So does CB really still exist around the country?

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Anthony Jones

On Feb 25, 7:14 pm, Anthony Jones
wrote:
So does CB really still exist around the country?

--
Anthony Jones


Well, I am a little new to CB, but I live in Johnstown, PA, and I
noticed that when my scanner scans the CB range, it never picks
anything up. Although when I was in Ebensburg, PA, a more rural area,
I was picking up a lot of truckers. I don't really hear much private
use of CBs anymore. I haven't tried New York, NY or Atlantic City, NJ
but as far as I can tell, it's dying a tad. I think it's due to Family
Radio Service, Cell Phones, Walkie-Talkies, Handie-Talkies, General
Mobile Radio Service, and more.

"RedPenguin" wrote in message
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On Feb 25, 7:14 pm, Anthony Jones
wrote:
So does CB really still exist around the country?

--
Anthony Jones


Well, I am a little new to CB, but I live in Johnstown, PA, and I
noticed that when my scanner scans the CB range, it never picks
anything up. Although when I was in Ebensburg, PA, a more rural area,
I was picking up a lot of truckers. I don't really hear much private
use of CBs anymore. I haven't tried New York, NY or Atlantic City, NJ
but as far as I can tell, it's dying a tad. I think it's due to Family
Radio Service, Cell Phones, Walkie-Talkies, Handie-Talkies, General
Mobile Radio Service, and more.

I'm new, too. I just got mine set up. So far, I detect only one side of a
business communication and some losers making goofball comments and the
occasional put down of prominent political figures. It's odd that I don't
pick up more because around the corner is a speed trap for the tourists in
the area and I'm surprised that people don't communicate warnings back and
forth.
Mindraker, Western North Carolina

"Mindraker" wrote in message
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I'm new, too. I just got mine set up. So far, I detect only one side of
a business communication and some losers making goofball comments and the
occasional put down of prominent political figures. It's odd that I don't
pick up more because around the corner is a speed trap for the tourists in
the area and I'm surprised that people don't communicate warnings back and
forth.
Mindraker, Western North Carolina

Oh... THERE we go... the truckers were all upset on channel 19 about some
backed up traffic. Heh I went to take a look, being a local. Yeah, that
would have peed off the truckers allright, the interstate was diverted to a
local road.

"Mindraker" wrote:
"Mindraker" wrote in message
...

I'm new, too. I just got mine set up. So far, I detect only one side
of a business communication and some losers making goofball comments
and the occasional put down of prominent political figures. It's odd
that I don't pick up more because around the corner is a speed trap for
the tourists in the area and I'm surprised that people don't
communicate warnings back and forth.
Mindraker, Western North Carolina

Oh... THERE we go... the truckers were all upset on channel 19 about some
backed up traffic. Heh I went to take a look, being a local. Yeah, that
would have peed off the truckers allright, the interstate was diverted to
a local road.

CB's are the best for them road reports.

On Feb 26, 12:20 am, "RedPenguin" wrote:
On Feb 25, 7:14 pm, Anthony Jones
wrote:

So does CB really still exist around the country?

--
Anthony Jones


Well, I am a little new to CB, but I live in Johnstown, PA, and I
noticed that when my scanner scans the CB range, it never picks
anything up. Although when I was in Ebensburg, PA, a more rural area,
I was picking up a lot of truckers. I don't really hear much private
use of CBs anymore. I haven't tried New York, NY or Atlantic City, NJ
but as far as I can tell, it's dying a tad. I think it's due to Family
Radio Service, Cell Phones, Walkie-Talkies, Handie-Talkies, General
Mobile Radio Service, and more.

I was into cb decades ago. But the hams around here messed that up for
me also with their criminal activitities, which I won't get into here.

It will suffice just to say that I'm glad the morse code requirement
was dropped and now maybe we'll get a bunch of decent people around
here as hams, who will outnumber the ham bozos who have been clogging
up and polluting the ham airwaves around here for so long.

They even went so far as to say (on the air) that they wanted to
pollute the whole planet since it gives them better dx!!!

While it's true that gives them better dx, I wouldn't want to pollute
the planet, and I don't want the planet polluted.

It just goes to show what kind of people they are and what idiots and
bozos they arel. At least around here.

Anyways, after a hiatus of several decades, I just hooked up a cb
again, and will soon be returning to the airwaves.

On Feb 27, 5:08 am, "------------"
wrote:
On Feb 26, 12:20 am, "RedPenguin" wrote:



On Feb 25, 7:14 pm, Anthony Jones
wrote:

So does CB really still exist around the country?

--
Anthony Jones


Well, I am a little new to CB, but I live in Johnstown, PA, and I
noticed that when my scanner scans the CB range, it never picks
anything up. Although when I was in Ebensburg, PA, a more rural area,
I was picking up a lot of truckers. I don't really hear much private
use of CBs anymore. I haven't tried New York, NY or Atlantic City, NJ
but as far as I can tell, it's dying a tad. I think it's due to Family
Radio Service, Cell Phones, Walkie-Talkies, Handie-Talkies, General
Mobile Radio Service, and more.

I was into cb decades ago. But the hams around here messed that up for
me also with their criminal activitities, which I won't get into here.

It will suffice just to say that I'm glad the morse code requirement
was dropped and now maybe we'll get a bunch of decent people around
here as hams, who will outnumber the ham bozos who have been clogging
up and polluting the ham airwaves around here for so long.

They even went so far as to say (on the air) that they wanted to
pollute the whole planet since it gives them better dx!!!

While it's true that gives them better dx, I wouldn't want to pollute
the planet, and I don't want the planet polluted.

It just goes to show what kind of people they are and what idiots and
bozos they arel. At least around here.

Anyways, after a hiatus of several decades, I just hooked up a cb
again, and will soon be returning to the airwaves.

Are handles really used on CB radio anymore?

Are handles really used on CB radio anymore?- Hide quoted text -

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All I can say is what I hear around here. I've been listening to
channel 19, the trucker's channel, and was surprised that I don't hear
anyone using handles anymore like they did back in the 70's and 80's.

I don't hear names either. Just talking and conversation.

Not that it matters. It was all civilized.

Not the cesspool hams claim it is.

RedPenguin wrote:

Are handles really used on CB radio anymore?

Seems like it's common on AM though callsign or first name seems to be more
common on SSB 'round these parts.


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Anthony Jones wrote:
So does CB really still exist around the country?


Yes.