Base Radios
I'm just wondering, does anybody still talk on base radios? I've had mine hooked up for a few days and all I seem to hear locally are truck drivers. In fact when I talk to them, they often call me "driver", then I explain I'm talking on a base setup. I hear them from a way off, usually 2 rigs talking to each other rolling down Hwy 90. They probably have their linears on, and squelch turned up so they pretty much can't hear anyone far off, only hearing who they're traveling with. I could get their attention with a linear, a little "fire in the wire" if you know what I mean. I'd like to find a linear somewhere, not so much to talk to local truck drivers, but to talk skip to "DX land" once in a while. I figure that with a modest linear it probably wouldn't interfere with the neighbors. I'm not going to spend a big chunk of change, after all this is just something to play with. Anyway, y'all know where I can find one with a power supply on the cheap side around New Iberia? I don't care if it's used. Just an Idea I'm kicking around.
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