[Scan-DC] CB Radio/ Vintage gear nets

SCOTT BAUER odyslim at comcast.net
Sat Mar 13 03:21:24 EST 2021 

This is kind of off topic.  In 1973 I think, my stepfather got a CB license so I could
have something to do while he was occupied as an MIO. KGP-1237 was the Callsign. I had 
a 4 channel CB with a homebrewed power supply that came from an Elmer, K6OIK in Atascadero
CA. The radio was a tube set. I think it was a GE.  I made a lot of friends shooting the
breeze late at night with the locals. The memories will always remain. Some of the radios
being used at that time were the Browning Golden Eagles. Tram. Johnson Messengers.
Realistic Navaho's, Curriors and many others.

 I have been thinking of getting together with people in the area that would like to have
a net using vintage gear. I am putting together a ground plane made from a GAP Voyager that
had a horrific death crashing to the ground as a deer chewed off one of the guy wires. I am
thinking of getting an old DAK xcvr to use. If anyone has one for sale please let me know. If 
not that maybe an old Tram or anything old.

 Would anyone be interested in participating n a vintage CB net.

 Reagrds Scott W3CV

> On 03/08/2021 5:10 PM William Milway via Scan-DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
>  
> I recently bought one of the Uniden radios that combine a gps enabled scanner with a CB.  I found it not all that useful due to lack of CB on the road and also most public service scanner information being increasingly encrypted.  It’s still in my truck but doesn’t get much use.  Also have a two meter APRS transceiver in the truck that doesn’t get a lot of use either, although I do normally transmit APRS location info, nobody seems to care or reply.
> 
>       I have joined in some local CB ragchewing nets that are typically much more interesting than Ham nets because the language and topics would be shunned on the ham bands.  I like the idea of having a scan DC net on CB and would join in if possible.  I am in Harford County and likely could not copy.  Hope someone in the group gives this a try.
> 
>          Bill
> 
> Sent from my IPad .
> 
> 
> > On Mar 8, 2021, at 4:34 PM, scan-dc-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> > 
> > Send Scan-DC mailing list submissions to
> >    scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> > 
> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> >    http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/scan-dc
> > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> >    scan-dc-request at mailman.qth.net
> > 
> > You can reach the person managing the list at
> >    scan-dc-owner at mailman.qth.net
> > 
> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> > than "Re: Contents of Scan-DC digest..."
> > 
> > 
> > Today's Topics:
> > 
> >   1. new Marine One helicopter (Alan Henney)
> >   2. Old scanners after 1994 (Greg Danes)
> >   3. Re: Compact CB Radios (Dewey)
> >   4. Re: Compact CB Radios (Andrew Clegg)
> >   5. Re: Compact CB Radios (Robert W. Fisher)
> >   6. Re: Compact CB Radios (along at comcast.net)
> >   7. Re: Compact CB Radios (Greg Danes)
> >   8. Re: Compact CB Radios (Alex Fraser)
> > 
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 00:02:17 -0500
> > From: Alan Henney <alan at henney.com>
> > To: Scan DC <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: [Scan-DC] new Marine One helicopter
> > Message-ID:
> >    <CAOdqOd-nt-zo9d6CeZD8EKNpZvjYAMSO+L1iMUQFp9yndZWj7Q at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> > 
> > President Joe Biden may have to wait months longer to ride on a new Marine
> > One helicopter because the aircraft designed by Lockheed Martin still poses
> > a risk of scorching the White House lawn
> > 
> > https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-05/biden-s-new-helicopter-still-risks-scorching-white-house-lawn
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 08:32:43 -0500
> > From: Greg Danes <danesgswolf at gmail.com>
> > To: Scan DC <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: [Scan-DC] Old scanners after 1994
> > Message-ID:
> >    <CANhvmLhaC_A8oQaRSA+iQzqGskXAo9bVL3o2LV7u3A+CkR6UAQ at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> > 
> > Third call for those that have display issues, intermittent or no
> > receive problems, etc. Base or HT's. Send me an email with the problem and
> > or a picture and I will give an estimate. If you send me the radio and for
> > whatever reason it's non-repairable and you want it back anyway, I will pay
> > the return costs. You won't find that at most repair locations. Broken
> > cases or other external parts I will source and let you know beforehand if
> > parts are available before you send it to me.
