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Pbgrk5
Junior Member
Username: Pbgrk5
Post Number: 16
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 7:50 pm: | 
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I've been off the cb radio for over 8 years, i just setup my base and its dead out there. I started to think that there was somthing wrong with my equipment. I have heard very few conversations going on, but hardly last longer then 10 minutes. Every channel is dead here in Boston. When i was on several years ago, at least half the cb band had people talking all the time. My local channel 34 had people on all the time, now its DEAD. I've been hearing alot of spanish skip. But thats about it...How is it in other parts of the country? I'm disappointed. I bought a an IMAX 2000, a new tripod and mast. I have a new Grant LT on the way. I think i wasted my money for nothing... |
Dx431
Senior Member
Username: Dx431
Post Number: 1007
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 8:17 pm: |
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We are at the bottum of the sun spot cycle. It's spiratic at best. Won't see it start back up till 2011. |
Coyote
Intermediate Member
Username: Coyote
Post Number: 204
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 8:19 pm: |
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Pbqrk5, things here in Tennessee are hoping on cb. You need to find out when the locals there are on and when. Around here we have roll call every Friday nite at 8pm on 26.965 when all the locals check in and then go off to different channels to rag chew a while. We have about 30 stations that check in. You will have to monitor your radio frequently and scan all the channels for a while at different times of the day to see if anyone is on. I did talk to a guy in Boston through email who did however confirm that CB is pretty dead in the Boston area. Sorry to break that news to you, but keep trying, if nothing else, use your new setup to DX. |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 2466
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 8:23 pm: |
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right now conditions are poor it will come back |
Kid_vicious
Intermediate Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 375
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 8:47 pm: |
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its just like listening to your shortwave radio.
if you tune through the bands too quick you'll miss the weak signals. try monitoring ch.19 for about a week. most people these days seem to tune their radios there to see who's out there.
if you live in Boston, you have a good chance of hearing some european skip. try listening on SSB above ch.40. there's a lot of professional sandbaggers out there today, but we're still out here.
matt |
Mdiver
Intermediate Member
Username: Mdiver
Post Number: 251
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 8:51 pm: |
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Pbgrk5
Cb use here in Northern California in the last 10 years has been coming back and it is still growing I see more mobiles out there, most of the old-timers back in the 60's and 70' have passed away.
Steve-252 |
Road_warrior
Intermediate Member
Username: Road_warrior
Post Number: 468
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 10:06 pm: |
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CB seems to be growing in my neck of
the woods here in PA.
JIM/ PA/ CEF 375 |
Redwolf_145
Junior Member
Username: Redwolf_145
Post Number: 22
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 10:30 pm: |
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CB Is Coming Back in my part to just not to fast |
Dan_in_wa
New member
Username: Dan_in_wa
Post Number: 9
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 1:18 am: |
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Mdiver,
Most of the old-timers of 70s are dead? I disagree, but some of us have acquired different hobbies in addition to CB. Fortunately, most of the "lingo" and "fashions" of the 70s has passed on which was richly deserved (though it is coming back. I live in WA now but grew up in Arcata/Eureka CA in the 70s and still enjoy radio. I have an amateur extra and a commercial license, both of which have been rendered meaningless by "dumbing down" legislation. Radio is one of the few hobbies where age does not have a bearing on participation. One difference now is you have to have patience for obvious questions, which would have been answered by a little monitoring prior to transmitting. Just a common sense thing that used to be common.
73,
Dan
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Kid_vicious
Intermediate Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 378
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 2:56 am: |
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we all have to do our part. i bought my dad a mobile for xmas and he's since bought an amp, and an m6b power mic. (from copper of course!)
try giving someone you know one of your old mobiles and a mag mount. you just may make a convert out of them!
just think! you'll have someone to sell all your old junk to!
j/k
matt |
Unit199
Member
Username: Unit199
Post Number: 95
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 3:44 am: |
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You know that it is also the computer age. Now computers have dropped so much in price, that you can buy one for what you can buy a nice radio set-up. I know several people that used to be on the radio that are on computers now. In my home town you would be hard pressed to find a dozen people on the radio. You just have to be patient and when DX is in there go for it.
Semper Fi!!!
Unit199
Harve
CEF210
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Never kick a cow patty on a hot day!!!
