Electrorama | Cb radios - is it worth to buy cb radio over ham radio or vice versa?...Little Explainer...
(author:cubeblogstation) Is there any difference between cb radio and ham radio?Is it worth to buy cb radio over ham radio and what advantages have cb radio and what has ham radio ? (cb radio antenna "Wilson little will",bought from ebay,source photo author) Because im absolute amateur when it comes to cb radios and ham radios i did a bit of online search and according to : Google.com search "In the most simplest form, the difference between CB and Ham radio comes from power output. Ham radio uses a much higher power output compared to CB , allowing further communication to other states and even around the world. CB tends to operate at most at about 4 watts while Ham can go up to 1500 watts." (source,google.com). So why would you want to buy CB radio if ham radio have more power? You don't need licence for 4 watt radio .You can increase power with amplifier (not advised for amateurs) ,have range up to 20 miles and doesn't cause any interference with 27mh...