleed·over or any other can you let me have one? ..." normally found in compulers and professional misbehaviour despite severe provocation. equipment. Amarked contrast to imported rigs. ;('g~ie Electronics Ltd. Send now for FREE colour brochure. p.a Box 35. Andover, Hants SPl 0 2LG or TELEPHONE 0264 58442
16 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 COUNTING ONYO OW that 934MHz is intended for someone familiar with really taking off. after a the theory and practical use of a two year delay, there will frequency counter. So while the be an increasing need for Meteor is competitively priced as suitable test equipment. these things go, it isn't a sophisticated Although the sets 'toy'. currentlyNavailable are well aligned On a more technical note, at the and the manufacturer actively high frequency selting the 1000 has discourages any meddling with the the following gale times: 1kHz set, there will come a time when resolution at 0.1 second, 100Hz at 1 repairs have to be made and real second and 10Hz at 10 seconds. enthusiasts will want to assure Maxiumum input voltages are 50V DC First in the field of themselves of the peak performance of at 250V rms at 50Hz decreasing to 5V 934MHz test their equipment. rms at 70kHz or above at low A lot of the standard 'work bench' frequency and 2V rms at 50MHz and equipment is this equipment that the average 'rig doctor' above at high frequency. Rather than frequency counter has won't be appropriate as UHF fill the rest of the page with technical doesn't follow the same rules as details I'll suggest that interested from Black Star. 27MHz. Therefore, as and when parties contact Black Star direct for a specialised test facilities are full specification. introduced, we will give them short Practically, the Meteor has a write up. We won't be going into great custom moulded A.B.S. case which is detail - rather we will be informing light. relatively sturdy and receptive to you of what is on the market and the essential cleaning off of coffee where to get it. cup stains, blobs of solder and anti-
static fluid! It also has a tilt stand and a Meteor 1000 compartment for internal batteries. The Meteor 1000 is one of three The fascia is well laid out and clearly frequency counters produced by Black marked and all the knobs and buttons Star Ltd. This particular model has an have a positive feel when used. eight digit display counter and Now for the crunchI Thq Meteor measures from 5Hz to 1000MHz in 1000 retails at £159.00 excluding three switchable stages. VAT. which adds another £23.85 to The Meteor is powered by a 9V the price. There is also a range of mains adaptor (which also acts as a extras and accessories which are also charger) or 6 nickel cadmium available from Black Star. batteries. The counter can be Black Star Ltd. are a British recharged either on 'trickle charge' or company based in SI. Ives in 'fast charge' which will re-charge 'flat' Cambridgeshire and the Meteor range batteries at the maximum rate. was designed and produced in the UK. Physically, the 1000 model, in For more specific information and common with the others, measures availablility contact Black Star Ltd., 9A 219mm x 240mm x 98mm and weighs Crown Street. St. Ives, Huntingdon, 980g. (These dimensions apply to the Cambs.. PE17 4EB. Telephone St. Ives product without packing). The mains 62440. Many thanks to Mike Black for adaptor/charger and the instruction providing a Meteor 1000 for review. manual are supplied as standard. The instruction manual is clear, comprehensive and concise but is CB
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If you have any difficully in obtaining our producfs you can order them direct from the factory. at the following prices: GAP. Skybreaker £18.95 GAP. 27tvlHZ 1/2 wave £14.95 GAP. 27Mhz 5/8 wave £16.95 Gamma SupaMag £7.50 GAP. Avenger £19.95 GAP. Lofty £19.95 GAP. RingoPlane tT.B.A. These prices include VAT. Please add £1.15 for postage and packing. All cheques and postal orders should be crossed and made payable 10: Gamma Aeriaf Products Ltd. Gamma AerialProduets MANUFACTURERS OF AMATEUR RADIO & CB ANTENNAS LYE, WEST MIDLANDS TRADE ENQUIRIES TEL. LYE 891132 "ORATOR" Speech Processor-Echo • Vogad Compressor Limlter • Swltchable Roger Bleep • Echo with Repeat Feedback F.M. A.M. S.S.B. 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HI·FI OWl ake sure you spend £2.000 wisely-NOWI HI-FlOW! -answersthequestionsyou are asking about hi-fi-NOWI GETAGOOD COpy- ClTIZENS' BAND --II'-3.IIII!JI!LO-N--OO--:'!'!'R~!!!!A!'!!D~!!!"'~'!!"~~R~""'!'~O'!'"'~""!"H-EA-TH-.---. SURREY. ENGLAND ION ..._c,,",..-..~~:::;~c;ti ..n'·""W.h SUBSCRIPT 'UUC~N I...... ""'( .....,)~ I'lATEI Qnleft:c 1lII Money Order for ORDER ((7"2.00°7..:=,1 ::le [...... I!:! U.K. ° l_po~.A.•.'.Ltcll £13.95t0l12..... DebttmyA~e-d. overMH~ 0 (...... ".c •••.".. FORM £27.10 fot12 ..... ""- __°1L0Clt CUlTALI ...... _IMo_I ···········,········ -- ...... --. , ...... " ...... D .. 20 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 Continuing last Breakers Posted Overseas Jolly Swagman? Tango Whisky Romeo of Iserlohn. On to one of our foreign letters now. I months international West Germany has written from the must admit we hadto edit this one a bit flavour we have letters other side of the QSO fence . .. as Frans' English wasn't too hot . .. As a member of the armed forces I received your August '83 edition from France. Germany serving in West Germany I often aso from a good CB friend in your country. and the Netherlands. with the U.K., both on SSB and FM. You had in your 'Communication The However I find that breakers on FM QSL Way' a letter from the Swagman as well as our home often think that it is a wind up. Perhaps Club in Australia. grown they think skip is only possible on AM On 24.4.821 sent by registered post (although my collection of over 30 QSL 10 colour QSL cards and 30 gulden to correspondents. cards for FM asos proves otherwise) the Swagman Club to join. On 1.7.82 I So next time anyone hears a West sent a letter, another on 1.4.83 and I German station calling, give them a have spoken to Swagman member. 1 break, let them have your co-ordinates still haven't had a club package or and wait for the magical QSL to arrive. membership - or even a letter. May I also mention a few points Swagman swappers don't always drawn from my experience: seem to send QSLs in return either, 1. Only a first class stamp is although I send my cards first. needed for B.F.P.O. addresses. I myself have a spoon collectors 2. A forces address will always club, V. W. 16, and we have 57 good include the initials B.F.p.a. followed members. I do send a club package and by a one to three digit number. 100% OSL. 3. A QSL from West Germany will I and my wife, Marian, have 175 have a British stamp but with a different spoons, many souvenirs··and B.F.P.O. post mark. QSL cards from across the world. We I hope this information is of value. operate on USB, LSB and AM and have Thanks very much Trevor. a great many QSOs with all Great 8ritain and Ireland from 20.5.83 to 29.7.83. Best wishes and greetings from 001 and 002, V. W. 16 Spoon Help Club, p.a. Box 2243·5600, A cry from the heart from David of Eindhoven, Netherlands, Can any Paisley in Scotland - he's a card Swagman member let us know what's collector with no cards. Knowing our been going on Down Under?Frans and readers that won't last long .. Marian obviously enjoyed the good My name is David Smith"and I have radio conditions during this summer. been breaking for a year. 'HELP' I have no eyeball cards from other breakers. So could you please help me with my problem by printing my letter. I hope some good buddies out there will help me out by sending some to me. Thank you very much.!know that many ofour readers are very quick to reply to this sort of letter, especially as I think that David is quite young. Anyone wanting to get David off to a good start should send their cards to David Smith. 10. Neilston Road. Paisley. Scotland. PA2 6LN. Can the postman take the strain .. CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 21 Another Ace Shop antennas'. You assistance in this Following last months praise of the matter will be very much appreciated. CaCB Shop, we have a letter Irom GI.dtobeofhelp, R. Young. The book Allan Copsey of Keighley, Yorkshire, in question is anA merican publication and the authors are William I. Orr and May I offer a word of praise for the Stuart D. Cowan. We haven't been most courteous and helpful piece of able to find a British distributor but it's customer relations I have ever been published by Radio Publications Inc., party to. Box 149, Witton, Conn. 06897, I recently bought a GAP. Avenger U.S,A. Some CB shops have a good and for some reason could not get the selection ofbooks, both American and SWR out of the red. I telephoned British so keep an eye open when G.A.P. to ask advice. I was connected you're nex! at the shops. to John Lines, a director of the company, who. after all the obvious • Questions and answers, said he was France. This club was established in sorry but I must have bought an aerial December '81 and has 215 members that had beaten the system and was from 40 worldwide DX locations. If the faulty. English DX people have any He took my name and address and suggestions or questions please feel a few days later a new Avenger free to write to me any time. That arrived. complete with co-ax., and pre address is V,O, 001 Daniel, P.O. Box set and marked for the correct SWR. 214, 13308 Marseille-14, France, When installed the SWR was 1:1 and Thanks for the correction Daniel, but, performance was excellent. There was we wonder, what hope for European no invoice or postal charge. In this day unity with these further changes? and age I think this kind of service is worth telling people about, especially as I had only asked for advice. We much prefer publishing this sort of Eyeball, Eyeball letter than the other sort, criticising A quickie from Long John or Barry of shops and service. Congratulations to Portsmouth ... G.A.P. and John Lines for keeping the I was walking along Albert Road, customer happy. Southsea and stopped to look in a second-hand shop. I saw a tee·shirt saying 'You have just eyeballed - Pork Ecoute, mes amies Chop' priced at 55p. I thought it was Back to 'sur le continent' for our next one of the funniest eyeballs I haveTlad letter from Daniel ofthe Voyager Des since I have been on CB (just over five Ondes OX Club De France. He has a years). correction to make to the CB Overseas I read your magazine every month. I article that appeared in June . .. find it 100% interesting reading. Does I see in your Citizens' Band of June anyone else have a goodeyeballstory? Worrying Symptoms 1983, the article 'CB Overseas' (page Send them in and we'l! print the best Family Man, down in the Falklands, is 24) list French CB regulations as 22 ones. beginning to develop withdrawal channel, FM, 2W. This is the old symptoms . .. regulation. The new one is: For over a month now I. through no 40 channels AM/FM/USB/LSB Bookworm choice of my own, have been with 1 Watt AM, 4 Watts FM and A request from R. Young of Murton, experiencing terrible withdrawal 4 Watts SSB (PEP) Co. Durham. He wants to know about symptoms caused by the complete and Frequencies are 26.965Mhz. to a book featuredon the front cover ofan utter lack of CB radio here on South 27.40Mhz., with 10 Khz. slide. In the earlier Citizens' Band . .. Georgia. new laws we are also allowed directive With reference to the August front I wake up in the morning, reach out antennas (max. 6dB). cover, could you let me know where I for my mike, open my eyes, only to find I'm president and founder of the could obtain a copy of a book shown I am grasping a tin mug, half full of last Voyager Des Ondes DX Club De therein: 'The truth about CB nights cocoa. Tryas I will I still can't get the S.W.A. down on my mess tins. It is getting so bad I am beginning to believe the rest of the lads here that 'breakers' are waves that wash up on the beach. Looking on the brighter side (that's the side my bedside lamp is) I suppose 1 don't have any 'bucket mouths' to put up with but I honestly believe I would even listen to them rather than switch off. M.y I be the first to wish all staff and readers of Citizens' Band a happy new year for 1984. Well, has anyone got any suggestions for a cure of this crippling disease? CB Letters intended for publication should be addressed to: Backchat, Citizens' Band, 145 Charing Cross Road, Lon don WC2H OEE. letters not containing a name and address will not be con sidered for publication 22 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 Feature • PIRATE &t' ENTEKrRlS III Some people can't LTD. resist the opportunity • • to make a fast buck. We investigate the counterfeiting industry. ny business or hobby that Unfortunately CB has gained the has sudden popular same 'novelty' image and is suffering appeal is liable to attract from the same sort of problem - fake. the vultures that prey on inferior versions of reputable products product shortages or the made by people or companies particular novelty of an concerned with making money and not Aindividual item. You only have to look with making a servicable product. at the street markets and traders to see Although this is badly affecting what happend with Rubiks' Cube. some companies (particularly antenna digital watches. those horrible bobbing manufacturers) this isn't a new things that young girls wore on their problem. heads the summer before last ... to In the early days of CB. both see that the market was flooded with equipment and information were cheap imitations. in short supply. One of the most CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 23 popular books of the time was 'The Big Dummy's Guide to CB Radio', available in this country in its original American version. Because of its very DEMAND THE "ORIGINAL" jokey presentation mixed with hard facts, it sold like the proverbial hot cakes, but it wasn't always easy to get hold of. It didn't take long for some enterprising gentlemen to realise that , with modern reproduction and printing techniques copies could be easily produced without the bother of unecessary costs like freight charges from America, authors royalties and publishers and distributors fees. The difference between the two editions in trade prices at the time was a staggering £1.15p. ANTEN The 'pirates' did very well for a while, while the English distributors waved goodbye to thousands of pounds in lost sales. Nearer home, antenna expert Fred Judd was experiencing the same problem. He had designed the Big Jim antenna, suitable for all modes on 27MHz. Well constructed and with years of antenna design experience behind it, it had an enviable reputation amongst base antennas. However the manufacturer started receiving complaints and eventually had faulty antennas returned. Although the returned antennas looked very nearly • identical to the real thing, they certainly didn't perform like it. With vastly inferior materials and components, a poor winding coil and bad weather protection, the antenna came with a photocopy of the Big Jim instructions, leading purchasers to believe they were getting the genuine article. The fake antenna sold well, especially at CB shows and eyeballs not surprising as its price to the public was the same as the Big Jim to the wholesalers. You can't lick a 'Stik Older breakers will also remember with nostalgia the Firestik antenna. Born and bred in Arizona it was the distinctive CB antenna of the early days. There were breakers who swore by their 'Stik but there were others who swore too for different reasons. Copies were circulating, accurate to the last detail of the distinctive Firestik label but not to the standards and quality of the originals. Impossible at times to even SWR, the pirates copied everything except the performance. After an apparent lull for a year or two. the forgers are at it again. As before they seem to be concentrating their efforts on antennas, and it's easy to see why. Antennas have high volume sales, don't require lots of intricate