"Shadow998" wrote in message
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If we had a national emergency today, John and his "good buddies" would
step
on each other and crank up their "leenyars" to the point they would wipe
out
the nationwide 11 meter band with heterodyne. Wait---they already do that
on a daily basis.

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...............kinda like treason, right? Giving aid and comfort to the
enemy! LMAO!

I can see it now: "Tan fer thar, we is a-standin' by thar to copy thar 'ere
'eee-mer-gen-cee' thar on 11 Meters thar, shore thang thar, gre't day 'live
live, mercy sakes good buddy guaran-toled ye thar, kick hit back thar wid
that 'ere 'far' in th' war (wire), an' we just got down".(What the hell is
THAT anyway?) BEEEEEP SQUEEEEEEEK!

(We got all them 'ere bird watts thar to git out 'ere wid)

This whole thread is just hilarious! I am honestly enjoying it! LMAO! The
whole concept is just ludicrous. And the whole argument is an obvious troll
designed to get hams all worked up. But I have been reading it and giggling
all the while. So while I don my flame suit, forgive me while I snicker and
post equally silly comments. And something to think about.

CB radio COULD be a good thing, that is true. However, it has no status in
the Federal scheme of things WRT disaster or wartime communications. It is
simply not taken seriously and I think the author of this thread knows this-
AND how to push buttons to get people riled up. Let's face it, guys, it's
reputation stems from the Smokey and the Bandit days and the 70's
faddishness of CB that has fallen by the wayside. CB radio today has no
structure, no organization, and no discipline, all of which would be needed
to provide worthwhile communications support to
FEMA and gov't officials in the field. That could only take place if CBers
returned to some of the activities they once supported. National
recognition of CB radio won't come overnight, if, indeed, it ever did. But
in order to reach such a goal, one would have to start small and at the
local level. Organize clubs who raise funds for local charities and provide
communications and aid stations for
walkathons and fundraisers. Form auxiliaries to rescue squads and fire
departments. For example, during brush fires and large fire events and
disasters, provide bottled water to firefighters and sandwiches. Determine
ways that CB clubs and auxiliaries can be of help--even if it doesn't
necessarily mean you have a mike in your hand. Define objectives and
purposes for your club. Make public affairs a part of your club so the local
paper knows what you are doing to help. Reach out to other nearby cities
and towns and get CBers in those towns to do what you are doing. Community
involvement doesn't HAVE to be
radio-related, but it can certainly HELP as it forms a cohesive core around
which to serve the local community.
Perhaps this will spread from just a few local clubs to a regional group
with a newsletter with articles on how to help your community, then to some
sort of national organization that provides training in weatherspotting
(NOAA) to radio procedures for handling radio messages and how to support
authorities and know their needs. Someone will have to have that vision at
some local level and it will have to spread from that grassroots level.

As it is, CB radio is a ragtag, technologically hamstrung, untrained and
undisciplined group that provides NO effective support. Period. That is
just a fact, Jack. It COULD be much more, but it has a lot of baggage to
overcome. What was left after the 70's fad was the outlaw operator with his
"leenyar" and "extree" channels and disrespect for the law that is seen by
trained professionals AND the Amateur community as sort of a lowball group
of ruffians that are not to be taken seriously.
How many CBers, dedicated and died-in-the-wool CBers, can legally and
effectively talk directly to FEMA? From Virginia to California, from
Colorado to Florida right NOW if something happened? They cannot. *Certain*
authorized Amateurs and MARS (ham) stations can. And their communications
fit right into the military style of voice protocol and both recognize the
information being passed. There are such stations scattered thru out the
USA. They are there to serve in time of need. I will say no more for
obvious security reasons (frequencies, etc). When a message needs to get
into or out of New York right NOW, would CB radio do the job? Absolutely
not. Your 'leenyar" and "extree" channels would not help, indeed, your
efforts would make things WORSE-not better. Hams whose tendencies lean
towards volunteer service already train to do this job and, as such, they
are supported by the authorities and the Federal gov't with funds
designated by the Dep't of Homeland Security to go to ARRL for that purpose.
(And, yes, I CAN find the link.)

This whole troll thread is just another way to fuel the "war" of CB vs Ham.
This is not good. There is a right way to do something and a wrong way. Ham
radio already serves Nations and has for nearly 100 years. CB is a
johnny-come-lately--even a wannabe--something that, yes, COULD be an asset.
But is simply not serious, nor is it now taken seriously to any extent. It
is a TOY that is technologically out of date and even could be said to be
irrelevant and obsolete. But as I have said in this long discourse, it COULD
be a great thing IF.................
The "IF" is up to the users.

Flame on................................................ ...................

J