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Hotwire
Intermediate Member
Username: Hotwire
Post Number: 278
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 8:31 am: |
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CB is growing again but very slow. In Indy and surrounding areas we have our sidebanders that most are in a club and cbers. These guys get together every morning. Also the channel 6 group of guys in the inner city have been doing their thing for years. Sometimes I hear the newer guys on 21 fightin and bickering.It reminds me of the stuff that went on when I was a kid. Coaxes gettin cut and antennas being pulled down. Those guys love that stuff! As the skip cycle goes away I think more people will be getting into CB for local chat. |
Pbgrk5
Junior Member
Username: Pbgrk5
Post Number: 18
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 10:24 am: |
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I did stop to think that within the 8 years i was last on, computers have advanced so much. Back then i remeber being on a 33.6k modem and win95,lol. I even work in the computer field now. I just wasn't really expecting cb to die out so much...There is a local channel around here but the people that talk on that channel are power crazy and only care about who keys on who and who has more power. Plus they stick to their own group. I got a radio check, but that was it, which is fine cause it's always been like that on that channel, even when i used to be on back then. I don't plan on spending hours a day talking on cb, if i'm lucky maybe an hour a day. But it'd be nice to turn on the radio and actually hear people out there...I have talked DX all over north america and some south America also. Maybe this time i'll talk some European DX... |
Duck246
Junior Member
Username: Duck246
Post Number: 14
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:10 pm: |
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I doubt you wasted your money.. But the biggest mistake someone could make is walking away from radio for awhile. Thats where people mess up, and then when they get bored with whatever took them away from radio they want to get back into it but nobody's there. |
Bburck
Junior Member
Username: Bburck
Post Number: 18
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 1:15 pm: |
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Just wait till the new Dukes Of Hazzard movie comes out. I have a gut feeling that there will be a huge resurgance of CB use among younger people because of this movie. From the hundreds of High School kids that will put a mobile in their truck, jeep, or car, I am sure that at least a few will stick with it. When I got into CB when in High School, there was a huge boom and at one time I swear there were 500 regulars coming in and out for about a year here in Augusta, GA. Of course it slowed and faded, but some of those teens that I knew back then are still in there now and are considered the "regulars"
Keep pluggin!!
73s
WoodStock
22 AM |
Brewdirect
Member
Username: Brewdirect
Post Number: 78
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 2:43 pm: |
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CB nowadays kicks butt! I remember just before cell phones when everybody was on the radio. It was almost impossible to find a channel where you have a conversation without someone keying up. Lot less people means more room and less noise.
We get a few locals but these days I'm all about shooting skip, lot more fun and especially on SSB people are more interested in the hobby and excited about making contacts.
Just wait it out and you'll meets some people locally! |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 2471
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 2:44 pm: |
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bburck I hope your right! |
Racer_x
Intermediate Member
Username: Racer_x
Post Number: 301
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 3:39 pm: |
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High levels of sunspot activity chase off the casual user who likes to chat locally. Now that propogation is low there should be an increase in local chat until there is a lot of skip again. |
Allagator
Advanced Member
Username: Allagator
Post Number: 570
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 7:53 pm: |
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as of now i still have 20+DB of skip ! and its this way most of the time after about 4:00 my time !
but its real bad whan you go to talk to your locals that is 6 to 7 miles away and you have to run more than 300 watts to get too everyone that is local !!!
but at night when its nice and calm it just takes 3 watts to talk 20+ miles if you have a good antenna !
now that is strange !!!!
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Chipotle
Junior Member
Username: Chipotle
Post Number: 17
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 8:16 pm: |
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Overall, I think it is still less popular than the 70s. It's pretty big in Las Vegas, on channel 19, but the other channels are dead. Ham is even quieter here. with cell phones, ham and cb are now strictly hobbies, instead of being the only way to reach out when you are in your car like 20 years ago. It seems to be holding steady as a hobby though. |
Redwolf_145
Junior Member
Username: Redwolf_145
Post Number: 24
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 8:28 pm: |
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Never thought about the dukes of hazzard starting things back up again... could be really fun |
Great_lakes
Junior Member
Username: Great_lakes
Post Number: 12
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 8:34 pm: |
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On the atlantic coast of Maine, there are a suprising number of small fishing villages that have adopted CB channels 1 thru 4 (upper-side-band) to communicate between boats out on the ocean and to their home ports on the Maine coast when they are in radio range . You can hear them between 3:00 AM and
sunrise.
Why they don't use vhf , I don't know. But it's cool ! |
Saddletramp025
Member
Username: Saddletramp025
Post Number: 80
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 9:42 pm: |
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That and the movie Convoy was on Showtime last nite and comes back on April 23rd. I just had to watch it. |
Crackerjack
Intermediate Member
Username: Crackerjack
Post Number: 269
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 9:45 pm: |
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We use them to communicate with our missionaries near the border -they don't have telephones where they are.
