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Dec 11, 2017 13:44:03 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2017 13:44:03 GMT
Just wondered whether anyone here used to, or still use a CB radio? Especially the pro drivers amongst you like Mr Stabby and Foxy. I got into it for a while in the 80s before all the kids got one for Christmas. I made a lot of friends through it too. I suppose it was a form of early social media really.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2017 14:32:11 GMT
Just wondered whether anyone here used to, or still use a CB radio? Especially the pro drivers amongst you like Mr Stabby and Foxy. I got into it for a while in the 80s before all the kids got one for Christmas. I made a lot of friends through it too. I suppose it was a form of early social media really. Yes I had one, a Rotel. With a huge mag mounted 'twig' on the top of my Mini. My handle was 'Hypodermic' - not because I was an illegal drug user but because I was a District Nurse at the time. Pre mobile phones it was useful for keeping in touch with a couple of colleagues (on non patient confidential matters) who also had one. And then yes every Tom dick and harry got one and ruined the whole thing.
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Dec 11, 2017 14:39:40 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2017 14:39:40 GMT
Just wondered whether anyone here used to, or still use a CB radio? Especially the pro drivers amongst you like Mr Stabby and Foxy. I got into it for a while in the 80s before all the kids got one for Christmas. I made a lot of friends through it too. I suppose it was a form of early social media really. Yes I had one, a Rotel. With a huge mag mounted 'twig' on the top of my Mini. My handle was 'Hypodermic' - not because I was an illegal drug user but because I was a District Nurse at the time. Pre mobile phones it was useful for keeping in touch with a couple of colleagues (on non patient confidential matters) who also had one. And then yes every Tom dick and harry got one and ruined the whole thing. I had an Audioline rig with a K40 on a mag mount. I was even sadder than that and had a Silver rod home base antenna in the back garden. Managed to get through to someone in Brighton one night from Herts using a small 'burner' ...lol. Actually the rules have changed now. You can run a CB radio without paying for a licence and you can use sideband which gives the hobby the capability to use 'skip' and talk to people in Europe or even the States if the conditions dictate. My 'handle' was Captain Scarlet.
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Dec 11, 2017 15:59:40 GMT
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Post by thebfg on Dec 11, 2017 15:59:40 GMT
I did it back in the 90s.
I still have one and turn it on every now and again but only pick up taxi drivers.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2017 16:50:58 GMT
I did it back in the 90s. I still have one and turn it on every now and again but only pick up taxi drivers. Isn't the idea that they pick you up....sorry!
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Post by quaysider on Dec 11, 2017 18:35:36 GMT
1 9 a copy...
Yep... fraid I was a gobby twat even back then - I had an audioline 341 (with fairy lights - how appropriate) and a homebase unit (can't remember the brand of that) - 2 ariels... 1 32ft di-pole in the garden (perilously close to some electric cables) and a stardust thingy in the attic which had 4 tentacles with a screw mounted centre pole...
My "handle" was Gonzarlis - only beacuse my older brother was "speedy"... I thought that was because he drove fast but my sister-in-law told me otherwise!
I was even in a "club" - Nortallerton based and used to ride the side bands and send out qsr cards etc. Simple pleasures... which came to a rapid end when my dad got the hump one night when my burner was messing up the reception on the telly when he was trying to watch the cricket - it was only 16watt one but it screwed up the whole streets tv!
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Post by Mr Stabby on Dec 11, 2017 19:00:46 GMT
Yes, did for years, it was especially useful when running in convoy to far-flung places with a couple of good buddies, as you could have a nice chat as you went along. In the UK the bands seemed to get taken over by council house FM to the point where is was barely useable.
