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gone are the days of the good old long range 27 megahertz and even longer range SSB [single side band] ... enter the shit short range UHF [fakin gubmit] but a Hammie is a hammie fo life, normally ... and the low bands are still open fo the enthusiast to talk shit werld wide
ya I has aweways had a CB, since ever, even having 4 or 5 of them at one time ..... thay good fo tellin a Grey GanomeMad to git tha fuk out the road an pissoff back to they home state .... or axe another truk driva wot the crap is the hold up on a mountain pass ... talkin shit in convoy wif ya mates onda trail inda scrub onda weekends
key up, axe fo a radio check, an I'll tell you to fak off I want a bank check
I was kind of surprised at how little traffic I heard while on a trip and being surrounded by a lot of 18 wheelers.
I will be curious to hear if you get any real use out of your new one.
What replaced them forreal? Just cellular phones or are truckers using more modern FM type "Business Band" type radios?
What replaced them forreal? Just cellular phones or are truckers using more modern FM type "Business Band" type radios?
I remember back in the seventies when they first really came out. Ever Tom, Dick, Harry and his mother had one including me.......lol. I had one in the house and use a ground plane antenna. I remember talking to this woman who`s handle was Butterfly............mine was Freebird. Late at night drinking beer I talked to her and tried to get into her pants.........lol. I think I went to her house but really don`t remember vividly. All of this was new to everybody and it was an exciting way to meet people.............kind of like when the internet first came out. You could go to Yahoo personals and get laid before you knew it until it all wore off............lol.
On sideband I talked to a guy in Alaska who was driving north to Prudhoe Bay, and a few good ol' boys in Texas, and even a few Spanish contacts from Coahuila Mexico.
That was fun.
Lost interest in it during the 90s, and fired up the 148 a couple years ago -- it still works. No locals on, of course. The AM side of the band is completely dead unless skip is kicking in from the SE somewhere. I don't have my quad antenna anymore, it blew down in a storm. I put the 148 back in the closet.
Lately I just monitor the CB band (along with ham bands and shortwave bands) using a Realistic SW digital portable with an indoor wire antenna. Not much activity, except during infrequent peaks. In 2012 I heard a lot of Spanish from Central and South America on the Outband channels, even heard a Brazilian talking to a Dominican Republic CBer in Spanish.
But I didn't feel the urge to build another quad loop and get the CB back on the air. Besides, the conditions went south really quick. I'm more of a MW DXer anyway, although I'm getting bored with it, hearing the same 300 stations every night.