← Back to context Comment by tardedmeme 9 hours ago I believe it's called ham radio 5 comments tardedmeme Reply rcarmo 8 hours ago CB stands for Citizen's Band, and was the moniker back in the Usenet days. Yes, I know I am dating myself here. tardedmeme 2 hours ago Yes, and ham radio is the international emergency mesh. CB radio isn't. wtallis 1 hour ago The request was for "a proper, working emergency meshing standard". Ham radio absolutely is not that. Yes, ham radios are used in emergency situations, but usually not as a mesh and certainly not as a standard. 1 reply → CalRobert 6 hours ago My uncle definitely had a CB radio in his big rig, not ham, to hear him describe it.
rcarmo 8 hours ago CB stands for Citizen's Band, and was the moniker back in the Usenet days. Yes, I know I am dating myself here. tardedmeme 2 hours ago Yes, and ham radio is the international emergency mesh. CB radio isn't. wtallis 1 hour ago The request was for "a proper, working emergency meshing standard". Ham radio absolutely is not that. Yes, ham radios are used in emergency situations, but usually not as a mesh and certainly not as a standard. 1 reply → CalRobert 6 hours ago My uncle definitely had a CB radio in his big rig, not ham, to hear him describe it.
tardedmeme 2 hours ago Yes, and ham radio is the international emergency mesh. CB radio isn't. wtallis 1 hour ago The request was for "a proper, working emergency meshing standard". Ham radio absolutely is not that. Yes, ham radios are used in emergency situations, but usually not as a mesh and certainly not as a standard. 1 reply →
wtallis 1 hour ago The request was for "a proper, working emergency meshing standard". Ham radio absolutely is not that. Yes, ham radios are used in emergency situations, but usually not as a mesh and certainly not as a standard. 1 reply →
CalRobert 6 hours ago My uncle definitely had a CB radio in his big rig, not ham, to hear him describe it.
CB stands for Citizen's Band, and was the moniker back in the Usenet days. Yes, I know I am dating myself here.
Yes, and ham radio is the international emergency mesh. CB radio isn't.
The request was for "a proper, working emergency meshing standard". Ham radio absolutely is not that. Yes, ham radios are used in emergency situations, but usually not as a mesh and certainly not as a standard.
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My uncle definitely had a CB radio in his big rig, not ham, to hear him describe it.