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That's true! Most just have no idea how easy the Ham test is.

A ground plane on the roof will do way better than just a rubber ducky on your HT! When I had my HT hooked up to a ground plane, I was hitting repeaters over 30 miles away!

First, congrats! You can make contacts with that Baofeng if you can reach a repeater. You may want to try building a ground plane antenna and putting it on the roof, which would extend your range quite a bit. The first time I tried to make a contact, I went to a few repeaters, gave my call...

Interesting! Could be be a good area for old time CBers to retire.

Good point! Of course Ham operation requires studying for the test an obtaining a license, whereas just about anyone can get on CB in only a matter of minutes. Also, a lot more people know about CB radio due to its enormous popularity in the recent past.

I think I remember them! You might try to look for them on Ebay.

Isn't that close to Orlando? How many locals do you have down there?

What area of NC?

It really depends on where you are. I occasionally travel the country by car on business, and in certain cities and rural areas you can find a lot of local CB activity, while in other areas it is relatively quiet. I can say however that there seems to be an up tick in local activity recently...

Yeah, for those who survived! LOL!!

I'd feel bad for the poor guy monitoring CH 6 all day long!

You definitely have a point. Many younger people now seem to be using the online CB radio sites, because they can easily talk to each other even if they are thousands of miles away! They don't even have to buy any equipment, because their tablet or cell phone acts exactly like a CB radio, and...

I'm still hearing quite a bit of activity in the Phoenix area, as well as in LA and San Diego whenever I pass through.

We just need to start making cheap walkie talkies for the CB band again. Many kids learned about CB back in the day just from playing with those.