When I was in my early twenties I had a CB station, I called it Oscar November because I am from Belgium. In those years (+/- 1973) the propagation was very good and I spoke to almost all States of America. I also visited someone in New York and Pennsylvania whom I had met on the CB radio. I even visited two English CB radio's in South Africa who lived in Johannesburg. I spoke to someone in Brazil who was sailing on the Amazon River 🙂 I spoke with the Netherlands Antilles, with Australia, South Africa, so many different countries outside Europe. Unfortunately, after all these years I lost the QSL cards I received 😞 CB is a wonderful hobby for whom real HAM radio is not possible.
@junglejoecvideogates9705
2 жыл бұрын
That is awesome. You made some great DX contacts. Yes it is so much fun and I have been doing it since 1977, never get tired of it. Cheers & 73's to you
@COASTALWAVESWIRES
2 жыл бұрын
Great video! 73 from a ham that enjoys watching you CB guys do your thing on KZitem.
@junglejoecvideogates9705
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching my friend,. Have a Happy New year and also have fun working DX Cheers
@davidfuchs9636
Ай бұрын
Back in the 90s I had a truck with a 102 inch antenna. Late one night I was trying to catch skip. I keyed up and called for my friend. Ten seconds later I heard my own voice coming back to me. I've never heard of anyone else having this happen.
@nativeamerican8069
5 ай бұрын
Lord this brings up old memories. Too bad my setup bleeds all over the neighborhood. Yellowjacket and im standing by break break
@ELVISRN1
5 ай бұрын
Location yj?
@nativeamerican8069
5 ай бұрын
@@ELVISRN1 cali
@charleswills4554
2 жыл бұрын
Happy New Year. Hope to hear you out there. Im about 45 mins from the Windsor Detroit border and was just talking to California. Love the hobby. 73s 514 Ontario Canada
@junglejoecvideogates9705
2 жыл бұрын
Right on! I work Windsor stations a lot and talked to some a few days ago. I will listen for you,. Happy New Year. Cheers & 73's 612
@DK5ONV
2 жыл бұрын
Happy holidays to you and yours. 73's from the German Frontier...Brass Monkey 818 said that
@BananaJSSI
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you and your family. Cheers & 73's 9 AU 791
@Dallas-Rife-UDX-347-Tennessee
2 жыл бұрын
Nice setup ,, we had a lot of northwest conditions a couple weeks ago , Washington state , Oregon , and Canada . I’ll be listening for you in the future . I just stumbled across this video , it was on my auto suggested settings or however it works . First time I’ve been here to your channel . Nice shack 👍. 73’s to you from Tennessee. 347 Cowboy waving 👋
@junglejoecvideogates9705
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dallas, thanks for checking out my vids here. I work some great stations from TN pretty much daily. One in particular is 6 pack out of smoky hills and he booms in here daily. I have vids having a QSO with him. He runs an 8 element beam and I know he runs big power too. Bad ass station for sure. Cheers & 73's to you my friend, Waving back at ya. Check out my other YT channel Bananajssi
@junglejoecvideogates9705
2 жыл бұрын
I did two vids of us having a QSO today in the mobile. Short version will be on this channel and the longer version when I was parked along the ocean will be on Bananajssi
@bridgettkestersonatkins5181
Жыл бұрын
Anything you have with my Daddy I would appreciate hearing.. Hanging Judge 138 in the Razorback state. I lost my Dad in September. I enjoyed hearing you live stream with my dad in April. Thank you
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
I am sure he may be more on my videogates. I am happy that I have recorded these.
@2m0rot
2 жыл бұрын
Nice shack there my friend. the skip is stonking across the pond lately so maybe get you on the air sometime, cheers, 1642 Scotland.
