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12-08-2025 - 5:15 AM - Good Morning! It's Monday, and a trip to Walmart might be the only thing on my schedule. I had a flashback, going back to 1967 and the CB Radio Operator's 1967 Chevy Chevelle with twin Hustler break-over antennas, with those big resonators, mounted on the rear fenders. I still remember his call sign. Back then, I had a 300 milliwatt walkie-talkie set that I bought at a pawn shop. It just happened to be on the channel most local CBers were using. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
+++ 5:30 AM - Some nations have a dynamic two-party system; while one party is in power, the other stays in jail.
--- 6:30 AM - CB Radio is the best option for license-free, long-distance radio communications. Amateur (ham) Radio is capable of long-distance communications, but it's not license-free. The Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS) is license-free but does not have long-distance capability. The General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) is neither long-distance nor license-free. All of the radio services have a place in your disaster toolbox.
--- 6:45 AM - I survived, though not unscathed, the “Great Bakersfield Dust Storm of 1977.” According to Wikipedia, the storm began on December 19th. On December 20th, I made my exit from the U.S. Army at the Presidio of San Francisco and headed home to Texas in my little CB Radio-equipped Datsun B210. Bakersfield, California, was on my planned route. I heard warnings of high winds around Bakersfield, but nothing so serious that would cause me to consider a detour. Either that, or I had a case of “gethomeitis.” That’s possible. Entering the danger zone, I saw “big rig” trucks - probably empty - overturned, and cars on the side of the road with the paint sanded off one side. To this day, I don’t remember what prompted me to continue, but I did. I made it through the storm with a sanded-down windshield as the only casualty. It was a problem only when the sun was in front of me. I didn't replace it for three years.
--- 7:00 AM - I have no idea what in the world of CB Radio is waiting for me. I've got the President McKinley on 40-channel scan, but so far the band has been quiet. It's early. I've noticed a common complaint about driving cross-country from Point A to Point B and never hearing anything on Channel 19. Further investigation almost always reveals that the complaining party never picked up the microphone to ask if anyone else was on the frequency. It's the usual case of "everyone listening and nobody talking."
--- 9:00 AM - One of my “pet peeves” about CB Radio is the lack of originality on the air. I’ve heard several stations use the phrase “no doubt about it” in their transmissions this morning. I hear it every day. Someone heard someone else say it, and they thought they had to say it to be accepted by the elite CB Radio crowd. Then, there’s that valued piece of equipment often referred to as a “linear.” Many will say that everyone knows they mean “amplifier,” so it’s not a big deal. That might be true except for the fact that the word amplifier, or booster, or anything similar appears in the dictionary definition of the word “linear.” Many things can be described as linear. Calling an amplifier a “linear” is like calling a car a “blue” or a “red.” A blue or a red what? A linear what? Then, there are those pesky “pills.” Some might say I should accept all lingo. I get that. But, having been on the CB Radio since 1964, I think I have a right to an opinion.
---12:45 PM - In the mid-1960s, ROTC students at my high school were invited to bring their 22-caliber rifles to school to be fired on the ROTC firing range. These rifles were stored in the students' lockers until their scheduled ROTC period. This means the rifles were carried through the halls to and from the range. Some students, including me, walked to school with their rifles and back home again. No cops were called. No damns were given. It was a very different time.
--- 1:00 PM - One of my favorite YouTube personalities was Dino Davila. He went by "Challenger" on the CB Radio. Dino made a lot of videos of him operating and tinkering with CB Radios. He wasn't the most knowledgeable of operators, but he might have had more fun than most. That made his videos fun to watch. Dino died in 2013, but I still watch his videos now and then.
