Give up CB for Ham?
 

Ray Norshine wrote:
[google-trolled] in
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Alot of people are telling me that CB is just for inbred hicks and that
I should replace the CB in my truck with a ham radio. What do you
think?


Back by popular demand..?
nope

Give up CB for Ham?
 

Steveo wrote:
"Noon-Air" wrote:

Best thing, ignore the ****tards.
I tryo to ignore but you insit on making hard to do

Give up CB for Ham?
 

One day I'm on the interstate... snowing real bad. Call out on the usual
simplex channels on VHF/UHF to get a traffic/conditions report... no answer.
So I grab the "emergency" CB radio I keep under the seat. Call out on Ch
19... got _many_ responses - mostly truckers all with solid info. Very
useful - and enjoyed listening to them all help each other.

That day, ham radio lost and CB won.


wrote in message
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Alot of people are telling me that CB is just for inbred hicks and that
I should replace the CB in my truck with a ham radio. What do you
think?

Give up CB for Ham?
 

"Les Wilson" wrote in message
...
One day I'm on the interstate... snowing real bad. Call out on the usual
simplex channels on VHF/UHF to get a traffic/conditions report... no
answer. So I grab the "emergency" CB radio I keep under the seat. Call
out on Ch 19... got _many_ responses - mostly truckers all with solid
info. Very useful - and enjoyed listening to them all help each other.

That day, ham radio lost and CB won.


wrote in message
ups.com...
Alot of people are telling me that CB is just for inbred hicks and that
I should replace the CB in my truck with a ham radio. What do you
think?




If you're traveling a long distance and don't want to hear the usual CB
chatter - 2 meters and so on is great. For Road reports - I agree - CB IS
the answer - hands down. I'd never give mine up........ I installed one in
my truck just for that reason. BOTH services have their advantages and
disadvantages. I don't think anyone is saying Ham is the "gift from god"
when it comes to radio. Even FRS has its place. It all depends on the need
and so on.

Give up CB for Ham?
 

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:50:15 GMT, "Les Wilson"
wrote:

One day I'm on the interstate... snowing real bad. Call out on the usual
simplex channels on VHF/UHF to get a traffic/conditions report... no answer.
So I grab the "emergency" CB radio I keep under the seat. Call out on Ch
19... got _many_ responses - mostly truckers all with solid info. Very
useful - and enjoyed listening to them all help each other.

That day, ham radio lost and CB won.

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Of course CB is better for road reports. What's your point?

Mr Bill

Give up CB for Ham?
 

wrote:
ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:50:15 GMT, "Les Wilson"
wrote:

One day I'm on the interstate... snowing real bad. Call out on the
usual simplex channels on VHF/UHF to get a traffic/conditions report...
no answer. So I grab the "emergency" CB radio I keep under the seat.
Call out on Ch 19... got _many_ responses - mostly truckers all with
solid info. Very useful - and enjoyed listening to them all help each
other.

That day, ham radio lost and CB won.

------------ REPLY SEPARATOR ------------

Of course CB is better for road reports. What's your point?

Mr Bill

Right, and how do you send CW while driving your pick-up truck with the
twin talkers -and- the on the air lights mounted on the roll bar? It's bad
enuff running around with the 102" whip banging off everything low, let
alone trying to tap out some directions to your ham buddy on the highway
via CW. :)

CW rules in disasters tho..

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ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On 11 Jul 2006 20:35:54 GMT, Steveo wrote:


Right, and how do you send CW while driving your pick-up truck with the
twin talkers -and- the on the air lights mounted on the roll bar? It's bad
enuff running around with the 102" whip banging off everything low, let
alone trying to tap out some directions to your ham buddy on the highway
via CW. :)

CW rules in disasters tho..

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As best I recall CW is illegal on CB. Naturally, if the average CBer
knew that, there would be a rush to learn it. :-)

Mr Bill

Give up CB for Ham?
 

Bill Turner wrote:
ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On 11 Jul 2006 20:35:54 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Right, and how do you send CW while driving your pick-up truck with the
twin talkers -and- the on the air lights mounted on the roll bar? It's
bad enuff running around with the 102" whip banging off everything low,
let alone trying to tap out some directions to your ham buddy on the
highway via CW. :)

CW rules in disasters tho..

------------ REPLY SEPARATOR ------------

As best I recall CW is illegal on CB. Naturally, if the average CBer
knew that, there would be a rush to learn it. :-)

Mr Bill

Rash or rust?

Reckon where Riley will rate a CW on CB bust? :)

(i think it's legal at small wattage) no?

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Bob Dobbs EC42 wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:31:21 -0700, Bill Turner wrote:


As best I recall CW is illegal on CB.

Is anything 'really' illegal on CB anymore?

Naturally, if the average CBer knew that,
there would be a rush to learn it. :-)

I hear CW on CB occasionally and it's usually answered by some brutish
amplifier running channel cop claiming to state the 'law'.

I've heard some fairly loud cw on 11 meters, that stuff sure punches
through the noise. There's plenty room for both cw and phone so the more
the merrier to me.

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"Steveo" wrote in message
...
Bob Dobbs EC42 wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:31:21 -0700, Bill Turner wrote:


As best I recall CW is illegal on CB.

Is anything 'really' illegal on CB anymore?

Naturally, if the average CBer knew that,
there would be a rush to learn it. :-)

I hear CW on CB occasionally and it's usually answered by some brutish
amplifier running channel cop claiming to state the 'law'.

I've heard some fairly loud cw on 11 meters, that stuff sure punches
through the noise. There's plenty room for both cw and phone so the more
the merrier to me.


11 meters is the last frontier. The sheriff never comes to these here parts,
so fire up yer amps and transmit any mode ya want.