Right well yeah um basically CB's are really good. You can talk N'everything! CB's are an excellent and cheap way of talking to your friends. With CB's you can talk all night over rig (CB) fall asleep in the morning and wake up the in the middle of the afternoon (aaaaagggggghhhhhhh what is going on). A good thing to remember is that the phone bill won't be so expensive and it gives you a chance to talk to allot of us weirdoes.

There are three main types of CB's, There are the main home based set-ups, Mobile and Handheld.

Home Based	In a fixed position at your place of living and stuff (home).
Mobile	In the old car thing so you can drive and talk (which is illegal), Um yeah pull over and talk. YEAH RIGHT.
Handheld	Best described as a walkie-talkie to you lot. You can like hold it walk oh yes and talk.

What You Need For A Basic Home Based Set-up

Item	Reason For Item	Kind Of Price
Citizen Band Radio	Stupid question!	Second-hand £10 upwards New £45 upwards
Microphone	To talk into maybe	£10 upward
Power Supply 13.8v DC	To give the CB the right voltage and stuff like yeah	Second-hand £15 upwards New £25 - £50
Coax Cable	To plug into the Antenna and the CB	Normal Stuff 50p per meter Low Loss £1 per meter
SWR Meter	To check that the Antenna is set up properly and won't hurt your poor little riggypoo. This also needs a patch lead, Which is a piece of coax that goes between the CB and the SWR meter.	SWR Meter £10 upwards Patch Lead £2.50 each
Antenna	Um well to send and receive transmissions. Duh!	There are thousands of different kinds they are generally £10 upward and £30 upward for a really good one.