"Dave" wrote in message
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Cecil Moore wrote:

Dave wrote:

If the propagation is open, 15 watts will work the world.


Although short wave skip is illegal for CBers.

You are CORRECT!!

But, Mr. Hollingsworth ignores that too. Along with everything else on 11
meters.

Not quite. Haven't you seen the warnings to both CBers AND hams about
"freebanding". And what CBers do are not Riley's purvey outSIDE the ham
bands. That comes from the Dallas Field Engineering Office and is headed up
by Mr Brock.

And in RH's defense, if you want to do something positive, the next time you
are out cruising in your HF mobile, dial up 28.085 AM and just listen along
the interstate. When you hear a trucker yapping on his "export reddio thar,
drivah", just copy down his company name on the door, DOT number (to verify
the company), tractor number (usually on the door or side of the hood),
date/time and frequency and location and send it to . He
will then issue a warning letter requesting the company to contact him to
"discuss' the matter! The companies don't like to get letters like this, and
will act to stop their drivers' illegal radio activity. It *was* quiet
along Interstate 85 for a short while, but now the drivers are back yapping
as usual. They are all over the country doing this and it is up to licensed
hams to do, at least, SOMETHING to stop it!
So how do you observe them doing this? One way is that they see hams'
screwdriver antennas or multiple antennas and they remark on "their secret,
spay-shul truckers' channel (thar)" like......"He shore has a lot of
'antanners on that car", or "Git a load of that big 'antanner'; betcha he
kin tawk to China". (Little does he know it CAN!). A small tape recorder
works well! It looks like a mike, so the trucker likely won't even know
what you are doing!

So let's get out there and record these stupes and get them lettered! It
*may* not stop it all, but anything is better than nothing at all (like
whining and complaining about what someone ELSE isn't doing )! And, yes,
I am told that there SEVERAL companies we *should* be hearing about soon! At
least I HOPE so! If it is allowed to continue, can we expect to find them on
15 Meters with Super-Duper Cobra "ham" reddios wid 2,000 "channels" (thar?)

73

J