It worked! they started their normal BS but then got curious to who I was talking to. Told them I was talking to a guy in London.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.
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I took my antenna down and unhooked the antenna
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They said I sounded like I was On sideband and I was on LSB, bet they spent hours trying to hear it.
So it is "ham-like"...
rf_patriot200
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If you want to Really keep em' guessing, set up a Split frequency pair with someone to talk to either local or distant. then switch to SSB. they'll be breaking their knobs trying to find the other half of your contact !
I've done that back in the 90s. People really have a hard time figuring that one out, especially when the friend that can hear them give you talking points for a QSO with the "distant station seeker".
slowmover
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Given an accomplice, “Scale House Open”, a fine one to throw traffic into a tizzy pre-2017 with extraordinary ears.
Remember when I was younger, had a guy like this that lived a few miles southeast from me. Every time I tried talking to friends, he'd key up with a bunch of noise toys and say I wasn't allowed on the radio. After a month of the nonsense, I found an old small mobile radio and an small battery. I was able to find the schematics for the radio and turned the wattage down to 1 watt. I got an old plastic tote and put the radio and battery in it and made a wire antenna. I knew the general area that he was in but not an actual address so I found a part of a nearby park that was tucked behind a patch of trees. I had the radio do a constant dead key. It lasted about a week. After that, he never bothered me.
rf_patriot200
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Yep, this has been done to satisfaction More times than we'll ever know. As well as visits to the "Late Night Free Coax Supply Center" !
Was more fun to have a partner in crime.
We both had Tram D201's with the VFO Mod drop the power to 1 watt start talking to each other while moving the Tx up and down 5kc's while talking to each other and you and your partner act like you can hear each other just fine. The others will knocking the door off the CB Shop to get their radios repaired. The other trick is to whisper then all of a sudden mid-sentence up the mic gain and talk loud.
We both had Tram D201's with the VFO Mod drop the power to 1 watt start talking to each other while moving the Tx up and down 5kc's while talking to each other and you and your partner act like you can hear each other just fine. The others will knocking the door off the CB Shop to get their radios repaired. The other trick is to whisper then all of a sudden mid-sentence up the mic gain and talk loud.
slowmover
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robertwbob
KE0WRU
dont forget fm too switch around never make a pattern they need to keep guessing.
Wish they made one about me, could use a few extra dollars in my wallet.
robertwbob
KE0WRU
years ago on east front street we unloaded wheat at 24 7 elevator. jerk lived close to elevator. he was a hate anybody on radio so he would key on us talking. 1 guy lived close by so he got a walkie talkie n hunted. we watchd the big base grow weaker till 3rd day silence. 4 straight pins worked well 10 dash fur
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