Been out of amateur radio for a while now. My license IS still valid (N4LWP). Just recently entered the trucking industry as an owner/operator and thinking about taking up amateur radio again. Wonder what band folks are using? SSB/2 meter/440 etc? A lot I forgot...
Thanks.
Thinking of getting HAM radio for truck
Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by dmg1029, Oct 15, 2009.
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Well .....
With a EXTRA I would go get me one of the niffty DC-DAYLIGHT radios like a FT-897 .....
You will find 20 meters even with the very poor band conditions you still can make contacks in the day and on 40 meters you can at night.
AND ..... even with the radios running 100 watts they are about the size of a CB set .....
Bruce -
Don't expect to contact many drivers with a ham rig because the majority are running the CB bands.
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No reason not to have both if you have the license! As I am sure dmg 1029 already knows having that ticket is a window on the world and a "ticket" to exotic places a CB op can only dream about!
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But yet you still hover on this board ever day. -
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Yeah but you don't act like a jerk.
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How is TELLING THE TRUTH "being a jerk"? Just because you might not like being told that you cannot operate on the ham bands doesn't mean does not make someone a jerk. That is my main objective: to inform. Why should I have to "share" frequencies for which I studied for the privilege so some APPLIANCE OPERATOR can just show up just because? What the outlaw CBers do on 11 Meters ain't my business so long as they don't interfere with me on MY bands/privileges.
Many truckers and CBers don't KNOW they can't BE on those other bands and that they can get into trouble for it. They've been given a whole
passel of CB myth and legend about "extra channels" and a non-existent "freeband" that belongs to other LICENSED services. There's NO such thing as a "private truckers' channel".
The so-called "10 Meter" radios are ILLEGAL, their power exceeds that which is allowed, and they only cause interference to other users, and they allow people to flip those infernal band switches and land places they have NO business. People think this "outlaw" image is to be praised and glorified. I don't. I look at them with contempt when I hear them on the frequencies that I obeyed the law to be able to access. If THAT is what makes me a "jerk", then so be it. There are other, more deserving individuals who are CB operators who love this country, respect its laws and obeys them that APPRECIATE the information so they, too, can respect and honor the nation. These people, I, too, give respect because not only are they good radio people, they are likely the drivers I am not afraid to share the road with. After all, they also KNOW that, like the laws/regulations that govern driving vehicles, large and small, the rules were put there for a good purpose.
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Gadfly,
Just wondering, what do you think of the Rci 2950-70 for a 10/12 meter amateur radio? I have a new neighbor who is a Ham (don't know his callsign yet) and he gave me some info/tips about taking the technician class test. -
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