-=> Joe Delahaye wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 JD> Well we never had UHF CB here.  27 Mhz only.  First it was only AM, and

Yes, our UHD band was unique in its day, and proved to be a roaring success....
eventually. :)

 JD> then they gave us Side Band.  A lot of us stayed on USB, and of course
 JD> some of us just happened to get into the lower end of 10 meter .  I

Here, they gave us UHF, then 18 channels of AM/SSB with a unique band plan, and
finally American style 40 channels AM/SSB.

 JD> ran a very successful net for a few years, but only on the legal
 JD> channels.  Things died down, in the late 80s here.  During all this
 JD> time, I was trying to get my Ham license, but kept failing to get the
 JD> required wpm in CW.  Needed 12 at that time.  Tried three times, and
 JD> then they came in with No-Code, and I got my Basic Licence.  Last
 JD> change they made I got grandfathered in to HF

A bunch of us in the sticks used to hang out on both bands.  Having 2 bands at
our disposal, we were able to setup ad-hoc links manually (speaker to
microphone!), and cover quite a wide area.  Took a little thinking who had to
transmit on which band for the links to work (UHF simplex and 27 MHz SSB), but
it was quite effective for linking wide areas without a traditional repeater.
)


... Do you talk to the dial tone much?
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