ClumsyThief wrote:

Hi, I've been into CB for awhile, but it seems like the airwaves are kind of
dead around here as of late, and have been for the better part of 6 months.
Just the occasional trucker update.

I was wondering if there are any CB junkies in the 610 (Coatesville, PA)
area that already have, or are looking to start a CB group or club. Please,
let me know, thanks.


To be honest with you, it is better not to organize any club or
organization, because there is too much riff-raff going on.

From living on Long Island, N.Y., until 1986 and here in Nevada, my
friends and I who organized CB clubs on Channel 18 (27.175 MHz) were
victimized by troublemakers who jammed frequencies, T-hunted (tracked
down signals), made threatening telephone calls in the wee hours of the
night, gave out classified personal information (unlisted telephone
numbers, Social Security numbers, credit history, etc.) and damaged CB
antennae/coaxial cables. In fact, three CB/ham radio operators in the
Las Vegas area were notorious for terrorizing the community back in the
1980s and 1990s by committing the aforementioned offenses.

The best bet is to use the CB radio for occasional or emergency use.
The CB is convenient when contacting two or more people at once --
especially when you or they are out on the roads. But if you're going
to organize 24/7 clubs like we tried to do years ago, or just like what
a well-known Long Island CB/sideband club did on 27.005 MHz LSB back in
the 1980s, then you're a walking bull's-eye, because you'll become a
target for stalkers, psychos, crack addicts, jammers and other misfits
who have nothing better to do than cause trouble. I know that
firsthand, and so do my friends. Since I went 10-7 back in 1995 and
have talked on the CB occasionally since then, I have not received the
problems I did when I was a frequent user.

The good thing about online chat rooms (voice and mIRC) is that those
who cause trouble with the group are kicked out and removed from the
rest of the group. That you can't do on the open airwaves. If you want
to find friends in your area, go searching around in PalTalk or mIRC for
people in your area. If they seem decent, then you can chat with them
publicly or privately; if they are troublemakers, then stay away from
them and not invite them into your group.




Occasional CB Listener