XPost: uk.radio.amateur, rec.radio.amateur.policy   
   From: no.spam@thank.you.invalid   
      
   "Ian Jackson"  wrote in message   
   news:5PSX4tDwXAdWFwt7@g3ohx.demon.co.uk...   
   > I really can't believe the tale of only being able to achieve 1/4 mile on   
   > CB. However, if it's actually true, it's certainly line-of-sight - even   
   > for the short-sighted.   
      
      
   It isn't true; it is an artifact of those who are desperate to want to   
   shout out insults every day.   
      
   It is also evidence of stalking me from another NG for 4X4 drivers.   
      
   At the time I was referring to the use of CB radio in green lane convoys   
   which,   
   in muddy and intractable terrain, surrounded by woodland, might be spread   
   out over a 1/4 mile.   
      
   On hilltops in the Cotswolds, communication was over tens of miles, even   
   though it was not   
   needed, or not even wanted for a close-together group of vehicles.   
      
   CB radio is not amateur radio and for local use in convoys , DX working is   
   irrelevant.   
      
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