There are dozens of
interesting links here, so do have a good look around!
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| CB
RADIO and RELATED WEBSITES |
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Bandwidth
Magazine
A special magazine covering topics related to
the communications available to the public. Going beyond the obvious
and latest, bringing information on the whole spectrum of products and
services available.
http://www.bandwidth.radiouk.com
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Citizens
Band Radio
A completely independent UK based website, dedicated to the
discussion and promotion of Citizens Band radio in the United Kingdom.
The aim of the site is to provide a resource for people either coming
back to CB or getting into it for the first time, as well as those who
have been using CB radio for years.
http://www.citizensbandradio.org.uk
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The CB Radio Club is a community based forum and group where citizen
band operators can discuss subjects related to the 27mhz (11 meters)
frequency and hobby. Product Reviews, Mod's, Articles/Tips, Free
Classifieds, groups and forums. Advice available from fellow CB operator
veterans. Amateur radio operators are also welcome to participate
as they are often great subject matter experts when it comes to radio
communications, so if you're a ham operator, please join!
http://www.cbradioclub.com
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WikiRadio
holds the worlds largest online archive of CB Radio magazines. This is
the biggest collection of CB magazines you are ever likely to find....
anywhere... ever!!! Many of the CB magazines are British - online &
available for download.
Many of these CB vintage magazines are very old (over 30 years old to
be precise!).
http://www.wikiradio.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=CB_Magazines
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FIND A CB CLUB NEAR
YOU
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Citizens Band
Information Website
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Citizens
Band Information Website
A source of unbiased information based in the UK
http://www.citizensband.radiouk.com/index.php
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CB Radio Magazine
A very comprehensive American website with lots of on-line magazine
articles and reviews.
http://cbradiomagazine.com/
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CBC
International
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CBC
International
A website for CB radio hobbyists since 1976. CB Radio books,
plans, kits, modifications, & technical information. Hard-to-find
performance options for Citizens Band, 10-Meter, & HF radios.
http://www.cbcintl.com/
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CB Tricks
Technical site for CB and other radio issues
http://www.cbtricks.com/
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CB Museum
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Museum
of
CB
Radio
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CB Modifications
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CB
Modifications
A website of technical information and modifications
http://members.fortunecity.com/xe1bef/cb-modifications.htm
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| Citizens Band Mid
West |
Citizens Band Mid West
Various interesting CB pages,including building your own CB antennas
http://home.att.net/~wizardoz/cbmw/antenna_fabri.html
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DX ZONE
CB Radio, Amateur Radio, Short Wave Listening, Scanning, Antennas,
DX Reference and Technical information.
http://www.dxzone.com/
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E Ham
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E Ham
A site covering all aspects of HAM radoi
http://www.eham.net/
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Mondoplast
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Mondoplast
A source of technical information and user manuals.
http://www.mondoplast.ro/
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HAM International |
HAM
International Owners Group
For fans and owners of cb radios made by Ham International. A place to
discuss modifications and improvements and find hard to get spares for
Ham International Radios
http://ham-international.co.uk/
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Normsweb |
Normsweb
Maycom EM-27 Mods and fixes webpage
http://www.normsweb.com/tektips/maycom.shtml
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Open Channel
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Open Channel
General CB radio information, history, service and technical material
plus lots more.
http://www.geocities.com/open_channel/index.html
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QSO UK
CB Radio, Amateur Radio and PMR
http://www.qsouk.com/
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RigPix
Information and pictures of radios, accessories and more.
http://www.rigpix.com/
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Radiomods |
Radiomods
This site is for CB and HAM radio mods, repairs,add on boards,
alignments, projects and reference info such as circuit diagrams,
component data sheets, PLL pinouts, transistor charts, and projects
http://www.radiomods.co.nz/
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Radionut 53 |
Radionut 53
Information regarding all aspects of radio
http://radionut53.tripod.com/index.html
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Signal Engineering |
Signal
Engineering
High performance antennas
http://www.signalengineering.com/
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The Transport Cafe CB Pages |
Transport
Cafe CB Pages
A useful page providing information and advice on Citizens Band
Radio.
http://www.transportcafe.co.uk/cb_radio_citizens_band.html
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UK CB Radio
(Rock Technology)
Formerly a shop website, but now a source of some useful information.