components (like rigs and electronic accessories) and can be copied by almost anyone with access to a small engineering workshop and who can take an antenna to bits. The most hard hit companies have been the three that deal with some of the most popular of current antennas; • Gamma Aeriel Products. Les Wallen • 24 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 Manufacturing and CB Services. Services has a close copy too. John Lines suggests looking at the Gamma Aeriel Products man Superficially very similar to the box or packing for a label identifying ufacture and market a well known Bullwhip, the copy uses components the manufacturer and their name, range of antennas including the GAP costing only a quarter of the price address and telephone number. Don't half wave, the five eighths wave and explaining why it has been so just buy a blank cardboard box. the Avenger. Since the introduction of attractive to some retailers. As Mr. Mr. Short 01 Les Wallen says the the range eighteen months ago they Young of CB Services says, thing to look for on their products is the have been plagued by copies of their "If you were a retailer and had yellow band with 'Modulator' on it. product - particularly from one major the chance to sell a copy at the same Copies have bad fitting heat shrink source. price as the original, when you had weather protection, low grade John Lines of Gamma comments, only paid half the usual trade price, components and the careful avoidance "We can't stop people from buying what would you do? The problem is of the actual name Modulator on the a cheaper antenna and we are that we can only copyright the original packing or antenna. not suggesting that all copies are badly drawing, not the product. It has cost us The Bullwhip can be identified made, but the culprits are delibrately £450 to register two antennas and most easily by the tapering, good creating the impression that breakers eighteen months to copyright the quality whip, rather than the straight, are buying the genuine product. names. dull, bendable copy. "Retail shops are to blame too. We "It has hit us very hard - our sales Other points to bear in mind are, have heard of one reader who went have dropped over 30% in six months - go to a reputable shop, into a shop with a copy of your and I doubt il you give a Bullwhip away - look at the antenna for the magazine, asked for a GAP five eighths in the West Midlands, it has such a bad differences mentioned above, wave and was sold a copy by the reputation. Our losses run into - ask, if you are not sure, "Is this retailer. " thousands and thousands." a genuine .. :' John carries on to say, He further points out that the - and ask yourself, "Am I getting "Despite the apparent simplicity of consumer is often at the mercy of the what I'm paying for?". antennas, they take months to design retailer or wholesaler. If he asks, for All three of the companies we and develop. The price the customer example, for an Avenger, it is in a box spoke to had futher valid comments to pays includes research and when handed over and he assumes he make, development costs and future has been sold an Avenger. "We are part of a true British research. This isn't going to happen if Understandably rather bitter, he goes growth industry and this is diverting everything we make is immediately on to say, money from the rightful place. It's pirated. Copies are cheaper because "There is a huge range of high depriving us of the money from their makers don't have to cover these quality, well designed value for money development of new products, costs." British CB products which don't even something that breakers are eager As a service to customers who appear in some shops - certain for. " have been duped, Gamma have been wholesalers would rather stock junk ''It's endangering our livelihood replacing unservicable antennas that and make twice the money." and jeopardising jobs." customers have returned believing "We care about supplying a good they were GAP products. This, plus the product and a good service and when lost revenue from potential sales, has we have built a high reputation based cost £500,000 in turnover during the Don't Get Caught! on that, it's heartbreaking to hear last year. breakers on channel say 'Oh don't buy Gamma have taken out an So how do you recognise a baddie? Not one of those, they're useless." injunction against one company to easy as they have been made to Over dramatic? Think about it prevent the sale and manufacture of deceive. before you knowingly buy a fake. CB copied antennas and will shortly be involved in a lengthy court case to seek damages. Hot on the heels of Gamma intothe court house will be Les Wallen Manufacturing. Their Modulator range has been copied by upto six different sets of 'pirates'. The Modulator has suffered most from rogue retail shops rather than wholesalers, who have been more cautious. Shops have been buying 'MOdulator' antennas from the back of vans well aware that they are buying lakes. Les Wallen Manufacturing has also been replacing faked goods, conscious of the bad feedback they have had from fake Modulators owners. Mr. Short of the company estimates that they have lost 10,000 sales through bad copies and the consequent bad reputation - a retail value 01-·£150,000. He echoes John Lines st{ntiments, "We have put money and time into our products, testing and proving design patents. These fakes, although copied down to the distinctive yellow band, are bad copies and the copier has no intention of offering a good product. It is a premeditated consumer con as retailers are deliberately passing off the copy as a Modulator." The Bullwhip antenna from CB CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 25 TOMORROWS CB TODAY In the second part of this article, Chris Peterson looks at the technicalities and operation of the Reftec 934-1 t long last, we have producing equipment for this band managed to lay our have resulted in supplies to date being hands on some 934 MHz a trickle. However, as Reftec gain equipment for long experience and confidence, supplies enough to review. One of are improving and several specialist the most frequent suppliers are now able to offer rigs Arequests we get is for information on with minimal delay. this fascinating freqllency. Until now, The Reftec comes in a substantial if we have been as much in the dark as plain package. the usual polystyrene any other potential purchaser as the box being contained in a stout equipment simply wasn't available. cardboard case. It should be fairly 'Post Finally, thanks to 934 Communictions Office Proof!' The rig itself measures of Eltham, we have managed to 8" by 5'!' by 2'/,' excluding borrow a couple of sets for long projections. On the front panel there is enough to provide some real a large channel selector knob at the operational experience. left hand end, with squelch and 934MHz is a very different volume/off knobs smaller and to the frequency from 27MHz. Antennas are right. At the top left hand corner are much shorter, but far more efficient, red (Tx) and green (Rx) warning lights, and the channels are absolutely clear whilst centrally above the squelch of skip or industrial interference. They control is a LED channel indicator. are also remarkably free of users at the Above the volume control on the right moment as well, which may be a good hand side is a row of five LE Os that or bad thing depending on your point of form a bar squelch type Signal Stength viewl display. The mic connector is on the Since this is our first review of any side (ughl), but at least it's on the right equipment operating at this hand sidel It is a six pin locking ring frequency, some of the comments we type connector. Moving to the rear, we make will be comments about the find a two pin polarized power frequency as much as the equipment. connector, a 3.5mm jacksocket for Whilst we will try and differentiate as external speaker, and a BNC type far as possible between rig and band antenna connector. related effects, it is worth remembering that as yet there are no Warning! established 'yardsticks' for this sort of equipment. The propagation The rig comes with all necessary characteristics of a UHF signal are very mounting hardware, power leads and different from those on 27MHz, and a rather cheap looking microphone. the normal judgements just don't The instructions are photocopiedl apply. They are also rather minimal. but this The Reftec rig was announced is not unreasonable as few almost as soon as the Home Office instructions are neededl All the published its specifications, over two currently available antennas are pre years ago now. The difficulties in tuned and need no SWR adjustment. 26 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 Indeed SWR meters are not exactly frequency. The first IF is filtered in a 500MHz or so typically, so it was ten-a-penny for 934Mhz (NOI Your two pole crystal filter before being necessary to go to some rather 27MHz one WONT dol) so perhaps passed on to the second IF stage. This unusual lengths to get the following this is as well. consists of an MC 3357 ic. The internal resultsl Whilst on the subject of antennas oscillator of this ic is used, with an Two rigs were supplied for review and SWR, only genuine 934MHz external 20.945MHz crystal. Normally and for some of the tests one rig was antennas are suitable. Antennas we shudder with horror when we calibrated and then used to measure designed for 27MHz MUST NOT be come across these ics, as they are the otherl Consequently the following used with these rigs. Similarly the notorious for swamping and bleedover results are in some cases composites standard PL259 connectors that are problems. However, here it is correctly of the two rigs. Put simply, some used almost universally on 27MHz are preceded by a crystal filter which measurements were made on one rig, TOTALLY UNSUITABLE on 934MHz. should tame it considerably. and some on the other. The serial Sometimes PL259s are referred to as The second IF is filtered by a numbers of the two rigs were 221 and UHF connectors. They are nothing of Murata CFW455C ceramic ladder 214, so where necessary the the sort. Only BNC or 'N' type filter. This is a wide band version of the measured results are identified to connectors are suitable at this filter commonly used in 27MHz show from which rig they were taken. frequency. equipment. After demodulation within Output Power: This varied very the 3357, the audio is amplified by an stongly with supply voltage. Rig 221 Technicalities LM 380 audio Ic. was measured on a stabilrzed supply Obviously this is a much more using a Hewlett-Packard RF power Normally at this point we go through complex rig than its 27MHz meter. At the specified 13.8 volt supply the circuit details in b 'blow-by-blow' equivalent. Indeed it must take hours it delivered 4.8 watts. This fell to 2.8 account. Since Reftec have a to line one up properly, and we have watts at 12 volts. Rig 214 was monopoly in this band at present, they only been able to bring out the basic measured on a Bird Through-line obviously don't want to give too much overall picture of the workings. The wattmeter in a car. With the engine awayl Needless to say, we were quality of the printed circuit boards is running it delivered 6 watts, and with unable to obtain a circuit diagram! high, though there is evidence of a the engine off this fell to 4 watts. However., opening the box up and number of 'afterthought' components. The Radio Regulatory Dept. (RRD) looking around provides a general idea Some of the soldering around the specifications for 934MHz CB of what is going on. output stages looks a little heavy equipment permit a maximum RF At these Ultra High Frequencies, handed, though it must be born in output of 8 watts. Reftecs specification funny things happen to tuned circuits. mind that these frequencies demand is 8 watts +0, -3dB. This means that A 'coil' may just be an inch or two of unorthodox mounting and soldering any output between 4 and 8 watts printed circuit track tuned by a small techniques. Appearances can be meets Reftecs specifications and the capacitorl At power power levels, the RRDs. Thus both rigs meet their rated tuned circuits are sometimes 'helical deceptive. We are a little uneasy about the use of the 3357 ic on the receiver, output at the specified voltage. resonators'. To a layman they may look No 10dB attenuator is fitted as just like an IF can, but they aren't. although in this instance it is properly preceded by a crystal filter which standard. Reftec state that if one is Some of them can only be properly ought to minimize any odd swamping required it can be fitted at the factory. aligned using a Spectrum Analyzer, so The implication is that it is then fixed please DON'T go tweaking around effects. Also, we would imagine that it would be some considerable time and not switchable. inside like you did with your 27MHz Spurious Outputs: The RRD setl You could ruin it for all time! before the band gets crowded enough for this to be a probleml specifications state that the spurious Enough of the dire warnings. The emissions shall not exceed 50nW be· Reftec uses modular construction tween 70 and 230MHz or between 450 internally. This means that the main Be Prepared and 862 MHz. All other emissions transceiver functions are split Because of the amount of should not exceed .25 uW. These between three separate boards inside. figures correspond to a relative output At the rear of the case is the main frequency multiplication involved, it is inevitable that UHF rigs will drift in of -79d8 and -72dB with respectto a 4 power output board. This contains two watt carrier or -82dB and -75dB with UHF power transistors, driver and frequency more than their 27MHz counterparts in absolute terms. Also respect to an 8 watt carrier. Spurii output. The tuned circuit inductors are below 100KHz or above 3800MHz the PC tracks themselves, tuned by greater deviation is permitted at UHF, and the spacing between channels is appears to be exempt from the small trimmer capacitors. Connected specification. to the output socket is a short length of greater. It is thus not surprising that open circuit co-ax cable that looks Reftec have chosen a relatively wide suspiciously like a matching stub filter for the second IF. Logical Choice section. At present 20 channels are In front of the output board is the allocated at 50KHz spacing. The Home In fact we detected several main synthesiser board. The Office have indicated that ultimately spurious emissions outside these synthesiser is a Motorola 145151, and they intend to increase this to 40 specs. When operating into a dummy channels at 25KHz spacing. The appears to run at a reference load (30dB attenator) a spur of frequency of 6.4MHz. Thesynthesiser Reftec rig is well prepared for this. The -56dB was detected around 380MHz. board also contains the modulator channel selector switch is a 40 It should have been at least -72dB. The circuitry and the multiplier stages for position unit, which at present repeats second Harmonic was only -30dB and the transmitter and receiver first local itself after 180 degrees rotation. the third only -52d8. Again both these oscillator stages. Two other crystal The modular construction will should have been at least -72dB. oscillator stages are present on the make it easy for Reftec to update the These figures were taken off rig synthesiser board. It is a very crowded rig as time goes by, as they will only 221, which showed signs of instability board, but built on a very nice double need to alter one board at a time. working into the dummy load. At any sided PC board. In summary then, a very compact voltage above 13.2 volts, large Forming a 'sandwich' on the other design RFwise, and designed for easy spurious emissions would occur every side of the chassis is the receiver updating should this become 2MHz from the carrier frequency. Each board. The receiver is a double necessary or desirable. spur was progressively about 15dB superhet with IFs of 21.4MHz and down on the previous one. 455KHz. 21.4MHz is a standard Lab, Results In order to investigate this further, industrial IF frequency. It is twice the One of the problems of testing the test was repeated using an 10.7MHz normally found in 2.7MHz 934MHz gear is that not much of the antenna and pick up loop rather than equipment. 