Subnostr

My concern had nothing to do with getting in trouble, and everything to do with properly onboarding someone into radio.

Giving a newbie partial, or inaccurate, information easily leads to confusion and frustration. That's the last thing you want for someone's first radio experience.

As an aside, the FCC has proven to not be a practical enforcer of their rules. That's been left to old men that want to fox hunt for a real "kill".

I like that last bit.

Still, not to beat a dead horse, but new users dont really need to understand this rule change that was enacted for manufacturers.

But they might want some basic info on the advantages of FM vs AM... which was probably your point.

I dont even know what I'm arguing at this point. You're just the only one responding to any of my notes today. 🤣

I've got a little VHF/UHF handset. What's a good CB radio? Something that won't break the bank?

Its called craigslist I think.. 😂

https://president-electronics.us/

From what I understand, the new cool kid im CB radio is President. They have all kinds of models.

No Craigslist here unfortunately 😂

I looked on our equivalent but CB radios don't exist apparently. I'll probably buy new.

IMHO, the Cobra 29 LTD is the gold standard. I dunno. A couple hundred bucks new maybe. Then you gotta get an antenna.

And some coax

Down another rabbit hole I go 😂

Buy the best antenna you can afford. It makes a HUGE difference.

I'll 2nd this. Likely the antenna is more important than the radio.

I was going to say that, but sometimes people want to debate that FACT. 😜

Shopping list: CB radio, 27 MHz antenna ✅

Yes, this I know. Thankfully I used to deal with wireless Internet stuff so I have a little bit of knowledge.

My little ham handheld works a lot better thanks to a bigger whip antennae. The difference from the pack in was night and day.