http://www.moonfoundation.com/ukcbradio/ukcbfaq.htm
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UKCB
Contains some useful CB information.
http://www.ukcb.co.uk/
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VK6FH - Frank Hughes |
VK6FH Frank
Hughes
Amateur radio pages: Microphoneaudio compressor project:
http://web.telia.com/~u43200663/tx/mic_comp_00.htm
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RASON
Radio Amateur Society of Norwich |
RASON - The
Radio Amateur Society of Norwich (USA)
Microphone speech processor project
http://www.rason.org/Projects/speech/speech.htm
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80's Actual
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80's Actual
A 1980's blog - includes stories about CB Radio
http://80sactual.blogspot.com/2007/08/cb-radio.html
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100's of CB Radio
Photographs
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100's of CB
Radio Photographs
http://altert.family.free.fr/pere/cb06.html
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| FREEBANDING WEBSITES |
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The diary of 11 meters - http://www.27mhz-news.info email address : 27mhz.news @ gmail.com
This site aims to be an organ of contacts allowing everyone to send
information about everything that affects directly or indirectly to the
world of amateur radio using the radio band of 11 meters or 27 Mhz.
There is journal paper for more information outside of our "CB
Connection" but as the name suggests, it is primarily intended for CB
enthusiasts to amateurs. The site is open to all! We welcome your
active cooperation and suggestions as to the contents of the articles
in the creation of new sections.
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Freebanding
The Foxtrot Bravo DX group
http://www.freebanding.co.uk/
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Cluster.dk
Cluster.dk provides
users with a huge amount of needed data required for DXing: QSL-info,
DX-info, user-info, Spot-archive etc. All data is searchable.
http://www.cluster.dk/
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Freebanding The World
The home of 11 meter DX
www.11mdx.net
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Tango Mike
The Tango Mike DX Group - an offshoot of
the Transmission1 website
http://www.tangomike.net/
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Sugar Delta
Sugar Delta DX group
http://www.sugar-delta.org/
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Alpha Tango
Alpha Tango DX group
http://www.alfatango.org/portal/
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Oscar Delta Group
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Oscar Delta
Oscar Delta International DX Group
http://www.oscardelta.org/
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26 RSN DX Group
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26 RSN DX
Group
http://26rsndxgroup.bravehost.com/
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| PROPAGATION |
Propagation Service Centre
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Propagation
Service Centre
Radio propagation forecasts, alerts, tutorials, MUF's etc.
http://psc.suijs.info/
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NASA
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NASA website
http://www.nasa.gov/home/
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| FREEBAND
FREQUENCY
CHARTS |
Freebanding /
Wideband
Frequency Charts
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Freebanding
Frequency / Band charts available from these links
Freebanding & UK CB to
Multi-mode Frequency Charts on Big Cat's Pages
Tango
Mike:
http://www.tangomike.net
Transmission1:
http://www.transmission1.co.uk/downloads/fcc_freq_chart.pdf
Open Channel:
http://www.geocities.com/mag2781/5Lowto4hi.doc
Defprom
Radiomods:
http://www.radiomods.co.nz/freq.html
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| TECHNICAL &
REVIEWS |
Superstar SS-158EDX
Review
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Review of Superstar SS-158EDX multi-mode rig
on CB Magazine
http://cbradiomagazine.com/
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Thunderpole 5/8th
Wave
(silver rod style CB
antenna)
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Thunderpole
5/8the Wave CB Antenna
Thunderpole: http://www.thunderpole.co.uk/5-8wave.htm
Review: http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/5394
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CB Radio.nl (Netherlands)
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http://www.cbradio.nl/superstar/frames_superstar.htm
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| A brief technical
guide to antennas |
Technical guide to antennas on the Signal Engineering website:
http://www.signalengineering.com/ultimate/verticals.html
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The All Band Air
Core
HF Choke Balun
"The Ugly Balun"
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The 1:1 choke "balun" is not actually a balun. It's function is to help
eliminate RF currents from flowing on the outside of coaxial cable
using the principle of choke action.