10.7MHz would not readily available test equipment will the dummy load. All signs of instability provide adequate image rejection at work up to such frequencies. Most vanished at this point. This is unusual. 934MHz, hence the higher first IF siganl generators only go upto Normally one would expect the rig to CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 27 be less stable working into the slightly to my TV aerial, causes severe RF notoriously noisy, and yet the power reactive load presented by an antenna patterning and loss of colour on my TV lead suppression on the Reftec than a perfect dummy load. Instead the (though curiously it does not affect the appears rather inadequate. Reftec reverse is true. video at alii) Using the 10dB appear to have recognised this rather When operating into the antenna, attenuator is a complete cure, but does late in the day, and now supply in line the receiver local oscillator could be restrict the range a bit! Although the chokes as an optional extra. I have yet observed "leaking" out of the antenna 934MHz colinear was mounted in to see these TIDILY installed in the in the receive mode. This was exactly the same location, the TV power line, and anyway why aren't 21.4MHz below the Tx carrier remained completely undisturbed by they in the rig where they belong? We frequency, and about -56dB in the transmissions. The Professional first became aware of the problem amplitude. Again this should be over colinear has a gain of about 7.5dB. when driving two cars in a convoy. 70dB down. A -50dB spur was This means that for a 5 to 6 watt input, One rig had a suppressed lead and the observed at about 845MHzm, and a the ERP must be in the region of 20 other didn't. It was impossible to -40dB spur at about 604MHz. This watts, at least 5 times the power on receive the unsuppressed rig, because latter remained constant in amplitude, 27MHz. Despite this, no interference no matter how high the signal level, but moved up and down in frequency was noticed on any of the sensitive the squelch refused to openllt appears depending whether the rig was electrical equipment in the house. This that the Reftec uses a very good noise transmitting or receiving. phenomenon has been confirmed by squelch circuit. Such a circuit Frequency Tolerance: (Measured 01l1er 934MHz users. WE HAVE YET examines the receiver output and if it on rig 221I All the channel frequencies TO HEAR OF A SINGLE CASE OF TVI contains more than a certain amount were 7KHz high. Permitted tolerance CAUSED BY A 934MHZ CB RIG! of noise, it will not open. is 8KHz. However the rig did appear to As with anything new, the Reftec Unfortunately, when using an be drifting slightly downwards in 934MHz CB has a number of traps unsuppressed power lead, the Reftec frequency at the time the waiting for the unwary and we fell into appears to TRANSMIT ignition noiseI measurement was made which is a couple of them. There are one or two The receiver reads the incoming reducing the error. The rig is in spec in operational 'funnies' that can be ignition noise just as any other noise this respect. irritating too! For example the and refuses to openl It took us a long Deviation: The second IF of these squelch control works backwardsl time to work out why we could never rigs is 455KHz. Rig 221 was calibrated Why Reftec have chosen to do this I hear whichever rig had the for deviation using a digital Voltmeter, really cannot imaginel There is no unsuppressed despite having all five signal generator and a digital good reason for it and it is a source of signal LEDs lit uplll Black mark, frequency counter. It was then used to constant irritation to everyone who Reftec. measure the deviation of rig 214. owns a setI Secondly, the internal This was measured as +/- 2045KHz speaker is virtually useless. Not only is Learning Curve peak. This is almost exactly to spec. it very small and inefficient, but it has a The 'never exceeded' spec is +/-5KHz limiting resistor in series with it to The five LEDs making up the signal with +/- 2.5KHz being the reduce its output even furtherl This strength metering appear to be recommended nominal. time, though there is a good reason. relatively insensitive. Quite a solid Receiver Sensitivity: Unfortunately signal is required to even light the first we were able to get access to a one, and perfect copies are possible suitable signal generator to measure Suppression with none lit at all. As with 27MHz this. However field trials indicate that rigs, there appears to be a it is, they say, 'adequate'l Obviously, to operate at 934MHz considerable variation between the Obviously producing 934MHz CB requires a lot of frequency individual calibration of these gear is not easy, and many of the multiplication between the reference displays. A five LED signal on one rig measurements take on entirely source (the PLL) and the output. With may be a one LED signal on anotherl different meanings at UHF. Certainly an FM system, each stage of frequency There is no Tx power measuring. in respect of spurious outputs the rig multiplication multiplies the deviation When transmitting, none of the signal appears to fail the RRD specifications. by the same amount. It appears that LEDs lights at all. It is a pity that no However, this did not appear to in any significant amount of audio in the form of Tx power reading is included. anyway adversely affect the box makes either the reference crystal With the band so relatively quiet it performance of the rig, nor did it or one of the coupling coils "ring". This could be quite reassuring to know that appear to cause any undue produces a very small amount of phase some power could be measured on its interference with TVor radio reception modultion. This is multiplied up to the way to the aerial. In fact, as we shall see in the next receiver first local oscillator frequency Although not mentioned in the section, 934MHz is truly remarkable in (912.6MHz) where it mixes with the instructions, the rigs do appear to be at this respect. incoming signal. The "ring" generated least partly overloaded protected. lt is The power output of the rig does FM is indistinguishable from the possible to transmit indefinitely with not appear to take full advantage of the genuine incoming FM so it gets no antenna connected. Eventually the limits allowed by the RRD demodulated into audio. If this is loud transmitter shuts itself off, and won't specification. The output transistor is enough it will make the crystal "ring" come on again till the rig has cooled an SD141 0, and these are only rated at and ... well you get the ideal The end downl 6 watts maximum. In one off result is a nasty howl round such as Incidentally the rigs do run quite quantities they cost over £16 each you normally get on badly set up public warm to the touch. This appears to be plus VAT! The next transistor up the address systems. To eliminate this quite normal. and is no cause for range, the SDl412, is rated at 18 possibility, Reftec have savagely alarm. watts, but the price rises to over £22 in reduced the level of audio available Reading back over the foregoing this case, so Reftecs choice is shown from the internal speaker. This makes you cou Id be excused for believing that to be quite logical! it so faint that even in the quietest of we were rather unimpressed by the cars it is virtually inaudible. A decent Reftec CB. Yet you would be wrong! On The Air external speaker provides an instant Our initial reaction was one of severe cure AND is ABSOLUTELY disappointment, of a good piece of RF Both rigs were used for a period of ESSENTIAL FOR MOBILE OPERA design let down by a poor audio and weeks both a mobiles and as home TIONS! Really they would have been noise filtering. Yet as time went on, based installations. For home base much better off not bothering with an and slowly the bugs were eliminated operation, my trusty 27MHz antenna internal speaker at all. from the system, we began to realise was pulled down from the roof and a Whoever designed the Refted what a fundamentally good Reftec Professional cowlinear installed obviously knows a lot about UHF communications system this is. As in its place. The first notable effect was radio, but appears to be a bit thin on with any other piece of new the complete absence of TVI. Normally experience with carwborne electrical equipment, there is a 'learning curve' my 27MHz antenna, being very close equipment. Car electrical systems are as you become aware of its strengths 28 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 and weaknesses, and the steps Many of the South West operators modular construction mentioned necessary to improve performance. were using locally made antennas of earier. We have recounted our experiences very high quality. These included The RRD has recently announced here to try and prevent others from mobile and home based colinears, and that all the UHF CB channels are to be experiencing our initial disappoint four AND TEN element beams. There moved down by 12.5KHz to achieve a ment. Once you have the system is a possibility that these excellent common European CB standard. There properly installed, with adequate antennas may become commercially is a simple modification to allow this to suppression and the correct antenna available, and naturally we will be be achieved on the Aeftec, and the for your application, the Reftec reveals keeping you informedl latest sets are in fact being supplied its full potential. I have already After a rather shaky start we have to the new specification. This is in mentioned in a previous article ended up being rather impressed by marked contrast to another contacts between myself mobile the Reftec 934MHz CB. The potential propsective UHF manufacturer, to around Uxbridge and base stations in of 934MHz is considerable, and Reftec whom the change in specification has Clapham. Once outside London, the are to be congratulated on actually caused a hold up of several months. potential of the system is truly getting a rig on the market. Such In summary, the Reftec is not revealed. criticisms as we have of the rig are perfect, but it does work and it is I was fortunate that the loan all surmountable once you are aware available now. Such flaws as it has are period for which I had the rigs of the problem. It is probably worth readily overcome once you are aware coincided with my annual holidays, bearing in mind what the early of them. Certainly I have become more and I was able to take the rigs with me American CBs were like. The Reftec enthusiastic with the Reftec as time to South Devon. There is quite an shines like a jewel in comparisonl goes on, and one of these rigs will be impressive net of 934MHz down in Since we started on this review, high on my Christmas shopping listI that part of the world, and quite an Aeftec have brough out an 'improved' amazing fund of untapp~d knowledge. model. The microphone socket has Acknowledgements Initially, again, the response to been brought round to the front panel, my calls on channel 14 was and the sq.uelch control has become We would like to thank 934 disappointing. It appears that all points automatic:There is a small red button Communications, 64 Footscray Road, south and west of London use channel to over-ride the auto squelch and force Eltham (01-B59-0933) for the loan of 10 as a calling channel on UHF. Along it to open, but normally it is self the rigs for this review. the South West Coast there is a setting. The new squelch does not I would also like to thank Stations "South West Link" most evenings on appear to be as susceptible to A.R.M. and P.T.E. (Elmo) of Paignton, channel 6. If you get no joy on channel transmitted noise as the old ones, and Bill from Portland (Honestly!ll) and 10, that probably means they are all appears overall to be a worthwhile Angel from Bristol for their patience chatting away on channel 61 And it is improvement. This ability to readily with me whilst conducting the field quite a linkl One of the 'standard'links update the rigs is a feature of the trialsl is from Paignton to Portland and Brighton!!! Certainly! was able to maintain solid contact with most of the base stations from my mobile over the whole of the Torbay area despite the very hilly and wooded terrain. My personal best was to copy a stationary mobile at Haytor from my mobile nearly all the way from Exeter to Torquay. Such a copy would have been completely impossible with a legal 27MHz set up. RIG REVIEW DATA PANEL j Spectflcatlonl Model MTR 934-1 Facilities ~"&o .- o~ Distributor R.F. Technology ltd ~ ,':1 :. Model Of Operation 1-_.:..f"'M"O::,:::nlv"--_-1 .. No. Of Chonnel. 20 Typical Price £250-£300 Ease Of Controls Built In Speaker • Weigh. Om.nslons Features Ve. No Microphone location 8x5' x2\,," • Supply Voltage 13.B PA Facility Cabinet Construction • RF Output Power 6 watts typical External Speaker Jack • Quality Of Control Switches • Frequency StablNty In Spec TX Indicator Light • Channel Indicator Aeadibility • $wamplOfl Adequate RX Indicator Light • Mounting Bracket • Sensitivity fRXI Adequate • Hand Bookllnstructions PA Indicator Light • • Spurloul Emissions See Text S/RF Meter • Hi/La Power Switch ANLlNB Switch • CB VERDICT CH9 Switch • • We rate our samples on e scale Range XXXX Variable RF Gain • of ana to five. Five stars is Clarity of TX XXXX Mike Gain the highest rating. three and Delta Tune • Clarity of RX XXXX Tone Control • four sters are good to average Ease Of Controls XXX I-_-'X"'X~X"'X'- LED Channel Readout • and one and two stars mean Ease Of Installation __H • it's not doing so well. Performance XXXX CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 29 Antenna Review Impress your friends and Brian Wright too - with the Modulator OX here has always been a Perhaps the part of the equipment that certain magic in being able to seemed to make the whole thing converse with some distant important or glamourous, for some person without being reason, was the antenna, radiating its connected to that person by signals to the far off receiver, or wires. Most of us, if we were plucking signals from the air. As with Thonest with ourselves would have to many things that impress us, the admit that we have had the desire to larger they are the more they usually use two-way radio since seeing many impress us (and we are not referring to of our childhood heroes doing so on what you are thinking about). Well for the cinema or T.V. There always those of you with large egos. you can seemed to be a sort of special certainly go out and an impress your importance to talking into the magic admirers with this months mobile box, probably because in the UK at antenna - the Modulator DX from Les least, radio communication was Wallen Manufacturing - it is about six reserved for offical people such as feet long and fat at the bottom. police. armed services, firemen etc. The Modulator DX is supplied in 30 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 four parts inside a plastic sleeve - no mounting base is supplied, The stainless steel whip is supplied in two ANTENNA REVIEW DATA PANEL parts, the top or main or main part is 1.3 metres long and taper ground from SPECIFICATIONS about 2mm at the base to 1mm at the top. This helps keep the wind Model Modulator OX resistance down, which is just as well Mobile as a long antenna such as this can put Type Whip 1.47 metres. .overall a fair leverage on the mounting base at Length 1.855 metres high speeds. The bottom or short part Frequency Range 27MHz ofthewhip is about 3mm diameter and Ma. Power Handling roughly 200mm long. The two halves Impedance 50 are joined by a chromed boss which Cable Supplied None has two grubscrews in the side, one to Mounting Details 'Is" 10 UNF Stud grip each half of the whip. The lower Supplier Les Wallen Manufacturing half of the whip then fits into a Typical Price £19.50 chromed