Subj : Re: Thursday night
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Vk3jed
Date : Wed Sep 21 2022 20:03:00

-=> On 09-18-22 10:08, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Avon <=-

 -=> Avon wrote to All <=-

 Av> I've been looking at CB radios lately, kinda revisiting my youth and
 Av> pondering getting some gear and setting up again, thing is much of the
 Av> new gear I can buy here in New Zealand seems pretty naff.... it use to
 Av> be you could get nice AM/SSB rigs but now it seems they are mostly AM
 Av> only or UHF and SSB new gear is not available... nutty.

It's a bit the same here, though at least US models are compatible here. 
Legality is uncertain, though they meet the specs.  There's a bit of a CB
revival here, thanks to Facebook (and the current sunspot cycle). :)  I wisely
kept a couple of old SSB CBs, which I intend to revive.

 pF> I was a fan of CB Radio during the first CB boom in the USA in the late
 pF> 1970s. We all saw the movie "Convoy" and wanted to be truckers.  :)

I got into it in the late 80s, AM, then UHF, then SSB, and the following year,
I got my ham ticket. :)  However, I also kept using CB for many years after
that.

 pF> I drive fairly often up interstate 80 in California, and rarely see a
 pF> CB antenna on trucks. It's a shame, making the same drive as a kid my
 pF> dad would leave the radio on and you'd hear the truckers keeping each
 pF> other company on the road.

UHF CB antennas are common on pickups here.

 pF> There was an emergency channel, channel 9, with volunteers who'd man
 pF> the radio. We broke down once and were able to make a call and get a
 pF> tow-truck out - long before cell phones.

We had that here.  In fact, there are still volunteer monitor groups on CB in
some parts of Australia.




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