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Nobody is using cb radios these days! How sad........No one in ireland
anyway Better of using amateur radio |
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>Chris scribbled -
>Nobody is using cb radios these days! How sad........No one in ireland anyway >Better of using amateur radio. ____________________ There is no M 3 in Ireland to allow CB'ers easy access to the Amateur Bands. And besides there is still some die hards around here, (Donegal - Derry) using 27 MHz. Therefore your statement of "Nobody is using cb radios these days! How sad........No one in ireland anyway" is a bit strong. And to name a few Handles or Personals - Black Bear Joe Mick Maria Arlene Road Hog ** Black Bin ** Fibber Danny Gemini Willow Curley Sandpiper ** Red Robin ** Eddie ** Peter Angus Speedy Helen Rainbow ** Oyster Catcher Brown Trout China Doll Finola Angel Eyes Topaz Irish Rover Ian Eugene Susan Black Widow ** White Widow ** Turf cutter Mountain Man Barbie Red Fox White Wolf T Bone Joanne Valerie Etc... ** - are mobile stations. Most are active on Channels 6, 14, 15 & 19 UK (27/81), 1 to 10 EU after 22.00 or 27.555 USB (or thereabouts) when the skip is running. HTH & 73's Fibber |
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"FeGaN" <no.spam@this.address.com> wrote:
: There is no M 3 in Ireland to allow CB'ers easy access to the Amateur Bands. THANK GOD |
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"FeGaN" <no.spam@this.address.com> wrote in message
news:cv65a0$lnn$1@sparta.btinternet.com... > >Chris scribbled - > > >Nobody is using cb radios these days! How sad........No one in ireland > anyway > > >Better of using amateur radio. > ____________________ > > There is no M 3 in Ireland Not yet. -- Brian Reay www.g8osn.org.uk www.amateurradiotraining.org.uk FP#898 |
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"Brian Reay" <brian.reay@(spamstopper)bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:37p744F5h7inlU1@individual.net... > "FeGaN" <no.spam@this.address.com> wrote in message > news:cv65a0$lnn$1@sparta.btinternet.com... > > >Chris scribbled - > > > > >Nobody is using cb radios these days! How sad........No one in ireland > > anyway > > > > >Better of using amateur radio. > > ____________________ > > > > There is no M 3 in Ireland > > Not yet. > > -- > Brian Reay > www.g8osn.org.uk > www.amateurradiotraining.org.uk > FP#898 > CB isnt dead.... its just not densly populated as it once was. To imply it was dead would mean no one would be on it but there is. A lot of stations just sit on the 19 just monitoring waiting for someone they know to come on or they sit on a channel waiting for their friends. I agree it may seem very quiet in parts but whos fault is that?? OURS... we should all be out there promoting our hobby and try to get our friends and family involved. CB radio can be an extremely cheap way for keeping in touch with each other especially as CB's are now cheap as chips (unless you go to ebay but even there theres bargains to be had) . Maybe the new "Dukes of Hazzard" movie might spur a few oldies back or make people think about it for the first time. The series run from January 79 and was CB based so who knows, the movie might spurn some new users !! Advising people to move to Amateur is not really the answer. Amateur should be the route for people to further their interest in radio and its technical side even though the M3 licence is apparently easy to get. CB is the avereage persons tool for communication and should not be mixed in with mobile phones/amateur/internet which are in themselves fine ways of communicating but not totally superior. Each medium has its own benefits and pitfalls. Lots of people who i know have abandoned their average weekly CB'ing to internet chatting which is good fun but it cant be used to communicate from mobile to base by the driver realistically so they keep their CB set ups but arent on them as much as they once were. I know this post goes on a bit but its giving anyone whos reading it food for thought (hopefully) This weekend im going to make the effort to fit my Beta 4100 in my new car as i havnt got round to it yet so once im out and about ill let people see it and try to get them interested. Theres a whole generation of teenagers out there who know nothing of CB..... lets introduce it to them  )Graham www.open-channel.co.uk |
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Hello,
