Way off topic..... One comment then everyone please drop this thread?!?! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In the '70's, you could ask for A "Radio Check" any time, on any channel, and someone would come back with their location, (10-20), signal strength, etc., . But that doesn't happen these days! I got back into radio for the first time in years....... After listening through the cussing, etc., I asked for A simple radio check......Hey, first time I had this rig on the air at all.......Can anyone tell me if I am getting out? I just about had to Cuss someone out to even respond, and all I got was, Yeah....I can hear you.....Nothing about their "20", no idea if they were base or mobile, Nothing! A few weeks ago, I hooked that $35 CB radio into my 10 meter Inverted Vee antenna. That antenna was not even right for 10 meters, much less 11 meters (CB). I just was curious to see if it would even RX. It did. The first thing I heard on CB 19 was "Road Rage?". 2 guys cussing at each other on the air saying stuff like...."Well, follow me into this parking lot and we will have A fun time finding out who is right about that, etc, etc......" You had to have been there.......I knew that cheap CB radio would not like it if I keyed the mic. I had NEVER checked SWR on that antenna.......Like I really cared.......The CB was about $35 NEW......and I can not stand what I hear on the CB bands anyway, so I am worried about the cost???? Again, you had to have been there. I keyed the CB Mic and broadcasted on CB (Legal so far as I know?)...I said this is (HAM Call Sign, Phonetically), Federally Licensed Radio Operator....That is why I went to the HAM bands......You will NEVER hear HAMS picking A fight on those bands........(HAM Call Sign....CLEAR!........) CB Channel 19 was DEAD Quiet for over 5 minutes!!!!!!!!!! That was one you just had to be there to get it the way I mean it! Have you EVER heard CB 19 quiet for 5+ Minutes????? Bruce in Texas KE5TPN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, 23 Feb 2009, Don Kupferschmidt wrote: > Also reminds me of when I was *DUMB & STUPID* in my earlier years of > CB (before I got my ham license), and I asked on air for a radio > check! We still hear those today: "Am I making it in?" -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst