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Post by quaysider on Dec 11, 2017 19:12:53 GMT
Yes, did for years, it was especially useful when running in convoy to far-flung places with a couple of good buddies, as you could have a nice chat as you went along. In the UK the bands seemed to get taken over by council house FM to the point where is was barely useable.are you dissing my famliy? ;-)
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Dec 11, 2017 19:23:31 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2017 19:23:31 GMT
Yes, did for years, it was especially useful when running in convoy to far-flung places with a couple of good buddies, as you could have a nice chat as you went along. In the UK the bands seemed to get taken over by council house FM to the point where is was barely useable. I don't use it much now but it has changed a lot. Some truckers still use it the way you did but there are a lot of radio hams on there. Mainly the ones who get fed up with minding the P's and Q's and giving callsigns out every few minutes. It's still good fun though. Some boaters still use CB to communicate with eachother being a longer wavelength the range is a lot better. Unlike the near microwave frequency handhelds you get which get blocked by anything which gets in the way of the line of sight.
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Post by Stumpy on Dec 11, 2017 23:59:26 GMT
Rubber Duck to Rubber Dick....Over I've got a Cobra 29 in one of my boats. They're quite convenient when a few of my friends and I are out fishing together on our separate boats, without having to listen to the usual VHF shite clog up the VHF working channels.
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Post by patty on Dec 12, 2017 5:34:32 GMT
I think i would have enjoyed chatting on a CB radio..however my upbringing was kinda sheltered and stuff like that def not allowed and then went straight from controlled home environment to hallowed halls of nursing in the late 70's. I missed out on loads....
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Post by peterboat on Dec 12, 2017 9:06:44 GMT
Because I joined the Royal Signals at 16 I played with real radios and never really got CB. Even now when I hear John on the VHF I want to take the handset off him and do it properly Over
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Post by Clinton Cool on Dec 12, 2017 11:04:38 GMT
I was into it, probably very early 80's, before the masses. It was, or we believed it to be, illegal at the time. That was part of the fun. We all enjoyed evading the apparent 'cb police' by concealing our masts in lofts etc. It was also a good way to meet girls, very much like internet dating these days. Even more fun in that respect was BT's old service 'Talkabout'. Anyone remember it? Basically you dialled up and were placed in a real 'chat room' with several local people. If your luck was in it was mainly girls it was very easy to set up a meeting, sometimes in just a few minutes. I have vague memories of waking up in some dodgy part of Salford with someone I'd just met, my mate was with her mate. Happy days. It was soon kicked in the head of course, even the 80's had some level of so called safeguarding.
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Dec 12, 2017 11:19:08 GMT
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Post by thebfg on Dec 12, 2017 11:19:08 GMT
I was into it, probably very early 80's, before the masses. It was, or we believed it to be, illegal at the time. That was part of the fun. We all enjoyed evading the apparent 'cb police' by concealing our masts in lofts etc. It was also a good way to meet girls, very much like internet dating these days. Even more fun in that respect was BT's old service 'Talkabout'. Anyone remember it? Basically you dialled up and were placed in a real 'chat room' with several local people. If your luck was in it was mainly girls it was very easy to set up a meeting, sometimes in just a few minutes. I have vague memories of waking up in some dodgy part of Salford with someone I'd just met, my mate was with her mate. Happy days. It was soon kicked in the head of course, even the 80's had some level of so called safeguarding. I remember some pirate radio stations transmitting over cb. Or am I imagining it. We used to organise raves over cb, I'm not sure how the police dident work out how to find where they were. Would of been quite easy if they could work out the super hard code.
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Dec 12, 2017 11:25:54 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2017 11:25:54 GMT
I was into it, probably very early 80's, before the masses. It was, or we believed it to be, illegal at the time. That was part of the fun. We all enjoyed evading the apparent 'cb police' by concealing our masts in lofts etc. It was also a good way to meet girls, very much like internet dating these days. Even more fun in that respect was BT's old service 'Talkabout'. Anyone remember it? Basically you dialled up and were placed in a real 'chat room' with several local people. If your luck was in it was mainly girls it was very easy to set up a meeting, sometimes in just a few minutes. I have vague memories of waking up in some dodgy part of Salford with someone I'd just met, my mate was with her mate. Happy days. It was soon kicked in the head of course, even the 80's had some level of so called safeguarding. I knew women would come into it somewhere Ricco I got one or two surprises when I met up with girls I talked to on CB. Neally fell head over heals with a girl I met from it when I was on holiday in Dorset. We stayed friends for a long time. I don't think many ladies are on there now except maybe a few truckers!
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