fitting on the top of the coil housing and is secured by a grubscrew which screws downward at an angle of about 45 degrees. The coil housing itself is very impressive, about 25mm diameter and 360mm long in black plastic. At the base of the plastic coil housing is another chromed fitting with a %" 10 UNF thread protruding. this will fit many of the standard mobile mounts available and several homebase groundplanes. When the Modulator OX is fully assembled the total length is 1.855 metres (73"1. the total whip length is 1.47 metres, just inside the legal limit of 1.5 metres. The quality of construction and materials is very good indeed and should give a long service when correctly assembled and installed. No instructions are included, but assembly is fairly obvious and straightforward. The only thing that might confuse a new breaker is tuning, but if this is necessary this would be done by the usual method of adjusting the whip. As with most large antennas the tuning of the Modulator OX seems very broad and we simply assembled the test sample and mounted it on the car boot. The SWR was between 1:2:1 and 1:4:1 across all 40 channels. therefore no adjustment should be necessary. With the Modulator OX on the car, looking as though it was about to wipe out all the local breakers, we set out optimisitically on test, As you can see from the test pattern the Modulator OX performed quite well but not quite as well as we expected for an antenna of this size. Contact was maintained REVIEW VERDICT throughout the test route quite Performance XXX)( Installation XXXX comfortably apart from once when a SWR Adjustment XXXXX Instructions - 52 signal came up on the channel Construction XXXX Value XXXX when we were at the limits of the test route, but even then contact was We rate our samples on a scale of one to five. Five stars is the highest maintained with slight difficulty. rating. three and four stars are average to good and one and two stars In conclusion we would say that in mean it's not doing so well. our opinion the Modulator OX is a very impressive looking British made The Tests antenna, Construction and materials We heve used our stenderd test procedure to essess the efficiency of this antenna. are of high quality giving the antenna a Just to bring new readers up to dete thl.lnvolve. twote.t.; one static and one mobile. good service life expectancy. Our test sample Is fitted to a stationary mobile and a second mobHe follow. a pre Performance is very good but a little arranged route that orbits the stetlonary test vehicle, sendln'g and receiving signal 'down' from what we expected from reports at measured intervals. This is then repeated with the test antenna on the mobile test vehicle and the signals ar8 sent end received betweena stationery vehicle. this size of antenna. Priced at £19.50 A standard rig and antenna Is used in all thetests. With the results obtained we are able the Modulator OX is quite good value to draw up the radiation pattern shown here. This Is simplified to make the result. for money considering the good quality more easily understood. The antenna is elso subjected to a serle. of 'lab' testa to of construction. assess their durability. quality and construction, etc and finally we hand it over to a A similar antenna for performance panel of CBars for comment. would be the Falcon 27 mobile, CB CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 31 not one of the best ri w~e2henlwasfWest":~~~ seen. Since then 9S that I have ever the companies have several British to play with market~~de my first reactio~ break into a attempts to to .be dominated a~has continued was one of amaze- ( equIpment. Now m y Japanese most of the other me":lt..Along with that are left that i OS~ dealers. those W t~Undlts W11I had thought In this field I that the CB bubbl:' h readily admit companies had at most Britis'h bur~t and sales of ~~ ~ell and truly of producing CBabandonded the idea Which is why I rtgs are low that appeared a rigs. There was one appearance fwas puzzled by the the P.E. Ran couple of years a Ad.mittedly it is ~ ni the. Westward seems to have ~:~. althou.gh nowg~t qUite like to own ce Unit that I would It was based on Ish~dwlthout trace willing to p myself, but would I be a~ electronics ~~roJ~ct published i~ Especially as ::m £129.95 for it? f~"IY well initially ~:zlne and it sold rigs are now rea' e qUl~e acceptable ~ the few that wa caus.e It was one or even less M dl~ available for £20 ~vallable unusual radi·o. ay e I would. It is a~ time of legalisatiounf~{rs at the that I am being ifytsayI don't.that Itthinkwas The Westward PT..2 .IS a battery 32 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 apart from the two power inlets. One as you do it on time'. Obviously it is of these is for an external 12V DC better to write well and some supply while the other is for 240V journalists, such as Mark Twain and mains and they are both at the back of Charles Dickens, wrote superbly even the left-hand side. In the top left-hand when they were churning out pieces corner of the front panel there is the for the magazines of their day. The rest S/RF meter and immediately next to it of us do the best that we can but that the Hi/Lo power switch that all important deadline sometimes attenuates the output power by 10dB. means that sometimes we cannot put Just to the right of that is a red LED the amount of thought into an article that lights on transmit. In the bottom that we would like. There are two left-hand corner is the 5 pin DIN stories that illustrate the difference microphone socket and next to it are between a writer and a journalist. One the two rotary controls for Volume and concerns Oscar Wilde. He was Squelch. The Squelch knob also spending the weekend in the country activates the P.A. facility when it is with some friends and on the Sunday turned fully anti-clockwise until a click stayed in his room until lunchtime. is heard and the Volume control is also When hedid appear, his hostess asked the On/Off switch. In the centre of the him ifhe had been feeling unwell. 'No', faceplate is the bright green LED he replied, 'I've been working on my channel display and the channel latest play'. He was then asked if he selector knob is directly underneath it. had managed to do much. 'Yes', he To the right of them are three toggle said, 'I put in a comma'. switches. The first one turns the 'All those hours and you just put in display and the S/RF meter light on a comma. Didn't you do anything else?' and off, which is a useful wayof saving she asked. power when running the set on He answered, 'Yes indeed. I internal batteries. T1,e middle one thought about it for a while and then I switches the rig from internal battery took it out again'. to mains power and the end one turns The other interesting little snippet the built·in battery charger on or off. is that Ernest Hemmingway rewrote Next to that switch there is an orange the last page of 'A Farewell to Arms' lamp that lights to show when the thirty seven times. batteries are being charged. Directly underneath the first two switches there are two 3.5mm jack sockets, one Surprise surprise!! for an extension speaker and one for a P.A. speaker. Next to those is a large 'What on earth has all this to do orange neon lamp that lights with a rig review?' you may well ask. I whenever mains power is applied. In shall explain. When I was given the the bottom right-hand corner is a Westward, I was told that it was a panel mounted fuseholder which British rig that is a bit different. There makes it possible to change the fuse was no real handbook or literature without opening the case. In the top with it but I thought that I would be right-hand corner of the front panel is able to play with it and find out most of a standard SO 329 antenna socket. the things that I needed to know by As you can see from the number of examining it. Unfortunately it is sockets and switches, this is a multi capable of doing so much that I soon purpose rig. It is supplied with a mains found that there was a lot of lead and if this is plugged into the information that I didn't have that socket on the side, the switch on the would have liked for this article. For front panel set to MAINS and an instance, I really wanted to know the external antenna plugged into the charging time for the internal batteries socket, the Westward P.T.2 is a base and how long they could be expected station. If, however, the rig is fixed into to last in use. (Five hours - Ed.) The the car with the mounting bracket that only way that I could think of to find out is supplied and 12V fed to it via the was to take the lid off and examine the appropriate socket on the side, as well batteries. When I did, I was very as having the car's antenna plugged surprised. Firstly, instead of using into the antenna socket, then it is a conventional Ni·Cad cells, the mobile unit. Similarly, if the Westward has what appears to be a appropriate switch is set to BATTERY sealed lead acid 2.6 amp hour battery. portable/mobile/base station. It is and the rubber duck antenna that This would account for the weight of very large, approximately 2.5 ins x 9 comes with it is fitted into the socket, the unit. The second surprise was that ins x 9.5 ins and it is also very heavy. the Westward P.T.2 becomes a this is not a British rig after all. Sitting Fortunately it is supplied with a portable rig that can be carried around inside the smart Westward case is a carrying case that has a shoulder either by the handle on the front, or by complete Maxcom 4E. Complete that strap, so it is feasible to carry it around the leather shoulder strap that comes is apart from its front panel which has and use it as a portable. The carrying with the case. been removed to allow the controls to case, available as an extra, is A truly versatile rig, but how well project through the new front panel. beautiful. It seems that no expense does it work? Very well is what I found What Westward Electronic & has been spared on this because it is out but before I continue I am going to Communication Specialists, the man extremely well made out of genuine give you an insight into how I do these ufacturers of the P.T.2 have done is to leather and it smells wonderful. Can reviews and also explain why I have take a Maxcom and then added a few you believe that anyone would make a been looking at this rig from the wrong extras of their own. carrying case for a CB out of leather? viewpoint. Naturally I was nonplussed. Here I Westward have and it certainly gives There is one important difference am, three quarters of the way through their product an ai r of quality. The front between literature and journalism a review, only to find that the panel of the Westward P.T.2 is screen speed. The very first thing that I was equipment is not what I had thought it printed brushed stainless steel and all taught was that 'It don't matter if you was. Should I start again or should I of the controls and sockets are there, write good or if you write bad, so long just carry on? This is where the time CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 33 factor comes in and highlights just one (see the review in our March '83 Issue) all into a very attractive case. This is a of the differences between me and a and turned it into an all round very sensible way of doing things, far 'real' writer. My deadline is performer and in using a basic mobile more so than tryi ng to beat the approaching rapidly, and as I don't rig and effectively putting it in a bigger Japanese by building a similar rig from have the time for a complete re~write, I case they are doing the same as many scratch. As far as I know, this is the shall have to be honest and admit that I base station manufacturers. They only portable/mobile/base station on boobed. Had I known what this unit is have added a good sized battery that the market and having seen the quality before I started, I may well have should give more than enough power of its construction, I hope that it approached it differently, but now that for portable use, nicely regulated succeeds. I do know what it is that I am looking at, power supply and charging system The Westward P.T.2 is available I can say that I think that Westward that even uses a toroidal transformer from Electronic & Communications Electronic & Communications instead of the more usual laminated Specialists, The Mill House, Specialists have had a great idea. They types, which eliminates that nasty Tuckenhay, Totnes, Devon T09 7EL have taken a mobile rig that works well mechanical hum, and they have put it (Tel: Harbertonford 336/370). RIG REVIEW DATA PANEL Model P.T.2 B Specfflcatlons Facilities ;;Q. "0 (; Modes Of Operation FM Only Distributor Westward ::I 0 'ij 0 ~ "- No. Of Chonnelo 1--'''"'=4''0''''-----1 Typical Price £129.95 Ease Of Controls " Weight Built In Speaker • Features Ve. No Dimensions 2.5"x9"x9.5" Microphone Location • Supply Voltage 12V or 240V PA Facility Cabinet Construction • RF Output Power 4W External Speaker Jack • Quality Of Control Switches • Frequency Stability Spec TX Indicator Light • Channel Indicator Readibility • Swamping Good RX Indicator Light • Mounting Bracket • • • Senoklvlty IRX) Good PA Indicator Light Hand Bookllnstructions • Spurious Emil8lons Spec S/RF Meter LEDS • Hi/Lo Power Switch • ANLlNB Switch • CH9 Switch • Range xx.xx Variable RF Gain Clarity of TX xxx. Mike Gain • Clarity of RX XXX Oelta Tune • Ease Of Controls XXXX • XX Tone Control • Ease Of Installation 1-_--7.:;::X::X'-_--1 LEO Channel Aeadout • Performance XXXX 34 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 COMMUNICATION THE News from all round the OSL world with swappers from Spain and across the British elcome to another may count towards any future award. Isles. Communication the To get you ott to a good flying start I will QSL Way. Judging give you a hint when opening this from all your letters months mail if any CURRIE cards are you can hardly wait found, best of luck to you all. each month for a First Christmas card in this year copyWof your favourite magazine, the honour goes to a favourite lady of and time to put pen to paper certainly mine - TONGUE TIED - Wendy of does come round quickly. Brownhills whose hubby SLAVE Heard from Des Currie of the TRADER runs the ENSIGN QSL GREAT BRITISH OX CLUB, the PRINTERS, now very well known and Competition announced two months very popular indeed. Wendy asks for a ago is going very well, seems the special mention for hubby John as Curde CB QSL cards are now very everyone asks who is the SLAVE much sought after. For those of you TRADER, and the answers is always who missed the details, Des Currie TONGUE TIED's hubby. Seems they Printers of P.O. Box 5, Consett, Co. had quite an eyeball a short while ago Durham OHS 8NG, are running a and met many old and new friends, super competition for the first five and it ended up with eighteen people QSLers who collect 100 different staying overnight with Wendy and design Currie Cards, the prize being a John, that's real CB friendship. Don't free Currie Radio Log Book, and if you forget if you are looking for extra go on to collect 200 different Currie special QSL cards drop Wendy a line at QSLs then you qualify for 1000 107. Howdles Lane. Brownhills. Rainbow QSL Cards plus a Jumbo West Midlands WSB 7PJ enclosing 5000 entry Radio Log Book. The an SAE. Rainbow cards apply to the first two QSLers to lodge their 200 different cards with Des. Not many rules forthis super competition, but I had better relate them so you won't be disappointed. All cards must be from the D. Currie Printers stable. and must be all of different designs, you cannot count club cards more than once even if they were collected from different members. Any club design mayonly be counted once. Most QSL cards printed by D Currie have the 'Currie' imprint on the side of the card, which makes them easy to recognise (Some do not have it on - they are the hard ones. you'll need to ask the operator about them). Currie cards with SAMPLE marked on them do NOT count. All cards entered will be returned with your award. all cards will