CB Channels

[none]

David Greenberg...........I know you're out of town flying your Lear jet to
sunny Spain or the Bahamas, but you'll probably read this when you get
back...... I'm on the Oregon coast. Lots of tourists and motorhomes going
through. Also lots of log trucks and chip trucks. Today I heard a trucker
politely chastise a lady in a motorhome about using the "working" channel
17. I had to agree with him as these guys do use the channel for getting
their stuff done. Motorhomes park in front of my driveshaft shop all the
time so they can walk the one block to see the town. I ask them what
channel they're using and they use every channel you can name. I've seen
about 8 GMC's this summer and tried to reach them on 12, 14 and 17 without
any results. I know we've hit on this before, but as I know you're one of
the wheels on the FMCA, it seems that motorhome folks can come up with
their own channel. If the truckers can have 17, why can't FMCA state in
their publication that channel X is now the official motorhome channel.
Once this is done, word will get around fast.What do the rest of you think?
Is this worth thinking about further? Huh?.........Jim Davis

 

[samuel pickens]

Jim, very good idea CH 27? SSB's & Hams can agree I hope. Any agreed upon Ch
would be good. I did an R&D project on driveshaft automated balancers in MI
recently and am wondering how far into it you get? picksam
- -----Original Message-----
From: Jim Davis
To: GMC Folks
Date: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 9:06 PM
Subject: GMC: CB Channels

>David Greenberg...........I know you're out of town flying your Lear jet to
>sunny Spain or the Bahamas, but you'll probably read this when you get
>back...... I'm on the Oregon coast. Lots of tourists and motorhomes going
>through. Also lots of log trucks and chip trucks. Today I heard a trucker
>politely chastise a lady in a motorhome about using the "working" channel
>17. I had to agree with him as these guys do use the channel for getting
>their stuff done. Motorhomes park in front of my driveshaft shop all the
>time so they can walk the one block to see the town. I ask them what
>channel they're using and they use every channel you can name. I've seen
>about 8 GMC's this summer and tried to reach them on 12, 14 and 17 without
>any results. I know we've hit on this before, but as I know you're one of
>the wheels on the FMCA, it seems that motorhome folks can come up with
>their own channel. If the truckers can have 17, why can't FMCA state in
>their publication that channel X is now the official motorhome channel.
>Once this is done, word will get around fast.What do the rest of you think?
>Is this worth thinking about further? Huh?.........Jim Davis
>

 

[bartz paul]

It may be one thing to designate a channel (which GMCMI already has) but
you can't enforce it. People use whatever channel they want, no matter
what suggestions you may want to make.

Paul Bartz

From: JDDP32B [mailto:JDDP32B]
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: GMC: CB Channels

I have seen 14 listed as the GMC channel for several of the rallys gene
Date: Wednesday, 02-Sep-98 09:05 PM
From: None \ Internet: (sivad)
Subject: GMC: CB Channels

David Greenberg...........I know you're out of town flying your Lear jet
to sunny Spain or the Bahamas, but you'll probably read this when you
get back...... I'm on the Oregon coast. Lots of tourists and motorhomes
going through. Also lots of log trucks and chip trucks. Today I heard
a trucker politely chastise a lady in a motorhome about using the
"working" channel 17. I had to agree with him as these guys do use the
channel for getting their stuff done. Motorhomes park in front of my
driveshaft shop all the time so they can walk the one block to see the
town. I ask them what channel they're using and they use every channel
you can name. I've seen about 8 GMC's this summer and tried to reach
them on 12, 14 and 17 without any results. I know we've hit on this
before, but as I know you're one of the wheels on the FMCA, it seems
that motorhome folks can come up with their own channel. If the
truckers can have 17, why can't FMCA state in their publication that
channel X is now the official motorhome channel. Once this is done,
word will get around fast. What do the rest of you think? Is this
worth thinking about further? Huh?.........Jim Davis

 

[thomas g. warner]

Sure they can use whatever channel they want to, but not if they want to
listen to what is going on! If everyone marked the channel on their coach
that they monitor pretty soon it would become the standard.

>It may be one thing to designate a channel (which GMCMI already has) but
>you can't enforce it. People use whatever channel they want, no matter
>what suggestions you may want to make.
>
> Paul Bartz
>
>From: JDDP32B [mailto:JDDP32B]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 8:00 PM
>Subject: Re: GMC: CB Channels
>
>I have seen 14 listed as the GMC channel for several of the rallys gene
>Date: Wednesday, 02-Sep-98 09:05 PM
>From: None \ Internet: (sivad)
>Subject: GMC: CB Channels
>
>David Greenberg...........I know you're out of town flying your Lear jet
>to sunny Spain or the Bahamas, but you'll probably read this when you
>get back...... I'm on the Oregon coast. Lots of tourists and motorhomes
>going through. Also lots of log trucks and chip trucks. Today I heard
>a trucker politely chastise a lady in a motorhome about using the
>"working" channel 17. I had to agree with him as these guys do use the
>channel for getting their stuff done. Motorhomes park in front of my
>driveshaft shop all the time so they can walk the one block to see the
>town. I ask them what channel they're using and they use every channel
>you can name. I've seen about 8 GMC's this summer and tried to reach
>them on 12, 14 and 17 without any results. I know we've hit on this
>before, but as I know you're one of the wheels on the FMCA, it seems
>that motorhome folks can come up with their own channel. If the
>truckers can have 17, why can't FMCA state in their publication that
>channel X is now the official motorhome channel. Once this is done,
>word will get around fast. What do the rest of you think? Is this
>worth thinking about further? Huh?.........Jim Davis
>
>

 

[robert shimanek]

Jim: I had the same problem traveling from Upper Michigan down to Florida.
Tried all channels below 24 with no luck when I saw a GMC. Once I was
traveling in lower Michigan and saw 3 GMC's heading north. I was on the
over pass when they saw me subsequently they contacted me on channel 19.
Can't remember what channel they told to go to but it was nice to talk to
them. Finally met up with them further north.
Excellent idea to have a channel dedicated for motorhomes.

Bob 77PM

>David Greenberg...........I know you're out of town flying your Lear jet to
>sunny Spain or the Bahamas, but you'll probably read this when you get
>back...... I'm on the Oregon coast. Lots of tourists and motorhomes going
>through. Also lots of log trucks and chip trucks. Today I heard a trucker
>politely chastise a lady in a motorhome about using the "working" channel
>17. I had to agree with him as these guys do use the channel for getting
>their stuff done. Motorhomes park in front of my driveshaft shop all the
>time so they can walk the one block to see the town. I ask them what
>channel they're using and they use every channel you can name. I've seen
>about 8 GMC's this summer and tried to reach them on 12, 14 and 17 without
>any results. I know we've hit on this before, but as I know you're one of
>the wheels on the FMCA, it seems that motorhome folks can come up with
>their own channel. If the truckers can have 17, why can't FMCA state in
>their publication that channel X is now the official motorhome channel.
>Once this is done, word will get around fast.What do the rest of you think?
>Is this worth thinking about further? Huh?.........Jim Davis
>
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