>-=> Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-   
    >   
    >JA> I have thought seriously about adding a CB for when I'm on the road,   
    >JA> etc.   
    >   
    >JA> Do people still use them at all? Or just truckers?   
    >   
    >TL> I don't know about over there.  In Australia, UHF CB is heavily used   
    >TL> for all sorts of things, and there has been a revival of 27 MHz in   
    >TL> recent years, with a Facebook group dedicated to CB.  Might be   
    >TL> something similar for the US.   
    >   
    > Well, my wife and I are interested in the weather side of things for   
    > HAM,   
    > but I'm also interested in the CHAT side. :-) If CB's would give me   
    > morechance for CHAT it would be worth it. If it didn't, though, I feel   
    > like   
    > it would be a waste. :-)   
      
      
   Get connected with D-STAR, there are numerous nets almost every day who are   
   chat oriented.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
                          .....Bob, VE5XEF   
      
      
   --- GEcho/32 & IM 2.50   
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