I remember the days of networks, skip and not being able to find a clear channel. It's a shame no one is interested now. They have the Internet, text messaging, mobile phones and Instant Messenger etc. It brings back memories of the people using echo power mics, horrific roger bleeps, over the top modulation and playing music. Then "can I have a rig check", "who's on channel" and rubbish like that every few minutes. The funniest thing was people didn't understand that when one person was talking, they couldn't hear at the same time! Don't even get me started on "I've got a 300w burner and a silver rod". "The Magnum" <magnum@NOSPAMmag2781.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:cv7qds$oib$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk... > > "Brian Reay" <brian.reay@(spamstopper)bigfoot.com> wrote in message > news:37p744F5h7inlU1@individual.net... >> "FeGaN" <no.spam@this.address.com> wrote in message >> news:cv65a0$lnn$1@sparta.btinternet.com... >> > >Chris scribbled - >> > >> > >Nobody is using cb radios these days! How sad........No one in ireland >> > anyway >> > >> > >Better of using amateur radio. >> > ____________________ >> > >> > There is no M 3 in Ireland >> >> Not yet. >> >> -- >> Brian Reay >> www.g8osn.org.uk >> www.amateurradiotraining.org.uk >> FP#898 >> > > CB isnt dead.... its just not densly populated as it once was. To imply it > was dead would mean no one would be on it but there is. A lot of stations > just sit on the 19 just monitoring waiting for someone they know to come > on > or they sit on a channel waiting for their friends. I agree it may seem > very > quiet in parts but whos fault is that?? OURS... we should all be out there > promoting our hobby and try to get our friends and family involved. CB > radio > can be an extremely cheap way for keeping in touch with each other > especially as CB's are now cheap as chips (unless you go to ebay but even > there theres bargains to be had) . Maybe the new "Dukes of Hazzard" movie > might spur a few oldies back or make people think about it for the first > time. The series run from January 79 and was CB based so who knows, the > movie might spurn some new users !! > Advising people to move to Amateur is not really the answer. Amateur > should > be the route for people to further their interest in radio and its > technical > side even though the M3 licence is apparently easy to get. CB is the > avereage persons tool for communication and should not be mixed in with > mobile phones/amateur/internet which are in themselves fine ways of > communicating but not totally superior. Each medium has its own benefits > and > pitfalls. > Lots of people who i know have abandoned their average weekly CB'ing to > internet chatting which is good fun but it cant be used to communicate > from > mobile to base by the driver realistically so they keep their CB set ups > but > arent on them as much as they once were. > I know this post goes on a bit but its giving anyone whos reading it food > for thought (hopefully) > This weekend im going to make the effort to fit my Beta 4100 in my new car > as i havnt got round to it yet so once im out and about ill let people see > it and try to get them interested. Theres a whole generation of teenagers > out there who know nothing of CB..... lets introduce it to them )> Graham > > www.open-channel.co.uk > > |
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 00:49:21 +0000, Chris wrote:
> Nobody is using cb radios these days! How sad........No one in ireland > anyway Where in Ireland? Are you still using a cobra 29ltd 80 channel? As far as I'm aware that is an FM-only rig for the UK market. CBers in Ireland normally use AM and SSB. |
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"Brian Reay" <brian.reay@(spamstopper)bigfoot.com> wrote:
: "FeGaN" <no.spam@this.address.com> wrote in message : news:cv65a0$lnn$1@sparta.btinternet.com... : > >Chris scribbled - : > : > >Nobody is using cb radios these days! How sad........No one in ireland : > anyway : > : > >Better of using amateur radio. : > ____________________ : > : > There is no M 3 in Ireland : : Not yet. Brian... you know as well as I ..that it aint happening. and thanks to certain false information given on official documents to comreg recently , comreg are even more against it than before. |
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"The Magnum" <magnum@NOSPAMmag2781.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
: CB isnt dead.... its just not densly populated as it once was. To imply it : was dead would mean no one would be on it but there is. A lot of stations : just sit on the 19 just monitoring waiting for someone they know to come on what you need is a new level of licence TO SAVE CB RADIO. and i know just the cb'er to save it for you... BRIAN ...off you go...SAVE CB from the darkness of extinction!! |
