I'm I the only one that gets really irritated when...

I make regular runs to Pleasanton,care to visit ?

 

I ain't skeeered.

 

Is there a reason to be ?

 

Yeah, and often times I've learned trucks don't care to talk to anyone who isn't a trucker. Which is a shame. I enjoy a good convo.

Do you understand why people talk like that? It's because they are radio hobbyists, and that's their lingo. Just like truck drivers have their own lingo. Your brother truckers in the 70's used to say "breaker breaker this heah be th' rubba duck we gawts us ah convoy that's a beeg tan-fur thar yessiree Bob mercy sakes alive tham thar chik'n coops be lawk'd whare's tham thar bears at, lookin at th' world thru mah winders..." Heck some of the truck drivers to this day talk like that. So call it childish if you want, just remember some truckers talk like that too.

NOW...why any of those radio hobbyists would use 19, is way beyond me. I've done my share of skip shooting but never used 19 to do it. Too congested.

I talked with a radio repair man at the Petro last weekend, according to him, a roger beep on your radio was a sign you had a big radio. I believe he said the same went for echo. I don't know about noise toys other than to be cute and annoying.

I can understand a nice looking interior. But what's wrong with the look of a Cobra 29 or a General Lee radio? Other than it's a carry over from the 1970's. They look nice and not junky. I suppose if you bought a radio 20 other truckers owned and beat the hell out of....maybe you'd need all the cosmetics. And yes a good installer hides all the wires and such.

 

it has gotten a lot quieter in the last several years...... I miss listening to the intelligent conversations of real truckers.

 

####, you really would have hated it back in the day......

 

Well he's kind of right! Channel 41 would be on the 10 meter band. Course you and both know they have to have a license to be on 10..

Woooo my dual band ic-208h is waiting for me at home. 2m here I come..