not sure what's so bad about CB...it's no worse than afternoon soap operas,
or prime time TV for that matter...probably a little cleaner in fact.
There are groups of licensed guys on 75M who are as bad or worse than any of
the cb'ers I ever heard.
And 11M CB channels are a great way to check if there is DX on the higher
bands.
I helped a guy get his ham license last year by running across him on
channel 38 lower side, and talking to him for a few hours about ham radio
and the local ham community. After he was able to talk to a real live ham
operator, who actually wasn't so stuck up that he couldn't talk on a CB
frequency, he was convinced we weren't all so bad and went and wrote his
test.
73
Colin, V A6BS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colleen Roth" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: Areal O T
> Hi Lou and all,
> I got into CB but really didn't fit in very well because I insisted on
> following the rules.
> Yes, there were rules. I even used my call, KBIJ5291.
> I was very happy when I became an Amateur Radio Operator.
> I once tried to get on CB to talk to someone I knew but couldn't stand it.
> Some CBERS were also very happy to become Amateur Radio Operators.
> Thank goodness they usually drop any bad habits after a while.
> Colleen, N8TNV;
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lou Kolb <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 06:59:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Areal O T
>
>>
>>
>> I've never been a fan of CB but I have to say it has lead a lot of people
>> into ham radio over the years and that has to count for something. lou
>> WA3MIX
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 3:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: Areal O T
>>
>>
>> > lol, I'm definitely wet behind the ears then...i've been licensed for
>> > about
>> > 5 or 6 years.
>> > But I've been active in radio communications for about 18 years...I
>> > know,
>> > I
>> > know, CB isn't supposed to count, but even on CB, back in the good old
>> > days,
>> > there were sub groups of guys who were practically amateur radio
>> > operators
>> > and tried to conduct themselves properly...and who also always had
>> > technical
>> > conversations and so on.
>> > 73
>> > Colin, V A6BS
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Carolyn Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 4:39 AM
>> > Subject: Re: Areal O T
>> >
>> >
>> >ar Hi,
>> >ar
>> >ar Well, if they consider you an old timer, then I should qualify.
>> >ar
>> >ar I got my novice in 1983. My ticket came in the mail on April first
>> >what a
>> >ar hoot. I actually passed the tests in January, and the code in
>> >February,
>> >ar just
>> >ar took that long to receive the liscense in the mail. That same
>> >December I
>> >ar received my teck, and in September of 1988 I took my written for the
>> >ar extra,
>> >ar and in the end of October I took the code, so that is how my story
>> >goes.
>> >ar
>> >ar 73,
>> >ar
>> >ar Carolyn Kj4vt
>> >ar
>> >ar
>> >ar --------------------------------------------------
>> >ar From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >ar Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:40 PM
>> >ar To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >ar Subject: Re: Areal O T
>> >ar
>> >>> Well, as long as we are getting into our own personal historys, I
>> >>> probably
>> >>> wouldn't qualify as a certified old timer by some of you on this
>> >>> list,
>> >>> but
>> >>> I
>> >>> got my novice ticket in the Spring of 1984, and my first call was
>> >>> KA5TNE.
>> >>>
>> >>> A few months later I received my Tech before there was a no code
>> >>> version
>> >>> and
>> >>> changed my call to my current one N5HAU.
>> >>>
>> >>> I then upgraded to General when they changed the code requirements I
>> >>> think
>> >>> in 2000 and have been one ever since. I have only had HT's, but
>> >>> Among
>> >>> them
>> >>> were the Icom 02-AT, the Icom 24-AT, the Premier 0600 I believe, and
>> >>> my
>> >>> current Kenwood THF6-A which I purchased from a member of this list.
>> >>>
>> >>> I do remember the Conditional class license, but I never had it. It
>> >>> had
>> >>> some serious drawbacks: one was that you received no credit for past
>> >>> elements when you upgraded and had to take the entire test again.
>> >>> And
>> >>> two,
>> >>> you could be called on at any time to retake the test if the FCC felt
>> >>> it
>> >>> necessary to do so. 73.
>> >>> Harvey
>> >ar
>
>
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