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Was thinking about getting a dual AM/UHF radio. Out of curiosity who's still using AM?

I don't know anybody.... but i still want it

No one I know still uses it, way too scratchy. Actually come to think of it, I have had one for about 4 years and have NEVER used it!

I have but can't remember the last time i used it - was two cars ago. Would be at least 6 years

I still have one, but now mainly as a backup, and i couldnt afford a UHF until just recently.

As UHF is filled up with people chatting, people will move back to AM.

+dj_hansen+ wrote:I still have one, but now mainly as a backup, and i couldnt afford a UHF until just recently.

As UHF is filled up with people chatting, people will move back to AM.

Could be some truth in that, especially for vehicle to vehicle chatter, and leave uhf on scan.


As for dual am/uhf i don't think their that good as you can't scan/use both at once. It's either one or the other. a good uhf and a cheap am's the better option imo. (advice from a guy who has uhf only )

yeah, might just get seperate ones...

well switch over to AM once in a while, you might hear me chatting to myself

Fitted a couple of the dual units to some logging gear a while back. Operators not at all happy with them. Too many limitations with them. These were the first of the Uniden AM\UHF units. They may have improved.

it was the uniden one i was thinking of getting.....
it compared well in price with straight uhf units and i figured i got to muck
around with AM as an extra, maybe get some ionosphere bounce. but i don't know if that'll happen on a 5Watt unit?

Upper and lower sideband used to be good.
Gee it feels like forever ago.

Upper and lower sideband used to be good.
Gee it feels like forever ago.

I still have an upper/ lower sideband am cb that i used to have mounted on my m/ bike, i used to sit in the carprk at the Mt Dandenong lookout and talk to people all over oz and even to a guy in an airforce base in Hawai.

we use the SSB for work occasionally. heard some station cook or similar putting in the food order.

it ended with:

"and for christ's sake, bring some farking vegemite!!!"

+dj_hansen+ wrote:
As UHF is filled up with people chatting, people will move back to AM.

ctcss fixes that

am is better in the bush as it will bounce through the scrub to some degree
where a uhf will not

cooter wrote:am is better in the bush as it will bounce through the scrub to some degree
where a uhf will not

no signal no opinion....
a hl250u will fix that

Up until last year I had both fitted (for about 7 years), I can't ever recall a time that I actually used the AM set ...

yeh hf is dead... no 1 uses it that i know..

j-top paj wrote:yeh hf is dead... no 1 uses it that i know..

Um...at last count HF is definately not dead, the VKS-737 network has 5000+ members....

Try the link below

HF as in 27 meg that the general public can use. HF in general will never die, Its only getting stronger and stronger .

yeh thats what i meant 27dregs

Still have it in the vehicle and occasionally sit on a nearby hill to have a chat with people further away. Although not "reliable" to call a particular person/area I kept it as I had it already and in the event of being up the creek without a paddle it may put me in touch with someone who can call someone else to help me out without resorting to the EPIRB. (Can't afford HF and Satphone at the moment)

Hopefully it remains being used just for chat!

I have a brand new Uniden UHF and and old Uniden AM both installed just incase.....In last 6 months I have heard the AM go off once, and mine are both on all the time

Nutter® wrote:I have a brand new Uniden UHF and and old Uniden AM both installed just incase.....In last 6 months I have heard the AM go off once, and mine are both on all the time

have you got aerials?

Shadow wrote:

Nutter� wrote:I have a brand new Uniden UHF and and old Uniden AM both installed just incase.....In last 6 months I have heard the AM go off once, and mine are both on all the time

have you got aerials?

Yes I do have dual aerials hahaha, and why the fruck cant I log on with my old name?

uhf is all i use but would love to have a AM radio aswell just more shit in my truck im happy with