All I can say is I tried. I live in redneck country and you will never be accepted here. Minute I key up and say anything I am told I am not welcome here. To many good ole boys that think all the channels are theirs. Will keep the equipment for emergencies, but unless you are on welfare but have money for a thousand watt amp you will never be able to talk on the radio.
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I took my antenna down and unhooked the antenna
- Thread starter KMG54
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Don't get mad, get even. I'm not advocating using an amplifier, but, well, you know. If you hear just the slightest amount of skip when the gool ole boys are talking local, key up and talk to the skip. Never mind they will jam you, just pretend to have the DX conversation. If nothing else you will feel better.
I'd be thrilled to have ANY locals (good or bad) on the CB these days. 35 years ago we had easily 200+ locals on the air every day. Now it's just me and 2 other guys. The rest of my "locals" are 25-60 miles away and requires using SSB to talk to them.
Do what prcguy suggested. Get even. Have fun with it. Pretend you don't hear them and that you're talking to somebody else every time they key up. Just talk to your "imaginary" contact, ignoring the other guys, and maybe toss in a "i got some local yahoos trying to talk, but you're walking all over them". That will surely get them all wound up.
Do what prcguy suggested. Get even. Have fun with it. Pretend you don't hear them and that you're talking to somebody else every time they key up. Just talk to your "imaginary" contact, ignoring the other guys, and maybe toss in a "i got some local yahoos trying to talk, but you're walking all over them". That will surely get them all wound up.
wtp
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i had a guy like one of the old boys in my old neighborhood.
he bought a small amp that wiped out the TV's around him and the old folks lived for TV.
in my garage of goodies was an old plug-in style CB with a back of the set antenna.
i lived 150 feet away from him.
so with no antenna showing he wondered how i could cut through all his buddies.
i told him to take the amp off, or i would dead-key every night all night.
he had no idea where i was so, he stopped.
he bought a small amp that wiped out the TV's around him and the old folks lived for TV.
in my garage of goodies was an old plug-in style CB with a back of the set antenna.
i lived 150 feet away from him.
so with no antenna showing he wondered how i could cut through all his buddies.
i told him to take the amp off, or i would dead-key every night all night.
he had no idea where i was so, he stopped.
wtp
Member
i did find that the folks on sidebands were of a better class and almost sounded like hams at times.
I like that one and I do have a RM Italy amp. Will try that.
I remember my CB days. There used to be non stop entertainment. Of course there was lots of arguments but lots of laughter and fun. Everthing seemed to slowly die out. I think I did more peak and tuning on radios and other things.
rf_patriot200
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Apply for your GMRS License and all those trailer park boys won't be a problem anymore. No amplifier needed, because you'll be legal for up to 50 watts on base or mobile. $35 is the only thing stopping you. People on Gmrs are Much nicer to talk to.
OR,,,do what I did to channel 6. Set up a round robin RTTY loop and run that with a TMC FRT-2.5 K.
After 20 minutes, unkey and all you hear is nothing save for some guy way off in skip land saying "WOW".
After 20 minutes, unkey and all you hear is nothing save for some guy way off in skip land saying "WOW".
Your saying ditch CB and skip ? never.
rf_patriot200
Active Member
I didn't say ditch it, but it's another tool in the toolbox. Much less noise, and Nicer people to talk to.
rf_patriot200
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Ok ... whatever that means. Enjoy the Iron Butterfly tho.
Not a horrible idea, but that's not what GMRS was designed for. It's not "HAM-like" or "CB-Like", at least not around here. It's meant for a group of friends or family to communicate while traveling, hunting, camping, etc. Some bigger cities have multiple big repeaters and people use them like CB/Ham to rag chew with others, but the reality is for 95% of the country it's dead silence. I hear way more chatter on FRS. In my general area we have about 78 registered users. I only ever hear 2-3 other people randomly on the big repeater here (40 mile coverage). Otherwise it's dead, dead, dead. I assume those other 75 registered users are using the service for what it was designed for and aren't wanting to rag chew with strangers.
I use GMRS the way it was intended. I have my own repeater. It covers about 10 miles, but i mainly set it up for neighborhood watch and some local farmers that are close by. I also have an "ammo can" solar powered repeater i built that i take with me camping, etc to extend our range when using handhelds.
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