That is my guess, too, Chrissy. I have no clue what the first post is referring to (although I bet my son in Idaho knows, since he has been in ham radio for a long time), but I am pretty sure that the “14.250 20 USB” is an upper side band frequency. When I had my CB radio it did upper and lower side bands, as well as the straight CB frequencies. Welcome to the forum, @Bill Morrison-Bates , and please do stick around ! Looked it up, and they are call signs, and those particular ones are from England. “There are licenced radio amateurs in most countries. All are issued with a unique callsign to identify their station which begin with prefixes identifying their country, eg, G, M & 2E for England, D for Germany, I for Italy, K,W,N for USA “
I had forgotten all about CB radios @Yvonne Smith , my husband had one and would use it on long drives. All I remember is break 1 9 and Smokey or Bear, lol....meant you better slow down.
Difference Between Ham Radio and CB Radio. Ham has been the general term used to refer to amateur radio and its users. ... CB equipment is limited by law to transmit at 4 watts, while Ham radio equipment can legally transmit at power levels of up to 1.5kW, require the operator to pass various tests and examinations, construct a lot of their own equipment and render assistance to emergency services and the like. so there !
I've always thought I'd enjoy ham radio but never got around to doing it. Welcome to the forum, @Bill Morrison-Bates.
We 'hams' always referred to CB users as WASHERS....ie washer rig ? washer 20 ? washer twig ? 73 de Bill
Go for it Ken ....over your side of the 'pond' the FCC test isn't all that hard and comes in several stages. Equipment can be pricey if new, but there's lotsa used gear on the market now, in fact one of my frequently used Transceivers is almost 40 years old now and still works perfectly.