> > 
> > Greg-KJ4DGE
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 14:45:53 -0500
> > From: Dewey <dewey3 at gmail.com>
> > To: "'Scan DC'" <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
> > Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="US-ASCII"
> > 
> > As a radio hobbyist who frequently travels, I still like to run a CB when on
> > the road.  Problem is, CB is pretty much dead now, even on the highways.
> > Sure, you *may* hear a conversation once in a while, but even at crash and
> > other event scenes, there is extremely little reporting going on... at least
> > on this side of the Mississippi (smokey reports are almost non-existent).  I
> > find more local chatter, such as, dump trucks on their talking to their
> > co-workers than anything else.  When stopping at truck stops, all of the
> > truck drivers I see are wearing single-sided Bluetooth headphones to their
> > cellphones.  I've actually scanned the complete CB band when on the road
> > with nothing but miles and miles of silence.  This is just an opinion, but
> > my belief is that in addition to cellphones killing CB (I'm sure most of us
> > remember good ol' REACT), the proliferation of GPS tracking has also slowed
> > a number (not all) of truckers down, thus eliminating the need for CB and
> > its most famous... smokey reports.
> > 
> > Dewey
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> > Behalf Of Alan Henney
> > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 01:33
> > To: Scan DC <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
> > 
> > With less and less to monitor on VHF and UHF, I was thinking about trying
> > the old CB radio band again.
> > 
> > I noticed that the inexpensive radio manufacturers have some new offerings,
> > small and petite.  These could easily fit in almost any auto.
> > 
> > Has anybody tried something similar to one of these?  What do you think?
> > What about any interesting modifications?  How well do they scan?
> > 
> > 
> > https://www.radioddity.com/products/radioddity-cb-27-cb-radio?variant=278751
> > 70156627
> > 
> > 
> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/President-Bill-FCC-40-Channel-CB-Radio-AM-12v-7-Col
> > or-LCD-Compact-Off-Road-UTV/254015305433?epid=4026341205&hash=item3b247df6d9
> > :g:WhsAAOSwJ61gNK6P 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 20:08:32 +0000
> > From: Andrew Clegg <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com>
> > To: Dewey <dewey3 at gmail.com>, 'Scan DC' <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
> > Message-ID:
> >    <MN2PR20MB2398212F7FD2BEBBB5E8322CD9939 at MN2PR20MB2398.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>
> >    
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> > 
> > Dewey,
> > 
> > I've noticed the same thing. I hear relatively little activity on CB now. Certainly nothing like in the past.
> > 
> > Andy
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Dewey <dewey3 at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Monday, March 8, 2021 2:45 PM
> > To: 'Scan DC' <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
> > 
> > As a radio hobbyist who frequently travels, I still like to run a CB when on
> > the road.  Problem is, CB is pretty much dead now, even on the highways.
> > Sure, you *may* hear a conversation once in a while, but even at crash and
> > other event scenes, there is extremely little reporting going on... at least
> > on this side of the Mississippi (smokey reports are almost non-existent).  I
> > find more local chatter, such as, dump trucks on their talking to their
> > co-workers than anything else.  When stopping at truck stops, all of the
> > truck drivers I see are wearing single-sided Bluetooth headphones to their
> > cellphones.  I've actually scanned the complete CB band when on the road
> > with nothing but miles and miles of silence.  This is just an opinion, but
> > my belief is that in addition to cellphones killing CB (I'm sure most of us
> > remember good ol' REACT), the proliferation of GPS tracking has also slowed
> > a number (not all) of truckers down, thus eliminating the need for CB and
> > its most famous... smokey reports.
> > 
> > Dewey
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> > Behalf Of Alan Henney
> > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 01:33
> > To: Scan DC <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
> > 
> > With less and less to monitor on VHF and UHF, I was thinking about trying
> > the old CB radio band again.
> > 
> > I noticed that the inexpensive radio manufacturers have some new offerings,
> > small and petite.  These could easily fit in almost any auto.
> > 
> > Has anybody tried something similar to one of these?  What do you think?
