Free energy was Re: [AT] Way OT Crystal sets

[charlie hill]

Hi  Ralph,  there are still some guys running illegal CB's down south.
There is a guy not to far from my house that has a base station hooked to a
big BIG antenna that is so tall it is hinged in the middle with a winch that
raises the top section up at night when he is playing.  Some of them are
running amps 1000 watts or better.
When I was growning up the banker in town, of all people, had a jacked up
base station.  When he talked we could hear him loud and clear (and nothing
else) through our TV set.  He lived about a mile away.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: Free energy was Re: [AT] Way OT Crystal sets


> Charlie, maybe that explains some of the terrible strong "skip" we would
get
> on our cb radios up here back in the 70s. Lots of times I could not talk a
> mile to my home base but I could clearly hear some guy from the southern
> states drowning out all the local talk. We had to make good use of the
> squelch button in those days.
> Most of the big operators have gone to FM radios and cell phones now. CB
> radios have really faded out in popularity.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/lgoff/latestpage.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: charlie hill <chill8 at cox.net>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 4:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Free energy was Re: [AT] Way OT Crystal sets
>
>
> > Back in the CB days a mechanic friend of mine got a bit carried away
with
> > his mobile unit.  He had some sort of gigantic amplifier on it.  It was
> big
> > enough that he had a seperate alternator and battery just to run the CB.
> He
> > had a big ole 102" whip antenna on the back bumper.  He could pull up
> under
> > the canopy of the service station where he worked after they closed at
> night
> > and turned of the lights, key his mic and turn the florescent lights
back
> on
> > with the RF from his CB!
> >
> > Charlie
>
>
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