Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihu1h.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!ihu1h!parnass From: parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: Re: Amateur.vs_CB Message-ID: <406@ihu1h.UUCP> Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 10:12:10 EST Article-I.D.: ihu1h.406 Posted: Sun Dec 2 10:12:10 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 05:38:01 EST References: <176@isosvax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 52 > THOMAS A. BOZA > WB7ASR > > HAM RADIO COMPAIRED TO CITIZEN BAND RADIO > > THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF HOBBYIST SHORTWAVE COMMUNICATIONS RADIO OPERATORS, > CITIZEN BAND AND AMATEUR "HAM." gut reaction: Ouch! > RADIO STATIONS CAN BE > OPERATED FROM MANY LOCATIONS, INCLUDING HOME, CAR, BOAT, AIR-PLANE, ETC., BUT > THEY ARE USED SOLELY FOR PERSONAL SATISFACTION, NOT FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. CB can and is used for business purposes. > FIRST OF ALL, LET'S CONSIDER CITIZEN BAND OPERATERS. PEOPLE WHO ARE > CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICIA CAN APPLY AND HOLD A LICENSE. ALL > THEY HAVE TO DO IS JUST FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND SEND IT TO THE FEDERAL > COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER THEY HAVE THEIR LICENSE AND > CALL SIGN. NEXT, THEY GO TO THE LOCAL RADIO SHACK OUTLET STORE AND PURCHASE > A TWO-WAY RADIO WITH ANTENNA; THEN AWAY THEY GO. The FCC never licensed CB operators, only CB stations. A recent rule change eliminated CB station licenses completely. > IT'S SO CONGESTED, YOU CAN'T EVEN TALK OVER ONE MILE AWAY. ONE REASON FOR > THIS IS THAT THERE ARE OVER FOURTY MILLION CITIZEN BAND LICENSES ISSUED, AS > WELL AS ALL THE UNLICENSED OPERATORS. Again, there is/was no such thing as a "licenced CB operator", but there were "licensed CB stations." > HE [hams] CAN OPERATE AM, SSB, FM, FAST > AND SLOW SCAN TELEVISION, SATELLITES, RADIOTELETYPE, FACSIMILE, AND COMPUTERS > WITH OTHER HAM OPERATORS ALL OVER THE WORLD. Hams can use other modes, like morse code and pulse, transmit signals for the purpose of remote control (e.g. model aircraft, home control systems [home-made garage door openers], etc.), and construct repeaters. > MOST HAM RADIO OPERATORS BUILD THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT OR RESURRECT OLD > SURPLUS JUNK. Not true any more; most hams purchase their equipment, although a few build receivers and transmitters. 73 de AJ9S -- =============================================================================== Bob Parnass, Bell Telephone Laboratories - ihnp4!ihu1h!parnass - (312)979-5414