CB Radio: Anyone talk on them still?

[Dodgem250]

Ahh Yeah, now this feels better! Now, all I need is the radio part of this new account LOL! The problem is, I can not make up my mind what radio I want. I've had so many good units in the past, it's hard to make a final choice. At one time I used to have 8 radios hooked up to the same antenna here at the base. I sold them all about 7 years ago, so my wife is right, it is like guitars, I wish I had never sold them all. I guess that's what she means by, "future, self inflicted, butt kicking" LOL.


I think my biggest issue is, I feel the need to modify something to it's fullest extent again.

Dodgem

[clevalley (Premo)]

I have a Uniden PX76XL worked over - 1 watt deadkey - 20 watt peak-to-peak - matched to a No-Name 5 pill... last time I had it connected it dead-keyed 400 watts and swung 1100 peak-to-peak on a DOSI meter.

That SOB is loud! It could light a fluoresent tube (shop type) holding it 3 feet away! Thanks Stickman!

I have thought about selling it as I have no use for it anymore...

[clevalley (Premo)]

Originally Posted by SoMdMusician

I do know for a fact that the Charles County Sheriff's Department, District 2 sub-station here in IH, monitors the CB still. I installed one when they were on the top of the hill years ago, and when they moved to the bottom, someone else reinstalled that system I had, the same antenna is there now.

I don't know how much use the female clerks make of it, but, "Blue" uses it. Waldorf had one too, have no idea if that's still in use, and HQ in La PLata also had one installed, have no idea if they use that at the new complex or not either.

I don't think the State barrack ever had one in Waldorf or La Plata.

The FCC gave the local jurisdiction authority to bust the big boys about 4-5 years ago... I pulled my gear after a few people got busted.

I was waiting for the heat to drop and still stay in contact with a few of my CB friends. I might slap the gear back in one day!

[Dodgem250]

Originally Posted by clevalley

The FCC gave the local jurisdiction authority to bust the big boys about 4-5 years ago... I pulled my gear after a few people got busted.

I was waiting for the heat to drop and still stay in contact with a few of my CB friends. I might slap the gear back in one day!

Well I would imagine, as I have seen it in the past, no mud-duck ever had any problem with the law, it was the few that could bleed through on business cameras and pa systems that always got tracked down, and that was never an FCC issue, it was always a public disturbance complaint.

In all my years I have never known anyone who actually got criminally charged for anything related to CB radio. I know there was always the big scare, but, mostly a myth, that the law was riding around looking for high powered radios.

I knew cops that had linears in their cruisers, so, I know it was a less than a .025% chance that any law enforcement agency around here was gonna waste their time and gas looking for some dude on a cb radio, heck, they were on there too!

I wonder if Stick is still around, I used to spend a fair amount of time in the backyard shed with him. After he moved across the highway, and I eventually got out of the repair business, I lost track of a lot of people.

And speaking of lighting up Flo. tubes, that was a hoot, we spent more time finding colored amusement park ride tube lights, than I think we spent lighting the bulbs we had, one buddy of mine used to use a plastic protector tube and just strapped it to his antenna and used to ride around town on the weekends with it, the cops we knew, knew him, so, it was more comedy relief for them than a violation. Then we discovered the short 6 inch flo. tubes and everybody had one zip-tied to the tip of the antenna.

[Dodgem250]

TO: clevalley

BTW, I gave Kevin the message from you. He was shocked to hear the name after so long, he said, Yes I know him! LOL So, the message was received on his end. He and I are gonna be putting our old band back together, used to be Silverado, it was renamed Southern Maryland Rockers a few months ago, so, I will be rejoining the band and playing music with him. I'm gonna take the bass guitar position back, so, you'll have to come out and see us when we start booking shows again.

[Dodgem250]

Originally Posted by clevalley

I have a Uniden PX76XL worked over - 1 watt deadkey - 20 watt peak-to-peak - matched to a No-Name 5 pill... last time I had it connected it dead-keyed 400 watts and swung 1100 peak-to-peak on a DOSI meter.

That SOB is loud! It could light a fluoresent tube (shop type) holding it 3 feet away! Thanks Stickman!

I have thought about selling it as I have no use for it anymore...

KEEP IT... TRUST ME!

[greyhound]

Originally Posted by Dodgem250

I wonder if Stick is still around, I used to spend a fair amount of time in the backyard shed with him. After he moved across the highway, and I eventually got out of the repair business, I lost track of a lot of people.

Do you mean Sticks from calvert county or stickman from waldorf??

[Dodgem250]

Originally Posted by greyhound

Do you mean Sticks from calvert county or stickman from waldorf??

Stickman, from Waldorf (No Name). Everybody calls him "stick", sorry about that.

Dodgem

[greyhound]

Originally Posted by Dodgem250

Stickman, from Waldorf (No Name). Everybody calls him "stick", sorry about that.

Dodgem

I talked to my dad & he doesn't know where he is now.

[Dodgem250]

Originally Posted by greyhound

I talked to my dad & he doesn't know where he is now.

I pass by the house on a daily basis, and I'm pretty confident he doesn't live there anymore. I had someone about a year ago, say that everyone he talked to was sending him to Stickman, but, he said he was interested in me working on the radio instead, but, I told him, I had sold everything, meters and all, and I just had no way to help him out. So, I have to assume that he is still doing repairs and stuff. Just curious, I like the guy, he's pretty good people, never had any issues with him.