Subj : Re: CB
To   : Avon
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Jul 29 2023 07:55:00

-=> Avon wrote to All <=-

 Av> We'll I bought a couple of old 1990s style CB radios on TradeMe (New
 Av> Zealand eBay) this week, just starting to see what I have stored up in
 Av> the roof of my place in the way of old CB gear/antennas etc.

 I almost bought a small Uniden 40 channel car CB for $20 a few weeks
 ago. I have no practical use for it, but I do drives on I-80 in
 California, and it used to be interesting to listen to truckers. They'd
 use channels 17 and 19.

 Australians seem to be avid mobile CBers, I'm assuming you've got big
 areas without cell coverage.

 On a recent trip, I didn't see very many trucks with CB antennas,
 wonder how they're handling the broadcast aspects of CB.

 I grew up in the late '70s when CB radio was huge. People had them in
 cars and used them for emergencies, as a kid I had a little 1/2 watt 3
 channel model and friends of mine and I would use them constantly.

 My cheap model only used 9v batteries, their 5 watt handhelds took 12
 AA batteries!




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