Old school VHF

[Iceman]

Does anyone still use the 27mhz band on here?
Inheretid a Roberts rcb-55 and antenna. Wondering if its worth setting up?

 

[happy john]

Does anyone still use the 27mhz band on here?
Inheretid a Roberts rcb-55 and antenna. Wondering if its worth setting up?

Probably not I was an operator years ago QBP 752 mostly foreign now and hard to comprehend.

 

[user 10312]

Well as it turns out 27 Mhz. is still in the HF band. Sort of. As for setting it up. If you want to use it as a point to point communication with some one you know it's great now days, it's like having your own private channel and if it's SSB. mobile to mobile will well out perform UHF for range. A good base to mobile setup will go 30odd K's or more.

 

[happy john]

I still have the old ax144 pumping out 25wts. Could speak to my mate 120kms away on ssb no problem. And overseas when there was skip.

 

[ozstickman]

When I was in rocky I would talk to New Zealand in te mornings.

 

[Benji14u2]

Not much on am but 35 lsb is busy when skip is on

 

[ozstickman]

Not much on am but 35 lsb is busy when skip is on

That's all I had it on. Every blue moon when I had it in the truck out west I'd chuck it on 19 for shits and giggles a might get a little of USA but rarely.

 

[Navmania]

Gotta love those Malaysian fishing boats.