Playing with the #cb27 is very, very easy now. There are a lot of second-hand radios for sale, some only AM, some AM/FM, by people who have abandoned the hobby. And, to start, you just need a run of RG-58 and a dipole with 2.62 m approx on each side. That's how I started back in 1978.
I found it interesting that Citizens Band radio stations in the US are explicitly prohibited from communicating with stations in other countries: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-95/subpart-D/section-95.933
(+) It was last night, yes, but the memory of those old but new sounds has been haunting me all day. Welcome back!
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