have at least on corner snipped off and cards entered for the extra bonus will have two corners snipped. The cards with one corner snipped may be re·used to qualify for extra bonus awards. cards This is Wendy the better looking half of with two corners snipped may not be ENSIGN OSL CARDS run byWendy and used towards any present award, but husband John. 35 From HAWKLORD Mike Pittaway Oavid of 59, Arlescote Road, comes details of his new FREE club Solihull, West Midlands, seems he the CHELTENHAM OSL CLUB, of 34, QSLed all the names and addresses in Cowper Road, St Marks, Chelten a past issue of this magazine and ham, Glos GL51 7ST. News in of didn't get many replies. The only THE UNICORN OSL CLUB OF advice I can give Oavid is either you GREAT BRITAIN of 15 Savernake ., j" MOUNTAIN DX·QSl QUB forgot to include your name and Avenue, Melksham, Wiltshire SN12 address or - and I do not mea n to 7HB founded by President Steve. ";~~ offend - was your OSL package Membership is just £2 plusa first class ~ ••~ • i something you would be pleased to postage stamp for lots of goodies. , receive yourself? Anyone out there Gardon, Press Officer of the . can aSL an anxious David who has ROMEO DELTA X-RAY CLUB OF lost a little faith in our hobby? Now by SCOTLAND pleads for a mention. complete contrast comes a letter from Apparently incredibly easy to join says BRITISH CONCORDE INTER Garden. All it takes to join is ten signed NATIONAL member BROTHER JOHN, and dated OSLs and a stamped John Winship of 1, St. Johns addressed envelope to Dougie the Radio. That's what our hobby IS all Avenue, Churchdown, Gloucester President and hey·presto - you're inl about Dave so you can enter me up. GL3 20G, he started OSLing after The club address is 10, Wallace Right-ho, here we go now with the reading our column from day 1, and Street, Rutherglen, Glasgow, lucky ones out of our ever increasing was absolutely thrilled with the return Scotland G73 2SA. Post-Bag. Thought I recognised this results from addresses taken from it. Always on the look·out for handsome fellow - ifs a new QSL with a special mention for TIME something different, we heard from from RED RIDER Paul Jukes of 100 TRAVELLER who retured a OSL within the first club we have heard of in Oudley Road, Tipton, West three days- well done, just shows the Yugoslavia. It's called the Midlands DV4 SOL. it's a super new difference when you make up a good INTERNATIONAL "KILO-LIMA" SUNDOWN photo-QSL showing Paul pack doesn't it? If you want a few ideas RADIO OX GROUP OF YUGOSLAVIA, with his rig and a huge selection of his for enclosures, your local English run by President ZIVKO from QSLs -I think this is a really great Tourist Board will be pleased to send Predjamska 15, 61000 Ljubljana, idea. must get some photo QSLs you some FREE brochures. as many as Yugoslavia. perhaps a little costly at myself - ifs great to see who's you like - to include in your packs, and £8 membership, but we are assured all QSLing you. I do appreciate any mail, don't forget local tourist places close to mail is returned by First Class Air Mail. and thank the three breakers namely your own home - they normally have so that would account for nearly £3.00 SILVER KNIGHT, MONTY PYTHON and free leaflets - it all helps to make up a worth of postage. Last club mention MR BLUE SKY, but oh how it ·does great pack. this months is from THE FRIENDS OF upset me (as the song goes) when Had a pair of super QSLs and nice RADIO OSL CLUB run by a Radio breakers go to all the trouble of comments from LADY FINCH (Gillian) Amateur no lessl- he is David Taylor OSLing, then forgetting the most and CRANE DRIVER (Len) of Breakers of 13, Curlew Glebe, Ounnington, important details of all - their Yard, P.O. Box 1, 22 High Street, York YOl 5PO and is just starting off, addressesI This one is even worse, as Keighley, West Yorks B021 2AA. so an SAE will bring full details of this they have not even had their address They are both Channel9 monitors with new club which shows great promise printed on their super card. CERT. and have some very by promoting friendship through Had a most disturbing letter from complimentary things to say about our column, 0001 it does make me big headed, but thank you friends for your few kind words, and I have duly noted you promise a 100 per cent QSL to everyone. Received some details of the TANGO TANGO OX &OSLCLUBof 10 Meadow Close. Totnes, Devon TQ9 ZULU ECHO UK OX & OSL CLUB 5VF sent in by Alex O·Connor. no less PO Box 31, than five different cards from that S'afiron Walden, address, one of which is a Currie. Full Essex CB 10 lDH. details of the membership of the .JI last year by Dean TANGO TANGO can be had for a QSL Founded ,n M'b~T_ currently with and an SAE. Baird - TO mbers originally to Interesting card in from GOLDEN over 350 me Wce BOX Number fer EAGLE, a disabled breaker from 19, provide a Post ~alden Breakers. b~t Hardwick Road East. Manton. local Saffron. t being shown, It Worksop, Notts sao 2NS, he has with so much mteres tend the club been on channel some six months 'ded to ex f all 7) Newsletter was d~CI The club caters or B) 2 club pens now and is an active member of the internationally. b h FM and AM and Codes - RST & Q local REACT team in Nottingham. aspects of CB, otd 2 metres, and the 1~\ Pack of 30 Club OSLs Golden Eagle - Doug has two very ~am '~ 55B, even Licence holders 10 11) Tips on O~~gswap cards nice QSL cards, and will QSL dub has a ew main request of the 12) Members h lubS allcomers. Incidentally I have put Doug their ranks·ltt members must OSL 13) Information onOo~ e~ecs in touch with my other friend GOLDEN club IS that. tive of whether EAGLE - Arthur Brodeur of 6, Mt. cent"rr~sP~~diO 14) PhonetiC and I 0 100 per oSLing or 15) Local View ca~dJ,ce_presidents St. Charles Avenue. Woonsocket. the contact ~s ~ndeed 'an excellent 16) Presidents an Rhode Island 02B95 in the USA, who direct swapping, mple club package to OSL cards P 0 Box (UK only) incidentally welcomes all mail from rule. We had a ~tce and the reques!ed 17) Use ofclub .' ilable. the UK - if you write say a big hello to inspect at thee lh" seems to bring 1B) Other Items as t~~~ normal club Arthur from me, he is one of the £5 50 members ,p. . greatest old-timers in CB, a real gentl :te a return, includmg.- Comment: A ~etter run for benefit of qUI 't number pack, club obv,oUS y of club P.O. Box Heard again from someone who must be one of the most prolific OSLers in ~\ f~~~:d sealed in PI~s~liC members, and ~;~ractive facility, the world, and what really amazes me 3) Club Rubber stamp, u y numbers an M + 5SB operators. especiallY to.A 11 be one of the well is that this OSLer consistently sends mounted. out a magnificent QSL package - he is 4) Club Keynng little ~oubdt thIISb~\n the future. Club Roster of members estabhshe c u Malcolm Fisher of Aughnish, ~\ Club stickers and seals 36 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 Ramelton. Co. Donegal. Ireland. He OX contacts with his Audioline 340 is also a member of countless aSL Rig and Thunderpole Mk 2 Antenna. clubs throughout the world, including Saucyl is the only way I can describe some rare ones, well done again, the next aSl in from Station Bravo Malcolm. super QSLI Siarra 27 Oparator Jacqui of 27. Beautiful hand~drawn home-brew lenterden Road, Croydon, Surrey QSL from BLACK LEOPARD - Chris CRO 6NQ. what a pin-up. Both Jacqui Boiler of 25. Manor Farm Green. and her OM John are members of the Belle Isle. Leads. Wast Yorkshire Cobra Operators Club and QSL 100 LS10 3RL. who not only sends that per cent, especially to fellow cracking hand-drawn but some of his members. ROLLING STONE - Laslay CURRIE QSL cards (Hint). J Lowa of 30. Southfiald Road. How dare I ignore this huge pack Driffield, East Yorkshire writes to say sitting here on the pile - it's almost she is a keen aSler, and sends a pile Manolo. President of THE parcel post size - sent in by lony of postcards as well as her own ANTEQUERA QSL DX SWAP CLUB of Sheach MAD MAX of 8. Strauan personalised aSl card, she is looking P.O. Box 17. Antequera. Malaga. Road. Portree. Isle of Skye. Scotland for lots of good QSL contacts. Spain, who thanks us for a nice IUS1 9EG. not only lots of very Isn't it funny how you never seem mention in our columns, and tells us absorbing tourist literature, but to hear of a place, then receive two the club now has some 150 members countless membership forms to lots of QSLs in one month? Another fine QSL in 18 countries throughout the world, interesting and unusual aSl clubs, in from the Outer Hebrides, this one and tells us he will OSl everyone from and the crowning glory of this aSl from MARKSMAN - James OH 003. the UK who QSLs him. he will reply no less than 15 different CURRIE QSL P.O. Box 11. Stornoway. Isla of With QSL cards and details of the club. cards - real beauties, plus some of his Lewis, Scotland, another fine pack In closing this month I would like to own cards. Tony says he is only 16 and with some cards of the OUTER just say a special hello to HEBRIDES DX-QSL SWAP CLUB. plus aSLs worldwide, swops non-stop, and SHOESTRING and DOG COLLAR of some of the SCOITISH DX CLUB. Not will answer all mail. Being still at the Mitcham 20, and a special request school I am sure a stamp would help much room left, so we close this to you all out there to respect the his limited finances for a return OSL. month with a letter received from convention of Channel 09 being for From John. Secretary of RADIO Emergency work only. Monitors give COASTLINE CLUB at P.O. Box 32. up their time to help us should we Ballymoney. 8T53. Co Antrim. need it and I think it's the least we can Northern Ireland comes details of do to help them keep Channel 09 for their club who not only have their own Emergencies only. For the breaker CURRIE QSLs (Hint again) but some who asked for details of REACT their nice club QSLs and eyeball cards. The Headquarters is at 142, Lutterworth club meets the first Monday of the Road, Nuneaton, Warks, telephone month at the Bayview Hotel. 0203 3B3005. they are always Portballintrae, Co Antrim, and pleased to hear from prospective new all members must QSL 100%. that is members. Well, that's it my darlings, one condition of membership. Some thanks again for all the mail, keep it really attractive QSLs in from GREEN coming, we always try to squeeze as NIGEL- GuyC Davidson of 5. Ernest many of you as possible in. Until next Terrace, Chester Le Street, Co month, take care - we care. Durham DH3 3HR. a nice club card of the Black Horse Inn DX Club and some CB nice home-brew cards, and an interesting long letter about his legal ~... - ®~~ f QSLers 2 Birmingham . 59 Band MagazineS list 0 P.O. BoX • IAN PD122 Big Daddy 838 8RW Close Sutton In Citizens' 35. Cowper . ne Ocker Hill. Ashfield. Notts. 11. Hall la M' dlands RON PARKER EastsidM~r~~~41. JIM ELMS coachman Tipton, West I Tango Della 100 65. USA OY4 OXN Doad Batchley. MRS APEZONE lawrence'i'eld lane. Ely. 21 HazeI n • 23. Sp"ng , 'dd' h -WorcS. ~/a~ ~g':{'~~'(SON IRIS SllCOCK Nac One Re 'te" stone Wilton, CambS. t Street 8lackhill. 13. Fu99 eWlts'SP2 OB2 89. Derwcen Durham DH8 8lT ~rt~~Et gS~RIE Consett, o. DAVE Nalure Man SalisburY'·d 'Terrace, 34. par"S' e Bradford. swap A Lot 'as Terrace, High· JOHN BASS Jetliner cullingworth. 13 5AD ". DOUgDipton. Stanley. West yorks hB~oad Chipping R. SOMERVlllE stables. DH9 9EP C durham d 139. Corn'S • cavalier 2~·. S"egn~yS~:~'W:'ar DAVID Mr Norton• 0dxforvdiew Higham Jinx 4 Mea oW • h Hebburn• 3 • WellingboroUg. AUDREY ROSS NE31 2AJ rland Avenue. JACKIE Woodstock Ferres. NN9 8EW Bust Bee tmo Northants R ad 20. Wes e Sea. ~ onds Newbig9ln bY ~ NE64 6RW 40. OakeyfBie1dy Edm . JIM BROoME berl Thurston. ur RX' NorthUm a Box Hill Stagecoach Estate cottage. Nr Sui/olk IP31 3North Bretton. Msic,,~:~a~5 56. Adderley. pE3 8R8 JANET PERFECT School. 6EA peterborOU1ghsaffron Walden• MoscoW Mule oorklOg, ur P.O. 80x 3 • Essex. 31 WiganWN3 5TR P.O. BoX 1 . JANET R 37 SAUCY NANCY DOES IT AERIAL SUPPLIES (.....""1 Lld ANYWHERE WITH A WESTWARD P.T. 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Catalogue contains Ihe MMIII CONCORDE III & JUMBO III (1983 models) ACCESS AND BARCLAYCARD ACCEPTED 38 CITtZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 \LII'![ 'l.'{-"-'lVY:lfY.'lJY:.iX.'NVWVl.i\fi ~o~uuoud~dud~~d DECEMBER ISSUE WILL BE ON SALE FRIDAY 18 The articles mentioned are in an advanced state of preparation NOVEMBER but circumstances may affect the final contents Gypsy Rose Sharp sits hunched over antenna station, Mack the Hack has of. Thanks to SMC in Totton for the the editorial crystal ball, peering his usual tuppence worth (sorry, 2p prize, but what do you have to do to into it's hazy depths. What will be in worth) and Ms. Judd has a word or earn it? the next issue of Citizens' Band? two to add. Hmm, tricky. Complete in not That's funny, the mist is getting Hang on a minute, this bit's burnt more tha n fifteen words 'I thi nk the thicker ... wait, the waste paper ... oh yes, all the regular features editor of Citizens' Band deserves ten bin's on firel and, no doubt, a competition prize or trillion pounds a year because ... ' Right. That's better. The firemen two if we can find them when the -No. Them upstairs won't wear that. have gone and Branston has smoke clears. How many spikes has Branston got? emerged from under the filing No, I'm not counting them to find cabinet. Where were we. Next out. months issue. Right. The bit of paper COMPETITION How about celebrity handles? with December's feature is a bit That's it. scorched and sodden but I think I Up for grabs this months is an SMC For this months competition we'd can just about make it out. Oscar 11. Those of you who pay like you to think of appropriate As it is a festive time of year, attention when you're spoken to will handles for the following list of we've been asking some of our know that this was reviewed celebrities: contributors and staff what they'd recently and was very highly thought Koo Stark like for Christmas. Mind you, looking Cliff Richard through the lists. what they want Barbara Woodhouse and what they are going to get are Angela Rippon two entirely different things. You've David Frost got nearly a month to guess what Denis Thatcher Twong wants ... Answers on a postcard (from Due to great public demand and now on envelopes will not be fresh from his winter season at opened!) and don't forget to include Cleethorpes Hippodrome, Chris your own name and address - quite Peterson finally discloses the facts a few of you dol You should know on crystal filter modifications. Plug the rules by now but here they are in your soldering irons now. again just in case. For 934MHz fans there is the first of - hopefully"":"" a series of Rules features on this frequency - lots of No employee 01 ASP are allowed to enter. All e",ries must news, questions answered, new be herebys8Conclposl Friday, 18th NOllember. The editors deciSion is finaL Entries to Hanclles COmpetition. Citiuns' products as they become available. Band, ASP Ltd., 145 Chafing Cross Road, London WC2H Brian Wright looks at an Oscar base OEE. With the Grandstand LAB3 934MHZ Transverter Kit you can forget about irresponsible users and poor quality sound on the overcrowded 27MHZ frequency. Just connect the Bluebird 27MHZ rig to the LAB3 and a 934MHZ antenna, switch to Channel 1 ....and you're on the new 934MHZ Leisure Communication Band. It's so easy! And you get a powerful B watts output with superb sound across the full range of channels. For use either at home or in the car it's ideal not only for CB fans but for businessmen, amateur radio enthusiasts and many others. 