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I think the biggest obstacle he'll have is getting all of his buddies to study for, take the ham test, then invest in new radio equipment....

I tried this very thing several years ago with the guys I surf fished with, we all drove the beach in our 4X4's looking for the birds working over the fish, and talking over CB's. Usually the noise level and skip would preclude us from being able to talk very far from each other.
I first tried to get them all to get their ham ticket, but there was still that pesky code requirement then. So I suggested we all get VHF Marine radios, find an unused channel, and go that route, but most of these guys were cheap, and didn't want to spend the money on another radio and antenna, so we put up with the noise and limitations of CB......

[QUOTE="WX2MIG, post: 139676, member: 8397"] I think the biggest obstacle he'll have is getting all of his buddies to study for, take the ham test, then invest in new radio equipment.... I tried this very thing several years ago with the guys I surf fished with, we all drove the beach in our 4X4's looking for the birds working over the fish, and talking over CB's. Usually the noise level and skip would preclude us from being able to talk very far from each other. I first tried to get them all to get their ham ticket, but there was still that pesky code requirement then. So I suggested we all get VHF Marine radios, find an unused channel, and go that route, but most of these guys were cheap, and didn't want to spend the money on another radio and antenna, so we put up with the noise and limitations of CB...... [/QUOTE]

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