They keep in contact and we know what supplies and stuff they need, so we can take them down on weekly trips.
It is also a good way to make emergency contact.
For the most part, we have less than adequate contact but we are just getting set up. Once we install the tower down there, things should improve.
Also, it is good to have contact when we are mobile in route to their location. |
Gonemuddin1
New member
Username: Gonemuddin1
Post Number: 9
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 10:36 pm: |
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Its on its way back here in NC. Im a college student, and I know alot more kids that are starting to put CB's in their vehicles. Around my home town of Lewisville (near winston-salem) we started using CB's becuase we got tired of paying cell phone bills. Now we can use less cell minutes and still easilly keep in touch. |
Redwolf_145
Junior Member
Username: Redwolf_145
Post Number: 26
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 11:47 pm: |
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Convoy i good movie... |
Kid_vicious
Intermediate Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 380
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 12:09 am: |
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i wonder what will happen with CB's when Iraq becomes part of our market. im guessing that CB's will be big there.
hey chipotle, what handle do you go by in las vegas?
matt |
Georgia235
New member
Username: Georgia235
Post Number: 6
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 5:45 pm: |
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I've been experiencing the same thing here in West-Central Georgia. One way I'd make sure I was on the CB band or a way to see how well a radio is picking up, I'd always flip to channel 6 CB.
It seemed like every person that put out more than 500 watts was on that channel. I could even pick them up on my Handheld CB.
Now, nearly every time I flip to 6 it's dead. Unless skip is rolling, my ears are closed. It's like that with channel 11 down here too. I've made contact once on 11, that's how busy it'd get. Now I hardly ever hear anything.
Now, don't get me wrong, I do get the daily noise that's hard to talk over. Especially up on ch. 40 where I used to give shout-outs just to see if I could make contact. That used to be a great skip-talking channel. Now I usually don't hear much.
As said before, spanish/mexican skip is largely what you hear now. Even on 19 you hear them coming in. That's what I usually here being so far south down here closer to Cuba and Mexico than most.
Like you, sometimes I think I'm having bad coax, or something is wrong with my antenna, but I guess it's just that quiet now. Most of the time I monitor my radio all day and at night up till 11 or later as long as I don't have school, or I'm not doing anythign that day. Because I'm on so much, I can tell more than some people that are only on in the day on their mobile and get you're 19 noise all day.
Alot of what I know about CB and the waves, my uncle taught me. He always said that during season changes, the airwaves would get a lot better, or a lot worse, no way to tell. It's just a matter of chance. Also now that leaves are getting back on trees, those stations (base or mobile) that are surrouned by trees in which the antenna isn't higher than the trees, will have more trouble making the trip, as well as receiving. Leaves block signals more than just twigs and limbs.
So I guess all we can do it wait it out and keep by the radio for skip. |
Funtimebob
Intermediate Member
Username: Funtimebob
Post Number: 150
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 5:59 pm: |
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If CB becomes big in Iraq and I start hearing em calling to "ALLAH" im pitchin my radio right out the window |
Vanillagorilla
New member
Username: Vanillagorilla
Post Number: 4
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 6:32 pm: |
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I've always had one cb or another in my Pick-ups or other 4x4's. Mainly "just because" ya know? Last time I really liked to chew rag was when I was 15-16yrs old. We had a bunch of locals who got on to shoot the poop everyday. Thats when cb was "in".
Now I'm 36 and only recently got re-born into it because so many of my fellow surf fishermen are taking it back up as an alternative to cell phones. NOBODY want's to hear a cell "bleeping" at 3am on the beach while your "Supposed" to be enjoying solitude! Cb's were a natural for the beach scene and am happy to see it comming back here on L.I.
The rebirth hit hard but with 3 kids I'm a little tight on play money! Kids eat like wolves!
Through a friend I met while answering a radio check, I've slowly built myself up to semi-respectable standards. He sold me a few good things to get on back on track and I've puled a few strings myself to get things done on the cheap. Gotta love the internet for "CB tweaks"!
Didn't have that when I was 16! Only a few golden screwdrivers that turned everything in the box until a needle moved on their Rat Shack meter!There is a small crew of us that usually "modulate" after dinner some time until "late O'clock"...loving every minute of it all over again. I know a few who left the scene a few years ago and are poised for a comeback and digging out there old base antennas!
