Hi,
I agree that CB is good in an emergency and certainly was used during the Blizzard of 1978.
I just do not enjoy it any more.
I haven't hung out on 75-meters when some of these guys or gals get vulgar.
I enjoy handling traffic and volunteering as Ncs for events such as Bike to the Bay.
I also enjoy being a part of Navy Marine Mars.
Colleen Roth, N8TNV;
----- Original Message -----
From: T. Joseph Carter <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 03:16:23 AM
Subject: Re: Areal O T
>
>
> The main reasons I don't have a CB are the same reasons I don't have
> any other HF gear: Cost, lack of antenna space, and that I'm saving
> my pennies for other things. Because I am literally saving pennies.
>
> I know I could get an AM mobile for nothing or less (yes, someone
> might pay me to take it away if I don't bring it back!) but I'm still
> 10 stories up and without a reasonable place to stick an antenna that
> would make the effort worthwhile. I just can't come up with a
> reasonable way to arrange any functional counterpoise here, though I
> could probably manage a Firestik or similar.
>
> Also, I think I'd actually want SSB, and you're just not going to get
> that at the next-to-nothing price range.
>
> I got into the hobby for emcomm stuff, and CB is valid emcomm. In
> fact there are a lot more people able to use CB for emcomm than
> FRS/GMRS that CERT members not affiliated with ARES tend to think are
> so useful. And even a cheap CB is going to get you more DX than even
> with the poorest band conditions than most comparable GMRS rig and
> every single FRS/GRMS combo radio on the market.
>
> The only advantage GMRS has at all is that you can use full-length
> antennas on an HT.
>
> Joseph — KF7QZC
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 02:00:22AM com0600, colin McDonald wrote:
> >not sure what's so bad about CB...X'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
> >
> >
> >ar Hi Lou and all,
> >ar I got into CB but really didn't fit in very well because I insisted on
> >ar following the rules.
> >ar Yes, there were rules. I even used my call, KBIJ5291.
> >ar I was very happy when I became an Amateur Radio Operator.
> >ar I once tried to get on CB to talk to someone I knew but couldn't stand it.
> >ar Some CBERS were also very happy to become Amateur Radio Operators.
> >ar Thank goodness they usually drop any bad habits after a while.
> >ar Colleen, N8TNV;
> >ar
> >ar
> >ar
> >ar ----- Original Message -----
> >ar From: Lou Kolb <[log in to unmask]>
> >ar To: [log in to unmask]
> >ar Date: Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 06:59:52 PM
> >ar Subject: Re: Areal O T
> >ar
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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
> >ar
> >ar
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