Thanks for posting that link
. . .However, I can only agree that is not being used at the same level that it was in the 1970's. I would also disagree of the direction of that article, since I believe that it ('CB radio') is a privilege that needs to be maintained and protected.
Is it 'over and out'? Hardly. Might be a little quiet now that skip conditions are low. But now that Federal law has been reversed in the direction of legal skip use, it will be used to the full extent of the law. Matter of fact, there was a small skip window yesterday, and the band and operators were out in full force from what I could hear. Even joined in myself.
In that regard, the foundation of that article was totally false and therefore slanted. I would go as far to say that they were either lying outright or didn't have a clue.
We also don't need to have laws enacted to do it damage. Is operating a CB radio while driving hazardous? The answer is no. No more than shifting gears, talking to the person next to you in the vehicle, taking a sip of your favorite drive-thru coffee, changing the station on your vehicles FM receiver, or using a turn signal. Or maybe those should be made illegal as well?
CB radio is also using your right of free speech, so long as you say your piece in a timely fashion, and then get the out of the way for someone else.
A little more common sense and a lot less of other people telling what you should want and do - sums it all up . . .
To the author of the article: sez you, ya commie b******.
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