Fatal CB radio argument

[W5AMI]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,216932,00.html

[KF1Z]

MY RADIO's BIGGER THAN YOURS !!!!

MINE'S LOUDER !!

NO, MINE IS.........


BANG BANG


 


Radio Rage at it's finest I guess.

[WV Hoopie]

Quick, someone call the Fee Cee Cee, cb is out of control!

[wa1knx]

back in tucson, arrived last night.  I listened to channel 19 most of the way for
smokey reports, very useful. but there were quite of few arguments on the
way, some pretty hot. one waited on the side of the road for another to
have it out, faded out before I knew what happened.

[W2VW]

No wonder the Marconi net can't find new people.

[KB2WIG]

This sounds just like the thing For the Marcarine net.... kind of like missionary work... .   they have value... klc

[Ed KB1HVS]

No wonder the Marconi net can't find new people.

  No Value......

[WD4TC]

  If the High Level of RF from the Old (DAVE MADE,Texas Star,X-Force ) don't Get them The old lead Will !, Or  Maybe the RF has already effected The old Thinker 

[w3jn]

It's fun to mention on channel 19 how much better trains are than trucks 

[WA1GFZ]

John a bunch of us went out to Watkins Glen one year and all had CBs. We got stuck in traffic real bad with tons of trucks in the mix. I got on and said...This country needs a good rail system. Man that started a big fight. Good thing they have no DF in those big rigs because these guys wanted to hang me.

[Ed-VA3ES]

The two idiots were probably arguing over who got the use of their brain that night.

[wa2zdy]

Thanks Ed.  Good thing I was drinking fruit punch today rather than soda pop.  Fruit punch doesn't hurt as much through the nose.

That aside, I think you're mistaken about the cause of the dispute.  Your theory would require that at least one of them have a brain.  That issue seems doubtful.

As I said in my post on qrz.com on this subject, after 24 years in law enforcement, I have no sympathy for either of these idiots.  Both made the conscious decision to take firearms to an arguement over some CB radio subject.  The only outcome that could have been better is if both of them had been equally dispatched, saving the taxpayers the trouble of trying and caring for either. 

Who I feel sorry for are the families who may include children who still need to be fed, have health care, etc. 

But the two idiots?  Not worth the air they breathe(d).

[Ed-VA3ES]

Back through out the '90's, Ottawa was a haven for all sorts of CB miscreants. Ex-cons,  jail-birds, illiterates,  low-lifes and other assorted scum,  whores,  and the usuall array of kids were rife on the CB channels.

Every night was a soap-opera, and great entertainment for anyone with a working brain.  As well there were the requisite "calling-out"  to parking-lots, donut-shop lots, etc.   The cacaphony of on-air quarrels and fights  was constant  and nightly.

This mess finally ended when the low-lifes aquired computers (mostly by burglary), and ended up on various chat-rooms, where no doubt, they continue their quarreling.

Today, the CB band in Ottawa is dead quiet night after night. Only truckers use it now. 

[W1ATR]

     The real shame to this incident is that these jackasses drew weapons out over what was, more than likely, just a chicken band radio rambo type of dispute.

     We have a group of OM's around here that I still talk to pretty much every morning on Ch 39 LSB. These are all retired guys, and some others in the 40yo range and it's a good group. No swearing, fighting, or other crap for that matter, just usual chit chat, maybe the occasional disagreement, and it's been this way for 20 years, ever since I was a kid. I've heard much MUCH worse on CB years ago, but all those people are gone now. (Then again, I've also heard some choice dialog on 75m too In my opinion, I think it's more about the operator than it is about the band they use.)

[WA1GFZ]

the dumber they are the cheaper their rig.
That is why 75 m is a problem. Cheap rigs don't work as well on higher bands.

[W1RC]

Back through out the '90's, Ottawa was a haven for all sorts of CB miscreants. Ex-cons,  jail-birds, illiterates,  low-lifes and other assorted scum,  whores,  and the usuall array of kids were rife on the CB channels.

Eddie, do you remember the incident in the 1960s in Montreal with the CB3-A up on the cross with the PTT shorted out transmitting on Channel 22 whenever the lights were turned on?

[Ed-VA3ES]

Back through out the '90's, Ottawa was a haven for all sorts of CB miscreants. Ex-cons,  jail-birds, illiterates,  low-lifes and other assorted scum,  whores,  and the usuall array of kids were rife on the CB channels.

Eddie, do you remember the incident in the 1960s in Montreal with the CB3-A up on the cross with the PTT shorted out transmitting on Channel 22 whenever the lights were turned on?

Absolutely!  That was put up there by Gunther (who's ham call escapes me now,) and  John Allen (who used to have a huge tower on top of a high-rise, on Mountainsights Ave.   He was a big-time CB'er then, ran  Browning Twins, and a Moonraker, way up on top of Mt Royal.  Could be heard for a hundred miles around.  Later, he ran an FT-101E.)

