Description

11m operator since 1978.

After 2 or 3 years as a HF SWL, my father bought me a ?Kraco KCB4004? when I was just 10 years of age (in 1978). That was back in the ?convoy? era. When the likes of Smokey and the Bandit and Convoy movies helped explode CB radio in Great Britain. The ?United Kingdom? didn?t exist back then. lol.

I added a pic to show 1978 vs 2024. The first vs my last CB radios purchased. The difference between almost 40 years.

Operating wise, prefer DX to local. I use all modes as a PTT voice operator. But no data modes. Not really into 5/9 contacts either. Prefer to chat :-)

Base: -

Yaesu FT450D (lends itself well to 11m operating for a multitude of reasons).

EA Delta-11 delta loop. Mast mounted 1/2w agl (pictured).
Apex down/bottom fed gives horizontal polarisation. However, moderately high angle of take off.

Imax 2000. Ground/pole mounted at just a 1/4w agl.
Vertically polarised of course. But relatively low angle of take off.

HyEnd 10-12m bandpass filter.

Mobile:-

President Washington II.
Sirio 3000 / Sirio 145 mag mount.


No fancy microphones, equalisers or linear amplifiers.

QSL Address

QTH

Leicester, England

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