Quality of CB Radios compared to Ham Radios
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Quality of CB Radios compared to Ham Radios
I have read many times that Ham rigs are superior to CB rigs because they are made and built with better components. Does this mean every single component or just some components such as capacitors and/or transistors? I suppose what I'm really asking is why can't the 'inferior' components in a CB rig be replaced with better quality 'superior' components equal to those found in a Ham rig to make that CB rig perform as well as a Ham rig? Has anyone tried this or done it successfully? Would it be cost effective or just a waste of time and money - or even possible? Just throwing this out there really as it has crossed my mind from time to time.
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Re: Quality of CB Radios compared to Ham Radios
The actual components like individual capacitors and resistors are probably not a lot different. The quality and design of the circuits on Ham radios should be better, but it depends on how much they cost as to how much better.
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Re: Quality of CB Radios compared to Ham Radios
If you look at the big manufacturers like Icom, Yaesu , Kenwood , some of the large radios produced are thousands of pounds. They use High quality filters and components. Its hard to make any comparison between a radio worth thousands and a 40 channel cb radio produced on a budget and also the audience it is aimed for.
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Re: Quality of CB Radios compared to Ham Radios
You can't make Bentley from Vauxhall mate.
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Re: Quality of CB Radios compared to Ham Radios
But you can make a good paper weight from a fidelity 1000
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Re: Quality of CB Radios compared to Ham Radios
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Re: Quality of CB Radios compared to Ham Radios
Along with quite a few others!
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Re: Quality of CB Radios compared to Ham Radios
You cant make a vauxhall from a vauxhall now, they are all fiats
Kill em all and let god sort them out.
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Re: Quality of CB Radios compared to Ham Radios
Chr1st, worse than I thought!mrpsychopath wrote: ↑04 Feb 2018, 21:41You cant make a vauxhall from a vauxhall now, they are all fiats
Oops, sorry for going OT
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Re: Quality of CB Radios compared to Ham Radios
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Re: Quality of CB Radios compared to Ham Radios
You can't make Spam from a Kenwood TS 450-S.
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Re: Quality of CB Radios compared to Ham Radios
Then it would be an audi, thats where the engines come from
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Re: Quality of CB Radios compared to Ham Radios
Two different markets really....... 'Mass market, mass-produced" for the CB market, as they typical buyer has a lower income to spend on a new radio and/or their hobby generally. Full-on HAMs tend to be older, mostly retired or are well-heeled businessmen who have time/money on their hands to play radio. The radios will be sold in much lower numbers, but to people will to spend much more on them, so they are crafted in small numbers, to a high standard.
The Vauxhall/Bentley analogy works well. However, if you put the guts of a high end radio inside a CB chassis then you don't have an Audi..... YOU NEED YOUR HEAD EXAMINED!
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The Vauxhall/Bentley analogy works well. However, if you put the guts of a high end radio inside a CB chassis then you don't have an Audi..... YOU NEED YOUR HEAD EXAMINED!
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