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"ZZZPK ptl_amangbo@kaixo.com" <zzzpk_pkearn_class_a@multi_band_cb_is_here.eircom .es.it.net> wrote in message news:42188b7f.80890620@news.iol.ie... > "The Magnum" <magnum@NOSPAMmag2781.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > > : CB isnt dead.... its just not densly populated as it once was. To imply it > : was dead would mean no one would be on it but there is. A lot of stations > : just sit on the 19 just monitoring waiting for someone they know to come on > > > what you need is a new level of licence TO SAVE CB RADIO. > > and i know just the cb'er to save it for you... > > BRIAN ...off you go...SAVE CB from the darkness of extinction!! > New level of licence?? you just get a CB licence for £15. Like a fishing licence it needs no expertise its just a tax on the use of airwaves. Why would we need a new level of licence??? its the Amateur groups that needed that (M3) to save amateur radio from extinction... now stop being a silly boy and get back to your cup of tea and slice of cake.... |
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Down in Kerry.I did not know that i could use am and ssb here..I will give
it a try and see if i get any contacts. Chris |
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CB radio is far and few in Ireland is because the CB shops seem to be at the
other end of the country, like Waterford, Donegal or Dublin, now if you are in Cork like me, you have to travel 160KMs to get anywhere, if it's Dublin 245KMs to far to go, they want Visa cards, so most won't bother. Ebay sellers won't send any CB's over as they think they won't get paid, ( any SSB sets going cheap lads) I have an old 5/8 wave Dipole and 50m of RG8 no rig though any offers? Mike O' Co Cork -- ---------------------------------------------------- This mailbox protected from junk email by MailFrontier Desktop from MailFrontier, Inc. http://info.mailfrontier.com "Chris" <d@iolfree.ie> wrote in message news:cvae5m$3h9$1@reader01.news.esat.net... > Down in Kerry.I did not know that i could use am and ssb here..I will give > it a try and see if i get any contacts. > > Chris > |
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I travel to dublin often for buisness.What cb shop is there??Where abouts?
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>Chris scribbled
>I travel to dublin often for buisness. >What cb shop is there? Where abouts? >Chris --------- CQ Comms is right beside the Millennium bridge... Here is their link - http://www.cqcomms.com/index.html Be prepared tho, they're nothing compared to the likes of Nevada or Truck-King. HTH & Good Luck Fibber |
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"Mike H." <colomane@iol.ie> wrote in message news:cvdh78$b6e$1@reader01.news.esat.net... > CB radio is far and few in Ireland is because the CB shops seem to be at the > other end of the country, like Waterford, Donegal or Dublin, now if you are > in Cork like me, you have to travel 160KMs to get anywhere, if it's Dublin > 245KMs to far to go, they want Visa cards, so most won't bother. Ebay > sellers won't send any CB's over as they think they won't get paid, ( any > SSB sets going cheap lads) I have an old 5/8 wave Dipole and 50m of RG8 no > rig though any offers? > > Mike O' > Co Cork > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > This mailbox protected from junk email by MailFrontier Desktop > from MailFrontier, Inc. http://info.mailfrontier.com > > "Chris" <d@iolfree.ie> wrote in message > news:cvae5m$3h9$1@reader01.news.esat.net... > > Down in Kerry.I did not know that i could use am and ssb here..I will give > > it a try and see if i get any contacts. > > > > Chris > > Theres always Truck king / mail order..... Not sure if they send to all Ireland but would be amazed if they didnt. |
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"The Magnum" <magnum@NOSPAMmag2781.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
: New level of licence?? you just get a CB licence for £15. Like a fishing : licence it needs no expertise its just a tax on the use of airwaves. Why yes...and the same was shoved down amateur radio necks too. : would we need a new level of licence??? its the Amateur groups that needed : that (M3) to save amateur radio from extinction... now stop being a silly : boy and get back to your cup of tea and slice of cake.... thats an excellent idea. TEN FOUR |
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"FeGaN" <no.spam@this.address.com> wrote:
: >Chris scribbled : : >I travel to dublin often for buisness. : : >What cb shop is there? Where abouts? : : >Chris : --------- : CQ Comms is right beside the Millennium bridge... : : Here is their link - : : http://www.cqcomms.com/index.html : : Be prepared tho, they're nothing compared to the likes of Nevada or : Truck-King. its good but as said...it aint top of the range. |
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Just visited the web page.Major rip off.The Alinco DR-135 i got for E250.It
costs in their shop E399..My god!! |
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This was from nevada.co.uk where i got my alinco from just if you wanted to
know "Chris" <d@iolfree.ie> wrote in message news:cvgc5o$728$1@reader01.news.esat.net... > Just visited the web page.Major rip off.The Alinco DR-135 i got for > E250.It costs in their shop E399..My god!! > |
