: Twistedhed wrote:
: I take offense to the "holer than thou" attitude displayed by many hams
: toward Cbers.

I have not found that to be the case...

: They flaunt their "superior equipment" and tell the CBers,

Many serious CB'ers run Amateur Gear.

: to get ham licenses, and then are the first to complain to their ham
: buddies, that the reason the ham bands are going to pot, is because of
: all the CBers that are moving up there.

Many ham friends were cb friends from days of old. I'm glad they became
more interested in the hobby.

: Ham radio and CB radio are both communications services. Both offer
: their respective users with a forum for enjoyment. Each service has it's
: own unique appeal that is not duplicated on the other.

Depends on what part of the hobby your are writing about. CB and Ham Radio
operation have many similar aspects.

: Ham radio is full
: of serious discussions and one can learn alot from just listening. On
: the other hand though, a constant diet of technobabble gets VERY boring
: fairly quickly.

Have you been on a ham band lately..? Taste's great..! but is much less
filling on the serious discussion side. Most Hams don't sit and talk
technical all day long, they are just regular people for the most part.

: CBers are less technical, and as a result, are more like
: talking to "regular" people. Topics are more varied, and you can "fool
: around" without fear of upsetting the "kilocycle kops", and have more
: fun. Dave

I've never met a kilocycle kop or anything like one. I know a lot of very
technical CB'ers who have no interest in Amateur Radio. I know a lot of
very non technical hams.

If you listen to both the CB and Amateur Bands, you mostly hear a lot of
fooling around. Makes things much more interesting...

cheers
skipp
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