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   Message 21,983 of 23,974   
   Stephen Thomas Cole to gareth   
   Re: Radio Society of Great Britain - Mai   
   18 Dec 15 16:20:21   
   
   XPost: uk.radio.amateur, rec.radio.amateur.policy   
   From: usenet@stephenthomascole.com   
      
   "gareth"  wrote:   
   > "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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