Scott Unit 69
July 11th 03, 01:47 AM
Forget a WT with a rubber resistor. It won't be heard for more than
a mile. Try hooking it to a real antenna. Also, the noise level is
much higher now then ever before.
Dave wrote:
>
> I haven't been on a CB in a long time, but finally decided to fix or have
> fixed the handheld unit my dad gave me twenty years ago. I remembered
> keying the mike before attaching the rubber-duck antenna way back when, so I
> wasn't surprised when I couldn't get a radio check. Figured out which
> transistor was the final amplifier and replaced it, but now there's no one
> out there for me to call to. I live on the East side of Houston, where a
> lot of trucking goes on, and there was some chatter in the mornings a few
> weeks ago, but it has died out to nothing. Last time I heard anyone talking
> to anyone, some fool got on with a linear and walked all over everyone with
> his jack-assinine laugh. Every time someone keyed their mike he stomped on
> them, until everyone gave up. I have never in the past month or so been
> able to find anyone in the afternoons or evenings, and since that particular
> incident there's no one in the mornings either. Does anyone still talk over
> the CB, or has that more or less died out? In the past month I heard one
> fellow with a mondo linear talking to passing truckers a couple of times,
> but he was polite with it and now even he isn't there. Is there some other
> channel that truckers now use, other than ch 19? (I heard them there a
> couple weeks ago...) I occasionally hear trash in the background, but most
> of the time the air is totally dead. What's the deal?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
a mile. Try hooking it to a real antenna. Also, the noise level is
much higher now then ever before.
Dave wrote:
>
> I haven't been on a CB in a long time, but finally decided to fix or have
> fixed the handheld unit my dad gave me twenty years ago. I remembered
> keying the mike before attaching the rubber-duck antenna way back when, so I
> wasn't surprised when I couldn't get a radio check. Figured out which
> transistor was the final amplifier and replaced it, but now there's no one
> out there for me to call to. I live on the East side of Houston, where a
> lot of trucking goes on, and there was some chatter in the mornings a few
> weeks ago, but it has died out to nothing. Last time I heard anyone talking
> to anyone, some fool got on with a linear and walked all over everyone with
> his jack-assinine laugh. Every time someone keyed their mike he stomped on
> them, until everyone gave up. I have never in the past month or so been
> able to find anyone in the afternoons or evenings, and since that particular
> incident there's no one in the mornings either. Does anyone still talk over
> the CB, or has that more or less died out? In the past month I heard one
> fellow with a mondo linear talking to passing truckers a couple of times,
> but he was polite with it and now even he isn't there. Is there some other
> channel that truckers now use, other than ch 19? (I heard them there a
> couple weeks ago...) I occasionally hear trash in the background, but most
> of the time the air is totally dead. What's the deal?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>