@junglejoecvideogates9705
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! I will be listening for you. Been a while since I have talked to Scotland. Cheers & 73's 791 on SSB & 612 on AM
@gabrielM1111
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Joe, I like your style and your station bro. Favor to ask you can you please do a detailed video explaining the free band channels the 40 below and 40 above that you get when you do a extra ch mod. How to tune each frequency without having a frequency counter using the dial on the radio. Which frequencies are popular and when to use lsb or usb on those extra channels. I think a lot of people will find it very helpful including myself which have extra channels but just don't know how to use it exactly. Thank you very much 73. Dynamite Kid 919 NJ
@junglejoecvideogates9705
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment and yes indeed I can do a video like that for sure. Sounds like fun! I have been running the freeband channels since 1980 and when things get to noisy on regular CB radio it is nice to escape it by going below channel 1 or above channel 40. Back in the day they were far more quiet on the free band channels. Cheers & 73's
@cdlthelion6034
2 жыл бұрын
Base stations do get out better than mobiles. I got a 102 inch whip on my mobile running an LMR 400 coax with a tornado 1000 echo mic and a Galaxy DX86v 10m amateur radio which is upgraded I talk to these base stations all over the country plus out the country I have an RM Italy 150 watt am 250 watt single side band with a one-to-one match with the power on and it talks just as good as a base station. I do like that D104 lollipop mic. 👍
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
Yes in most cases, however some of the high powered mobile stations I talk to on the Hawaiian Islands come slamming in here so loud with great signals. Most of them run huge linear amps to make that possible
@goatsinker347
Жыл бұрын
I started with cb when i was 14 or so. Back then it was just AM 4watts, did talk to some people in Miami from my island (Curaçao.) I stayed with the hobby, even got my general license, but for some reason i keept going back to cb. Now i have an RCI2950 going into some amplifiers. Total output is around 2500watts, going into a small dipole only 14ft off the ground, held up by some dinky trees by the shack. Today i reached Arizona, Ontario, Iowa, and Ohio. Plus i got a nice rf burn due to the antenna being so close above the shack, that my body absorbs enough rf that then concentrates at the tips of whatever fingers happen to touch a grounded piece of metal, like the antenna tuner i have between the driver amp, and final amp. It was fun today on channel 38.
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
Right on. Sounds like you have a great set up. RCI radios sure are nice, I have a couple of them and they work well. That is a lot of power you run, great for skip shooting. Here I have several amps. but only 500 watts max I use. Cheers & 73's
@myfavorites1016
Жыл бұрын
I love those skips , ive always wondered what caused that 😃
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
@@myfavorites1016 If conditions are just right it is amazing where you can talk
@myfavorites1016
Жыл бұрын
@@junglejoecvideogates9705 i remember i was so involved in cb radios and scanners it was and still is , but anyway years ago my dad bought a base station with long antenna and we made like a 2 1/2 story metal pole put antenna onto that , i talked with a trucker on the interstate to the next big city , which was 50 miles from the farm , im thinking the air was just right , cause i highly doubt i could make it that far on each day 😄
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
@@myfavorites1016 That is pretty cool and great contact 50 miles. Nice work!
@tom-ehill2713
Жыл бұрын
Nice set up! I can probably hear you from Northern Wisconsin,,😎
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. For sure we will be able to make contact. I talk to your area a lot. Cheers
@milesdozier6028
2 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas happy new year from west central Arkansas 477👋 really enjoy your channel 🇺🇸
@junglejoecvideogates9705
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you and yours and check out my main channel Bananajssi
@Brian-kd2yt
2 ай бұрын
Just another tip ,do not have a qso on the International call frequency,others don't want to hear a common division blocking all incoming signals.😮
@junglejoecvideogates9705
2 ай бұрын
Yes indeed I am well aware of that. Been talking on these things for nearly 50 years now. I have been on the Free band since 1980. Cheers
@billybbob18
Жыл бұрын
I just received clear signal from Atlanta in Northwest Oregon on LSB CB. With a tiny SDR, and a hacked up piece of speaker wire. The SMA dipole antenna was low to the ground and at a bad angle which gave me hope for improvement.
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
Now you have to love that! Cheers to you
@sandymeister9422
9 ай бұрын
Nice I have been chatting to people all over with my base Nova Scotia Canada
@junglejoecvideogates9705
9 ай бұрын
Awesome. One place I don't often talk to is Nova Scotia. Enjoy that skip out there. 73's
@michaelstricker3483
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the post. Pretty sure I made contact with you a couple months ago.
@junglejoecvideogates9705
6 ай бұрын
I bet you are one of my videogates. Just search your call number on my channel
@chesterheard7502
2 жыл бұрын
I love the 2980
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
It is a decent radio
@Mrsmith-35
6 ай бұрын
You’re probably one of those annoying guys that comes through all day long on my radio. My squelch is damn near turned all the way up because of you guys.
@junglejoecvideogates9705
6 ай бұрын
Is that right? Well I am not one of those annoying guys. The only reason I bought a radio nearly 50 years ago was to talk dx, and all these years later I am still talking it. So what's annoying about that? I don't fuck around on 11 meter band like some of those assholes do.
@leonardbrinkman4410
Жыл бұрын
You know you like to remind me of days that when I start hearing you skip myself the furthest I've talked away on those things was I guess I was in downtown Seattle and I start talking to somebody out in Honolulu Hawaii that's 2,000 miles away I mean I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe what was going on I mean I'm glad that somebody out in Hawaii heard me. I guess that was during the skip conditions. But here's the thing about FM I don't know if the skip condition will probably cut right through FM but I can tell you this if you had an FM radio that does the CB part? I think what you're going to start seeing is basically a lot of people going from a.m. to FM anyway. Doesn't matter what conditions come in. As a matter of fact I don't know what condition might come into play for that. But not I'm beginning to understand it.
