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10-4 on the highway robbery! I still use the same old coal powered Motorola cell phone I've had for 8 yrs, but I guess the shiny new ones with all the video and internet tech are hard for some to resist. The privacy factor doesn't seem to worry the younger crowd as much either - YET

BRAVO! I neglected to mention that I do the same. I always seem to attract old radios here for some reason - lol. People see the tower in the back yard and figure I'm a radio recycling center I guess. I bring 'em back to life and pass 'em on.

LOL Point taken! Is there alot of CB activity "down there"? I live on a mountain out in the sticks (on purpose!) and although there are still some of us "old timers" floatin' around, most of the CB activity is either on ch 19 or the seemingly endless skip.

Yeah, a deep topic I know, but I would like to see the hobby survive and pass it on to the next generation. Most people will tell you that kids today are too into their smartphones and video games to pay any attention to CB, but I disagree. My son is 20 and has a large group of friends with...

My Aunt married a former RAF radioman after WWII and he was BIG into ham radio. As far back as I can remember I was awed at the sheer amount and size of equipment in his basement. At age 10 or so, (1970), he gave me my first radio - A Mosley CM-1 ham bands only receiver. I got my first CB in...

What was the 8 element version called? I know the "Base Kicker" was the omni version with just the folded dipoles. The "Ultra Kicker" had the folded dipoles surrounded by 4 vertical elements. What did they call the one with the folded dipoles and 8 vertical elements? If anyone has the assembly...