"Black Cowboy" wrote in message
...

"Radioman" wrote in message
...


That's plenty to talk to the truck in front of you. For any real
distance, you need a big antenna (CB waves are 36 feet long), and a
sideband radio (set on sideband). AM is not normally a long distance
mode with 4 watts and a mobile antenna. (Skip does happen, though.)


Who is the ham op in Gastonia NC who chases truckers up & down
the interstate, trying to find out what channel and what kind of radio
they have? Hear he's a real weirdo.

Black Cowboy

Now you are spreading rumors, unsubstantiated rumors.

It ain't *just* me, bud. You better get used to it and i will
tell you how to keep from getting bothered: Stay OUT of
the 10 Meter band without license and you will never hear from the hams.
It's a win-win situation; you don't
steal frequencies from the hams, and the hams don't listen
for the drivers to operate on 10 Meters. OH, we already
KNOW what "channels" to look for. Tan-fer thar???

J

"Mr Winky" wrote in message
...
Hi group
Im a brand new CDL Truck driver.
Over the road and need some info on CB.
I currently own a simple cobra 40 channle.
Will it be enough ,,, power,watts,ect, For what im doing. Anything more
that i need to know?

Get yourself a Cobra 29 (AM) or Cobra 148 (AM/SSB) which works fine out of
the box. Invest in a Astatic Road King or D104M-6C-DX1 noise canceling
amplified mike and a heavy duty external speaker. Antenna wise get yourself
a 4' Firestick with a mirror mount quick-disconnect so you can take it with
you when moving from truck to truck. Getting your rig peaked/tuned will
slightly help but amps are more troble than they're worth for the average
OTR.

(Mr Winky) wrote in message ...
Hi group
Im a brand new CDL Truck driver.
Over the road and need some info on CB.
I currently own a simple cobra 40 channle.
Will it be enough ,,, power,watts,ect, For what im doing. Anything more
that i need to know?
Thanks in advance.

troll

(Repeaterjammers For A Keyclown-Free Newsgroup) wrote in message . com...
(Mr Winky) wrote in message ...
Hi group
Im a brand new CDL Truck driver.
Over the road and need some info on CB.
I currently own a simple cobra 40 channle.
Will it be enough ,,, power,watts,ect, For what im doing. Anything more
that i need to know?
Thanks in advance.

troll

Yes, you are, DouGay!

how much ya wanna spend is the ?


"Mr Winky" wrote in message
...
Hi group
Im a brand new CDL Truck driver.
Over the road and need some info on CB.
I currently own a simple cobra 40 channle.
Will it be enough ,,, power,watts,ect, For what im doing. Anything more
that i need to know?
Thanks in advance.

Get yourself a Cobra 29 (AM) or Cobra 148 (AM/SSB) which works fine out of
the box. Invest in a Astatic Road King or D104M-6C-DX1 noise canceling
amplified mike and a heavy duty external speaker. Antenna wise get yourself
a 4' Firestick with a mirror mount quick-disconnect so you can take it with
you when moving from truck to truck. Getting your rig peaked/tuned will
slightly help but amps are more troble than they're worth for the average
OTR.


Any antenna smaller then 5 feet is worthless. Any radio peaked for max smoke
sounds like ****. A 2 pill amp, lightly driven, will work wonders.

"Black Cowboy" wrote in message ...
"Jerry Oxendine" wrote in message
...

It ain't *just* me, bud. You better get used to it and i will
tell you how to keep from getting bothered: Stay OUT of
the 10 Meter band without license and you will never hear from the hams.
It's a win-win situation; you don't
steal frequencies from the hams, and the hams don't listen
for the drivers to operate on 10 Meters. OH, we already
KNOW what "channels" to look for. Tan-fer thar???


Oh My Oh My Oh My! an imaginary "army" of
wannabe hams with no life, patrolling the nation's
interstates 24/7 ! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I bet 25 Million owners of CB radios are just shaking in fear
at this self-appointed army of wannabe hams! Post some
of your fake "enforcement" letters for us.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
ROTFLMAO!


well cowboy if you see that idiot following you writing down your
license number just slam on the brakes and make him run into you, then
he will get a ticket, that is of course after some fake anger on your
part because he caused the wreck doncha know. people like him need to
really get a life or turn to another channel...he has to remember the
next time he goes to the store and buys asswhipe, he can be assured
that some trucker , who was talking on 28 , delivered it to gastonia,
rogo d black.....

"gw" wrote in message
om...
"Black Cowboy" wrote in message
...
"Jerry Oxendine" wrote in message
...

