[Shrewcub]

Originally Posted by jaynjeep

It may be obsolete and a thing of the past, but it is still cool..

Terry, I agree, its simple.. a form of electricity, a radio, and somebody to talk to and you are in business!

ol'George... I really enjoyed using my friends old tube type rig.. it was a lot of fun to use and to work on! I don't own a smartphone either

Most of us still play with Cub Cadets that are old and obsolete!!

Well said Jay,except for the first line, ham is not dead! I have a longer reply coming to this thread as soon as I can sit down at the computer. CB is dead to everyone but truckers. Ham has shown is value and relavance in many natural disasters. When there is no power grid or phones, amatuer radio is all that is left. I can still talk to the other side of the world with only the wires from the battery to the radio and the radio to the antenna.