W1WU 446.825

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W1WU 446.825

w1bst 446.825 mhz rf coverage map
w1bst 446.825 MHz rf coverage map

W1WU 446.825: Our club  shares  space on Bennett Hill  and New Durham Ridge with civil, commercial and private entities.Frank/W1WU has several repeaters in the Amateur bands that are open to the public:70 CM :  446.825 MHz ( + ) PL 97.4. This repeater is on Bennett Hill and is sometimes linked 224.600.… And don’t forget the Citizen’s Bands.

The Citizen’s Band (CB) Radio Service, also known simply as CB, is a public, two-way personal radio service. There are several classifications of CB operation. The best-known form of CB is voice communications that became popular in the 1970s.

Mobile CB operation, especially in cars and trucks, remains popular. To a lesser extent, “CB’ers” engage in fixed operation from homes, and in portable communications using handheld transceivers.

The CB Radio spectrum is broken up into 40 channels with CB frequencies ranging from 26.965 to 27.405 MHz. Channels are generally spaced 10 kHz apart. 

Channel 9 (reserved for emergency communications) and Channel 19, which is mostly used by truckers. If you want specific information or want to share messages on these channels, you are welcome to do so or just switch over for a listen.

A citizens band (CB) radio antenna is a device designed to do two things: It captures radio-frequency signals that are then converted to electrical signals by the receiver, and it takes electrical signals from the transmitter and converts them into radio-frequency signals.

This second function is where tuning comes into play, because an antenna has to radiate radio-frequency signals, something that’s done best when the length of the antenna precisely matches the wavelength of the transmitted radio frequency.Many of today’s hams got their start in CB and many are still involved.    While they don’t use repeaters, there are two CB nets (in action from the 70s)  that may be of local interest:America Net:   Wed 8-9 PM     CB Channel 36  (27.36500 MHz Lower Sideband) 

NH Side Band Net:   Thur  8-9PM     CB Channel 36  (27.36500 MHz Lower Sideband)  LRRA’s Vice President  Johnathan/KB1COL is Net Control for this net. Note:  The LRRA is not formally associated with the above entities.  This information is provided solely in  the interest of advancing radio science and  the enjoyment of the RF spectrum. 

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