It ain't *just* me, bud. You better get used to it and i will
tell you how to keep from getting bothered: Stay OUT of
the 10 Meter band without license and you will never hear from the
hams.
It's a win-win situation; you don't
steal frequencies from the hams, and the hams don't listen
for the drivers to operate on 10 Meters. OH, we already
KNOW what "channels" to look for. Tan-fer thar???


Oh My Oh My Oh My! an imaginary "army" of
wannabe hams with no life, patrolling the nation's
interstates 24/7 ! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I bet 25 Million owners of CB radios are just shaking in fear
at this self-appointed army of wannabe hams! Post some
of your fake "enforcement" letters for us.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
ROTFLMAO!


well cowboy if you see that idiot following you writing down your
license number just slam on the brakes and make him run into you, then
he will get a ticket, that is of course after some fake anger on your
part because he caused the wreck doncha know. people like him need to
really get a life or turn to another channel...he has to remember the
next time he goes to the store and buys asswhipe, he can be assured
that some trucker , who was talking on 28 , delivered it to gastonia,
rogo d black.....


Gee, I hate to get into an argument, but go back and read what you just
wrote. This wreck your trucking company
just caused now costs the driver and his company BIG bucks, maybe put the
driver in prison for manslaughter,
his family, perhaps, in poverty. Besides, what is slamming on brakes going
to do when the "monitor" is in
FRONT doing the copying? HMMMMMMMMM? You tractor tag # is on the FRONT,
remember? They
don't WANT the trailer #!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
By the time you know the monitor has gotten the numbers, he has already
pulled far ahead. The lawsuits,
mmmmmmMMMMMM!! Lots of witnesses that saw
that tractor slam on brakes for no apparent reason!

$$$$$$$$$$$ Ker-ching!!!!!!

LMAO

J

"Black Cowboy" wrote in message
...

"Jerry Oxendine" wrote in message
...

It ain't *just* me, bud. You better get used to it and i will
tell you how to keep from getting bothered: Stay OUT of
the 10 Meter band without license and you will never hear from the hams.
It's a win-win situation; you don't
steal frequencies from the hams, and the hams don't listen
for the drivers to operate on 10 Meters. OH, we already
KNOW what "channels" to look for. Tan-fer thar???


Oh My Oh My Oh My! an imaginary "army" of
wannabe hams with no life, patrolling the nation's
interstates 24/7 ! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I bet 25 Million owners of CB radios are just shaking in fear
at this self-appointed army of wannabe hams! Post some
of your fake "enforcement" letters for us.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
ROTFLMAO!


OK! Glad to! Plenty of them. Bear with me, guys, while I re-post some of
those letters that were posted before.

Keep on with the HAHAHA! and the ROTFLMAO.

It is real, and if it keep up, you may find that weight
stations and the state DOT officers will have the authority
to pull you over and cite you for operating on unlicensed
bands. They said that the "Local Enforcement" thing would never pass, but
it did, and some localities have used it to respond to complaints of CB
interference. Wouldn't take much to amend that law to make the above
happen.

Again, the way to NOT get in trouble is to just not operate on 10 Meters.
Very simple premise to me,
But, NO, *some* people think their CB playtoy has to
extend into theirs and everybody else's area, too. And if
the drivers would just stay OFF 10 and 12 Meters, there
would be no problem. This "Ah've got mah rah'ts thar to
use this hyar reddio whir I wanna" stuff just don't get it. Seem to forget
that there are services that have needs
as well. Funny. Them thar fellers go down to Roy's CB Shop and Pool Hall ,
buy one of them thar CB reddios where his coax has to be a "certain" length,
and WHAM! They suddenly know ALL there is to know about radio--which is,
for them, "AH WANT TO WORK MAH REDDIO AND I WANT TO TAWK SKIP ON EVER'
CHANNEL THERE IS," (Thar) And the hell without everybody else. If you want
to use a radio, do it right,
use a word called "Respect for others" and run your rig
on the bands that you are allowed to. VERY simple.
Take the time to do a little study about HOW, WHEN,
and WHY a radio works. You will find that all that
"swang", broad-banded coil antennas, SWR's (there
is only ONE swr in a feedline snicker), and that coax
length is a bunch of bull****. Get the license, operate on
ALL amateur bands, but do it RIGHT!

I'll be back with the enforcement letters from ARRL Letter. Better yet! Why
don't you call 717-338-2502
(the fox candy man) or email and find
out for yourself. HE is the guy that asked the hams to start watching for
illegal intruders to start with. That is
published on the web as well. (how do you want your
CROW cooked)?


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!


LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO!

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(he that laughs last laughs BEST!