Their wives are not thrilled 
Hank / CEF 559 |
Mrsandman
Member
Username: Mrsandman
Post Number: 69
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 7:25 pm: |
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hey Pbgrk5.. boston boston dead no way man channel 12 am
at night 7:30 pm call for sandman if dont here me someone might call back like badger or jr or matty or jim tell them to call me on the cell phone and ill get on im in bridgewater but im always in waymouth ..sometimes on great hill |
Kd4amg
Intermediate Member
Username: Kd4amg
Post Number: 169
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 8:30 pm: |
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trees and limbs and leaves dont effect cb frequencies as much as UHF ( 400 mhz & up )...case in point: I used an ANTRON 99 on a 20 foot pole with BUNJI cords holding it to the side of a hardwood tree, and talked easily on 3 watts to other station in the direction the signal had to go THROUGH the tree ( tree was as big around as a dinner plate at the 15-20 foot level ).
Around here cb is dead except for about 5 channels ( not including 19 ) and they are not busy 24 / 7 .
26.855 is busy around Athens, Alabama and 28.065 is busy with chip hauling truckers going to and from Courtland, Alabama , otherwise 99% of traffic is on old 23 channels |
Scrapiron63
Advanced Member
Username: Scrapiron63
Post Number: 826
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 8:53 pm: |
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It is something how the HF signals will go thur things. I've pulled in my garage lots of times talking or listening on the CB and the signal wouldn't drop much even when I closed the overhead door.
Another strange one, we've got a concrete underground storm shelter. What few times we've went in it because of a storm I would take a handheld scanner and listen to the weather net on a 146.94 repeater. It would come in loud and clear and that repeater is 60 air miles from me. The signal was going thru dirt and concrete. Of course i'm on this mountain top and the repeater is on a high tower, but that's still something. |
Radiohead
Junior Member
Username: Radiohead
Post Number: 11
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 10:35 pm: |
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Here in the New York, New Jersey metro area cb radio is booming. There is traffic on just about all the channels. Although there are only a few cb shops around. Try to get some friends interested. ;) |
Kid_vicious
Intermediate Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 393
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 11:05 pm: |
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vanillagorilla, do you know patzerozero on this forum?
i think he's located on L.I. too. he's a great guy and from what i gather he likes to transmit from the beach quite a bit.
matt |
Viper_24
New member
Username: Viper_24
Post Number: 1
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, April 15, 2005 - 1:47 am: |
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11-meter cb radio is picking up here in the mountains of VA. some of the older cb'ers have returned. Biggest problem here is a certain coal company thinks they own the 11 meter band and they try to start problems with the locals..they are own about 95% of the 40ch band...mutli-million dollar company that uses pro 510's to communicate..to cheap to buy VHF or UHF business band radios....go figure |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 2482
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 15, 2005 - 4:48 am: |
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28.065 Hummmmm dosn't sound like a cb channel to me? |
Viper_24
New member
Username: Viper_24
Post Number: 2
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, April 15, 2005 - 4:59 pm: |
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meant that to say "they are on (not own) about 95% of the 40 channel band....sorry for the typo |
Pbgrk5
Junior Member
Username: Pbgrk5
Post Number: 20
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 11:29 am: |
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Hey Sandman, I've talked to a few of the guys on ch. 12. I talked to badger too. I used to talk to badger back in 1997. We used to be on ch.34, I'll give you a shout next time im on. |
Vanillagorilla
New member
Username: Vanillagorilla
Post Number: 7
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 2:49 pm: |
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Kid Vicious,
I don't think I know him but anything is possible. Not sure where on the island he's from but if he chews rag on 24 or 19 I may have modulated here and there~?
If I knew his handle or call sign I could probably recall something?
I did chew it up with a few guys a couple days ago from Pt Jeff station and Shoram. I remember a "renegade" and "770". Hey Patzerozero! Got yer ears on?! Ususally modulating every night on 19 between 7:30 and 10 PM. Give a yell for "905" if your within "hear shot". I got good ears over here!
