I recently got a radio to see what’s going on a million years after I stopped being a radio guy years ago (CB) … I didn’t think CB would be the thing now so I tried getting a ham radio. So here I am listening to the frequencies that are available, both UHF/VHF and GMRS and what do I hear? Nothing. There appear to be mainly police on the 470Mhz band and not much else at all (NYC/Bronx) area…
Occasionally I hear some crazy guy talking about bananas (I think that’s his handle) on channel 17 or something but he appears just to be harassing some people… So where is everyone? I see no point in getting a license for ham or GMRS if there is no one out there…
Am I missing something? Is radio gone forever?