Best CB Radio Base Station Setups: ALAN 28 AM/FM, CTE 5/8 Wave Antenna (27MHz, 6.0m) for 20km Range

Question

Hello!
I would like to assemble some CB base kit
The range in which I would like to be clearly heard is at least 20 kilometers.
The antenna is installed in a village under the boat, about 5 km from the A1 and S8 motorways.

What do you recommend? I was thinking about

CB radio ALAN 28 AM / FM

The base CTE antenna 5/8 wave with at 27MHz length 6.0 m

but I'm not sure it's a good set

greetings
Cuba

Pedros050 · Accepted Answer

Hello. I had Alan 555, if you had the opportunity to buy one, it is perfect.

Vic384 · Answer

Hi
During my infatuation with CB, I had Grant as my base and Midland towel in my car. The base antenna is 7/8 per 4m mast on the roof of the building. In the car there was an interchangeable magnet rod with a 80 cm rod and a Boston 1800. The range with the magnet rod was about 25 km, with Boston there was no problem with Rzeszow - Sandomierz, i.e. about 70 km. In my opinion, the antenna is the most important in the base station, because radios have practically very similar parameters. It is very important to align the antennas.
greetings

SP5IT · Answer

The CB band is dead. Not much is going on at primary 40, even the carters switched to Janosik so as not to listen to the bluffings at 19.
Apart from small groups of oldtimers, nothing happens.
Outside of the CB band, there are still groups saluting their bases, but also not crazy.
Fire up Kuba on what you wrote and see for yourself what and how. In case of what, you will not suffer a huge financial loss.
Don't get messed up when you buy this 28, it's not worth more than $ 200 in perfect condition and with a box.
M.

Jap · Answer

If you are sure that there is something going on on the CB radio in your area apart from the 19th channel (which is being replaced by Janosik) then the antenna is OK - 5/8 lambda is the most optimal type of antenna.
As for the radio - ALAN 28 is already a grandpa. Of course there are supporters and they all convince each other that these old radios are better than modern ones. Generally, quite good pieces are also produced today, and those from the last century are often densely tired. Often "overclocked" from 4W to 6W (which gives nothing anyway). Many devices in that era were "IMPROVED" by home-grown professionals with a gutter soldering iron in their hand.

I don't know what budget you can spend - but take a look at something from SSB. For example, Chinese (although I don't know if anything outside China is being produced today) Anytone AT 6666 or CRT 9900. In my opinion, these are very interesting designs and quite well rated.
With AM / FM I also use ANYTONE - but the mobile model is called ROAD BLUES. Despite the fact that I had the Alan28 and Alan 18, 87, President Lincoln, Superstar 360FM, Onwa MK2, Cobra 19, Cobra 75 WX, Dragon SY101 you mentioned, this Chinese beats them all over the neck.

Anonymous · Answer

Take care, Jap because you may be surprised by this fatigue. Recently a guy contacted me, he brought about 30 sets from the USA. The Uniden PRO 510XL from the 90s Filipinos, NEW IN CARTONS, and all original. He wrote that he has a family in the States and they have access to warehouses, these radios were sold out, he wrote that there were whole palettes of them. New devices, he paid for them PLN 100 per piece, and here he sold for PLN 200 and went like water. Lorries took it right away. He wrote that he was checking the next batch soon. I saw the photos of the Radikas he had, they looked 100% original. As for the current trash from China, including Anytone, I recently had a case to stuff K-PO 5000 DX (already sold) here is my offer And I will say yes- OK, but somehow on SSB in my old RCI2950 the pointer on the modulation meter is more vivid than on this K-PO. Besides, it has too many unnecessary fountains. but such necessary things as e.g. SPLIT does not have it. And so idiotic power - in AM it is only 13-15W, and in FM it is almost 50W- what is it for, in SSB it is also about 30W barely. Only dynamic microphones are supported. The only plus are the power amplifiers, because the cheap IRF520, not Motorola MRFs, are almost impossible to buy in the original (because the travels from China are already there). I quickly sold this radio, but there were a few fags that wanted to buy them from me for PLN 300, while convincing me that it was a great offer. I put this K-PO up for auction and it was for a paltry PLN 420 (new around PLN 700 costs). And if you don't pull off the price, it's hard to sell these Chinese combines, despite grazing. And I was selling fast before February could oxidize, they are so rich that these tin micrometers will start cracking at any moment. Total crap, it is only suitable for trade. And please don't write such nonsense, Lincoln beats? Sure. Greetings.

Jap · Answer

KPO does not have good opinions. Hence their prices on the secondary market.
Yes, this Chinese apollo road blues obviously beats Lincoln in its AM (used in PL) capabilities (amazing dynamics, not to mention ASQ - works AWESOME). During propagation, I threw Lincoln's car into the seat. I did some tests at 19AM - Lincoln went to the closet, finally changed hands.
Not only that - people write that at the same time Anytonoe falls out even pale President William.
But it is a mobile radio, not a stationary one, so it does not apply to the topic.

ps recently I bought a very nice stationary CB radio STABO XF5012 (UNIDEN PA351AB board), internal power supply, beautiful audio from a large speaker, RX and TX tone reg !, ready for DTMF etc ... STABO seems to be a hi end uniden.
Unfortunately, it is for the German market, so the AM modulator is built on a transistor and has power and range limitations in AM modulation. Somewhere I found a description that it was converted to a Polish standard and people were very pleased with the work of this equipment.
Very decent construction, very good materials.
The radio was working, but I am converting it to a 2-band ham transceiver so with a tear in my eye I cut out the middle.

after conversion:

Sometimes you can buy such stationers for pennies - but you need to have a little skill to bring them to the Polish standard.

gumisie · Answer

It is not appropriate to compare others with yourself (gutter soldering iron). And this: I will leave without comment. Well, I don't know if buying a TRX with this type of modulation makes sense, since as it follows from: He is going to listen and be heard on CH19. greetings

d-t-x · Answer

Gentlemen, are you still hearing at 27.555? Especially I mean other continents.

Anonymous · Answer

Well, Jap, I rarely praise someone, but here's something to praise. It's nice. And how did you make the glass for this radio? Sorry for OT, but I'm curious how it can be done.

Jap · Answer

Of course you can hear stations on USB 27.555. Not as often and far as in the good times of the sun's activity, but still in the summer period, the propagation is sporadic. There are many Polish-language stations (economic emigrants), many of them are close to kW :)

gumisie wrote:
I will bet without a comment.

It's nice if you left the whole thing without a comment - malcontents, as usual, in abundance, and GUMISIE is a leader (leaders). Are you also on the SP7PKI forum?

I will write again - because maybe you don't understand:
I had BOTH radios at once and compared them on my mobile. To be precise: none of them has been modified, opened or repaired. Apollo Road Blues in AM works much better than President Lincoln - that's my opinion. For the base, of course, Lincoln is amazing and you can recommend this equipment (if someone finds a gem about which, for example, Novile).

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