Glad you made a video about this...been licensed since 2011, mostly VHF 2m portable operations but in the last 4 years I got my General license and started operating HF and I have tuned conversations in with my FT 818 on CW & CWR but could not get it tuned on LSB or USB for some reason. Really confused...Joined a local club as a result. Thanks for the video!
great job. not shore of receiver range.The 108 to 174/5 Mhz VHF band is AM for aircraft. just over the US FM broadcast band. I did hear some 10 meter am .not common. we got 2 FM 10meter repeaters hear. I have alinco DJ-X11 reciever. from LW to UHF. once you get to VHF /UHF you sometimes hear both USB/LSB being used. I am hearing 1.25 meter SSB and RTTY now. The UK CB band 11 meter is FM 27.60125 to 27.99125 . recent rule change allowing SSB in the UK. It's a lot of fun listing to see whats out there.!! AM is 5 Khz bandwidth and SSB is 2.5Khz bandwidth standards set many years ago. The bast way to learn week signal tricks is to try. every radio is different. some are vert tight . and there is 2 meter AM for hams. never herd it used. SSB all the time.
Dude, where are you from? Your accent is very similar to a famous dude with an unknown past…Tommy Wiseau. Would be interesting if it was a similar area. Also, thanks for the vid…just what I was looking for!
What is the model of this icom radio? Does it have citezens band as well? Just getting into radio and your base station looks like one I’d be interested in buying I’m wanting one that does everything
@@dave-j-kIn NZ in the 70's CB started off with 9ch at 2 watts AM (Tait cb 4 radio's and the like), it was illegal to have any hi gain antenna including beams, so I had a freind make me a highly modified Johnson Viking 4740 to cover the 26/27 mhz that I put through a 3 el yargi, went great, then they brought in FM & that killed CB.
Gentleman. He corrected his earlier, incorrect statement, of saying, "it wont work" by then correctly saying that, "you will just have to turn the knob". lol
? I'm listening to channel 38 Lower ssb on CB radio traveling mobile (goes against the 14.mhz rule already), and a couple a guys went to FM mode on the same channel. What does this actually do?
It means that you probably hear a squeal or tone from your speaker if you are on LSB or USB listing to what is actually an FM transmission. Same will happen if it's an AM transmission but you'll aslo be able to hear the voice except for an annoying squeal. In both cases adjusting the clarifier will make the note higher or lower and at one point you will be able to make it disappear. This is because when in SSB receive mode your radio is 'adding' back in the carrier that gets suppressed by SSB transmitters (they have no carrier), but AM and FM do have a carrier so this local carrier or BFO (beat frequency oscillator) internally generated inside your radio will 'beat' against the carrier from the AM or FM's carrier and you will hear the difference. That's why you can get it to disappear at one point because the BFO is the same as the carrier of the AM or FM one at that point.
@@thesuccessfulbarber i like the freedom it gives me now that i dont have to be around people anymore. Im being partially serious here. In reality, i have a medical condition, and i work for a brand modeling service.
That would be transmitting CW on AM since occupying both upper and lower would be AM. You could, but no one will be on AM using morse. They’ll be on CW mode.
Finally someone who took the time to explain this. Thank you. I've been looking for this explanation for some time now.
Glad you made a video about this...been licensed since 2011, mostly VHF 2m portable operations but in the last 4 years I got my General license and started operating HF and I have tuned conversations in with my FT 818 on CW & CWR but could not get it tuned on LSB or USB for some reason. Really confused...Joined a local club as a result. Thanks for the video!
Thanks man, I feel like a idiot just pounding buttons on my PL 660 I just got. It's my first radio
Radio newbies thank you!
great job. not shore of receiver range.The 108 to 174/5 Mhz VHF band is AM for aircraft. just over the US FM broadcast band. I did hear some 10 meter am .not common. we got 2 FM 10meter repeaters hear. I have alinco DJ-X11 reciever. from LW to UHF. once you get to VHF /UHF you sometimes hear both USB/LSB being used. I am hearing 1.25 meter SSB and RTTY now. The UK CB band 11 meter is FM 27.60125 to 27.99125 . recent rule change allowing SSB in the UK. It's a lot of fun listing to see whats out there.!! AM is 5 Khz bandwidth and SSB is 2.5Khz bandwidth standards set many years ago. The bast way to learn week signal tricks is to try. every radio is different. some are vert tight . and there is 2 meter AM for hams. never herd it used. SSB all the time.
