CB Radio Base Station

Most CB Radios that have been produced over the years have been specifically designed for Mobile use.  For decades CB Radios have been most commonly found and used in vehicles of all shapes and sizes.

From truckers to farmers and 4 x 4's  to Camper vans the CB Radio has been a regular feature in all of these. Less common these days are the bigger brother of these radios known as Home base or Base Station Radios.

Along with the drivers of the CB World there were many who had these Homebase CB Radios usually in pride of place  of their living room or kitchen allowing them to speak with friends and neighbours with similar equipment in their own homes.



These Homebase CB Radios tended to be much larger than thier mobile counterparts and most had additional features which thier mobile brothers rarely came with.  MOst Homebase CB Radios have much larger front facing speakers as well as headphone jacks and most had integrated SWR Meters and other features like RF Gain and Mic Gain which were generally only found on higher end Mobile CB Rigs.

The key differences with Homebase CB Radios and thier Mobile equivalents was their ability to plug directly into the electrical mains supply where mobile units were designed to run on 12 Volts through a car battery.



Most Homebase CB Radios also benefited by the addition of a desk Microphone rather than a handheld mic found on mobile CB Radios.  These Desk Mics often came with additional features and some were also 'Power Mics' which made them sound better and easier to use than the handheld Mics they were usually supplied with.  Some Desk Mics also allowed you to add echo or other sound effects to your transmitted signal.



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