Hank "905"
CEF 559 |
Cbblackbeard
Intermediate Member
Username: Cbblackbeard
Post Number: 179
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 5:57 pm: |
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Here in Chicago the 11 meter band is very busy. We have the truckers on 19, UPS on 8 and 33, all the guys with 1,000 plus watts on 6,11,20,26 and locals on just about every other channel. I had my Solarcon A99 about 85 feet off the ground on top of my apartment building and it heard EVERYTHING. |
Vtwinn
Member
Username: Vtwinn
Post Number: 52
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 7:08 pm: |
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Around Toronto Ontario C.B. is dead , a few base stations but mostly drivers on 19 . About 10 years ago when I had my first base I was part of a club with about 50 or so members and we all met on channel 2 , now you never see a base ant. anywhere |
Crackerjack
Intermediate Member
Username: Crackerjack
Post Number: 335
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 9:10 pm: |
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You would think that Texas was over run with CB, not so. Mostly truckers and base stations here.
No real Cowboys here. CB channels are largely silent. 19 of course is busy, 13 has locals talking sometimes. ruckers use 4 AM once local between warehouse and trucks, etc.
28/38 LSB in the evenings for DX, Someties people move t 27/37.
16/17 usually dry. I made my furst DX from my Jeep to S. Carolina on 16 LSB with stock Mic Galaxy 959 12W USB and a 102' SS whip at about 4PM.
I use 23 AM as a calling freq with my missionary buddies, we move to LSB if we can. Some of them don't have LSB. Conditions are so flat abd clear that we get around 25 miles Base-Auto, except to the West, which is mountainous -as I sit right in the foothills. I only get a couple miles in that direction. Not over the first good ridge.
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Crackerjack
Intermediate Member
Username: Crackerjack
Post Number: 336
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 9:11 pm: |
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On the other hand, I am almost always guaranteed a DX here in Texas with New York City and Los Angeles. LOL |
Starface
Junior Member
Username: Starface
Post Number: 22
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 1:18 am: |
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Pbgrk5
hear you said that channel 34 27.345 was/is your local channel there?
Well it is mine here too, And We have a lot of locals that talk here in Polk County Florida (thats middle of the state)
So maybe some day when skip is rolling real good we might hook up....
Anyways good luck and don't get all bum out just cuz you don't hear folks talking all the time the minute you turn your radio on.
be thankful cuz here I'm lucky if I can get a word in inbetween power rangers lol
Take care and God Bless
CEF#476
Starface
Auburndale,Florida |
Denny1820
Junior Member
Username: Denny1820
Post Number: 24
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 9:01 am: |
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Since I moved to Waynesburg, PA, I have not seen this many CB antennas since the 70's boom. Seems like about 1 in 5 vehicle's has a radio in it. The base antennas are plentiful also. I was out walking a hiking trail the other day when I noticed a pristene condition PDL-II sitting unused on a tower. I might have to stop next time and see if they want to sell it. |
Tech291
Moderator
Username: Tech291
Post Number: 149
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 6:36 pm: |
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Starface,
34 am is our local channel up here also.some of your"locals"(from Florida) we hear on a regular basis are;Cuban Lady,Marshal McCloud,Wolf Radio,357 Magnum and Dirty Underwear and others with even more colorful handles.
tech291
CEF#291
kc8zpj |
Road_warrior
Advanced Member
Username: Road_warrior
Post Number: 509
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 7:10 pm: |
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Welcome to PA Denny 1820
I'm located in Tyrone PA (Central Part)
20 miles South of Penn State University.
JIM/ PA/ CEF 375 |
Patzerozero
Advanced Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 711
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 9:33 pm: |
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saw your post elsewhere on this forum, vanillagorilla, & asked where you hang out! i'm about 25 miles to your west on the great south bay. 27.385-555LSB on AM 26.835, & ch 6, 11, 12 & **13**. double-zero/double-zero-mobile on SSB, or double-zero-baby-pickup-truck on AM.
i'm not really that great of a guy, kid vicious, oh, well yea, maybe, i guess i am! |
Kid_vicious
Intermediate Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 428
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 12:33 am: |
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you gave me the inside track on a loud 148 and that makes you a great guy in my book. i sure wish conditions would improve around here so i might hear some of you east coasters once in a while. As impressed as i am with the low noise level of my new antenna setup, i'm getting a bit tired of staring at 1/2 s units all the time.
matt |
Patzerozero
Advanced Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 719
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 12:31 am: |
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1/2 S-units???? at least you guys have SOME noise! if it ain't a heavy carribbean accent or spanish it's DEAD!
did you ever try some of those mods yet? wired up a power mic for a radio shack ??? a couple weeks ago. took the cover off for kicks-EXACTLY like my xl inside. |
Denny1820
Junior Member
Username: Denny1820
Post Number: 25
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 12:47 am: |
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Thanks for the welcome Road Warrior. I have not been back down to that part of the hiking trail, so no news on the PDL II yet. |
