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Highly recommended is all relative to who is doing the recommending. Bad shops that are still in business are obviously making some people happy or they would go under. The way to find out is to ask what they will be or have done, specifically, to the radio. Ask what kind of equipment they use. You can use this information along with recommendations to gauge if that shop is right for you. Not all operators necessarily look for the same thing in a tune/alignment.

Saying that "new CBers" are all ignorant or "uneducated" is pretty inflammatory. It is also generalizing as absolute with an implication of "all". When you speak in absolutes it shows a degree of irrationality. There are many new and old CB operators alike, who operate very dirty and bad sounding radios. Just like there are many new and old CB operators who have very good sounding set-ups. This forum tends to cater to those of us who care about the quality of the signal we are transmitting. Making people feel uncomfortable or offended may steer them to other forums for advice. Many of the other forums contain the very irresponsible operators you speak of. We want more people getting good advice don't we? It would do the hobby more justice to just help without the derogatory statements. That way we can share the proper "education" to those who don't know. Then they will. We will all be happier on the air in the long run.

<blockquote data-quote="roadrage" data-source="post: 442822" data-attributes="member: 21185">Highly recommended is all relative to who is doing the recommending.&nbsp; Bad shops that are still in business are obviously making some people happy or they would go under.&nbsp; The way to find out is to ask what they will be or have done, specifically, to the radio.&nbsp; Ask what kind of equipment they use.&nbsp; You can use this information along with recommendations to gauge if that shop is right for you. Not all operators necessarily look for the same thing in a tune/alignment. Saying that &quot;new CBers&quot; are all ignorant or &quot;uneducated&quot; is pretty inflammatory.&nbsp; It is also generalizing as absolute with an implication of &quot;all&quot;.&nbsp; When you speak in absolutes it shows a degree of irrationality.&nbsp; There are many new and old CB operators alike, who operate very dirty and bad sounding radios.&nbsp; Just like there are many new and old CB operators who have very good sounding set-ups.&nbsp; This forum tends to cater to those of us who care about the quality of the signal we are transmitting.&nbsp; Making people feel uncomfortable or offended may steer them to other forums for advice.&nbsp; Many of the other forums contain the very irresponsible operators you speak of.&nbsp; We want more people getting good advice don&#039;t we?&nbsp; It would do the hobby more justice to just help without the derogatory statements.&nbsp; That way we can share the proper &quot;education&quot; to those who don&#039;t know.&nbsp; Then they will. We will all be happier on the air in the long run<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="roadrage, post: 442822, member: 21185"] Highly recommended is all relative to who is doing the recommending. Bad shops that are still in business are obviously making [I]some[/I] people happy or they would go under. The way to find out is to ask what they will be or have done, specifically, to the radio. Ask what kind of equipment they use. You can use this information along with recommendations to gauge if that shop is right for you. Not all operators necessarily look for the same thing in a tune/alignment. Saying that "new CBers" are all ignorant or "uneducated" is pretty inflammatory. It is also generalizing as absolute with an implication of "all". When you speak in absolutes it shows a degree of irrationality. There are many new and old CB operators alike, who operate very dirty and bad sounding radios. Just like there are many new and old CB operators who have very good sounding set-ups. This forum tends to cater to those of us who care about the quality of the signal we are transmitting. Making people feel uncomfortable or offended may steer them to other forums for advice. Many of the other forums contain the very irresponsible operators you speak of. We want more people getting good advice don't we? It would do the hobby more justice to just help without the derogatory statements. That way we can share the proper "education" to those who don't know. Then they will. We will all be happier on the air in the long run:D. [/QUOTE]

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