> > What about any interesting modifications?  How well do they scan?
> > 
> > 
> > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.radioddity.com%2Fproducts%2Fradioddity-cb-27-cb-radio%3Fvariant%3D278751&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Cb7519d33d3b94793b93508d8e26af59e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637508296298040483%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=UNvT7c2gh19PB4gNm9cpR4vePdpjnFXbQLMK60MrQSY%3D&amp;reserved=0
> > 70156627
> > 
> > 
> > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FPresident-Bill-FCC-40-Channel-CB-Radio-AM-12v-7-Col&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Cb7519d33d3b94793b93508d8e26af59e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637508296298040483%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=m3H%2F6zwjR%2Fwd7GHlKjHB2W0mn4%2FQmdMev9xRe2%2Bq1pE%3D&amp;reserved=0
> > or-LCD-Compact-Off-Road-UTV/254015305433?epid=4026341205&hash=item3b247df6d9
> > :g:WhsAAOSwJ61gNK6P
> > 
> > ______________________________________________________________
> > Scan-DC mailing list
> > Home: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman.qth.net%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fscan-dc&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Cb7519d33d3b94793b93508d8e26af59e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637508296298040483%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=nz1IhflPUqeXFcEDd4w45%2BNyImkbWBzpv5XXZtMPauI%3D&amp;reserved=0
> > Help: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman.qth.net%2Fmmfaq.htm&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Cb7519d33d3b94793b93508d8e26af59e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637508296298040483%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=nphRQrNqz9LjvpPRc2BEN97bF1p9PhIkVOPc9Fsz3qs%3D&amp;reserved=0
> > Post: mailto:Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> > 
> > This list hosted by: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qsl.net%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Cb7519d33d3b94793b93508d8e26af59e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637508296298040483%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=JFCdZSisCWI3QkU4g%2BYrUW8O1eTlCGeao8T9xGxuIX4%3D&amp;reserved=0
> > Please help support this email list: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qsl.net%2Fdonate.html&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Cb7519d33d3b94793b93508d8e26af59e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637508296298040483%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=LSo4YXJIGT%2BwJ2AJTM85XAwOYGqUpkOp14SWz6rKw8o%3D&amp;reserved=0
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 5
> > Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 15:08:36 -0500
> > From: "Robert W. Fisher" <rwfisheriv at comcast.net>
> > To: Dewey <dewey3 at gmail.com>
> > Cc: Scan DC <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
> > Message-ID: <9B7EE5A9-5627-4AAD-9189-0277693F5F60 at comcast.net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=utf-8
> > 
> > oh CB is alive and well, but it seems it?s mostly people with linears using it as an ad hoc amateur band?..
> > 
> >> On Mar 8, 2021, at 14:45, Dewey <dewey3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> As a radio hobbyist who frequently travels, I still like to run a CB when on
> >> the road.  Problem is, CB is pretty much dead now, even on the highways.
> >> Sure, you *may* hear a conversation once in a while, but even at crash and
> >> other event scenes, there is extremely little reporting going on... at least
> >> on this side of the Mississippi (smokey reports are almost non-existent).  I
> >> find more local chatter, such as, dump trucks on their talking to their
> >> co-workers than anything else.  When stopping at truck stops, all of the
> >> truck drivers I see are wearing single-sided Bluetooth headphones to their
> >> cellphones.  I've actually scanned the complete CB band when on the road
> >> with nothing but miles and miles of silence.  This is just an opinion, but
> >> my belief is that in addition to cellphones killing CB (I'm sure most of us
> >> remember good ol' REACT), the proliferation of GPS tracking has also slowed
> >> a number (not all) of truckers down, thus eliminating the need for CB and
> >> its most famous... smokey reports.
> >> 
> >> Dewey
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> >> Behalf Of Alan Henney
> >> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 01:33
> >> To: Scan DC <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Subject: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
> >> 
> >> With less and less to monitor on VHF and UHF, I was thinking about trying
> >> the old CB radio band again.
> >> 
> >> I noticed that the inexpensive radio manufacturers have some new offerings,
> >> small and petite.  These could easily fit in almost any auto.
> >> 
> >> Has anybody tried something similar to one of these?  What do you think?