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
Two of my radios have FM and I do talk FM skip as well on 26.805 FM. I do have videogates of FM skip shooting as well. I was talking FM last night but locally. I enjoy FM on my two way radios, so clear and quiet. My RCI 2980 WX and RCI 2970 DX radios have FM. Cheers
@truckinpepper2280
Жыл бұрын
Can you spread the word in DX community not to flood ch19 , as a trucker we use that channel ( especially in wintertime to warn eachother of hazzards) some overpowered home stations just for / looking for skip overpower the truck CB's so we can't warn eachother, ( love the hobby but channel 19 is so flooded, it's to the point I gotta turn it off.
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
Back in the 1970's & early 80's we used Channel 19 as the am call channel. I never go on that channel anymore because it is a train wreck with noise when skip comes in. When the skip is gone there is nobody on it at all up this way. Not a lot of people around here in to CB radio where I live on this remote island in the North Pacific. Channel 1 in Canada was the truckers channel
@nickkoski7076
2 жыл бұрын
I make the same face while trying to pull people out of the pile.. 223 northern CA on the side
@junglejoecvideogates9705
2 жыл бұрын
Ha ha right on! Cheers & 73's to you my friend
@susanfmcauliffe
10 ай бұрын
791 western canada I just made contact with you yesterday!! Just got a base station set up. Minnesota 315
@junglejoecvideogates9705
10 ай бұрын
That is awesome! Thanks for the contact Susan and hopefully I got you on one of my videogates because I was Livestreaming as well. So your contact should be on here. Cheers & 73's until we meet again in DXland
@michael-pw9cz
2 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas from 26RP318 in central UK 73's
@junglejoecvideogates9705
2 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas and 73's Cheers
@mattcrane4816
8 ай бұрын
I hear you 40 my located on there talking right now
@junglejoecvideogates9705
8 ай бұрын
Right on! I'll try and do a livestream tomorrow. Cheers
@frankc1430
Жыл бұрын
What antenna do you like better? The antron 99 or the IMAX 2000?
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
Hard to say because they both seem to do the job. I have had the A-99 up 30 years and I have talked the world on it and the I max 2000 I put up approx 2011 and same thing talked the world on it. The I max 2000 I find is easier to talk to far off station barefoot over the Antron. I have worked Europe on the I max barefoot
@theaussie7160
10 ай бұрын
hey rusty nail you got a copy....this is Kandy Cane
@junglejoecvideogates9705
10 ай бұрын
10/4 Good Buddy. Put the Hammer down!
@bobhricko9892
2 жыл бұрын
I wish i had a big radio🤘 I run a galaxy Saturn Turbo with a klv 2000 sirio 827. #12 Watkins Glen.ny🇺🇸
@junglejoecvideogates9705
2 жыл бұрын
That is a great set up you have. Galaxy radios are awesome and Sirio antennas fantastic too. 73's
@bobhricko9892
2 жыл бұрын
@@junglejoecvideogates9705 Thanks man. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year coming up. Be safe. 12ny...
@junglejoecvideogates9705
2 жыл бұрын
@@bobhricko9892 Yes indeed. Looking forward to Christmas and New Years for sure, Cheers
@Jesusnumber1
Жыл бұрын
Good stuff bud
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@445videogates4
2 жыл бұрын
445 Miss,believe we have qso'd on AM side
@junglejoecvideogates9705
2 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed I believe we did. I will listen for you again. Cheers & 73's
@robertmethia7080
8 ай бұрын
nice amplifier try it bearfoot
@nightraider7579
Жыл бұрын
Which antenna does better for ya? The IMAX 2000 or the Antron 99?
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
It is funny, because just the other day I worked Europe on my Antron 99 and it is only 15'ft off of the ground as where the I max 2000 is over 20'ft off of the ground. Honestly, I think they may be close to the same. My Sigma Venom 5/8 wave gets out good too and it is aluminum
@canadianrushfan12
Жыл бұрын
Where can I find a base station CB unit? I’m also a licensed ham operator. VE3CNA
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
Try E bay , lots of them on there or Bells CB radio shop . I think they are in Florida
@chesterheard7502
2 жыл бұрын
73 from Radio Canada 0077 Northern Ontario Canada
@drummer5140
2 жыл бұрын
Radio Canada 750 here Richmond BC,
@junglejoecvideogates9705
2 жыл бұрын
I will listen for you . Cheers & 73's I use to live in Richmond moons ago
@Fox250R
Жыл бұрын
Are your Antennas on the ground? Cheers
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
My antennas are high above the ground
@daienaa
Жыл бұрын
But I can hear from other countries when sun is up and they faaar away but I can’t hear anything from my own country
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
That is interesting indeed. You should be able to hear your own country as well local stations
@joshuaowens3511
2 жыл бұрын
Why 2 ground planes?
