5 Tips for UHF CB Beginners | GME

Are you new to the world of UHF and CB? Have you just got into 4WDing and unsure how to use your radio?

Today, we discuss 5 top tips to get you started using UHF CB radios.

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[makersmark]

Bloody marvelous when someone explains it in plain english rather than trying to sound so pompus like..
Tnx bud, my family needed to hear it without my stressing impatient voice..😁
🤙🤝

[PistolSmokee]

Upvoted both for the content and the glorious beard.

[petertrewern]

Hello Tony, that is an excellent video well done.
The only thing that you missed was telling people not to talk on repeater output channels, many do especially rock quarry.

[unknownsamoan]

Great video! Answered plenty of my questions. Thank you.

[banksiasong]

Thank you, this was a good video to start with.
CB radios will be going off like a rocket in the coming year after all the disasters that made communications impossible.
Best wishes.

[alberthabib]

info I couldn't find elsewhere. thanks

[mjpt]

Thanks for the basic tips for us newbies. Question though: in all the videos which I've watched about antenna performance, nothing is ever mentioned about their reception performance, only how well they can transmit? I'm often picking up chat with a LOT of static. I turn the squelch up to cut out the weaker signals, but still the noisy transmissions tend to persist.

Could you do a quick one on how to get the best reception from our antennas, please?
Thanks

[graeme]

Hi Troy, well done on the UHF radio. About aerials, as you mentioned the base antenna is at the highest point, I have also noticed that other people use UHF radios in the horizontal state.

[berlinirving]

I've always wondered what the line is concerning an emergency. If you have a car crash, that might be an emergency. If you have a flat tyre somewhere without a phone, does that count as a emergency and warrant the use of channels 5 or 35?

[SpeedSmith]

Next topics, Cell Call Channels and how best to use them.

[alexanderralph]

I might watch this video over the walkie-talkie in my car

[TobiasTheWolf]

So CB radios are not designed for privacy but full communication? We can’t talk about private things since we can’t get on a private channel right?

[fryzee]

Thanks Tony. I have a new GME radio on my boat up in PNG. I can receive radio but I can’t transmit. I’m sure there is a simple thing I’m not doing 🙃

[DjFHAFHde]

When making contact on ch11 do both people have to be on that channel first? Or will any channel pick up ch11 broadcast?

[michaellarge]

It is not suggested to transmit on ch 35 as a simplex channel, in fact it is not ideal to use any repeater input channel. I advise to use ch 5 with duplex on.
Why, the repeater hears you on 35 and re-transmits out on 5. Those listening on 5 will hear you but they can't respond as your listening on 35. Clear as mud :)

[rsivakumar]

Thank you. What's is the channels trucks use ?

[shawndale]

Is this radio available in the US and and will it work here?

[parriehunter_rc]

I think a great topic would be radio etiquette.

[jonimiller]

Re Channels, also avoid using 31-38 and 71-78 as they are repeater inputs. It is a real pain having people operate simplex on repeater inputs, why not lock them out on new radios? Here in the bush people have no idea they are interfering with conversations on repeaters. John VK2ZJJ . Radio Rescue 39.

[NasTimeAdventures]

Good video. How many so called 'experts' watched this just in case? ✋😂