Re: CB question and pic
> What would someone do with a badge like this and what was it
> purpose if any?
Ego thing I bet......why would anyone build a 1000watt amplifier to talk 4 miles down the road??
> I remember the CB rage, but I never knew of a time (in my
> life time) where you were required to be licensed. This is
> where I'm trying to fit the pieces that I found in my
> step-fathers box.
CBs had to be licensed from the start of Class D (27MHz) in the 1950s when the 11mtr ham band (which was shared with medical diathermy stuff...EEEWWW nasty sounding on a rcvr!) was turned over to the Citizens Band svc (which at the time had Class A and B CB at 460Mhz but radios at UHF were not cheap and gave poor range with tubes, etc!)..Licenses were 3 letters and 4 numbers...such as KAB1615 or KDO1234....the license requirement went away in the 80s when the FCC threw in the towel after the trucker explosion and noone was getting a license (which was only $20 and a form filled out)...gotta love this LAW abiding country (As Bush calls us) right???
> I will tell you once upon a time, Bingo and I placed a whip
> in the trunk of my car and would key up on Channel 10 in
> Arlington to mess with the kids over at the UTA parking lot.
> We'd get them mad at us to want to fight just to watch them
> drive around in circles in rage looking for a car with a
> whip. They would tell us they can tell how close we were
> based on their TX/RX meter. Funny thing was so could we!
> That's how we stayed close enough to watch but not get
> caught.
> Good times, good times ROFL!
Hmmm tacky actually (nothing personal but...)..On ham bands (back in the good old days...not NOW in a lot of cases due to the CB mentality taking over the ham bands), that would get you thrown off the band and banished! Interferring on purpose is not a nice thing...and is usually done by folks with nothing better or constructive to do....those that do that are called LIDS...
which is not a compliment.
> any how, still trying to figure out the story behind this
> badge if any.
So am I...probably some CB club thing.....(doubt if it is official or tied with the state in anyway other than it has the state name, etc on the badge...)