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CB is line-of-sight, isn't it? It's mostly used by freeway truckers for very short-range comms that you don't need to broadcast across the entire state (acciden
by jstarfish 3y ago
CB is line-of-sight, isn't it? It's mostly used by freeway truckers for very short-range comms that you don't need to broadcast across the entire state (accident/speed trap ahead/nearby Hooters fails health code inspections).
- ddingus 3y agoNot quite. It has a long wavelength. 11 meters, and that means it will propagate like "Short Wave" and HF (high frequency) commercial broadcasts tend to do. The line of sight signals happen at much higher frequencies. VHF and higher. (GHZ)
- themodelplumber 3y agoQuite a few interesting trans-Atlantic CB contacts on YouTube these days. They are all using SSB though I think. Not super common in handhelds.