> True, HOWEVER if your eyes are at the level of the top of a CB
 > antenna, you won't see much more than 40 miles over water when the
 > skip is out.  Try going to the top of a mountain some time and
 > THEN
 > see how far your CB can communicate!  (Don't forget to take the
 > same
 > antenna you used in your previous experiments.)
I have done this hundreds of times. Back in the 60's, I'd take a
6 pack, drive to the mountains from Washington, DC and talk back
to my house with 4 watts and a Shakespere whip antenna. - 60 miles.
I've talked to several other countries from my car when conditions
allow. ...Running various amounts of power from 4 watts to 500 watts.
Ivy, you are using too much quote material.
 >  JS> A ham radio operator may use approx. 10 - 1,000
 >  JS> watts, and transmit anywhere from 2 meters down to 80 meters on the
 >  JS> radio frequencies alloted to amateur radio.)
 >  II> ERROR!  Ham radio operators have talked accross the Atlantic and
 >  II> Pacific oceans using ONE TENTH of a watt to their antennas!
 >  II> Hams have bands ranging from 160 Meters, (1.8 to 2 MHz) up to
 >  II> literally LIGHT!
 >  JS> [...] (stuff about various frequencies alloted to hams.)
 >  II> BTW, Hams have talked accross both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
 >  II> using LESS THAN ONE WATT OUT OF THEIR TRANSMITTERS!
 >  JS> One of the call-signs in my immediate family is KF4ICR (the other I
 > KF4ICR, huh?  OK, I'll tell you a little bit about "Mr. B" who
 > lives
 > at 3346, (I won't say the name of the Drive).  He has a codeless
 > Tech
 > license which was issued for the first time, (not a renewal), on
 > March 27th of last year, and it will expire Mar. 27, 2006.  Also,
 > he
 > gets his E-mail via Juno, but I won't say what name he uses there
 > to
 > protect his privacy and avoid your temper.  
 > BTW, it took me less than 5 minutes to get that information and
 > more
 > about him!
Did your sources also mention that he is single, looking for female
companionship, and has a charming personality... Just like his Pop?
...And what the *ell does this have to do with UFOs?
js
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