J

"Black Cowboy" wrote in message
...
Oh My Oh My Oh My! an imaginary "army" of
wannabe hams with no life, patrolling the
nation's
interstates 24/7 !
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

When I'm out driving to and from work sites I tune
in to the low end of 10m. And yeah, from time to
time, I hear mainly truckers using AM. If I got
close enough I would ID them too. I would be
sending the info in to the FCC field office, the
ARRL, and the trucker's company just to let them
know a fine may be coming their way. The company
can thank the law breaking employee of theirs for
the privilege of contributing to the payment of
the national deficit.


I bet 25 Million owners of CB radios are just
shaking in fear
at this self-appointed army of wannabe hams!

If you're on 10m illegally and see a vehicle with
funny looking antennas pacing you in from the cab
you should worry.

Post some
of your fake "enforcement" letters for us.

Fake there not. Contact the companies listed below
for yourself.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
ROTFLMAO!

I'll bet the guilty truckers aren't laughing when
the boss tells them it either the radio or their
job. If some bozo driver cost me, as the owner, a
$10K fine I would find me another driver. There
are plenty of hungry unemployed drivers out there
who would be happy to have a job right now.

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FCC Warns Trucking Firms about Alleged Unlicensed
10-Meter Operation
NEWINGTON, CT, Jul 28, 2003--

The FCC Enforcement Bureau has sent Warning
Notice letters to three highway transportation
firms asserting that drivers of some of their
vehicles may have transmitted without a license on
10 meters. All three notices allege the unlicensed
operations took place July 8 on Interstate
highways in South Carolina.

Letters went out July 14 from FCC Special Counsel
Riley Hollingsworth to Jolly Roger Capital Ltd of
Columbia, South Carolina, Tidewater Transit
Company of Kinston, North Carolina, and Shuford
Lumber of Marion, North Carolina. He warned all
three firms that operation of radio transmitting
equipment without a license could lead to fines of
up to $10,000, equipment seizure and even
imprisonment.

Hollingsworth cited "information before the
Commission" that spelled out each vehicle's
highway location, license plate and--in two
instances--operating frequency (28.085 MHz). One
of the Warning Notice letters also identified the
make and year of the vehicle. The alleged offenses
were said to have occurred when the vehicles were
under way on Interstate 77 or Interstate 20 in
South Carolina.

Hollingsworth asked all three firms to get in
touch with him to discuss the allegations.
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Push to Identify Unlicensed 10-Meter Operators
Continues
NEWINGTON, CT, Oct 10, 2003

A concerted effort begun last spring to
monitor for and possibly identify unlicensed
operators on 10 meters will continue through
October. The FCC already has asked the ARRL
Amateur Auxiliary/Official Observers for
assistance. Now, FCC Special Counsel Riley
Hollingsworth is inviting hard information on
suspected interlopers from all amateurs.

"If I don't receive reports, we'll have to
conclude that unlicensed operation on 10 meters no
longer is a problem," Hollingsworth said this
week. Hollingsworth's initial request to beef up
monitoring came in the wake of complaints from the
amateur community that rose to the level of a
major enforcement headache. He's expressed some
disappointment, however, that the number of solid
reports received so far has been few, although
he's aware that a problem exists.

Hollingsworth asks amateurs to be specific in what
they report. "Everybody should police their own
neighborhood," he suggested. "Turn on the radio,
and take a listen on the band. If you hear a loud
signal that's obviously an unlicensed interloper,
see if you can track it down."

Hollingsworth said that in the case of a suspected
unlicensed trucker on the highway, amateurs should
try to get the license plate number of the
tractor--not the trailer--or at least the company
name and, if possible, the DOT number.

The FCC does not require direction-finding data
but would appreciate, where possible, names and
addresses of alleged or suspected operators. Audio
recordings of apparently illegal transmissions
also can prove helpful but are not absolutely
necessary.

Individual amateurs with solid information on
alleged unlicensed operation on 10 or even 12
meters should report it to the FCC via e-mail.
Official Observers should file their reports
through normal ARRL channels.

ARRL Field and Regulatory Correspondent Chuck
Skolaut, K0BOG, says the FCC wants to pin down
specific areas where unlicensed operation is
prevalent in the US. He and Hollingsworth concede,
however, that not all illegal 10-meter operation
is of domestic origin.

The FCC's initial request last May request was
made in accordance with the Communications Act and
a longstanding agreement between ARRL and the FCC
regarding the use of Amateur Radio volunteers to
assist in enforcement.
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--
Leland C. Scott
KC8LDO

ARRL Member
NCI Member

Charter member of the
Lawrence Technological University
Wireless Society W8LTU