Anyone running CB's in their truck these days?

[Ironhorse]

Late to the game on this but I did the CB bit in mid to late 60s when actually HAD to have a government issued FCC Part 95 license and call letters. Lots of folks ran outlaw style, no license, just a CB "handle". Kinda like the user ID of today on the internet. If caught on the air and broadcasting by local FCC monitor always heard it meant big fines and loss of equipment? Don't know if that was true or not, didn't want to find out tho, LOL.

Used to do the CB " Coffee Breaks" with the locals. Get together at local coffee shops and compare notes. Exchange QSL cards, sort of like a buisness card with name, call sign numbers and such. Actually remember one night here in Kansas, shooting "skip" and talked to a shrimp boat operator who was in the Texas Gulf. Talked for about 20 minutes or so before lost contact when clouds and weather pattern changed. Used to be bragging rights about how far you got shooting skip.

Actually my board name here "Ironhorse" is a throw back to those days. When I came home from Viet Nam in 1970 I purchased a '69 Mustang Mach 1, 351 4spd. Went back to doing CB and became " Ironhorse Moblie" with my call sign numbers. Registered on the board years ago and searched for a user Id and decided on using Ironhorse, riding in a pickup instead of on back of a horse seemed a lot more comfortable.