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by ralphc 1475 days ago
I've been a shortwave listener since the 1980s and it's definitely slim pickings now. Internet radio, then podcasts, have killed shortwave.
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Seems like the only ones left are localized first responders, and then it takes a running leap into doomsday preppers and conspiracy types. Maybe you might here the rare "CQ, this is W-9 GFO here. Come back? Copy, W-9 GFO. K-4 WLD here."
I can imagine aside from truckers nobody uses citizens band
On a lark, I watched Smokey and the Bandit for the first time in decades, and watching them on the CB was such an odd bit of nostalgia. The original group chat
It's funny how well that movie held up over time. I'm glad you brought it up, thanks. I miss the whip antennae and tennis balls on trucks for some reason. It made everything look like a toy truck to me.