differrence in radios?
CBs and 10 meter radios are different things. They use different frequencies. You must get an amateur radio license to use a 10 meter radio. CB radios already come out of the factory at full legal wattage. It is illegal to modify a CB in any way....
I want a radio that has more stations than just my regular AM/FM portable radio?
If you live in a metropolitan area like Chicago - New York - Miami - even smaller cities too. Then HD Radio might interest you , and they have table top radios for the home and also Car Radios . Quality is good as long as your close to the transmitter and some radio is comercial free. Shortwave Radio can be fun too , Radio shack has some decent entry level radios ,sound quality is not as good as FM , sometimes it sounds as good as AM but mostly it fades in and out and interference is normal. som...
differrence in radios?
CBs and 10 meter radios are different things. They use different frequencies. You must get an amateur radio license to use a 10 meter radio. CB radios already come out of the factory at full legal wattage. It is illegal to modify a CB in any way....
What is actually "Shortwave" Radio?
Shortwave radio generally refers to a band of frequencies between about 2 MHz and 30 MHz. The special thing about these frequencies is that they can be used to transmit signals for very long distances. Under the right conditions, signals can be heard from around the world. You need a special type of radio to receive these frequencies, and costs range from under a $100 US to more than $2,000 US. If you have a shortwave radio, you can listen to commercial shortwave broadcasters, amateur radio, uti...
world radio for a car?
You can probably forget about that Shortwave for a car... They have had them and reportedly Sony makes one for outside the US called a XRCA620X which looks just like a normal Sony Xplod unit but can only be found apparently still in Africa and the Middle east. BUT shortwave is a very hard to recive medium for the targets you want. A real antenna about the size of a 8 foot CB antenna or bigger would be needed and still won't pick up the stations like you want. WHY? Most Latin American stations ar...
