Hi Alan!

Did the beer taste good? Hi hi.

73,
Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Alan R. Downing
Sent: Sunday, 17 May 2015 7:24 a.m.
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: New 71 95 information you need to know

One of the craziest uses of a Motorola HT-1550 that I am aware of, was
putting out the yellow flag during a NASCAR race while sitting in a motor
home in the infield drinking beer.  Don't ask me how I know this to be true.

Alan - N7MIT (Owner of several HT-1550's and a pair of CDM-1550 mobiles

Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Colin McDonald
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 10:10 AM
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Subject: Re: New 71 95 information you need to know

lol.
The good old days.
500W am peak with a 250W carrier with an antron 99 at 50 feet used to 
command the channel pretty quick.
You could also harass the same anoying truckers for 30 miles in every 
direction lol.
A pair of 5 tone roger beep boards and a digital delay unit connected up 
with a condenser mike pushing 150 per cent modulation.
Ah the CB days were allot of fun most of the time.  Then cell phones and the

internet killed all that original social networking.
Illegal, well yeah of course, but so was smoking pot, drinking under age and

speeding in your car...
There was a point right around 1998 to 1999 where the local CB band went 
from fairly busy on a nightly bases, to almost nothing...it coinsided with 
local tel co's bringing in high speed internet and the price of computers 
dropping.
Then when texting started to take off, it totally died.
No more group communications except on pal talk or somewhere on the net.

73
Colin, V A6BKX

Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 8:02 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: New 71 95 information you need to know

The truckders here use to act like channel 19 was theirs and theirs alone.
Some really used some pretty fowl language, which personally doesn't
bother me, but we all use to monitor 19 and wasn't something you wanted on
with a car load of kids listening.  Even when we'd ask them politely to
tame it down, they'd act even worse.  One night, long long ago, there were
a bunch on 19 and I wanted to call my brother.  I asked if they'd let me
call and told them we'd move off of 19.  Was told, this is our channel go
screw yourself.  Well, in those days I had an ft101 e and I had of course
cut the brown wire to open it up.  I also had an fl2100 matching

amplifier.  I
made my call and you better believe when I got done the channel was quiet.
I love it when a plan comes together.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.