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DIY 4:1 H.F. Balun
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http://www.rason.org/Projects/balun/balun.htm
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DIY Broadband Baluns
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http://www.qsl.net/ta1dx/amator/broadband_baluns.htm
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CB Mods
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CB Mods
Various rig adjustments & modifications for some Galaxy, Cobra,
Superstar, Grant, Uniden, Midland, Euro, Emperor, Realistic, President,
Sears & RCI rigs.
http://www.angelfire.com/tn/nap/mods.html
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CB Antennas
Solarcon A99 (Antron
99)
&
Solarcon Imax 2000
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Article - "Antron 99 Exposed"
http://www.n1wpn.net/antron_99_exposed.htm
Article - "Imax 2000 Exposed"
http://www.video-observer.com/imax/imax2000.htm
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Big Hair's CB
and Ham Radio Antennas
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Big Hair's High Performance CB and Ham Radio Antennas:
http://www.bighairantennas.com/index.html
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CB Myths Exploded
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CB Myths Exploded
http://www.shadowstorm.com/cb/CB_Myths_Exploded.html
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Signal Engineering
Coax Basics
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Signal Engineering Coaxial Cable Basics
http://www.signalengineering.com/ultimate/coax_basics.html
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Signal Engineering
Guide to Yagi
Antennas
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Signal Engineering guide to Yagi Antennas
http://www.signalengineering.com/ultimate/yagi.html
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More Baluns
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BALUNS
The impedance transformation is the square of the turns ratio.
http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=7840
http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=3767
http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=15732
http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=16110
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx/antenna/feed/4_1balun.html
http://www.arising.com.au/people/Holland/Ralph/CM4Balun.htm
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| CB and AMATEUR
RADIO (HAM) AUDIO SPEECH PROCESSING LINKS |
Various sites covering the subject of speech processing / audio
compression. |
It's not your microphone, it's you! Discussion on eHam.net:-
http://www.eham.net/articles/8069
Bob's CB speech processor kit:
http://bobscb.com/kits/tr_kits.htm
Speech compressor circuit by Mike Martell, N1HFX:
http://www.rason.org/Projects/speech/speech.htm
Speech compressor by Frank V Hughes, VK6FH
http://web.telia.com/~u43200663/tx/mic_comp_00.htm
Speech compressor unit by Spectrum Communications:
http://www.spectrumcomms.co.uk/cbkits.htm#SP1000
VoiceMax speech compressor module by Telstar Electronics:
http://www.telstar-electronics.com/voicemax.htm
Speech clipper - cheap peak clipper by CB C International:
http://www.cbcintl.com/DSP.htm
Voicemax speech processor discussion board:
http://www.talkaboutradio.com/group/rec.radio.cb/messages/417726.html
More about mod's
http://www.angelfire.com/mi/CBradioPage/mods.html
http://groups.google.mw/group/rec.radio.cb/browse_
thread/thread/4ad8fd4b0d2099a3/fb03c33df3d34ca9
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| AMERICAN CB
WEBSITES |

Right Channel Radios
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http://www.rightchannelradios.com
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Peanuts CB Shop,
Anderson Indiana
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http://www.peanutscbshop.com/
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CB Radio Talk forum
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http://www.cb-talk.com/
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Grumpy's Old Time
Radio Forum
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http://grumpy.proboards11.com/
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DX Radio World
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http://www.dxradioworld.com
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Radio Active Radios
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http://www.radioactiveradios.com
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Sparky's CB Shack
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http://www.sparkyscbshack.com
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Clay's Radio Shop
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http://www.claysradioshop.com
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Copper Electronics
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http://www.copper.com/
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Walcott CB
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http://www.walcottcb.com/
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G I Joe's Radio
Electronics |
http://www.gijoesradioelectronics.com
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| PERSONAL CB
RADIO HOBBY WEBSITES |

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Fez - The website of "Fez" - Franz R - 163TM088
http://163tm088.page.tl/ |
Delboy's CB Radio Page
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Delboy's CB Radio Page
http://www.gameangler.eu/delboy/CB/cb_radio.htm
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Cubwolf |
Cubwolf
The personal website of the self confessed CB enthusiast.
http://www.cubwolf.co.uk
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Simon 26-TM-003
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The personal web pages of CB enthusiast Simon - 26TM003
http://tm003.piczo.com/?cr=5
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Dave "Chassisman"
Big Rigs Radios
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Dave
"Chassisman" - Big Rigs Radios
https://...bigrigsradios
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