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Greater Orlando area Clermont & Apopka, - Apopka channels 1 and 30 AM .. 30 is generally very busy early mornings beginning around 5:00 AM up until around 9:00 AM. Other times channel 1 is frequently used, in the Clermont area late evenings channel 19 AM always a few bases out there and...

Retired Firefighter/Paramedic.

Makes a good dummy load.

Purchasing gear off Facebook is pretty risky every time I read the various groups someone is complaining of being ripped off.

Who needs hamfests when eBay operates 365 days a year. All that gear you would hold back awaiting the next hamfest now goes for auction and yes, the prices are usually crazy.

There's absolutely been a increase in CB use in Central Florida I'm also seeing several local electronics suppliers and automotive accessory stores beginning to stock the basics such as base antennas and coax though the selection is very limited. I have a couple local CB wholesale distributors...

I've found in my area most of the old-timers dating back to CB during it's heyday in the seventies tend to be quite a bit more knowledgeable, polite and operate clean sounding gear. The influx of exports, assorted noise toys and roger beeps doesn't appeal to folks accustomed to running old...

Hamfests have declined over the past twenty-years, today I honesty see too much junk at Hamfests. Unless your a die-hard collector or lover of boat anchors few are interested in purchasing thirty-plus year old transceivers or have the requisite knowledge or skills to resurrect a old tube...

CB is alive and doing well in central Florida, plenty of local bases within a 30 mile radius every once and a while someone new will rejoin the ranks usually older who enjoyed CB during it's heyday and now has the time and financial means to reenter the hobby. Biggest frustration is finding...

I had a Ham International in the late seventies, was probably my first export rig. Utilized a O2A Cybertnet designed chassis was among the worst radios I ever owned. Initially I thought I had a lemon checked with several other owners who purchased the radio at the same time it was a dog. The...

He buys cheap, cleans them up cosmetically and resells them on eBay at inflated and frequently insane prices claiming the radio is NOS or like new. He offered a buddy $200 for a Browning Golden Eagle Mark III in pristine condition, he tries to sell the same radio upwards of $1300 after cleaning...

Years ago television personality, amatuer operator and pilot Arthur Godfrey operated CB from his plane located at Teterboro Airport in NJ, my dad and uncle who were avid CB'ers in the sixties spoke to Godfrey several times while flying. I was told he could be heard well from one end of the...

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Had the opportunity to work Gordon on a couple of occasions, very pleasant and knowledgeable operator.

Not surprising especially for such a niche interest and the steep decline of shortwave and public service monitoring. Good magazine back in the day, looked forward to seeing new issues on the newsstands. Joins a ever enlarging group of formally published communication related magazines...

Not going to happen greater likelihood of being struck by lightning.

Save yourself the expense of the antenna, just string a homebrew wire dipole inside of the flagpole.

Condolences to Scott's family.

Sorry to see her go bailed my out a couple times when doing partial restorations on cosmetically bruised up radios. Her template for the Tram D201 is dead on.

Completed the survey some interesting questions, I would love seeing Heathkit return to the amateur radio market. My top requests were for a updated version of the venerable SB-220 and HW-101, a simple non-menu driven HF transceiver. Hope they're serious this time, rumors of Heathkit's return...