From: VJB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
11 meter Class D Citizens Band as it once was known
has faded out in popularity, so it no longer provokes
me to hear any attention paid to it rather than ham
radio. But I tell ya, I recall torturing people
sitting in shopping center parking lots, walking up to
them after seeing their good buddy antenna, and saying
in a faux excited voice "Hey is that one of those HAM
radios???"
Of course they'd say no, it's a CB, and I would put on
a crestfallen face, turn on heel, and walk away.
That reminds me of a few years ago when someone rang the doorbell, and it
turned out to be a CB'er inquiring about my 127' tall 160m base-insulated
vertical tower. He told me he had been noticing that tower for a couple of
years, and that there was no antenna on it. He was wondernig if I would
give the tower to him if he agreed to take it down.
I hesitated for a moment, and pretended to be thinking about it, then
replied, "No, I don't think I'll get rid of it just yet. Might decide to
put an antenna up there someday."
Don k4kyv
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