Antennas for CB had height limits 50 years ago, towers were not allowed. It was common to put them on the structure roof for added height since that was an exception to the rule.
And they’re still (in theory) limited to 5 watts of carrier (or 12 watts PEP, same thing), which is not enough to cover that kind of distance regardless of mountain unless they put someone as a repeater on the hills or used several in relay (like the game ‘telephone’).
In short, laughable.
Hams can do that easily now but we’re allowed 1500 watts of output and much more reasonable frequencies for that kind of terrain and distance, in addition to towers, repeaters and all the usual tools.
Rick wa6nhc
From: Dave Howe
Howe Does 27Mhz get around that Mtn ??? Especially w/o repeaters or skip let alone only thirty stations...this is truely funny, if they don't bump up their wattage...and raise that tower for PEP
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com> wrote:
From the pages of the Redding Record-Searchlight 50 years ago today:
With the installation of an office in the Shasta County civil defense headquarters, the Citizen's Band Radio Club of Redding was prepared for any emergency, said Garland Watkins, president. "We have 30 base stations and 30 mobile stations, and because of the amount of equipment we have we can cover the county faster than any other agency."
Source: http://www.redding.com/news/2012/nov/18/today-in-history-nov-19-2012/
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