-=> Joe Delahaye wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
JD> Well we never had UHF CB here. 27 Mhz only. First it was only AM, and
Yes, our UHD band was unique in its day, and proved to be a roaring success....
eventually. :)
JD> then they gave us Side Band. A lot of us stayed on USB, and of course some
JD> of us just happened to get into the lower end of 10 meter <G>. I
Here, they gave us UHF, then 18 channels of AM/SSB with a unique band plan, and
finally American style 40 channels AM/SSB.
JD> ran a very successful net for a few years, but only on the legal
JD> channels. Things died down, in the late 80s here. During all this
JD> time, I was trying to get my Ham license, but kept failing to get the
JD> required wpm in CW. Needed 12 at that time. Tried three times, and
JD> then they came in with No-Code, and I got my Basic Licence. Last
JD> change they made I got grandfathered in to HF
A bunch of us in the sticks used to hang out on both bands. Having 2 bands at
our disposal, we were able to setup ad-hoc links manually (speaker to
microphone!), and cover quite a wide area. Took a little thinking who had to
transmit on which band for the links to work (UHF simplex and 27 MHz SSB), but
it was quite effective for linking wide areas without a traditional repeater.
)
... Do you talk to the dial tone much?
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