On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 10:19:50 -0400, "JAD"
wrote:

VHF has become a joke here on the upper Chesapeake

I was boatless for three years and when I returned to sailing on SF
Bay the first thing I heard was "This is ____. Can I get a copy?" on
CH 16. What's up with that? Is that CB lingo? Should I have suggested
Kinkos?

I say bring back licensing but drop the price to something reasonable.