I’m a young generation cb freak!! I’m always a soon to be disabled vet and wanna work on radios as part time job! I’d like to find a man or women wanting out that would teach me!!

 

So exactly what do you want to be taught, and then what do you plan to do with that knowledge?

There is not much need for someone to work on CB radios.

 

So exactly what do you want to be taught, and then what do you plan to do with that knowledge?

There is not much need for someone to work on CB radios.

I would agree with that, even though CBs are actually still amazingly common. It's estimated that about half of long-haul truckers still have them and they are still very popular with off-road groups and in rural areas. But the need for working on them is all-but gone. With relatively few exceptions, modern CBs are cheap enough that the cost to repair would likely be more than the cost to replace, plus, like most electronics, they are so highly integrated that there isn't that much to repair to begin with. Older, premium radios are still out there, but that is such a niche market that it's unlikely to be a money-maker for someone just getting into it.

 

To that I'll add that in order to work on the transmitter portion (the last time I looked) you will, in the United States, need a 1st or 2nd class radio operator's license from the Federal Communications Commission.

 

When I was in my teens and just starting my fascination with electronics I built several transmitters. Back in the day linear amplifiers were a thing and they were also very illegal (over 10W is the max allowed).

 

If that is what you want to pursue, I think you would find far more satisfaction putting that effort into obtaining an Amateur Radio License to achieve those goals. It can all be done online now with only a small fee to take the test and no morse code testing is required any more. Far more capabilities than CB ever was (and far better folks using it). Which is why many CBers illegally use amateur radios or modified ones.

This is a FREE study service that I highly recommend. HamStudy.org: Cutting edge amateur radio study tools

 

when i was kid, i was building all kinds of radios. most of the transmitters were definitely illegal, specially jammers... at that time i thought it was all great fun. there was couple of close calls but luckily for me, i was never caught. last time it was the military vehicle circling our home. i panicked and run to turn off forgotten experiment. my father saw that and we had serious talk... i kept my promise - from that day no more illegal transmitters...