The CB antics that went on in Montreal in the 60's and '70's  were legendary.  Of course, me, with my DX-100, and my kilowatt contributed to the antics!     

[KB2WIG]

   " The two idiots were probably arguing over who got the use of their brain that night.  "

More likely, they were fighting over who got stuck USING it......  klc

[W1GFH]

...the incident in the 1960s in Montreal with the CB3-A up on the cross with the PTT shorted out transmitting on Channel 22 whenever the lights were turned on...

A religious symbol used as a CB antenna? Details of this incident please. Sounds like good clean fun.

[Ed-VA3ES]

...the incident in the 1960s in Montreal with the CB3-A up on the cross with the PTT shorted out transmitting on Channel 22 whenever the lights were turned on...

  A religious symbol used as a CB antenna? Details of this incident please. Sounds like good clean fun. 

Yup.. Mt. Royal is  a 700' plus mountain  in the center of  Montreal.  There is  a  large park atop that mountain, and nature trails,  paths, etc.   At the eastern point of the mountain, there is  a  lighted cross to commemorate  Jacques Cartier's founding of Montreal, 450 years ago.    The cross is constructed of steel, and rises about 100' above the summit.  It's lighted at night.  Uses common lightbulbs, so there are hundreds of light sockets up and down the steel rigging.  It's accesible fom the paths, though there is  a chain-link fence around it.

One day, a couple of intrepid CB'ers decided to jam their "enemies" on Ch22.  Brought up a hallicrafters CB3A, a 9' whip, and an extension cord.   They wired the PTT closed,  undid a light bulb, plugged in a bulb-to-AC socket converter into the socket, and left the rig in a plastic bag, taped to the steel rigging.  Dropped the antenna down, (and tied the antenna ground to the steel rigging.) and left.   

Every night for about a week, CH22 was jammed solid all night long.   The  CB'ers couldn't figure it out!   The culprits took the contraption down after about a week. 

[N1NKM]

I have some memories of my teen years on Children's band... that's pretty much what it was in the 1980's. This memory is one of my favorites, though! I am also glad for the way it finally resolved.

There was one particular guy who just seemed to "have it in for me", as far as keying up and trying to stop me from having conversations. Well, one day, I was fed up... and I decided to give him a taste of his own medicine... MY WAY!!!

Using a 2-transistor flip-flop and a relay, I rigged up a "clicker" to my radio. At about 3 Hz, it transmitted just a very brief carrier... "click, click, click..." not enough to DISRUPT communications or "jam" a channel... but like the Chinese Water Torture, it was MADDENING! (and because each burst was so brief, it was nigh impossible to RDF! I could leave it on for HOURS at a time, and often did!)

Finally, the guy started to "crack"... wherever I heard him (usually on his favorite channel) I would fire up "The Clicker". It didn't take long for him to start cursing at it... but then he started accusing me of doing it, on the air. That irked me, of course!

I knew how to fix his wagon, though!!! I just had to redesign this thing a little... adding a 400Hz oscillator on another set of relay contacts, to interrupt the mic line when the mic was keyed! If the mic was not keyed, it was a dead carrier burst. With the mic keyed, it interrupted the mic audio, and injected the 400Hz tone!

On the air, it sounded like "The Clicker" was KEYING OVER ME!!!!

Needless to say... it WORKED, and worked BEAUTIFULLY! No longer was he able to accuse ME of being "The Clicker"!

I reminded this particular guy "What goes around, comes around."

It wasn't long after that that he stopped harrassing me... and "The Clicker" went into retirement.

[W1GFH]

Using a 2-transistor flip-flop and a relay, I rigged up a "clicker" to my radio. At about 3 Hz, it transmitted just a very brief carrier... "click, click, click..."

...I just had to redesign this thing a little... adding a 400Hz oscillator on another set of relay contacts, to interrupt the mic line when the mic was keyed! If the mic was not keyed, it was a dead carrier burst. With the mic keyed, it interrupted the mic audio, and injected the 400Hz tone! On the air, it sounded like "The Clicker" was KEYING OVER ME!!!!

Great example of how the engineering mind works!

[N1NKM]

Have you seen the "Wristwatch AM Transmitter" thread?

Believe me... there are a whole bunch more whacked-out ideas trapped inside this ol' gray matter of mine. It just takes SOMETHING to nudge them loose.

[flintstone mop]

Yeah, The HUZ man gave me a great idea for a CBer using high power behind my QTH in Maryland. It used a relay that would open and close on its own power causing a rukus on all frequencies known to man. The guy gave up as the neighbors were knocking on his door more and more often. They were coming to me because of my presence with Ham antennas, but I invited them in my house to hear HIM when he was on and then they knew it wasn't me with the fowl language and the "trucker talk" on CB.
Fred

[N1NKM]

"HUZ" man? 

I presume you mean that the relay was wired as a buzzer? Yeah, that's pretty nasty... A crude spark-gap, basically. Add a tuned circuit to peak that puppy around 27Mhz, and you've got something.