Hi Don! Thanks for the reply. The "Colonel" used a varierty of
responses when we transmitted down there. Usually, he wanted to know
where we were, and used a tone of voice (very authoritive) that we
were not supposed to be operating on that frequency. We were in our
early teens, so we were worried.

True, he could have been anyone, with any agenda. Besides the local
gossip and chatter about the "Colonel", I did speak to a local HAM
down the street who said that this Colonel was some sort of gov
official, perhaps with the FCC, but as I soon found out, Hams didn't
like us CB-ers much, and of course scolded us when we said what
frequency we operated on.

As for the other reply, asking if we switched channel 10 crystals in
our walkie talkies to get -20, no...it was channel 11. Other brand
walkie talkies didn't give the same results as ours. We found that
out, and I know why that is.

Anyway, thanks everyone for the replies. The Colonel phenomenon was
fascinating, and just one of those early CB experiences that I've
always wondered about.

-Stephen