Anyone here still using them for fun?
Cause I just remembered I have roofracks to mount my 4-5ft antenna on
RC Car Status? Anyone?

 

i still use it on my truck when i go 4 wheeling.

our club standardize on it. although we are heading towards ham radio.

 

I have a 10m set up in my truck, plus a nice evergreen foot warmer under the seat. I can drop into the silly channels and talk to people in china on a good night (and have)...however I have also melted a few antena with it.

I do need to get my ham lisence so I can go up to 2m.

 

break 1-7 i need a radio check.. I've reached out pretty far on sideband. Never melted anything but have played around with linear. The good ol' days.

 

There is a honist to god CB shop in san leandro, old guy runs it, he tweaks the hell out of the radios in there too.

 

last place i went ws 10-4 comm. in modesto but they have changed.. they used to have a good vibe. Kinda like how radio shack used to be before they stopped selling pieces parts.

 

share.

 

As overbear mentioned and IMHO if you're going to bother getting into this sort of thing I would recommend getting your HAM license and running a HAM radio in your car. I say this because once you start you'll want to go that far anyway so why not get your education out of the way, get some real equipment and have fun talking to people all over the world.

http://www.arrl.org/
http://www.hamuniverse.com/study.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_license

 

Slightly off topic but does anyone have a frs/gmrs that they could recommend for hiking and snowboarding? All my digging says that these types of radios suck in the mountains. Any thoughts?

 

Clides corner electronics

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...,23.36,,1,1.18

 

i just have stuff from my truck that are lying around thats why this came up lol

 

I'll add to the chorus saying "Get your HAM tag"

CB is pretty much only used by truckers anymore, but the HAM license opens a whole other world of communications capabilities, APRS, working repeaters, Rallies, (A HAM tag and radio gets you into the best spectating spots on Rallies) all kinds of fun stuff like that

 

I have one in my jeep. I turn it on when I drive it. Or use it when I'm 4 wheeling.

 

The problem is, ham is expensive as ****, and requires a stupid lisence for airwaves that belong to the citizens of the US in the first place and should have no such restrictions on it.

 

I never used CB's but scanners from time to time...

oh and speaking of scanners... check this spot out..

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=183


FREE ONLINE scanner access... CHP, Fire, Air Traffic....much more.. by state and county... you'd all enjoy...