> >> What about any interesting modifications?  How well do they scan?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> https://www.radioddity.com/products/radioddity-cb-27-cb-radio?variant=278751
> >> 70156627
> >> 
> >> 
> >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/President-Bill-FCC-40-Channel-CB-Radio-AM-12v-7-Col
> >> or-LCD-Compact-Off-Road-UTV/254015305433?epid=4026341205&hash=item3b247df6d9
> >> :g:WhsAAOSwJ61gNK6P 
> >> 
> >> ______________________________________________________________
> >> Scan-DC mailing list
> >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/scan-dc
> >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> >> Post: mailto:Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> >> 
> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 15:10:09 -0500
> > From: <along at comcast.net>
> > To: "'Dewey'" <dewey3 at gmail.com>,    "'Scan DC'"
> >    <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
> > Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"
> > 
> > Last time I had a listen to anything in the CB band there was a lot of
> > nothing in English and a lot of chit chat in Spanish and other foreign
> > languages.  The most you'll hear from truckers is on the interstates and as
> > Dewey already mentioned that's even drying up.
> > 
> > Andy
> > KE8QHA
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> > Behalf Of Dewey
> > Sent: Monday, March 8, 2021 2:46 PM
> > To: 'Scan DC' <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
> > 
> > As a radio hobbyist who frequently travels, I still like to run a CB when on
> > the road.  Problem is, CB is pretty much dead now, even on the highways.
> > Sure, you *may* hear a conversation once in a while, but even at crash and
> > other event scenes, there is extremely little reporting going on... at least
> > on this side of the Mississippi (smokey reports are almost non-existent).  I
> > find more local chatter, such as, dump trucks on their talking to their
> > co-workers than anything else.  When stopping at truck stops, all of the
> > truck drivers I see are wearing single-sided Bluetooth headphones to their
> > cellphones.  I've actually scanned the complete CB band when on the road
> > with nothing but miles and miles of silence.  This is just an opinion, but
> > my belief is that in addition to cellphones killing CB (I'm sure most of us
> > remember good ol' REACT), the proliferation of GPS tracking has also slowed
> > a number (not all) of truckers down, thus eliminating the need for CB and
> > its most famous... smokey reports.
> > 
> > Dewey
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> > Behalf Of Alan Henney
> > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 01:33
> > To: Scan DC <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
> > 
> > With less and less to monitor on VHF and UHF, I was thinking about trying
> > the old CB radio band again.
> > 
> > I noticed that the inexpensive radio manufacturers have some new offerings,
> > small and petite.  These could easily fit in almost any auto.
> > 
> > Has anybody tried something similar to one of these?  What do you think?
> > What about any interesting modifications?  How well do they scan?
> > 
> > 
> > https://www.radioddity.com/products/radioddity-cb-27-cb-radio?variant=278751
> > 70156627
> > 
> > 
> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/President-Bill-FCC-40-Channel-CB-Radio-AM-12v-7-Col
> > or-LCD-Compact-Off-Road-UTV/254015305433?epid=4026341205&hash=item3b247df6d9
> > :g:WhsAAOSwJ61gNK6P 
> > 
> > ______________________________________________________________
> > Scan-DC mailing list
> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/scan-dc
> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> > Post: mailto:Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> > 
> > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 7
> > Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 15:52:43 -0500
> > From: Greg Danes <danesgswolf at gmail.com>
> > To: along at comcast.net
> > Cc: Scan DC <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>, Dewey <dewey3 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
> > Message-ID:
> >    <CANhvmLiRx-Ffi10XqMJLMm=EUf18yz6od3N3UDvCbXEJLd2Tgg at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> > 
> > Then if it is little used, why not a regional Scan-DC talk group (us)? It
> > does not have to be a formal net. Since some of us are in Arlington,
> > Bethesda, Baltimore, Fairfax etc. We could assign a working channel for
> > each locale.
> > 
> > It would pretty much make like minded go scanner folks able to discuss
> > stuff without need of a HAM ticket.
> > 
> > KJ4DGE
> > 
> >> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021, 3:10 PM <along at comcast.net> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Last time I had a listen to anything in the CB band there was a lot of
> >> nothing in English and a lot of chit chat in Spanish and other foreign
> >> languages.  The most you'll hear from truckers is on the interstates and as
> >> Dewey already mentioned that's even drying up.
