Why do people sit on the 19 ?

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Why do people sit on the 19 ?

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I live out in the sticks in Shropshire and find CB radio impossible to use because of High Power stations in the towns and Cities sitting on the 19. I would love to be able to use CB preferring the relaxed nature rather than the Ham bands but I've just packed CB in again after only a few days due to this.
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Not gonna lie in London it's changed a bit. 10 year ago when i was on cb everyone would live on the 19 and had a panic attack if they left the 19 for more then a minute. Now people use other channels which is good to see.
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Listen you don't survive on cb radio with a thin skin. You're gonna get abuse and people keying up or over you.That is just the nature of it.Get a group to talk to and form a channel.
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LondonCbRadio wrote: 03 Sep 2023, 16:46 Listen you don't survive on cb radio with a thin skin. You're gonna get abuse and people keying up or over you.That is just the nature of it.Get a group to talk to and form a channel.
Thats what we do around here. Channel 19 is impossible because of the drunk benefit scroungers sitting on the 19 talking crap with their 500W amps so we all meet on the mid block.
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Why do people sit on the 19 , because they are Dimwits , simple as that
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Sounds like CB is really crowded in UK.
Here, close to capital 40ch is all day quiet.
Small traffic on 19 and that's all.
CB is dead here.
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in scotland CB is as quiet as a gary glitter gig, in central scotland at least
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Buick Mackane wrote: 04 Sep 2023, 08:48 in scotland CB is as quiet as a gary glitter gig, in central scotland at least
in my part of ayrshire you have dimwits on T5 CH19 which they never move, they moan about skip spoiling their qso and have admitted that if call freqs change thats where they will talk , there is one who uses this forum who says his rig is faulty and it transmits on t5 only and tells skip to qsy or shut up , lets see if he will tell us why him and his mates do it , shall i hold my breath
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You turned blue yet, they wont own up 😜
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I love the whistlers on 555. Chap by me does it all the time. Last saturday I cracked up the juice and whistled back at him and said "it's bloody annoying isnt it"

He went very quiet :lol:
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NightProwler wrote: 04 Sep 2023, 09:58 I love the whistlers on 555. Chap by me does it all the time. Last saturday I cracked up the juice and whistled back at him and said "it's bloody annoying isnt it"
Whistlers are nothing. El commandante on 555 is crème de la crème of 11m. World class %#%$#%
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ch25 wrote: 04 Sep 2023, 10:10
NightProwler wrote: 04 Sep 2023, 09:58 I love the whistlers on 555. Chap by me does it all the time. Last saturday I cracked up the juice and whistled back at him and said "it's bloody annoying isnt it"
Whistlers are nothing. El commandante on 555 is crème de la crème of 11m. World class %#%$#%
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mrpsychopath wrote: 04 Sep 2023, 09:49 You turned blue yet, they wont own up 😜
they never do and will talk about it on t5 later
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NightProwler wrote: 04 Sep 2023, 10:32
ch25 wrote: 04 Sep 2023, 10:10
NightProwler wrote: 04 Sep 2023, 09:58 I love the whistlers on 555. Chap by me does it all the time. Last saturday I cracked up the juice and whistled back at him and said "it's bloody annoying isnt it"
Whistlers are nothing. El commandante on 555 is crème de la crème of 11m. World class %#%$#%
Ahhh yes dont get me started on him :lol:
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mrpsychopath wrote: 04 Sep 2023, 09:49 You turned blue yet, they wont own up 😜
as i thought , they wimp out when they get called out about it
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