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I had to agree at "You won't get anything", he the outset to leave my rig stated, settling down on a seat and O("that damn squawk box" as my watching me twiddle the channel husband prefers to call itl at home. My selector. "Who on earth would take a husband, you may remember, does not CB radio on a narrowboat?" (scornful for his own inscrutable reasons laughter). At last he's seen the approve of CB. "Never could understand what you So there we were a week ago, see in that thing", my audience went light! Bullroarer is on loading enough luggage into the car to on aggressively, warming up for a sink the boat, and (being a sentimental fight. And then suddenly, there was a channel with a idiot) I went off to take leave of the voice, not very clear, but definitely a vengance, will Filly house. the garden. the houseplants, voice. the cat, the goldfish, and my CB radio. "Little Lady here, Little Lady", it see her rig again? Well, I don't know, the poor little rig said, coyly. "Anyone for a copy? This is looked so lonely sitting there in my car Little Lady". He jumped about six feet. in the gloomy garage. and - and "Who's that?" he demanded. perhaps it would go rusty from disuse. "Who's what?" I asked blandly(two and anyway, didn't it deserve a can play at games. after all). holiday too? I found at the last minute "Little Lady wants to hear a friendly that I couldn't bear to be parted from it, voice. Come on boys, there must be so I smuggled it into the car in a pile of someone out on the canal to talk to blankets. Little Lady?", lisped the voice. We eventually got away, only two He sat there watching the radio, hours late, picked up our friends and fascinated, his eyes glinting. After a headed for Warwickshire. We were short struggle with himself, he half an hour and two locks safely out of reached out and picked up the mike. the boatyard when the outraged roar "How do you work this thing?" he from the bow meant my husband had asked, trying to sound disinterested. I discovered the rig -I got there just in showed him and he caught on straight time to prevent my precious Maxcom away. disappearing into the murky waters of "Hello Little Lady, doyou, er, do you the Oxford Canal. Baulked, he ("copy", I said) - copy?" No mike contented himself with sneering fright for him, I thought amused. Talk comments to the effect that (a) I would about an instant conversion, Saul on not be able to set it up and (b) who on the road to Damascus had nothing on earth did I think I would find to talk to him. out on the back of beyond anyway, and There was no reply and he looked at stalked off to take the tiller and play at me in dismay, "Where's she gone?" being Admiral. '"Let go of the button", I told him. He Alas for his good humour, setting did. up, as it turned out was not too "Well, hi", said the voice at once. difficult. Most modern narrowboats "Who are you sweetier Sweetie have fibreglass roofs, so it was just as looked at me wildly. "Who am I?" he well I had brought the aluminium hissed. I could think of a few names, sheet along to act as a groundplane, but didn't want to undo all the good and positively fortunate that I had not work. brought a mag mount along. I fiddled "What about Red Admiral?" i about in the bow with aluminium and suggested. antenna, balancing myself precar "This is Red Admiral", he said into iously with one toe on the rail at the the mike. "You've got Red Admiral, side of the boat. under the sardonic Little Lady - er - over", He released eye of my husband who was obviously the button and beamed at me. "This is hoping I would fall in. fun!" he confided. "You don't say", I The next problem was the SWR said, grinning, and crept away, leaving meter - or lack of it. Surely I had him in the clutches of Little Lady. It brought the wretched thing? I had - it was safe enough. I had caught sight of was in a Wellington boot. I hauled it a cottage out of the window out and tested the SWR - 1.5, not generously endowed with a CB aerial brilliant. but. I thought, pretty good in which I guessed to be Little Lady's lair, the circumstances. And it was at that in which case she would quickly be left point. just as I was all set toga, that we behind. entered a deep cutting where In fact, it has proved difficult ever reception, needless to say, was since to prise him away from his new impossible. toy, even to take a turn at the tiller,let Next day was typical boating alone helping with with locks, He has weather - it was pouring with rain. been making plans to install (my) rig in My husband, who normally snarls like his car when he gets home, and has an alsatian when anyone tries to take even chosen his permanent handle. the tiller from him, suddenly decided Bullroarer. Well, at least it's apt. CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 41 OHRA~~~:~r~i~~~ ~I~Y WAlHPHonE VHF FULL DUPLEX COMMUNICATOR Both headphones and microphone LONDON ROAD, HACKBRIDGE, SURREY. 647.. 4758 are built into one MAIN DEALER FOR: HAM INTERN - ZETAGI- AKD - MIDLAND - SADELTA headset. 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We have 500 lines in stock CB, Telephones and IN CAR ENTERTAINMENT. All at low, low wholesale prices. Globe: London's leadingwholesaler when replying since 1979 to all ,IIIILOIIII~IIIIE Adverts Wholesale Ltd. 168 Brooker Road, Waltham Abbey, Essex. Telephone (0992) 762472 Telex: 24507 CHALAR G 42 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 IV'laCk CI;,~jla'I' Mack's been on his holidays and waxes lyrical on the unfettered airways. hat ho. it's me again. I'm still here doing about channel abuse. doing my bit in this magazine. When I At the present time I am taking my annual holiday visit the office to pass the time of day it's also a holiday for my CB. As I have mentioned before I or to learn what's new, I begin to get have a weekend retreat in Clacton, Essex, and this isone confused over who's who. I've place where we don't need more channels. Most seen four editors come and go and evenings I can find at least twenty channels out of the nowWwe welcome the fifth. The first was Rick Maybury forty that are reasonably clear. CB can be used here as it - he was in on the beginning, way before CB was legal should -I can and do go mobile into Clacton for some and saw the introduction of a legal service. Although he shopping and if my wife wants to call me to add is still interested in CB he has gone on to other things. somethinQ to the list she can. One can chat to stations in Next came Chris Adam~Smith, also interested in CB and Kent, thirty miles away, at any time of the night or day hedgehogs. Chris now edits a sister video mag. For a and at the time of writing I am listening to channel 34. while young Kevin Whitchurch took the chair but he The time is 4 pm and a net is in progress with a station on developed an interest in hj·fi where he is now seeking Mersea Island, another in Dover, Kent, and there is his fortune. David Lawrenson is now giving blood to a another station near Harwich and now a station in rugby magazine. Our latest is Sue Sharp, our first lady Ramsgate can be heard. Now can you do this in any of editor, and, it seems, an old aquaintance of mine as we our big cities? I doubt it. There is occasionally some met a few years ago whilst campaigning for legal CB. So abuse but the breakers here seem to be clever and ignore Sue has a long background in CB. I look forward with the abuse until it eventually goes away. On a Sunday interest to future issues of this magazines as Sue Sharp evening at 10 pm on channel 10 you will find a news is a lady with original ideas. bulletin by 'Cuddles'. The broadcast contains useful I have seen and also received letters from readers information for the holiday visiting CBer, such as duty asking and sometimes demanding, "When are we going chemists in the area, tide times, places of 'eyeballs', lost to get more channels". One almost, but not quite, property and CB equipment for sale. obscene letter from a Mr. Becket of Blackpool with the At home in North East London it's a different story, usual questions on more channels but with an extra almost every channel has an 59+ signal and unless a question. He asks, "Is there anyone still campaigning for station is within half a mile I've got no chance of a decent AM?" I don't know - is there? After two years of FM I copy (unless it's early morning). During the day whilst can't see why anyone would want us to use AM, as we working 1 used to use CB but now it's impossible. all know FM is far superior and, of course, legal. But back Fortunately many of my fellow CBing friends have to the question of more channels. Why do people write to passed the radio amateur exam. and now have licences, me and the magazine asking us for more channels? We so I monitor the two metre band (not a repeater) most of can't give you them but the Home Office could. So write the day and we can converse in peace. to them. I don't think we will get anymore channels as At times, when I get lost for things to write about to fill the existing forty are so badly abused in some areas the this page, I'll listen on the rig for local gossip and ideas or authorities won't give us any more to abuse. To back this study the magazine for any letters or adverts I can up, I have just been reading a news release issued by the comment on. I'm always willing to accept your letters on Home Office on proposed adjustments to the CB licence. CB happenings in your area, but remember this is being There is nothing in it at this stage to get excited about, written weeks before publication, so send any details of but one part refers to 934Mhz. repeater stations, A local events as early as possible. Looking through the couple of months ago I was told that 'no way' would adverts in the September issue I noticed that at last repeaters be allowed on 934 but this latest statement someone has come up with the idea of a QSL bureau. It's shows there could be a possibility and reads, a very god idea if you don't want your own box number. "There has been some interest in the establishing of For a small fee (£3 in this case) and a supply of self repeater stations in thp 934Mhz. service. This is not addressed envelopes the bureau forwards to you any considered appropriate until it is clear what sort of QSL cards received in your name. I know that many local service will develop at 934Mhz. If it is subject to clubs rent P.O. boxes for its members and the members significant abuse the advantages of repeaters will be lost share the cost but if you want to go it alone it will cost you whilst the disadvantages, notably reduced channel around £30 a year and you have to collect any mail from capacity, will remain. The matter will be reviewed when the local post office. So a QSL bureau saves all that there is next an opportunity to revise the licence, by hassle and I wouldn't be surprised if more materialise in which time the nature of the service will be more other areas. Another advert that caught my eye.is for a kit apparent. " and instructions to convert your Reftec rig to forty So you see the authorities are aware of the abuse on channels. Blimey, I couldn't find anyone on the twenty the channels, but what are 'they' doing about it? channels when I had a Reftec on loan, so what does one Nothing. 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REFTEC ENTIRE RANGE IN STOCK Gamma GRANDSTAND TRANSVERTER Aerial scnd S.a e. for more details Produets MANUFACTURERS OF AMATEUR RADIO I CB ANTENNAS (01) 859-0933 LYE, WEST MIDLANDS TRADE ENQUIRIES TRADE ENOUIRIES WELCOME FOR Cflhlc SUlmlied TAR GAANTENNAS 44 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 A letter from Worthing in West News from the Sussex. showing, once again. that W.S.T.P. Breakers breakers have hearts of gold. The CLUB writer, lan, also belongs to the Club and time to Whiskey Sierra DX Group mentioned catch up on a few in September's Club News. DIRECTORY listings. Family Fun Day CHESHIRE A few lines about an event put on by a breakers club to raise money for 14 CB BREAKERS the handicapped kids of the Ingfield Chairman: Matchstick. Manor School for Handicapped BB Capesthorne Road. Children. It was a fun day out for all Wistaston, the family and was held at Crewe, Cheshire CW2 BPU West/ands Farm. Billingshurst Lane in Meet: Horseshoe Inn, Coppenhall. Ashington. The days activities Every other Mon. B.OO pm. included 'It's a Knock·Out'. a tug of war competition, car boot sale, HAMPSHIRE sideshows. childrens fun castle, motor cycle stunt team and childrens SOLENT CITY COMMUNICATION motor bike rides. barbecue and GROUP disco. Chairman: Gorgy Boy ft would be nice to read about P.O. Box 110, what good breakers do and not Southampton. about wallies all the time. Hants. lan WS 12 Meet: Halo Club, Weston. W.S.T.P. Breakers Club. Southampton. Mondav B.OO pm. 2 Copse View. Smock Alley, THE RED ARROW OX GROUP West Chilington. Chairman: Road Runner Sussex. P.O. Box B, Petersfield. We are more than happy to publish Hants. good news rather than bad but one Meet; White Horse. Rogat. Sussex. point we must emphasize. I think lan last Friday in month. 7.00 pm. had hoped we could print his letter before. rather than after. the event. WHISKEY SIERRA OX CLUB to get further publicity. The letter Chairman: Mike (Chipmonk) arrived less than three weeks before P.O. Box B. the 'fun day' and the August edition Winchester, had gone to press at the end of Hants. S022 4EL June! Please. please. please send in information as much in advance as HERTFORDSHIRE possible. WATFORD RADIO CLUB WHISKEY SIERRA Chairman: Tony G6FIB A.C.T. Enterprises. OX CLUB P.O. Box 243, Watford, Herts. WD1 4AD Meet: 1st and 3rd Wed. Christchurch Hall. 2nd and 4th Wed. Tudor Pub, Bushey Mill Lane. YANKEE BRAVO U.K. Chairman: Sean Gooch Gerne!. Woodend Green. Henham, Bishops Stortford. Herts. CM22 6AZ CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 45 MAIL ORDER PROTECTION SCHEME I1 you order goods from Mail Order Advertisers in this magazine and pay by post in advance of delivery, this publication will consider you for compensation il the advertiser should become insolvent or bankrupt, provided: It'seasy 1. You have not received the goods or had your money returned; and 2. 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GAIN. background noise, that hissing sound that you remember that this is a relative indication and This control alters the amount of audio from the can hear when there isn't a signel present. another rig under exactly the same cir Nothing happens when the squelch knob is turn microphone used to modulate the outgoing cumstances could well give a reading that is 2 or signal. When it is set to minimum, you are ed slowly clockwise, until it reaches a point just 3 points different. ebove the level of the background noise. Then, transmitting a blank carrier regardless of The same applies to the RF Meter. It also whether you speak into the microphone or not suddenly, the noise will totally disappear and gives a relative indication of the power, you are you will hear nothing at all until a signal that is but when it's set to maximum, your signal is at putting out and itdoesn'tgive areading in watts. almost 100% modulation. stronger than the background noise is received. When you have properly tuned your antenna, This signal will cause the squelch to open an you you should note the position of the needle when HIILO will hear it, but as soon as it disappears, the you transmit. it should be around the 8 mark. Ifit squelch will close again and no sound will come suddenly moves from this position when you are This switch cuts down the output power of your from the rig. Care should be taken when ad transmitting, you should immediately re-check rig so that you can conform to the rule on the justing this control because the higher it is set, your antenna as there will almost certainlv be back of your licence that says that you must the stronger the incoming signal has to be in something wrong with it. reduce you power by 10 dB if your base station order to open it. For the best results, the control antenna is more than 7 metres above ground should be left at the position just past the point NOISE BLANKER level. where the background noise vanished. It will then let through any signal that is stronger than These two functions are often combined on one CHANNEL SELECTOR the background noise but not the noise itself. switch and although they operate differently, they both exist to cut down interference. Most This is the knob that you use to change chan ANl systems work reasonably well but an NB is nels. RFGAIN a far more efficient device that will remove This is a variable attenuator that cuts down the almost all of the crackles and pops that are caus CHANNEL INDICATOR amplification which is given to incoming signals ed by interference. This window displays the number of the channel and the more itis turned. the less the gain of your in use. Most sets use lEOs for this display but rig. This helps to prevent overloading when you LEDS (RX TX) some manufacturers prefer to use liquid crystal are talking to someone who is very close by. The appropriate one of these tight emitting of flourescent type displays. Displays will nor diodes lights to show if you are transmitting or mally be bright red. oragne or green and visable SIGNAL STRENGTHIRF METER receiving. in all but the most direct sunlight. This is a dual function device that shows the relative strength of the signol you are receiving PAICB CH 9 PRIORITY and of the signal you are transmitting. The This switch turns you rig into a low power public This switch allows you to go immediately to S-Meter is usually calibrated '-9 and the nearer address amplifier when it is set to the PA posi channel 9 without having to use the channel to the 9 the needle is when you are receiving a tion. There is a socket on the back for an exten- selector. CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 47 REFERENCE FM RIG CHECKLIST !l 0 co ~i \1 0 ~ 0 0 .