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Is this band widely used still? If so what areas of USA is it widely used or not used.
I used this back in 1969-1971(when it was quiet) throughout the seventies when it used to be 23 channels with a license required to 40 channels and no license required back in 1975. After this it was too much noise and channels were super crowded.
I also had a SSB/AM Realistic which triples your channel capacity to 120 channels.
AM
Upper side band
Lower side band
We had SSB also, in our vehicles and base station at the house.
Did you ever "shoot skip" to intentionally talk to folks hundreds of miles away?
Daddy, and dear friend of mine and I had a post office box for the postcards and notes folks would send to us and we reciprocated so that we all had proof that we talked to someone so far away. I heard a lot of folks did this.
Yeah the FCC actually expected us to log off or refuse to talk to them when it was clouds and nature that was hooking us up with them.
Heck, if they didn't tell you how far away they were, how were you to know?!
It was a good, clean and fun hobby to have.
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Originally Posted by nowhereman427
Is this band widely used still? If so what areas of USA is it widely used or not used.
I used this back in 1969-1971(when it was quiet) throughout the seventies when it used to be 23 channels with a license required to 40 channels and no license required back in 1975. After this it was too much noise and channels were super crowded.
I also had a SSB/AM Realistic which triples your channel capacity to 120 channels.
AM
Upper side band
Lower side band
We had SSB also, in our vehicles and base station at the house.
Did you ever "shoot skip" to intentionally talk to folks hundreds of miles away?
Daddy, and dear friend of mine and I had a post office box for the postcards and notes folks would send to us and we reciprocated so that we all had proof that we talked to someone so far away. I heard a lot of folks did this.
Yeah the FCC actually expected us to log off or refuse to talk to them when it was clouds and nature that was hooking us up with them.
Heck, if they didn't tell you how far away they were, how were you to know?!
It was a good, clean and fun hobby to have.
QSL cards? I think there was a 150 mile limit. I heard lots of people shooting skip. CQ CQ DX. But I don't know if there is still that 150 mile range limit because licensing is not required. The prices have sure come down from 30-40 years ago.
I remember the popular brands most popular was the Cobra. Then there was Realistic, PACE, Johnson-very expensive, Royce, Kraco-cheap brand, Midland, Lafayette. I remember the tube sets that had to warm up. The popular base antennas were Super Penetrator, Sigma 5/8, Moonraker beam antenna, PDL-2 beam antenna, Astro Plane, Starduster, 1/4 wave, 1/2 wave and 5/8 wave omni directional ground plane base antennas. I remember the brand Cushcraft and the Big Stik which did not work that well.
Best mobil antenna was the K-40.
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In the 70s I would sit in my pickup and chat with people in other states on my CB in the evening. It turned out to be quite handy when my wife and I went on road trips, listening to the truckers for tips like "smokey at milepost 132."
I still have on in it's storage box, that plugs in to the 12v receptacle and has a magnetic antenna for the roof. We last used it in 1982 when caravanning with another vehicle. It's really not needed now with GPS navigation with real-time traffic warnings in both of our vehicles, plus iPhones.
In the 70s I would sit in my pickup and chat with people in other states on my CB in the evening. It turned out to be quite handy when my wife and I went on road trips, listening to the truckers for tips like "smokey at milepost 132."
I still have on in it's storage box, that plugs in to the 12v receptacle and has a magnetic antenna for the roof. We last used it in 1982 when caravanning with another vehicle. It's really not needed now with GPS navigation with real-time traffic warnings in both of our vehicles, plus iPhones.
It would still be more like an hobby for today. It's still the same old hook up like a K-40 magnet mount and long whip antenna. I still have mine.
Sorry, just thought to check this part of this vast forum.
We had a 5/8's wave Hygain Penetrator, telescopic antenna. It actually could go 60 ft. high when the legal limit was 40ft. high. It got out, that's for sure.
Our mic was the Cobra stand one that was so popular. Mine was the standard silver, but I did make friends with a couple that owned a type of oil-service company and their mic was Cobra gold plated, oohhhh I sure admired that thing, LOL.
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Originally Posted by nowhereman427
QSL cards? I think there was a 150 mile limit. I heard lots of people shooting skip. CQ CQ DX. But I don't know if there is still that 150 mile range limit because licensing is not required. The prices have sure come down from 30-40 years ago.
I remember the popular brands most popular was the Cobra. Then there was Realistic, PACE, Johnson-very expensive, Royce, Kraco-cheap brand, Midland, Lafayette. I remember the tube sets that had to warm up. The popular base antennas were Super Penetrator, Sigma 5/8, Moonraker beam antenna, PDL-2 beam antenna, Astro Plane, Starduster, 1/4 wave, 1/2 wave and 5/8 wave omni directional ground plane base antennas. I remember the brand Cushcraft and the Big Stik which did not work that well.
Best mobil antenna was the K-40.
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