> >> 
> >> Andy
> >> KE8QHA
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> >> Behalf Of Dewey
> >> Sent: Monday, March 8, 2021 2:46 PM
> >> To: 'Scan DC' <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
> >> 
> >> As a radio hobbyist who frequently travels, I still like to run a CB when
> >> on
> >> the road.  Problem is, CB is pretty much dead now, even on the highways.
> >> Sure, you *may* hear a conversation once in a while, but even at crash and
> >> other event scenes, there is extremely little reporting going on... at
> >> least
> >> on this side of the Mississippi (smokey reports are almost non-existent).
> >> I
> >> find more local chatter, such as, dump trucks on their talking to their
> >> co-workers than anything else.  When stopping at truck stops, all of the
> >> truck drivers I see are wearing single-sided Bluetooth headphones to their
> >> cellphones.  I've actually scanned the complete CB band when on the road
> >> with nothing but miles and miles of silence.  This is just an opinion, but
> >> my belief is that in addition to cellphones killing CB (I'm sure most of us
> >> remember good ol' REACT), the proliferation of GPS tracking has also slowed
> >> a number (not all) of truckers down, thus eliminating the need for CB and
> >> its most famous... smokey reports.
> >> 
> >> Dewey
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> >> Behalf Of Alan Henney
> >> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 01:33
> >> To: Scan DC <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Subject: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
> >> 
> >> With less and less to monitor on VHF and UHF, I was thinking about trying
> >> the old CB radio band again.
> >> 
> >> I noticed that the inexpensive radio manufacturers have some new offerings,
> >> small and petite.  These could easily fit in almost any auto.
> >> 
> >> Has anybody tried something similar to one of these?  What do you think?
> >> What about any interesting modifications?  How well do they scan?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> https://www.radioddity.com/products/radioddity-cb-27-cb-radio?variant=278751
> >> 70156627
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/President-Bill-FCC-40-Channel-CB-Radio-AM-12v-7-Col
> >> 
> >> or-LCD-Compact-Off-Road-UTV/254015305433?epid=4026341205&hash=item3b247df6d9
> >> :g:WhsAAOSwJ61gNK6P
> >> <https://www.ebay.com/itm/President-Bill-FCC-40-Channel-CB-Radio-AM-12v-7-Color-LCD-Compact-Off-Road-UTV/254015305433?epid=4026341205&hash=item3b247df6d9:g:WhsAAOSwJ61gNK6P>
> >> 
> >> ______________________________________________________________
> >> Scan-DC mailing list
> >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/scan-dc
> >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> >> Post: mailto:Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> >> 
> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> >> 
> >> ______________________________________________________________
> >> Scan-DC mailing list
> >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/scan-dc
> >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> >> Post: mailto:Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> >> 
> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> >> 
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 8
> > Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 16:32:58 -0500
> > From: Alex Fraser <beatnic50 at gmail.com>
> > To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
> > Message-ID: <ea2d12aa-7d82-de66-5527-3cfa3e8941ef at gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
> > 
> > I have not heard much on the "Chicken Band" lately.?? A couple of years 
> > ago I managed to test PSK31 on 2 SSB radios I have in my collection.? I 
> > used a dummy load for an antenna and had the rigs right near each other 
> > so I wouldn't get the government suspicious.? It worked great.? I put 
> > the data in the mic input with a separate connector I made up and puled 
> > the audio into my PC from the speaker output jack, both routed through 
> > an inexpensive kit with Isolation transformers.? I had a switch for TX 
> > and RX.
> > 
> > Point is that if the band is not being used, then perhaps it should be 
> > opened up for experimenters.? At 5 watts I'm not sure how far you could 
> > reliably communicate. Probably two stations with 100' towers and beams 
> > could talk without skip over 20 plus? miles, but I'm not sure.?? Using 
> > some of the new digital modes might work out, but they are slow and not 
> > good for just chatting.? If you ain't worried about efficiency and more 
> > concerned with having fun, let's do it.
