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Interesting. I had a Radio Shack store manager assure me years ago that it was a Shakespeare Big Stick with minor modifications made specifically for Radio Shack. And I heard the same from others. The .64 Radio Shack sold was supposedly a High Gain Super Penetrator with minor tweaks...

LSB 16 and the usual SSB hotbeds from 35-40 were pretty close to dead on Saturday, June 8th. I listened and called out several times. I did hear some Mexican spanish on AM 16, but nothing else on there. We'll keep trying.

SATURDAY, JUNE 8th Saturday, June 8th I'll be out on my marine mobile. Currently, it uses a Shakespeare 5223 marine CB antenna. My Cherokee AH 100 SSB walkie talkie will be hooked up to it. I'll start calling and listening at noon. Hope to hear some of you out there.

It has been weird down here. Usually summer brings lots of afternoon thunderstorm activity and interesting skip options tied to it. I'm going to stay the course and keep trying over the summer. If the ionosphere returns to normal, there should be some skip opportunities waiting for us.

Skip on LSB 16 has been non-existent. LSB 35-40 hasn't been much better. I haven't heard it this quiet in years. The good side of that coin is that I am getting phenomenal local range on AM, FM and SSB. It obviously isn't going to work all of the time, but it has worked well often enough...

I did not hear a single LSB 16 station all afternoon. That Mexican dispatcher on AM 16 came and went, but that was about it. AM 6 generated some noise, as did AM 28. LSB 35-40 was surprisingly dead. I'm going to be on a marine mobile tomorrow afternoon. Hoping a little reflection off of...

I was on for 15 minutes starting at 2:00P.M. No LSB 16 traffic at all, but I did hear that Mexican dispatcher on AM. She's come in on several occasions in the past, so I have to assume AM 16 is the channel their taxi service is on somewhere down there. I'm going to take a break for a little...

I was calling CQ-DX for about 20 minutes. Not only did I not get a single response, I did not hear a single other station out there on LSB 16. Just to be sure, I scanned the band a few times. There was a little bit of activity coming through on LSB 38. AM 28 had some stations talking skip...

HF propagation prediction for 12-10 meter bands today is in the "GOOD" range for the daylight hours and "POOR" range for night time. I expect that we'll be hearing more skip as we move through the afternoon hours. My Starduster clone does skip well. It will be put to the test in about 10 minutes.

My neighbor has got some gardening florescent lamps that are wiping out my ears. I'm taking the SSB walkie talkie out on the boat tomorrow and will make the effort from the marine mobile.

Kick off for our Memorial Day "Reclaim LSB 16 Net" is in just under 5 hours!

Yes, sir. We'll do it Saturday, Sunday and Monday. That will give folks flexibility in their schedules. It'll also give us a chance to make up for any days where the skip gods aren't cooperating.

COUNTDOWN TO MEMORIAL DAY WEEK-END NET: I just wanted to get this reminder out to everyone that we'll try our LSB 16 net again this Memorial Day week-end. We'll follow our usual protocols and start at noon eastern/11:00A.M. central/9:00A.M. pacific on Saturday, May 25th. After that, we'll...

I've run a bunch of searches for WC-151 and WC-152 wall chargers and have come up with nothing. Does anyone know where I can obtain these? Thanks.

I admittedly haven't been on CB much these last few months. Among other things, I've been working with two radio groups that have worked together to launch a GMRS repeater network that now covers from Palm Beach County all the way down to beyond Key West. It has been demanding, but the project...

We went back to LSB 16 for 2 main reasons. First, LSB 38 and the surrounding channels were a mess. Second, some of the guys here still have old 23 channel units. The QRM from 15 and 17 has been mentioned by a few folks here. On the other hand, we've had some week-ends where LSB 16 was just...

I go back and forth between a Midland 575MXT and a Retevis RA 86. As a base, I don't need a zillion repeater pairings. I have five (5) Florida Keys repeaters programmed, two (2) Miami ones and one (1) in Naples. The 50 watts on the Midland is a big plus, but the Retevis is more user friendly...

Kick-off time for our Memorial Day LSB 16 net will be noon eastern/11:00A.M. central/9:00A.M. pacific on Saturday, May 25th. Let's follow our established routine of aiming for every hour on the hour after that. We have a month to get the word out. Let's hope Mother Nature is listening.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEK-END LSB 16 DX NET I've been away from CB for a while. Two GMRS groups I'm very actively involved with are diligently setting up a system of linked GMRS repeaters that go from Key West on up to Miami and continuing to Fort Lauderdale. The project has been quite a success, but...

To add a little spice to the SSB walkie talkie discussion, I had a Radio Shack headset mic that I use with the AH100. It has just a little bit of amplification. I'm surprised at how good it sounds. But I also have an old Turner +3 base mic wired for it. I have to keep it very low, but it...