>-if ~ ~ MOBILES""" is ~J! i!!o-", 0 co,..§oo o:/f"'- NAME ADDRESSES MODEL ~ AMSTRAO Amsl,lId Conwm.e. EIec1.or'llC'<. '·7 Ga,,,,," ROI'd. lofldon N17 ca90l 40 '3.8VDC £40 AUDIO LINE feleeomms. 189 London Ro". NOr1h End. PonsmOUlh 341 40 , 3.8VOC £60 AUDIO LINE 340 40 , 3.8VOC £40 AUDIO LINE 342 40 13.8VDC £115 BARRACUDA Hatfo.d. MOlor ACCE!550fY Shops GT 868 40 13.BVDC £70 BARRACUDA HP 940 40 13.8VDC £85 BINATONE Bm.lone House. Berl"fQ.d Av. Wemblev. Mddll BREAKER PHONE 40 13.aVOC £•• I BINATONE ROUTE 66 40 13.8VDC [79.95 BINATONE 5·STAA 40 13.8VDC £100 COLT I( B & Co Lld. 202 Cheelham Hill Rd. Manchester 2.5 40 13.8VOC £4999 COMMTRON Roge' O. 831 Mllnsliold Rd. Naus CB4QF 40 13.BVDC £70 COMMTRON CXX 40 13.BVOC £69.95 CYBERNET Good,nll,nl loudspl'Illke,slld, OO\l\ll1le.,. Road. HeYllll!, Harm POO 2NL BETA 1000 40 ,3.BVDC £70 CYBERNET BETA 2000 40 13.BVDC £85 CYBERNET BETA 3000 40 13.BVDC £100 ONT Radiotechn,cs Ltd. G.ove Wa., Bel Ro.,al. St UlWlllOce. Jo"e., Cl M40FM SPECIAL 40 13.BVDC £100 FIDELITY Fidelol., RltdlO Lld. VictOria Rd. London NW10 CB 1000M 40 13.BVDC £70 FIDELITY CB 2000M 40 13.8VDC £90 FIDELITY 20001 FM 40 13.8VDC £70 GRANDSTAND BeeWa'e Lld. R,pon W• .,. H'flog"e. N 'fo.ks BLUEBIRD 40 13.BVDC £50 GRANDSTAND HAWK 40 13.8VDC £30 GRANDSTAND GEMINI 40 13.BVDC £60 HARRIER 0'''On5 PhOlog•.,ph«; Lld CB MOBILE 40 13.BVDC £4. HARRIER C8 X 40 13.8VDC £89_99 HARVARD H/II'''5 O~ues Ltd. H."ud House. 14 16 Thames Rd. B••I"n9. Esse" 400M 40 13.BVDC £80 HARVARD 402 MPA 40 13.BVDC £6995 HARVARD H403 GOOD BUDDY 40 13.BVDC £50 HARVARD 420M 40 13.BVDC £100 INTERCEPTOR Telec:omms. 189 London Road. No.th End. PorlunOUlh INTERCEPTOR 40 13.8VOC £80 INTERCEPTOR TC400 40 13.8VOC £.5 INTERCEPTOR ONE HANDER 40 13.BVDC £100 JOHNSON SUIr Warehouse. Cll.alk F,vm Rd. London JOHNSON 40 13.8VDC £50 KAISER ka,se. ElectronICS Ne....otl$t.use 21-25, W-'dorl 8aden. W Ge.manv UK 40 40 13.8VDC £T8A LADYLlNE M.,kel D'll.,IGn. Salop QUASAR 40 13.8VDC £80 LAKE Roger D. 831 Mllnsl181d Rd. NOll1nghllm NG5 3GF MANXMAN B50- 40 13.8VOC £3250 LAKE MANXMAN 950 40 13.BVOC £3750 LOWE Lowe Elect.onics. MalIOl:k. Oe.b"5h"e TX 40 40 13.8VOC £50 MAGPIE MagpIe Elect.on,cs, PO Bo" 35. Andove•. Hantl SPIO 2LG AUTOSCAN 5000 40 13.8VDC £120 MAXCOM AM Telecon"nun'(:at,ons. AM House. 17 Shepherd, Way. 4E 40 13.8VDC £50 MAXCOM R,ckmllnsworlh. He.IS 6E 40 13.8VDC £48 MAXCOM 20E 40 13.8VDC £50 MAXCOM 21E 40 13.8VDC £50 MAXCOM 16E 40 13.8VDC £40 Remember - Shop around as prices can var 48 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 REFERENCE On the following pa~es you will find listed just about all of the CB rigs available for use on UKFM B. We have split the reference section into three parts; mobile base and portable to make individual rigs easier to find. ., ~ 0 0 '- " '- '- g , ~ ~ ~ f! $ ;:: ~ § ~ $ E:" ~ ., £? £? t! G g ~ ~ ~ G .- § (J ~ '" JJ'" 0 § § $ § ., ~ ~ " iJ JJ o· o· ., ~ i;f ., (J .. ... 0 ~ t} ~ ~ ~ .. " 1: ! 11 It .,0" ~ ~'" ... E (;f .,'" ~ ~ '< ~ ~ '" ~ 0 .. '" " " .. G " • • • •• • • • • • SL Report Feb '82 AMSTRAD SL AUDIOllNE • • • • • • • ...... • • • • •• • Report Feb '82 AUDIQLlNE • • • • • - AUDIOllNE • •• • • • FL Great G1868 chassis BARRACUDA •• • • • • •• • • • FL Cvbernct chassis BARRACUDA • • • • • • • • - Repon Feb '02 BINATONE • • • • • FL Report Dee '81 BINATONE • • • • • • • • • SL BINATONE • • • • • FL COLT • • • •• • FL COMMTRON • • • • • • FL COMMTRON • • • • SL Ultra compact performer CYBERNET FL Report May '83 CYBERNET • ••..... • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • FL Report Septermber '83 CYBERNET ...... Report July '82 • • • • • FL ONT • • • • SL Report December 'S1 FIDELITY • • • • • • • • • FL Report March '82 FIDELITY • • • • • • • • • Report September '82 FIDELITY • • • • • SL GRANDSTAND • • • • • • • SL GRANDSTAND • • • • • • • SL GRANDSTAND • • • • • SL Report Feb '82 HARRIER • • • • • • • • • SL HARRIER • • • • • • • FL HARVAAD • • • • • • FL HARVAAD • • • • • • • • • SL Report December '82 HARVARO • • • • • • • SL HARVARQ • • • • • • • • SL INTERCEPTOR • •• • • •• • • FL INTERCEPTOR • • • • • • • • FL INTERCEPTOR • • • • • • FL Great GT868 chassis JOHNSON • • • • • • FL KAiSER • • • • •• • FL First marine rig LADYLlNE • • • SL LAKE • • •• • • SL LAKE • • • • • • • FL lOWE •• • • • • • • • FR Report April ·83 MAGPIE • • • • • • FL Report March ·83 MAXCOM • • • • •• FL Report November ·82 MAXCOM • • • • • FL MAXCOM • • ••• FL MAXCOM • • • • • FL MAXCOM considerably from CB shop to CB shop! CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 49 I REFERENCE~ NAME ADDRESSES MODEL MICROllNK Wennln·F'lMId Lld. 82 Golde.s Gn Rd, NW11 CB401 40 1J.8VDC £1'5 "- MIDLAND PI ...."onje. Ltd. HernpSlalls In. NeWGa'JIIe·unde,·Lyne. St.lfs 2001 40 13.8VDC £70 MIDLAND 3001 40 13.8VOC £80 MIDLAND 4001 40 13.BVDC £90 MIDLAND 200H 40 13.8VDC {lOO MERCURY EMS CommuniCaliol1S. Grove 51<"1, Wln'"ge. OJlon. LX21 7AO 1040 40 ,3.8VDC N/A MUSTANG K8 & Co, Lld. 202 Cheelhsm HilI Rd. M/cr CB1Dea 40 ,3.8VDC £49.95 MUSTANG CB3000 40 13.8VDC {59.99 NATO Roger O. 831 Mansfiold Rd. NOlllOoham NG5 3GF 40M 40 13.8VOC £69.95 NATO 2000 40 13.8VDC £189.95 OSCAR SMC O.borne House. TOllon, SoulMmplon OSCAR' 40 13.8VDC £85 RADIOMOBILE Goodwood Wlcl. North Circula, Rd. London NW2 7JS 201 40 13.8VDC £8090 AADIOMOBILE 202 40 13.8VOC £120 REFTEC RF Technology, Leyton Aven.... lnod &t. M,ldenh.ll, Suffolk 934 20 13.8VDC £200 ROTEl Role! H.-A. 2-4 E.ieIo Rd. 5111etY au....es. MoIlGn I(e...... s RVC 220 40 13.8VDC £50 ROTEl RVC 230 40 13.8VDC £70 ROTEl RVC 240 40 13.8VDC £90 SHOGUN Collie.s Fm. F.eilh. Henley·on Th3ll1fl. Oxon. RG6 6NR SHOGUN 40 13.8VDC £100 SIRTEl 24 AIf"e Sq. Off Maxwelt Rd. WoodSlon lnd. ESI. POfelbolough SEARCHER 40 13.BVDC £40 STEEPLETONE PSlk End Work•. Clough!on. N. a.lICkley. North."lf SCBl FM 40 13.BVDC £103 TANDY Taml Way. Towe, Bndge SI, WalS8lt. 5u!lf's TRC2001 40 13.8VDC £80 TANDY TRC2002 40 13.BVDC £70 TANOY TRC2000 40 13.8VOC noo TANDY TRC1004 40 12VOC £79 TANDY TRC2003 40 13.8VDC £130 UNIDEN C1aY8nmUI.. lid. 31 M_do<: SI, Uendudno UNI ACE 100 40 13.8VDC £59.95 UNIDEN UNI ACE 200 40 13.8VDC £79.95 VIPER RadIO 88. allklng. Esse.. VIPER B8 40 13.BVOC £29 WAGNER Knighl Commun,eallonS lid. Unol 19 Bnltan;1 ESI. leagrlYI Rd. lUlon 9000 40 13.8VDC £59.95 WAGNER COMPACT 40 40 13.8VDC £25 WESTERN Weslem Elee"onics. Flirfield ESLIIle. loulh. NOlls COMPACT 40 40 13.8VDC £34.50 YORK Sulk;n IUl(llld. 73 Gro.yeno. S"eel.london W1X 90D JCB 861 40 13.8VDC £69 YORK JCB 863 40 13.8VDC £89 - '- . " II . , - '..J • \' I I 50 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 ~REFERENCE ~ /5 ~ ~o .:;, -.I 'If -.I -.J So '" ~ " " 0 J ~~, ~ (J ;:, ~ ~1 ,;j s (J o '" '" o iJ!t!o' t:i", b": '.''7 ., ., '" Cl ~ CL I.L !3~"'~~O)ll.I~wll~Y!!J 0 ~ ~ .," ~ ! I Pc.}",'" !E~1I.i, '" ~ (t'()~()'" :z: ~ 0 • '" • • • • • • • • FL MICROllNK • • • • • FL Report August '82 MIDLAND • • • • • • Fl MIDLAND • • • • • • • Fl MIDLAND • • • • • Fl The talking rig MIDLAND •• • • • • • • FR Report July '83 MERCURY • • • • • • Fl MUSTANG • • • • • • • •• Fl MUSTANG • • • • • • • • Sl NATO • •• • • • • • • • Sl Report January '83 NATO • • • • • Fl Cybernet 134 chassis Report April '82 OSCAR • • • • Fl Cybernet chassis Report October '82 RADIO MOBilE ••• • • • • • • FR Report September '81 RAOIOMOBILE • • • • Fl REFTEC • • ••• Fl Cybernet chassis RQTEl • • • • • • • • Sl Cybernet chassis RDTEl •• • • • • • • • • • Sl Cybernet chassis RDTEl • • • • • • • Sl Up market elegance Report June '82 SHOGUN • • • • • Fl SIRTH • •• • • • Sl STEEPlETONE • • • • • • • Sl TANDY • • • •• • Sl TANDY • • • • • • • • Sl TANOY • • • - TANOY • • • Sl Report November '82 TANOY • • • • • • Sl UNIDEN • • • •• • • • • Fl Report February '83 UNIDEN • • • • • • • Fl VIPER • • • • • • •• • FL WAGNER • •• • • • FL WAGNER • • • • • Sl WESTERN • •• • • Sl Report October '81 YORK • • • • • • •• • • • Cybernet 134 chassis YORK ;::::- ...... 1 j f. - . , , 51 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 REFERENCE BASE STATIONS {J ~ ~ BASES ...... " NAME ~ AUDIOLlNE Teloec:omm.. 189 London Road. North End. Porumouth. Hants 345 40 240VAC £139·96 DNT R.diotKl'l",cs Lld. G,ove Wiy. Bel Royal. 51 Uwflll"loetl. Jef$8'( Cl B40 40 240VAC £TBA DNT 82740 40 240VAC £TBA DNT 40 240VAC £TBA FIDELITY FOdehty RHIO ltd. VictOfW Rd. London NW10 CB 3000M 40 240VA.C £125 GRANDSTAND eH-W." Lld. Ripoll WlY, Hafeglll, H Yorll. BASE 40 240VAC £220 HAM INT. T"ecomml. 189london Road. North End. Ponsmovttl. Hints JUMBO 40 24QVAC £254 HAM INT CONCORDE 11 40 240VAC £164 HARRIER OilOOOI Pl'totog,.phtc lId CB HQ 40 240VAC £130 HAVARO H."l, Oy...... Ud. Harv.,d HauM. 14·16 n..mes Rd. Barking, e..eJl H407 40 24QVAC £126 HAAVARD H40.1 40 24QVAC £149.95 JOHNSON $t" W••ehou.., Chalk hIm Rd. London XK 2000 40 24QVAC £99 MIDLAND PlustUNllX Ltd. Hl!mpstlllsln. N_cald.-undlf·Lyme. StIff, 76-200 40 240VAC £150 UNIDEN Cr.~nm"le' ltd. 31 M.doe SI. U.ndudno UNIACE 3001 40 240VAC £129.95 WAGNER Knivht Commumcllion$ Ltd. Unil 19 Btl1tlni8 htlll. leag...... Rd. 240VAC £150 Luton LU3 1RJ BASE 40 0 0 D ~ 0 ...... '" 0 '" ~O"'J oS' ii1 4.4: ~'" O~ N... .:::' PORTABLES ~.~V' .§4. 4,'1: ~ NAME ADDRESSES MODEL (j 0iJGo) BEAR Air Bur IIJKI Lld. WOrttIV. Sheffleld RBH 35 3 £44 BINATONE Blnalone Houl8. Be..stord Avenue. Wembley. MlddllHll LONGRANGER 40 BATIERIES £59.95 DNT Rldiotechn;c$ Ltd. Grove Wly. Bel RQVII. St LI.....nmCl. JerMY Cl HF 12/3 3 BATTERIES £47.56 HARRIER DillOn$ Photogrlphlc Lld WTl 2 BATTERIES £25 HARRIER WT2 40 BATTERIES £69.99 HARVARD Hll";$ O.....Hulld. HINlrd HoUH. 14 115 Thlmn Rd. 81.l MIDLAND Plullronlll Lld. HlmPltlll$ Ln, ~$tII-und..·LV"", St.HI 75-720 40 12VOC £59.95 TANDY T...,. Wly To...... 8ridge SI. W"...U TRC1001 BATTERY £119 52 CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 ~~~~~~IREFERENCE HANDHELDS It's much more fun breaking from home when the car's too cold to start - and it saves petrol! • • • • AUOIOllNE • • Ft Review May '82 ONT • • • • Ft The most expensive basel ONT • • • • • • FR Report May '82 ONT • • • • • • • • SR Report May '82 FIDELITY • • • • • • Ft New base from Hav.rd GRANDSTAND • • • • • • • Fl HAM INTERNATIONAL • • •• • • • • Sl HAM INTERNATIONAL • • •• •• • •• Fl Cheapo base HARRIER • • • • • • • • • • Fl HARVARD • • •• • • • • • Fl Reviewed August '83 HARVARO • ••• • • Ft JOHNSON • • • • • Ft MIDLAND • • • • • • • • • • UNIOEN • • • • • • • • Ft WAGNER Why not get out and about with a portable rig? Not only is it fun, there's fresh air too. • • BEAR • • • Report July '82 BINATONE ONT HARRIER • • • • • • HARRIER • HARVARD • • • • • Report April '82 HAAVARD • • HARVARD • • HARVARO • • • • Report August KAISER • • MAXCOM • • MIDLAND • • • • TANOY CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 53 REFERENCE Here's a brief intra Name All antennas have a number or name. Or both. Here we tell you what it is. ANTENNA Construction Most mobile antennas are made of stainless steel and most home based ones are made of aluminium. This is not always the case though. CHECKLIST There are fibre glass mobiles The Home OffIce specsforCB a ntennas are lean and bordering on the mean. Still within that basic framework manufacturers have come up with some good designs. This ;:: ,. z"' newly laid out antenna checklist should help you g ~ «" ~ ~ ~ ... § '" NAME ADDRESSES MODEL i %/'ll! i ! ~ .i AERIAL SUPPLIES "-.... $uQtlIoH.' ~y__ ...... - Ad A.6Ilod'I Silver Star AL w..... rlo' OU' anX/l L5 100 8 P•• Silve, A"ow AL L5 500 8 ..... C8A 1500 SS - Veroous C ANTENNA INC. 12510 Telec:omm SS 0.' M '_...ms 0 Supe. Pe,sued., SS 1.5 - M M., F MR511 SS 12 M tb, G M710 SS L5 M '... ~hs G AS M125 SS 1.14 -150 M C AS M 128 SS 1.1' 150 M - C ANTENNA "".""__ lid...... _,. _ ..... KPII 38~ AS MU1 SS 150 M gurte. 0 SPECIALISTS AS MR440 SS '"L2 '00 M m'8 0 AS MT178 SS 12 150 M m" 0 AS M510 SS 12 '00 M ,- 0 AS M2000 SS L5 150 M '.. ~ 0 AS 9812 SS 12 150 M m., 0 le 85 SS 'M - M m" 0 le 80 SS lM - M Ip,ing·bued fNlO E le 15 SS , - M t,unk C ANTlER $_._...... ,._...... _1...._ Ad IC 20 SS 1'!} M 0 0._ s..q, '00' -". IC 30 SS , M ,~. E lC40 SS 1'. M m".o, E IC 80 SS 1', M m.. C ARCHER '-"c.o.. ,_w.,.. ,_ ...... $' WoI_. W_ 21·904 SS OS SO M ~p 0 ARMSTRONG s....._ l,-.Ud ....-..-'-. "_I.'...... _. SAM 10 SS , 06 '.000 M ...rlace F SAM 20 SS , 06 1.000 M ,Uff.ce ""'Ih F sp"nll TAK 10 SS , 06 1.000 M boot hp F TAK 20 SS • 06 , 000 M bool hp G ....iIl' Ip'inll MAG 10 SS 106 1.000 M ~9n.tic G MAG 20 SS 1.06 1.000 M rnlgnetic G wllh .p,inV BOY 20 SS 1.06 1.000 M aide 0 PEC 20 SS 106 1.000 M ,ide & fold ow' & quick d"connacl TAK 101 SS , 06 1.000 M bool hp G ,Uumin8l0' AVANTl C,lI_ C_. Ud »7 It..,_ "" _._ AV 241 IMoon"k(/f) SS <2, M l1ud 0 AV241 T SS <2' M Hunk E AV241 M SS <2, M m.. E AV241 MM SS <2, M supe, m.v G BADlAND __ "_...... I .. ,...-.,5. l", ._...... 8'0 SS 12' "'" G BANDIT l_.l.....n~lI__",1..... 8W SS M ~9 G ...... -.h.H...... " SS 061", M F 815 SS <2' M "'" , 8'0 SS 1.42 M "'"ml"or F 830 SS M d"IHh,u E 830 SS 1.22 M d.iIl·thru E 8'0 SS 1.42'" M various 0 8'0 SS 1.22 M v.rio.... 0 850 SS M va"o... , 0 850 SS 10'<2, M varlo... , 0 C BRIT CIl>., Uooo'J • h .. l_, ...... ,. Modd. Stingray AL SOD 8 pO. G Wh.plash SS 15" 2S M , C CT INTERNATIONAL CT ___ CTllUltl lOd Uooo. J. Mo...... I., MG27 SS 08' M C IS 5....-.. IW .....""'- s... _ "'" wT.,I__ll... 111Ctoo>otofld __ Honw>clo , DIAl·A·MATCH Rubber Dock- R 03 M net 0ll0ll U"., 530 ICh..okael SS 0.61 M - C 531 HBF SS 0.61 - M - C 531 SMF SS 061 M - F "0 SS 1.22 M E 541 HBF SS 1.22 M , 541 SMF SS 1.22 - M E 520 (tlallb,eedj SS 1.27 M - C M var.o.... 0 OIGlTEK UK lTD 17$ 181 s"•• ,~ .... Ad M'le...... s",'.y Falcon 27 SS " S4 CITIZENS' BANO NOVEMBER 1983 ~~REFERENCE duction to the world of antennas and what we tell you in our checklist. and stainless steel home bas· imum two watts. However, antennas far outweigh the to the boot or edge of the ed antennas. the higher the maximum number of home based ones. roof. Some are drill-through Length power figure given the stur But there are more and more antennas which are just the The longer the better is dier the antenna will be. home base antennas coming same as normal car radio always my motto. As long as Type onto the market. aerials. it's not over 1.5 m. Other It's no use buying a home Mount Home based antennas are wise it's illegal. We tell you base antenna if you want to The majority of mobile anten poles, tripods or gutter the exact length. use your rig from the car. We nas are held in place by a mounts. Tripods are free Maximum power tell you which are which magnet - these are called standing and gutter mounts This is given as a guide only. Mobile or Base. At the mo mag mounts. Others are at are attached in a way similar The law allows for a max- ment the number of mobile tached by means of a clamp to trunk or bootmounts. AL _ Abni'>Ium Key: c:· £10 - [14.99 Q:. £30 _ U9.99 • -BoN 0:· [1!; - £19.99 H;· [40 "". FG-_ A:· ,,- [4.99 E:· [20 _ [24.99 Conlwcllon NOlI: Ptk:e...gilt... Cl --8:· £5- £9.99 F:· £26 _ £29.99 SS - Sl4ItlIINI SIMl M_ MobII as'iu!dlodyo. ;:: lE z"' !1 it -- ~ ~ ;1 ~/ i ,.. !! NAME ADDRESSES MODEL I !; '1./I I f OIXONS Du..... flooo_.,..... Hen'er ss 0.' - M M.. 0 HOT ROD 200 ..""