[SMCARA] CB, GASP!

[Dave Q]

Nope, no HF yet.  Guess I'll just depend on the calling frequencies.
Really don't want to mount a CB or the antenna for it that's why I was
looking at the Midland portable.

73
Dave - W3DLQ

On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 6:46 PM, Grant Farrand <gmfarrand at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dave,
> If you have HF radio in your car you can just tune to the CB frequencies
> and listen to what is going on.
> Of course any up to date unmodified HF radio will not transmit on the CB
> frequencies, but you can listen to all of them.
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> 73
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> and.... In God We Trust !!!
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> Grant Farrand
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>  *From:* Dave Q <quickskys at gmail.com>
> *To:* "smcara at mailman.qth.net" <smcara at mailman.qth.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, March 6, 2015 5:17 PM
> *Subject:* [SMCARA] CB, GASP!
>
> Hope I don't loose my HAM license over this but....
>
> I travel to St. Louis a couple of times a year.  95 -> 295 -> 64 into STL.
>
> Fairly often there will be a back-up and will end up sitting in traffic for
> several minutes or a couple of hours.
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> Never had my Icom 880 in my truck on a trip yet.  So just wondering if
> enough people/truckers have ham radios in their vehicles to find out what
> is going on instead of just sitting there wondering.  I hear truckers on
> the repeaters occasionally but don't know how common they are with
> truckers.
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> Or would investing in a CB be worth it?  Looking at a Midland 75-822 40
> Channel handheld.
>
> 73
> Dave - W3DLQ
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