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
I have three ground planes different hooked up to different radios. I will try and get a beam antenna back up next year sometime
@Annytiek
2 жыл бұрын
my husband is doing this internet thing on CB radio, I had to watch this to try to get an explanation to what he is doing, but he doesn't talk at all, just talks about jason call.... he doesn't tell me anything
@junglejoecvideogates9705
2 жыл бұрын
Well what I am doing in these videos is talking to dx / skip stations. Which means I am working stations that are very far from me. Normally with a CB radio the talking distance is not so far, maybe 70 miles. However when these skip conditions roll in it makes it possible to talk much farther. It is the radio waves bouncing off of the ionisphere skipping them along to far off locations. Some times it can be a challenge, just depending on conditions. I have been doing it since 1977
@1OFGODSOWN
Жыл бұрын
QSX? Q Signals are for CW Communications not Voice or Phone.Also you are eating that D-104 and it should be about a foot away from your mouth.Yes I know how they work since I have been using them since the 60’s and I currently own 45 of them.If you need to hold it that close then either turn Up your microphone gain on the radio or the bottom of the microphone if it’s an amplified model.It’s a very good microphone for many radios if used properly but it’s not for every radio or environment.They pick up a lot of background noise due to the type of elements used in them.
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
I have always talked close to the mic head on my D-104's just habit. I have been using them since 1977 and still use my original one as well. I have the gain turned way down as well so it doesn't over mod or pick up back ground noise. Q codes are also used on SSB 11 meter band radio and not just for constant wave. The 10 codes people use on AM side of CB radio . I have both amplified and no amplified D-104 mics. My TUG 8 stand puts out decent audio too. Cheers
@1OFGODSOWN
Жыл бұрын
@@junglejoecvideogates9705 Just stated the proper use of the Iconic Astatic D-104 desk microphone.I fell in Love with them the first time I ever saw one.
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
@@1OFGODSOWN I was exactly the same way. I remember going in to Radio Shack back in the 1970's when I was a kid and there was a used one sitting on the shelf. I wanted it so bad and had saved up some money with odd jobs / allowance. I was 13 years old. When I came back to get it the D-104 TUG 8 Lollipop was gone. Someone had bought it. I found out it was a fellow / friend I talked to on the CB radio . He liked the mic, but really wanted a TUG 9 preamp. So he sold it to me for around $25 is I remember correctly. That was in 1977, and I still have that mic and use it, I also have TUG 9 and a few other Astatic mics
@1OFGODSOWN
Жыл бұрын
@@junglejoecvideogates9705 I Sold my former collection of D-104 microphones about 12 years ago for the funds I needed for a New $3000 HF/6 meter base.I purchased a couple of them here and there since then and a friend just gave me another TUG9 on Saturday while we were at a local Tailgate/Hamfest so I’m back up to 45 of them.3 of them are the Golden Eagles and 6 are Silver Eagles 1 is a Night Eagle,an Original BLACK DAK that came with my DAK X which I recently Sold without the D-104 and lots of different heads such as the 10-DA,10-C,T3, and a whole lot more.The main ones I don’t have and never have owned are the Final Edition and the Diamond Eagle.I have a like New Diamond Eagle Box that one of my Golden Eagle microphones came in but I’ve never had that version and I will never pay the Stupid prices people want for either one.I also have 7 HEIL Boom microphones in my collection because they are AWESOME microphones as well.I use the HEIL microphones on my Amateur Radios and when I’m on stage performing.👍🎙
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
@@1OFGODSOWN Love those Golden & Silver Eagle mics. They are favorites among collectors. You had a huge collection for sure, but you made many others happy buy offering them for sale. That is awesome
@alfredoalicea3586
8 ай бұрын
Popocatépetl CB / WP3NK 📻🎙️ amateurs
@junglejoecvideogates9705
8 ай бұрын
@coolcat5399
Жыл бұрын
What
@junglejoecvideogates9705
Жыл бұрын
What is skip? Normally CB radio transmissions are "line of site," or considered to be short range. However, there are times when the earth's atmosphere acts as a mirror and will bounce signals to distant locations. Remember your CB signal also goes up as well as out and away from your antenna.
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