Abusive languge over the airwave

[Guest WRUS389]

This pas weekend i heard two guys talking about a employee calling the n word none stop. In their convo. the said they were talking on cb radio. Which I know not to be true. I just kept listening to them not saying a word. then they started talking about a black guy in a grey focus. my radio would go from channel 1-22 and would stay on 22 . i knew that they where closeto me somewhere since i could hear them really clear,but no line of site do to bad traffic.

[Sshannon]

4 hours ago, Guest WRUS389 said:

This pas weekend i heard two guys talking about a employee calling the n word none stop. In their convo. the said they were talking on cb radio. Which I know not to be true. I just kept listening to them not saying a word. then they started talking about a black guy in a grey focus. my radio would go from channel 1-22 and would stay on 22 . i knew that they where closeto me somewhere since i could hear them really clear,but no line of site do to bad traffic.

Unfortunately, there are dicks everywhere.  That’s offensive (or at least should be offensive) to all of us.  Unless listening is required because you need situational awareness of some kind, I would just block that channel from being scanned.  If it continues, record it and turn it in to the FCC, but chances are they won’t do anything about it.  If you feel personally threatened (not just offended) then call the police.

[MichaelLAX]

I suspect it was a couple of guys with FRS radios...

[MarkInTampa]

Saw this on YouTube this morning, Crazy Old Men On The Ham Radio - Most Craziest Fight Ever Part Two:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw0b6aC4Q8U

[PACNWComms]

If it isn't swearing and racial slurs, it is who is smarter, has better radios, antenna's, cars whatever. This happens on every type of medium. "Feeding" them often makes the situation worse in the long run. In southern California there are amateur types that even throw out their call signs bashing certain people, using profanity, and trying to get a rise out of other users. so much so, it is almost a containment frequency for those users. Never ceases to amaze me, but on my own network, have a radio ID and a logging recorder that helps keep people honest. 

[Over2U]

True, it may not have been Citizens Band Radio , but those two jerks certainly emulated the offensive language that can be heard all too often on CB. This does not bode well for the future of GMRS…

[OffRoaderX]

There is an easy way to fix this: Turn the knob to a different channel.

[WRTT642]

8 hours ago, OffRoaderX said:

There is an easy way to fix this: Turn the knob to a different channel.

Exactly.

[WRUE951]

I hear garbage all the time, amazing how one or two clicks on the channel and the problems are gone.