Cheers, just got an SDR and getting my brain around the different settings.
Thank you sir the info! Very concise and to the point!
This is the info I've been searching for! Thanks!
Good explanation with practical input.
Thank u for explaining
Upper and lower sideband can also be obtained by using a bfo knob
Perfect, thanks so much!
cheers mate appreciate the info
Thanks!
Dude, where are you from? Your accent is very similar to a famous dude with an unknown past…Tommy Wiseau. Would be interesting if it was a similar area.
Also, thanks for the vid…just what I was looking for!
thanks !
Can you listen to the radio like you do in your car? 98.1 or 100.7
yes
Thank you
Thank you!
What is the model of this icom radio? Does it have citezens band as well? Just getting into radio and your base station looks like one I’d be interested in buying I’m wanting one that does everything
Its an Icom R8500, I just got one, older models nowadays but still very good, will do CB but generally find CB is dead.
@@dave-j-kIn NZ in the 70's CB started off with 9ch at 2 watts AM (Tait cb 4 radio's and the like), it was illegal to have any hi gain antenna including beams, so I had a freind make me a highly modified Johnson Viking 4740 to cover the 26/27 mhz that I put through a 3 el yargi, went great, then they brought in FM & that killed CB.
Great job
Aircraft band AM. 118-136.
Is this LSB/USB rule set in stone or is it just a gentleman's agreement amongst amateurs
Gentleman. He corrected his earlier, incorrect statement, of saying, "it wont work" by then correctly saying that, "you will just have to turn the knob". lol
? I'm listening to channel 38 Lower ssb on CB radio traveling mobile (goes against the 14.mhz rule already), and a couple a guys went to FM mode on the same channel. What does this actually do?
It means that you probably hear a squeal or tone from your speaker if you are on LSB or USB listing to what is actually an FM transmission. Same will happen if it's an AM transmission but you'll aslo be able to hear the voice except for an annoying squeal. In both cases adjusting the clarifier will make the note higher or lower and at one point you will be able to make it disappear. This is because when in SSB receive mode your radio is 'adding' back in the carrier that gets suppressed by SSB transmitters (they have no carrier), but AM and FM do have a carrier so this local carrier or BFO (beat frequency oscillator) internally generated inside your radio will 'beat' against the carrier from the AM or FM's carrier and you will hear the difference. That's why you can get it to disappear at one point because the BFO is the same as the carrier of the AM or FM one at that point.
how about in CB Radio 11 meter , 27 mHz band, USB or LSB in AM ?
Usually LSB 36-39.. For skip.. Local is AM
@@thesuccessfulbarber thanks, i seen that mentioned before , ill keep trying to monitor and transmit
What kind of antenna do you have. The one I found only go up to 1200 megahertz
Thanks a lot.
Newbie here..
73
De VU2EHC
I guess the LSB and USB rule is below and above 10MHz, not 14MHz.
Thanks
On mobile u should also know if you have a direct to ground key, and real cw mode breaks the carrier. I don't think any fm cw operates that way.
Whats up with the diapers
@@thesuccessfulbarber i like the freedom it gives me now that i dont have to be around people anymore. Im being partially serious here. In reality, i have a medical condition, and i work for a brand modeling service.
@@Coalrollinfurry awesome buddy
@@Coalrollinfurry you're funny bro. Ultimate troll
Can you transmit CW on both upper & lower SB?
That would be transmitting CW on AM since occupying both upper and lower would be AM. You could, but no one will be on AM using morse. They’ll be on CW mode.
im on 35 LSB all the time to get skip
You have radio too loud, hard to listen
i believe anything below 10MHz is LSB and above 10MHz is USB
no, that is only for Amateur radio. for utility signals and almost any else ..USB everywhere with just a few exceptions
Ft8
Just joking, but a gentleman's agreement is hardly a rule.
Radio newbies thank you a year later too.
thank you