Quote History Quoted:/me looks at his 1980s radioshack realistic 3 channel hand held CB with changable crystals... NOPE.
Should I get one? Been contemplating getting a CB again just to have.
Just got me one of them baofengs and an antenna too.
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This brings back some
memories (as I look at my 1975 Midland 23 channel aluminum-frame model). When we moved to AZ, 30 years before it became fashionable to do so, I was in temporary quarters as my house sold and my family could catch up. Money was tight. So my FIL brought his 5th wheel RV from the Rockies for us to live in for a while. When he arrived, he assumed I would be listening for him on the CB. I wasn't. But he was informally running a 100 watt bilinear amplifier. While I was on a landline phone a couple of miles away, I could actually hear him trying to raise me on the CB!
There are places where CBs are essential. The Dalton Highway in Alaska is one of them. Also fun.