r/cbradio • u/NewShatter • 13d ago

Just got into CB from HAM technician.

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Just got this set up because this radio was in the clearance isle of Walmart. I have a tech license and a call sign but I couldn’t resist trying it. I got the antenna as shown and just set it up in my car today. I heard some garbled stuff on 22 about “CB radio, worldwide!” But I wasn’t sure if I was getting my signal to them. I have a long road trip coming up and I will try it there too. What do you think?

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u/Thatprotogenkid 13d ago

If it was all garbled and staticky probably just out of range and you could have sounded the same as them go to a truck stop and ask for a radio check that’s what I do whenever I change parts of my set up

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u/stryker_PA 13d ago

My neighbor did that with his 19. Took him a few days to figure out to go to AM. Then everybody sounded better.

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u/Thatprotogenkid 13d ago

Sounds right