Radio Help

[Cactusman]

Hello everyone, first post here, and I'm not too used to CB radio, so go easy on me. Just today I bought a Concept 2000 base station. After dumping the old batteries and cleaning the terminals of a little rust, i see it worked! Now I guess onto the questions, first off, I'd like as much info on the thing as possible, I hear it can transmit the audio (via the mic attachment which i have) or the built in Morse code, on channel 14, but I'm not sure where channel 14 exactly is or if that was even true in the first place. There is a port labeled "DC" which I'm assuming is an optional power cord (please correct me if I'm wrong) and if I'm right, would anyone know what amount of power it would take? I don't want to short it. Also the AM part seems to work fine and can get rather loud depending on the volume set, but the CB selection (if i do find something through all the static), I cant seem to make it any louder (which may be due in part to the fact that the sources may be far away), would there be a way to strengthen that signal? The volume knob is rather fidgety and lets out a lot of static if you touch it, anyway to fix that? Again answers to these questions and anything else you can offer would be greatly appreciated! It is unfortunately not letting me post pictures of it, so I do hope you guys know what I'm talking about. Thanks in advance!

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Monday, 30 September 2013, 18:58 PM

Well I see that IF channel 14 is the transmission channel, that that is 27.125, so that answers that. But any other help would be great!

[silvereagle1]

Welcome cactusman to the forum... You can post pics after you make ten post I believe. I'm not sure how to answer your questions because I don't recognize your radio but I'm sure you'll be getting a lot of responses really soon.

[Ohio_359]

This?

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[Cactusman]

Welcome cactusman to the forum... You can post pics after you make ten post I believe. I'm not sure how to answer your questions because I don't recognize your radio but I'm sure you'll be getting a lot of responses really soon.

Thank you! I sure hope so, and if someone needs to see what it looks like, type in "Concept 2000 base station" in google, and the third link should be jackbergsales, clicking on that will give you a few pictures of what it is, though I dont know if mine is direct from the 70's or a newer model of the same one, but thats about what mine looks like.

[Cactusman]

This?

That looks like it, yeah, though mine looks a bit of a newer model.

[MDYoungblood]

Do you still have the walkie talkie that came in the set. Lol, I am surprised it still works.

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Greg

[silvereagle1]

I just saw that. That is neat....

[Cactusman]

Do you still have the walkie talkie that came in the set. Lol, I am surprised it still works.

3's

Greg

Unfortunately it didnt come with the walkie talkie, but it did come with the mic!

[silvereagle1]

I don't know what brand it was but I had cb talkies back in the very early seventies and they looked almost like the one pictured. Wow that brings back memories. The base station I must admit I have never seen before at all. maybe worth something? Just a thought. you never know.

[Cactusman]

I don't know what brand it was but I had cb talkies back in the very early seventies and they looked almost like the one pictured. Wow that brings back memories. The base station I must admit I have never seen before at all. maybe worth something? Just a thought. you never know.

Well besides the possible problems I listed above, it seems to work perfectly fine, and I picked it up for 9 bucks at a flea market on sunday!

[silvereagle1]

Don't take offense to this because I don't know and am curious. Is that system made to be used kind of like a short distance home to talkie around the house set or is it a real base station cb with an 239 connector? Either way it's pretty neat. Be even neater if you can talk skip on it.

[Cactusman]

Don't take offense to this because I don't know and am curious. Is that system made to be used kind of like a short distance home to talkie around the house set or is it a real base station cb with an 239 connector? Either way it's pretty neat. Be even neater if you can talk skip on it.

None taken! Uh, it doesnt have any connectors (I dont think, again I'm new to this) but I know i've heard several people and truckers via the cb (albeit very staticy) and they were probably quite a bit away from my house, and I know it transmits both audio through the mic I have and through the Morse code buzzer thing. Hope that answered you, as thats pretty much all I know, well besides it being an AM radio as well. I've talked and sent code through it, but no response, don't know if i was on the right transmitting channel though.

[silvereagle1]

Just goes to show you never know what you'll find when you're out looking. Good luck with your new cb and if nothing else ever comes out of it long distance wise you made a few friends right here at CBRT. If you're like me that first purchase is just the tip of the iceberg.

[Cactusman]

Just goes to show you never know what you'll find when you're out looking. Good luck with your new cb and if nothing else ever comes out of it long distance wise you made a few friends right here at CBRT. If you're like me that first purchase is just the tip of the iceberg.

Why thank you! If all else fails, any idea of a way I could strengthen the cb signal? Or should I just take it on the road with me, haha.

[Ohio_359]

This is a toy that really works!!! A CB station that monitors all 40 Citizens Band (CB) channels and is capable of sending and receiving voice and code transmissions on channel 14. The Concept 2000 also receives the entire AM broadcast band. This CB Base Station/Radio direct from the 1970s operates on 6 "D" size batteries (not included), and can also be heard on normal household AC current with an optional AC adapter. This unit comes complete with a headphone jack for private listening, a microphone for voice transmitting, a telescopic antenna, a convenient chart for International Morse Code reference, and much much more. The measurements for this unit are 5 inches high x 9 3/4 inches wide x 4 7/8 inches deep.

[Cactusman]

This is a toy that really works!!! A CB station that monitors all 40 Citizens Band (CB) channels and is capable of sending and receiving voice and code transmissions on channel 14. The Concept 2000 also receives the entire AM broadcast band. This CB Base Station/Radio direct from the 1970s operates on 6 "D" size batteries (not included), and can also be heard on normal household AC current with an optional AC adapter. This unit comes complete with a headphone jack for private listening, a microphone for voice transmitting, a telescopic antenna, a convenient chart for International Morse Code reference, and much much more. The measurements for this unit are 5 inches high x 9 3/4 inches wide x 4 7/8 inches deep.

That's it! Whats it mean about being heard on normal household AC current? Also be it that it has the choice of being CB or AM, could I potentially transmit via both?