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Title: Happy CB DAY! Post by: WD8BIL on October 04, 2017, 02:21:54 PM 10/4 cay maann!
Title: Re: Happy CB DAY! Post by: KB2WIG on October 04, 2017, 02:35:18 PM Not happy APCO Day? KLC Title: Re: Happy CB DAY! Post by: Sam KS2AM on October 04, 2017, 06:43:27 PM Cinnamon Bun day ?
https://www.thelocal.se/20131004/50590 (https://www.thelocal.se/20131004/50590) Title: Re: Happy CB DAY! Post by: N3GTE on October 05, 2017, 09:14:00 AM >10/4 cay maann!
??? Is that the day that the FCC booted off the air?? Terry Title: Re: Happy CB DAY! Post by: WD8BIL on October 05, 2017, 09:17:45 AM Quote Is that the day that the FCC booted (you?)off the air?? Never got caught Terry!! ;D Title: Re: Happy CB DAY! Post by: N3GTE on October 05, 2017, 07:32:52 PM I was thinking it was a veiled reference to K1MAN javascript:void(0);
Terry Title: Re: Happy CB DAY! Post by: Ralph W3GL on October 05, 2017, 07:42:42 PM Gee, years back, I was a member of "APCO" ...(Association of Police Communication Officers) Yeah, Im still out here... Ralph, W3GL Title: Re: Happy CB DAY! Post by: KB2WIG on October 06, 2017, 12:42:31 AM R, They usta ask if u had a call..... klc Title: Re: Happy CB DAY! Post by: WD8BIL on October 06, 2017, 10:45:33 AM Quote They usta ask if u had a call..... KSR9983 Title: Re: Happy CB DAY! Post by: KB2WIG on October 06, 2017, 12:13:11 PM APCO????? Title: Re: Happy CB DAY! Post by: Ralph W3GL on October 06, 2017, 05:57:14 PM R, They usta ask if u had a call..... klc Yeah, they had a CW net, early evenings, on 40... Title: Re: Happy CB DAY! Post by: AJ1G on October 07, 2017, 05:34:28 AM They usta ask if u had a call..... I remember the FCC assigned calls, the one at my friend's dad's TV dealership and repair shop where I was a shop rat was KKD5484. They had a Regency base unit that had full carrier AM and DSB mode, I distinctly remember it did not have LSB or USB modes.klc During the CB boom of the mid 70s I recall that the FCC didn't issue call signs, you were supposed to make one up from your initials and IIRC digits from your zip code. Am I remembering that right? I still have the Pace 144 that I picked up at Railroad Salvage in Groton, CT back then. They were the place to go to for CB radios around here then and up in the Worcester area, "where Spag's is next to us". There's still a local CB group in the Westerly area, they all seem to have the same roof mounted base loaded 5/8 wave whip antennas on their vehicles and hang out at the local Cumberland Farms. Title: Re: Happy CB DAY! Post by: KD6VXI on October 07, 2017, 08:51:32 AM That was your temporary call sign. Once you put your application in the mail, you could use the temp one.
My grandfather was KTK0681 OR 0881. It was 0881 as I grew up, and the 0681call came into being as dementia set in. So, he had both. ☺️ --Shane KD6VXI Title: Re: Happy CB DAY! Post by: KB2WIG on October 07, 2017, 09:34:19 AM APCO asked if yA had a hAM call. KLC Title: Re: Happy CB DAY! Post by: Steve - K4HX on October 07, 2017, 11:35:08 AM Good to hear from you Ralph.
Title: Re: Happy CB DAY! Post by: K9PNP on October 09, 2017, 07:18:32 PM IIRC original call format was "FCC District #", a letter, and 4 numbers. Remember that we had 18Q3379 as an assigned call. That lasted a little while, but what with the status of that sunspot cycle they were soon forgotten about. Considering I used to keep reliable schedules on 6 M AM with Florida from Indiana, 11 M must have been open most of the time. AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
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