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Years ago back when the phone company charged for long distance calls, my parents got fed up. My step father had his own business and my mother worked from home and there was a lot phone calls between the two. At some point they bought ham radios, base stations, and we used them just like a CB. I think we had a call sign, but we never used it. Eventually my father got a portable unit and we could pretty much communicate anywhere we were.
Not impressive today of course, but back in the 1970s when I was a kid that was so fucking cool.
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