Fellow clubmates:

I wanted to share a very interesting ‘eyeball qso’ I had this morning with you …

 

I went to Darrell’s Restaurant in Pinellas Plaza this morning for breakfast since I also had a package to send out at the UPS store, about 5 doors down.

I parked next to a Ford 250 truck with a MAGA, an elephant and ‘I even hate Biden’s dog’ and ‘mile 0’ (Key West) stickers on the tailgate and a big aluminum tool box across the back.  But what caught my attention was a big base-loaded vertical antenna mounted in the middle of the tool box and I ASSUMED it was for 15 or 20 meters but there was no ham radio license plate.  The driver was well-tanned with shoulder-length hair and PLENTY of ‘bling’ - many finger rings, two earrings, many tattoos and about 4 necklaces.

I asked what the big antenna was for and he said CB.  He bragged about running a kilowatt in the truck from an amp which was hard-wired to the battery and he had just talked to Jamaica.  There was an SWR bridge on the dash.

I asked what his handle was and he said ‘tolls suck’!

He asked if I was a CBer and what my handle was – I stated that I was a ham radio operator.  He said, ‘Oh yes, the competition’.  I did not respond to that and did NOT remind him that he was limited to 5 watts power and a 5-mile range.

 

And yes, I kept a straight face the whole time!! 😄😄😄

 

73, Bob

WA3EWK

 

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