*CB Frequencies!*

Many people have asked me for a listing of CB channels and the REAL frequencies that they represent. There is this little clause in the Ham rule book that says people with ham licenses can build their own equipment if they are licensed to be on the frequencies they make. Seeing this, many people found out that the older General Electric and Cobra CB radios with the Phase Lock Loop (PLL) Chips (like the PLL 02A chip) could be easily modified in about 10 minutes (with no additional cost or parts except 3 "on/off switches) to reach these (and other) ham channels. If you don't have a Ham license then modifying your CB to go "out of band" is VERY illegal!!!!! In some foreign countries where there are little or no radio restrictions, many of the people who live WAY out in the jungle or bush modify these inexpensive radios so they can talk further and on channels that are less cluttered than regular CB channels. This also cuts down on the chance that they will be monitored by their neighbors, or guerilla soldiers, who may be listening in on "regular" channels.

CB radios operate in the 11-meter band. When people think of Ham radios they think of 2 meters (mostly radio phones tied to "repeaters") and 10 meters... The 10 meter band can be reached with a simple mod on these radios and many "jungle dwellers" do just that.

For those of you who asked for the channel/frequency list...Here ya go!

CB Channel

Frequency

CB Channel

Frequency

1

26.965

24

27.235

2

26.975

25

27.245

3

26.985

26

27.265

4

27.005

27

27.275

5

27.015

28

27.285

6

27.025

29

27.295

7

27.035

30

27.305

8

27.055

31

27.315

9

27.065

32

27.325

10

27.075

33

27.335

11

27.085

34

27.345

12

27.105

35

27.355

13

27.115

36

27.365

14

27.125

37

27.375

15

27.135

38

27.385

16

27.155

39

27.395

17

27.165

40

27.405

18

27.175

41

27.415

19

27.185

42

27.425

20

27.205

43

27.435

21

27.215

44

27.445

22

27.225

45

27.455

23

27.255

46

Etc, etc.

(OOOPPPpps... I forgot that CB's only go up to 40 channels huh? How silly of me....)

Notice that after channel 25 all the frequencies follow the channel number at the 3rd and 4th digits IE. Channel 26 is 27.265 and channel 40 is 27.405

Want side band? Sideband variations are +.001 (upper sideband) and -.002 (lower sideband) from center of frequency, IE. Channel 40 upper sideband would be 27.406, whereas Lower sideband would be 27.403 (another simple mod to add).

Hope this helps you guys out.

Warlord

(Warlord's note: I came REALLY close to drawing up a schematic showing how you ham people could convert these radios (since it is VERY simple) and posting it on here, but I am not sure of the legalities of it... If someone convinces me it would be legal for educational purposes, I may just do it.)

Aww Screw it, here it is:
Conversion

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