CB stuff

[raymond]

I have a linear unit but don’t know if people us cbs anymore 

[krank]

I used to have one in every vehicle. Then I got a hand held. Then went to walkie talkie with the family stations. Then just used cell phones. Keep your CB. If SHTF then the first thing to go is cell towers but the CB will always work. I am thinking about setting up radios with all our family because nobody has a decent cell signal out there and we are all within a mile of each other.

[beavertrapper]

The coyote hunters around here did for a long time but a lot of them went over to marine raido

[krank]

Yeah, I think they went over to marine to get more privacy and range. I used to get up early and head south and listen to the CB to find out where the hunters were and meet up with them. When they went marine I was not much on dog hunting anymore.
I need to get out my radios and get them all working and take the batteries out of them.
If we have a national disaster then all the cell towers will get turned OFF and the government can't stop your radio.

[bigbob]

Last I heard, Using marine band frequency's on dry land is against Federal law.

[krank]

I imagine that's right. If there is a disaster then I doubt they will care.

[tjm]

I quit using cb when we moved back to the Ozarks in 85. Round here they only work from the hilltops mostly. When I was on the east coast I recall watching a trucker hit the Jersey Barrier at a road construction site on I95 and complete the sharp turn with his front wheel about 2/3 up the fence for 150' or so still he still kept talking on the radio all the way. Didn't slow down much either. Don't recall all the names he called the state hiway folks but they was all nasty.

Still have two units boxed up some place I guess. One Midland came from the factory 3/4W over legal max. But, and this has to do with that illegal linear and Bob's mention of illegal use of the marine band, I have never heard of anyone being sought out by the authorities and prosecuted over radio violations.

[krank]

Interesting point about the law. When the CB craze of the 70s hit, you were supposed to have a license and call numbers but nobody did and never heard of prosecution. My neighbor had his modulating at a jillion watts and was talking to California but nothing ever happened. My point is to have that stuff operational in case SHTF.

[raymond]

I actually found his liscense to operate his system .also found his Gary Owen pin from ww2 also some old trapping stuff .

[tjm]

I had the license all the years that ran with CB. Knew a few that didn't bother and a few that didn't follow the 4W rule too. One guy I worked with said he had secret room in his house to keep his high powered stuff hidden. He claimed with beam and skip to talk to eastern Europe and Australia.
I'd need antennas to set mine back up. But, in the case of shtf & eotwawki providing power for the things would soon be a problem for most.

[krank]

A cb could work on 12 volts. I briefly studied ham radio and got right back out. Way too complicated. My Dad worked with a guy (years ago) that loaded his trunk full of equipment to drive a ham radio and it kept killing the car battery.