> > 
> >> On 3/8/2021 3:52 PM, Greg Danes wrote:
> >> Then if it is little used, why not a regional Scan-DC talk group (us)? It
> >> does not have to be a formal net. Since some of us are in Arlington,
> >> Bethesda, Baltimore, Fairfax etc. We could assign a working channel for
> >> each locale.
> >> 
> >> It would pretty much make like minded go scanner folks able to discuss
> >> stuff without need of a HAM ticket.
> >> 
> >> KJ4DGE
> >> 
> >>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021, 3:10 PM <along at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> Last time I had a listen to anything in the CB band there was a lot of
> >>> nothing in English and a lot of chit chat in Spanish and other foreign
> >>> languages.  The most you'll hear from truckers is on the interstates and as
> >>> Dewey already mentioned that's even drying up.
> >>> 
> >>> Andy
> >>> KE8QHA
> >>> 
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> >>> Behalf Of Dewey
> >>> Sent: Monday, March 8, 2021 2:46 PM
> >>> To: 'Scan DC' <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
> >>> 
> >>> As a radio hobbyist who frequently travels, I still like to run a CB when
> >>> on
> >>> the road.  Problem is, CB is pretty much dead now, even on the highways.
> >>> Sure, you *may* hear a conversation once in a while, but even at crash and
> >>> other event scenes, there is extremely little reporting going on... at
> >>> least
> >>> on this side of the Mississippi (smokey reports are almost non-existent).
> >>> I
> >>> find more local chatter, such as, dump trucks on their talking to their
> >>> co-workers than anything else.  When stopping at truck stops, all of the
> >>> truck drivers I see are wearing single-sided Bluetooth headphones to their
> >>> cellphones.  I've actually scanned the complete CB band when on the road
> >>> with nothing but miles and miles of silence.  This is just an opinion, but
> >>> my belief is that in addition to cellphones killing CB (I'm sure most of us
> >>> remember good ol' REACT), the proliferation of GPS tracking has also slowed
> >>> a number (not all) of truckers down, thus eliminating the need for CB and
> >>> its most famous... smokey reports.
> >>> 
> >>> Dewey
> >>> 
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> >>> Behalf Of Alan Henney
> >>> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 01:33
> >>> To: Scan DC <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> >>> Subject: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
> >>> 
> >>> With less and less to monitor on VHF and UHF, I was thinking about trying
> >>> the old CB radio band again.
> >>> 
> >>> I noticed that the inexpensive radio manufacturers have some new offerings,
> >>> small and petite.  These could easily fit in almost any auto.
> >>> 
> >>> Has anybody tried something similar to one of these?  What do you think?
> >>> What about any interesting modifications?  How well do they scan?
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> https://www.radioddity.com/products/radioddity-cb-27-cb-radio?variant=278751
> >>> 70156627
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/President-Bill-FCC-40-Channel-CB-Radio-AM-12v-7-Col
> >>> 
> >>> or-LCD-Compact-Off-Road-UTV/254015305433?epid=4026341205&hash=item3b247df6d9
> >>> :g:WhsAAOSwJ61gNK6P
> >>> <https://www.ebay.com/itm/President-Bill-FCC-40-Channel-CB-Radio-AM-12v-7-Color-LCD-Compact-Off-Road-UTV/254015305433?epid=4026341205&hash=item3b247df6d9:g:WhsAAOSwJ61gNK6P>
> >>> 
> >>> ______________________________________________________________
> >>> Scan-DC mailing list
> >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/scan-dc
> >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> >>> Post: mailto:Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> >>> 
> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> >>> 
> >>> ______________________________________________________________
> >>> Scan-DC mailing list
> >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/scan-dc
> >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> >>> Post: mailto:Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> >>> 
> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> >>> 
> >> ______________________________________________________________
> >> Scan-DC mailing list
> >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/scan-dc
> >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> >> Post: mailto:Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> >> 
> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > End of Scan-DC Digest
> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/scan-dc
> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html
> > Post: mailto:Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> > 
> > 
> > End of Scan-DC Digest, Vol 203, Issue 3
> > ***************************************
> 
> ______________________________________________________________
> Scan-DC mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/scan-dc
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> 
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

More information about the Scan-DC mailing list