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Post by TheStonerGuy on Oct 12, 2019 15:37:56 GMT -5
I have more fun playing with vintage CBs vs Ham radios myself. Same here. I've been a ham for 38 years, but that came after my teenage years and all of the fun we had in CB. So when I have a longing for the past, it's toward the CB portion, as it was just more fun. Ham radio has been useful and satisfied a lot of technical experimentation. But it doesn't match the raw fun I had on CB in the 1970's.
I know it's an illusion. My brain knows it's an illusion. Yet I find that when listening to CB on an older radio it's like the circuitry adds a nostalgic element to the sound I hear, making it much more enjoyable...
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Post by whiskeycharlie242 on Oct 13, 2019 16:19:37 GMT -5
Same here. I've been a ham for 38 years, but that came after my teenage years and all of the fun we had in CB. So when I have a longing for the past, it's toward the CB portion, as it was just more fun. Ham radio has been useful and satisfied a lot of technical experimentation. But it doesn't match the raw fun I had on CB in the 1970's.
I know it's an illusion. My brain knows it's an illusion. Yet I find that when listening to CB on an older radio it's like the circuitry adds a nostalgic element to the sound I hear, making it much more enjoyable...
I don’t think it’s an illusion at all. Old school radios that are purely analog do sound different. I have a 1977 Royce that I much prefer over the sound of a modern DSP equipped ham rig and a 10-Year old Galaxy. To me it’s like the difference between listening to an album on vinyl vs. a CD. The more limited dynamic range of the audio gives it a warmth that makes the noise more tolerable and the voices more pleasant to my ears.
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Post by 321 treeclimber on Oct 13, 2019 18:20:39 GMT -5
10-4 on that. I love my comstat 25a for the same reasons, only the tube units have that warmth,richness and depth to their rec'v. Love em. 321
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