._lOO S..._,...... ,,«I ...-...... '"_' FM UK SS 1.27 - M ' ... • -- _T~""", f __ .. ,... __,""h. FREEMAN" ...... ,. The I.,vade, A< ... 250 E PARDDW _...... The Th,,"de.poll Al ... 500 • .... F CO SERVICES '7. C,..., e.- _ ...... N V"","ltOl JIO BuUwhip - SS '.5 - M vano"" C K.,uckled"sle, Al '-, - • - 0 MIDWEST Dial·a·lu.,e SS 0.61 '00 M v"'ou. C Dial·a·lu.,e SS 1.22 , M va.iou. 0 lo.W__...... _ ...... MODULATORS MOBILE LC SS '.3 1.000 M C --II•. $_~ MOBILE SC SS '.3 1.000 M ~: C MOX LC SS ,., I.'" M ~ C MDX SC SS ,., ,.... M ", C 934 BASE FG ,., 1.000 ..... H 934 MOBILE FG '.3 '.000 M• G"na. G VHF MOBILE SS 13 1.000 M C VHF BASE SS ..5 1000 .... 0 27 VC BASE Al 1.000 • W'" 0 27 ox BASE ,., • p"," 0 Al '" '.000 • MOTOROLA _' ...... IW. 5_10"1. Ho_ ""'". EC106M - M - F OCT...... 1 1 h ...I_ (_ I... t ...... Gt...-..-. ..0 SS 14 '00 M ""riou. G 227 SS 1.45 '00 M various • PANORAMA '_.am... 7) w__ 11<1. l_ SW If. 21$ ee2? SS 1.22 M moo • PRIOQW KT40 1.' - M lIunk C REVCO H_ Revco , Toe.c-..... le9 a.-R-. End. ,""...... u. "onlt SS 100 M various • SHIRA SYS 206M SS , M moo C SYS 203C FG 0.75 - M C MA62 0.91 M """"- C SIRTEL ~.... 24 AlOne S4 0tI ...... _lItl w_'.... ,.,. h. g~ ~~~~~nJl:;pe, SS domp,,,poet E SS 1.''" • F Oout _",__c~_o.-_,... _ SMC Sow __ S04 "D~ elU' 6.se C8A 11 GP SS .., F "- Dsca, 801$1 IIVIIS SS .., • - F O.c.,llCM SS I.' M• ~. 0 Oscar liCE SS >.2 - M foldoYMba.. Osca, liNE SS ,., - M 'pull·up· C• OscII,lISE SS .., M ·Ioc:k'ng· C coll.r· lold_I' bog OSCII' TMCAS , SS M trunk • SPYDER Spyde. Al " • • TAGRA CB lIod'" c....,•••,. )J711_'.... lW. H_ HO SS , M vlriou. E .. '00 - THOR08REO 0C1 ...... I £..,l>l_l_. {,tot...... SS 16 M VII'IOUI C '"227 SS .., M Loc:klutll SS .., - M varoOUI'.- C• WlTCH$TICK Col'" Mo"" hc.__"'...... ,.. "-- .....'1....., Wilchslick hornlba.1 Al ,., E _ .. ot271 1454' • - .'lC'_lW __~ __ WTA ELECTRONICS Wot Poll Al .., po. WO! M.g SS 16 •M .~. VAN OROT _Rd.I~'OOl v""o."t "ft'llklCI .....,"""•. ZO.. av...... Audio K;ng SS 2.000 M ,. G AKO·1OO " CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 55 CITIZENS' BAND Lineage: .. _ 30p per word (minimum 15 words) e:..,;, .. 01-437 1002 Semi display: £6.00 per single column centimetre Ring for information on series bookings/discounts. EXT 297 Send your requirements to: All advertisements in this section must be prepaid. Citizens Band Classified, Advertisements are accepted subject to the terms and conditions ASP LTO, 145 Charing Cross Road, printed on the advertisement rate card (available on request). London WC2H OEE. CARDS, STICKERS & BADGES FOR SALE RJl QUALITY Rubber Stamps. EYEBALL and Club Badges. CB CLUBS .. Reasonable prices. SAE Best quality. Professionally SHEPPERTON "'p;"a;;;';"tic';;M;';;;e';;m;'b;;;e';;";'h"';p-c~e-''::d'=::f,-om-';I details. Jones (CB 1), St. Ivy, engraved. Special rates for CB CENTRE D & M BUSINESS CARDS North Road, Oueenborough, Clubs. SAE: Hallmark of Kent. Aoyston, 16 Kneesworth ANTENNA Street, Royston, Herts. (Trade Flresllcks...... Irom £2.87 enquiries welcome.) Flrestlcks mag-mount £5.50 DV 27s...... £1.85 DV 27s Whip...... : only £1.00 Boost your club'. Image in '83 PERSONALIZED embroi Hall-wave dl-pole...... £9.00 Many Many Advantages ExtenSion speakers .... from £2.85 Many other uses dered badges. Circular 3%in. Hump mount speakcrs £4.96 From 10p each. A top quality dia. or rectangular 4in x 2in. RADIOMOBILE RIG 2025 £56.95 T-Shirt and sweatshlrl prlntmg. Full Black or white background. product at a reasonable price range 01 colours and sizes. Also per Much more stock al low pnces All sonalised engraved badges We cater Write or telephone for def8if$: Thread colours red, white, pflces Include VAT for all CB enthusiasts, CB clubs. O&M BUSINESS CAROS monitoring teams. Mail order only. Tel; blue, yellow, orange, green or 23 Shepard Close (0235) 21400. Ring 'or price lisl. black. (No pictures or logos). Station Garage, Leigh-on·Sea. Essex SS9 5YR Crub name, league, team, etc. Station Approach, .. your name, handle, etc. RUBBER STAMPS. Person Shepperton. SOUTHEND (0702) 527361 Suitable for any sport. Top TEL: (0932) 244742 alise your OSL, special quality. Washable. No designs no problem. Your minimum quantity. Send £1.50 I L .-J EYEBALL CARDS with your handle for £2.20 (state size). per badge. Cheques, PO's, photograph and handle. £6 for Discounts for quantity. Two Barclaycard or Access. Pin-on 200. £1 for catalogue day service. Ring for quote. eyeball badges only 60p. CB SALES SHOP (returnable first order). The Stampreo Ltd, 42-44 Princes American style peak caps £3. Handlecard Man, Unit 6, Ford Road, Hull. (0482) 48134. " FOR SALE Ring for details, B;nders Turnover £22,000. high profit, Place, South Ockendon. Badges, 3 Abbey Passage, price negotiable, but very Essex. EYEBALL and QSL cards with Spalding PE11 100. (0775) cheap fot quick sale. pictures. Your design repro 5834 (not Thursdays). Tel: Bradlord 580993 (daytime) duced. Standard printed on 594771 or 43434 (evenings). gloss card. Thermographic HANDLECARDS 100 £1. OSLs Don't miss it. Ring Now l (raised type) on mixed 100 £2. 100 of each £2.50. coloured matt card. Special Many standard rainbow club discount. Send £1 + SAE designs. Currie QSLs, PO Box for details. R. Piper, 24 Albart 5, Consett, Co. Durham. COMPONENTS, Valves. SAE St., Maidstone, Kent ME14 for list, high gain 5 AM/FM/ 2RN (0622) 682426. SSB 520 channels £135. WANTED Guildford CB, 34 Aldershot A CIRCUIT DIAGRAM for a Road, Guildford..p483 574434. For all CB enlhuslasls - IndiVidual Hi-Gain V 8795. Vince Alien, 1 pin-on badges from your own Ideas. Larden Road, Acton, London Any deSign. any words. any size W3, or phone (9am-5pm) 01 TWO SET UPS - communi HAPPY COBBLER. Custom order (minimum order 1 badge). 568 7272. cator & roteI 240 rigs OV27 & OSL cards, 1000 full colour Send SAE for delails and free Tandy fibreglass twigs. sample. personalized QSL cards, £40 Selmar & Bremi type power Cadenza (CB2), Fron-y-Gog, supplies. £150. Phone 021-351 plus £2.50 p&p. Club Mllchynlleth. Powys. Wales. PERSONAL discounts. Send SAE to PO 7222. Box 99, Northampton NN2 6HU. RADIO CAROLINE car J&R COLT 320DX 120CH AM/SSB FOR ALL OX and aSlers. We stickers sun strips, badges, T Friendship and marriage with slide tray, SWR meter, have QSL rubber stamps, base, shirts, souvenirs galore. Send services. nearly new, still boxed £85 handles and key rings. SAE to M SAE for all the Caroline news ono for quick sale. 472 6885. & M Rubber Stamps, PO Box 13, in our magazine. Send £3.00 LONELY? Newquay TA? 2PA. Also the very subscription to Caroline We know your problems popular Anglo American OX Movement, Oept A, BCM because we have had them too. manual full of OX info. Send For a confidential and friendly SERVICES £1.50 to PO Box above. Bulk BRFM London WC1 N 3XX. ;;ervice wrHe to: COMPUTER CODE'S a CB prices to clubs on application. J & R, Victoria House, 26 Queen QSL BUREAU - Any club VictorIa Street, Reading, Berks. must. Modge private messages, PERSONALISED aSL CARDS members can use our bureau. phone numbers, addresses 1000 £13.75. Handlecards We handle all incoming cards. without feat of wallies. Tested for 1000 £8.70, cheap logbooks, Send £2.00yearly subscription FREE MEMBERSHIP for lor easy use. After sales service (S.A.E. samples). CB Print, 89 plus supply of 9 x 6 SAE to the unattached 16-80 years. £5.00 and SAE. Hadley, 43 Derwent Street, Consett OH8 Sierra Hotel, QSL Bureau, Jayne's Friendship, Unity House, Oawlish Road. Selly Oak. 8LT. p.a. Box 7, Goole DN14 5RG Rippon. Tel: 0423 64071. Birmingham 829. CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1963 56 ACCESSORIES EQUIPMENT :II : FM Noise Exterminator New MOTORCYCLISTS: C.B. British Product ellmmates nOise clearance Apache CB between FM transmiSSIons withOut CB PLL DATA BOOK losing weak signals. Sell-contained switching relays £12.50, plug-in unit housed in atlracllve headsets from £8.00. Access NEW INT'L EDITION case £19.95 IncluSive. 10 day or Barclaycard. SAEenquiries, money back guarantee How they work and how to modify them. Complete FM Board 455 KHz. FM Board lor Totton CB Centre, 223 CB/Ham use. Prealigned £7.50 inc. Salisbury Road, Totton, specs on every PLL device including all UK chips. Shlflboard Crystal oscillator for Southampton. Tel: 0703 Easy non-technical reading! mixer type PLL PCS accepts 3 865088. crystals. Tested module £3.75 Inc. Crystals £6 each Itlled "SCREWDRIVER EXPERTS' GUIDE SAE details ~ The bible of DIY CB repairs l Each beak EBT COMMUNICATIONS ·LOW COST, high quality com Chapel Lane, Woodlands, ponents, e.g. 2SC710 - 34p, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 6LU. 2SC945 - 17p, 2SC1226 95p, 2SC1307 - £1.72, GRO~~~;De 2SC1957 - 38p, 2SC2708 RIG BOARDS KIAI~U5 MIDNIGHT BOARD £1.03, £1.55, 7 Thyra Court, Nottingham NG3 5GT FllS Maxcon. Midland. Harrier. LA1230 - £2.64, LA4422 Harvard. York. Umace. Audlohne. £1.55, LC7137 - £3.28, Rotel and many more very easily MB3712 - £1.72, MC3357 RIGS & TWIGS CLUBS filled £5.17, PLL02A - £7.68, FM PRE-AMP BOARD TA7205 - 78p, TA7222 ALPHA BRAVO CHAR LIE Fits any ng. Increases pull In range £1.55, TA7310 - £1.29, WEMBLEY FOR CB International OX Group. Send by 20 dB UPC1182 - £1.47. Others K40 £27.95. Thunderpole 11 £4 for OX package plus unit FM NOISE DECIMATOR available, orders over £3 post £15.90, 227 £6.95. 40 Channel number and try and earn one Fits any ng. cleans up unwanted Mobile Rigs Irom £17.95. SAE for of our DX awards. 26 ABC 01, demodulated nOise free. Others add SOp. CB price list: PO 84, Liverpool. Enquiries 10: K.T.V., Martin Centre, 80 Sixhills Street, Buildings, Slonehouse Street, Grimsby, South Humberside TINSMANN CB LIMA TANGO DX Group. Life Mlddlesborough, Cleveland, DN32 9HT. Tel: 0472360037. 3-9 Wembley Commercial Tel 0642 829238 membership £2. Cards, Good Trade Discounts Available Centre, stickers, lots more. P.O. Box RIGS & TWIGS East Lane, Wembley, Middx. 17, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 Tel: 01-904 3507 SET. EQUIPMENT 934 MHZ. Agenls for reftec PLASTIC Club Cards, QSL Radios and accessories always Cards, Eyebail Cards, Club in stock. Please send SAE for RIG DOCTORS Badges, Wallets, Stickers and All CB rf::quiremenls rigs by details. Everjte, 4 Coventry Road, much more printed to order. Telecomm, Cybernel. Uniden, Hinckley. Phone Hinkley CONVERSION BOARDS at trade prices. AM channel For Club O-xers and twigs by Tagra, Sirtel and Valor. 634453. businesses send 17pstampfor PSU, SWR and power meters. expansion, FM etc. Crystals Box 75, Hounslow, Plus all other accessories. AUTOMATIC AntennaSwitch. supplied. Details: SAE, K. S. P.O. Excellent repair and conver Fully automatic A.F. switching Services, 90 Porter R.oad, Middlesex TW3 2HZ. sion service plus a personal TV use high gain receive antenna Basingstone, Hants RG22 and CB aerial IIlIlng service GREAT BRITISH QSL-DX and legal transmit antenna. 4JR. CLUB lor LIFE MEMBERSHIP. Beta Comm Systems £9.95 + SOp pap. BG Union Jack OSLs. Rubber 231 Chorley Road, Swinton, Electronics, Freepost, stamp, etc. etc. Send £6 to Greater Manchester, Spennymoor, Co Durham PHONE ASP Subscription Secretary, p.a. Box Tel; 061-793 1010 DL167BR. 01 4371002 5, Consefl, DH8 8NG. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT - ORDER FORM If you have something to sell now's your chance! Don't turn the page - turn to us! Rates of charge: 30p per word per issue (min 15 words). Please indicate heading you require and pasllo CITIZENS BAND, CLASSIFIED DEPT., 145 CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON WC2 I I I I I Please place my advert in CITIZENS BAND llor ...... issues commencing as soon as possible. I I am encloSing my Cheque/Postal Order/lnlernational Money Please use BLOCK CAPITALS and include post codes Order lor' (delele as necessary) C .. (Made payable 10 A.S.P Lld) Name (Mr/Mr./MI••/M.) .. ~ I I.toecotClltlll'J') I OR Debit my Access/Barclaycard Addre . ~..m,aiV'VISA (Delete as necessary) w._ ...... I Signature ...... 08t•. I All classified advertisements must be paid for in advance. DayUm. Tel. No.. ...J CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 57 BREAKER BASES ..• AVON HUMBERSIDE - SOUTH TH~.5HOP SCOTLAND Patchway Cars CB Centre Gloucester Road, Patchway, Bristol. NORFOLK BEDFORDSHIRE I ~N~~ KENT PARKSIDE JBIf?@.@.!k@.~ GARAGE t~·CE"'r4'~ \ .,; Thursford, ./ .:; T"ef;.B.~ '" [email protected]?@.(iI/!.f;@. Fakenham. .•.•,.! (if ..;•. ~ FABULOUS PHONES ~Y f;.·..tre 84 Wellington Street. lulon '~f~W."'·.."" Beds. 0582 33625 Tel: Thursford 402 lnrange Ltd, 8 Marine Court. Sl Leonardt on Sea. Open 10am-6pm Mon-Sal Tel: Halllngt (0424) 443185/442025 (excluding Wednesdays) Open: 6 days 9 - 6 Rias from £19.95 Open: 7 days. Man-Sat 9.30-6.30 For the bell In CB '" Telephones 72 High Streel, Orpinglon. Area ROTEL Dealers. Sun 10-2.30. Retail & Wholesale. FULL SeRVICE FACILITIES Tel: (0689) 74051 Open: Mon· Sal 9am ~ 5.30 pm Late Night: lues & Thurd 8.00pm OXFORDSHIRE SURREY HEREFORDSHIRE MODULATIONS COMMUNICATIONS 63 Woollon Road, 11 FOR THE BEST IN C.B. Ablngdon, Oxon. SOUNDWAVES ELEC Tel: 0235· 21400 C .. _~." _.... ~) 72b Reading Road. Yateley. 1-3 StallOn Road. Rainham. Kent. Open: 7 days Man-Sal New Street, Ledbury, Tel: Medway (0634) 373960 Ex!. 2 9-5.30pm Sun 9·12. Nr.Camberley. Herefordshire. Open 7 days a week. Inslanl Credit Facilities. Matn agenls for Tel: Yateley (0252) 871222. Specialist in 934 mHz. Main agents for Superkrunch ReHec and 934 MHZ Open: 9am-5pm. Retail - Wholesale Wholesale, Retail and Mail Order. To see your business grow Simply fill in the coupon below I Ir------~Please include my business details in the next available issue of CITIZENS' BAND I £6.00 per seem. Call for series discounts, 01 -437 1002 and ask for classified. Send to ASP CLASSIFIED, 145 CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON WC2 BUSINESS NAME: ...... ADDRESS: TEL. NO.: ...... OPENING HOURS: ...... •...... •...... •..... ~------~ THE MDX The new all power punching MDX is a real THE MINI 27 THE MOBILE winner. Its rugged MODULATOR construction and super This discrete twig with efficiency makes it the its super slim coil and What more can we say best buy in mobile 49" tapered whip is about this famous twigs. With its 6" coil completely new to our antenna. Many many and 59" whip it will out range. Its neat thousands of users of perform just about appearance and high this versatile twig cant anything you care to quality construction be wrong. It is used by try. The long coil makes it a good market motorists, truckers, versi.on with its massive leader, but dont be DX'ers, caravaners and 14" coil is also avail fooled by its size, its even motor cyclists. If able. A favourite with also a twig with you want power, quality truckers and DX'ers. If remarkable and reliability at a price you want the best, look performance. Look out you can afford, look no no further because this for it in the C.B. shops further. This is the twig is it. and see for yourself. for you. THE DX HOME BASE LES WALLEN MFG The all performing base Pembroke Works, station antenna is now Sandwich Road, Sandwich, here, and its legal. With Kent. 120 channel capability TEL: 0304 614598 this pre swr'd twig with its big ground plane All antenna have 1OOOW handling (nearly 9' radials) and capability and are fully its specially designed guaranteed for one year. loading coil to allow a high energy release to the whip will sit on the top of your 1%' mast and really DX. That's how it got its name. THE LONG COIL MODULATOR HOME BASE Another old favourite. Wall mounted complete with bracket, efficient and versatile with its big coil and its two 5 foot loaded tuned radials it speaks for itself. .\ ~UBBEREC~SARSHUTTl OIL AERIALEO _~ -===, <:::I' ==-rI~ All 1.5METRE WH;P