When I lived in Reno, NV there was a person who was not very friendly
on the radio. He was always getting drunk and once he was full of
liquid courage, would swear, throw dead carriers, drive the drivers
and us locals crazy. So a cb/ham operator made a device that was real
small,,,it was placed in close proximity to his house, within 1/4
mile. When he would key up on ch-19, it would start a audio carrier
that was intermittant,,it was like a pulse for 5-7 minutes, he would
key up again and once again get this pulsating tone, is the best way
to describe it. Needless to say he cleaned up his act, and started to
come around. So now I am in willamette valley (oregon)and have the
same problem. the person who made that "toy" has passed on,so now I am
looking to get something of the same concept made. Any ideas? JPT.

On 3 Mar 2004 19:58:29 -0800, (Guy) wrote:

When I lived in Reno, NV there was a person who was not very friendly
on the radio. He was always getting drunk and once he was full of
liquid courage, would swear, throw dead carriers, drive the drivers
and us locals crazy. So a cb/ham operator made a device that was real
small,,,it was placed in close proximity to his house, within 1/4
mile. When he would key up on ch-19, it would start a audio carrier
that was intermittant,,it was like a pulse for 5-7 minutes, he would
key up again and once again get this pulsating tone, is the best way
to describe it. Needless to say he cleaned up his act, and started to
come around. So now I am in willamette valley (oregon)and have the
same problem. the person who made that "toy" has passed on,so now I am
looking to get something of the same concept made. Any ideas? JPT.


In my area, we called these little devices "Bush Boogies". A cheap
and dirty method to make one, is to purchase a cheap Radio Shack kid's
walkie talkie, which is still on the CB band (Not 49 Mhz or FRS), put
a transmit crystal in it for the desired channel, wrap the PTT button
with duct tape, and toss it in a nearby bush close to the idiot's
antenna.

A small 100 mW transmitter like this usually has enough radiated power
to plug the ears of the idiot's station. If they can't hear, they
can't fight. A 9V battery usually will last a week or so, after that,
you will have to retrieve it and change the battery. Or else run it
with a higher capacity battery source.

This was a very effective idiot control tool for us back in the 70's.

http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj/bushboogie.htm

A story about the usage of a few of these devices.


Dave
"Sandbagger"
http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj