CB 2013

[n2ize]

In my case all the radios are GOK where. I am looking into a IC-7000 or a FT-897 in the future though. A dipole, a nice new key and maybe a keyer.

Sounds nice. Maybe we can talk on 160 or 75 meters one night. On 75 and 160 I generally put a very strong strapping signal into the Catskill area and throughout upstate NY and into Canada. On 40 meters I tend to skip over that area. If you can put up a flatop dipole or an inverted vee doublet we should have no problem hearing one another. Except for my Kenwood receiver and my vhf HT my station is a throwback to the early 1950's

CB is still viable for road conditions and when getting a response on the local repeater is not happening.

Good point. I've never operated CB radio from a mobile but I guess its good for road conditions when the local repeaters are quiet. back in the late 1980's I remember a friend of mine has a converted 5 watt CB set up to operate on 10 meters mobile. One afternoon I was chatting with a station in England as we were driving around. The band conditions were so awesome it was as if he was right around the corner. And that was just with < 5 watts output from a mobile.

BTW if you can reach the 145.130 repeater in Carmel from your area I can probably work you on vhf when I head upstate a little ways. There are also a few repeaters across the Hudson that I could probably reach you from my home QTH. If you can hit the Alpine, WECA (147.060), or Pearl River I can probably reach you on VHF with no problem.