Put all these comments together - and we got us a convoy!

Wow my parents had one of these back in the 80s, apparently it was the 80's internet alternative lol. Much better than fb

I met my wife through CB radio........:disappointed:

Copy that

Copy that

10-4, rubber duck.

1 9 for a copy

Put all these comments together - and we got us a convoy!

It's a time machine to transport you right back to the 80's.

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Wow my parents had one of these back in the 80s, apparently it was the 80's internet alternative lol. Much better than fb

:confused:

The only problem nowadays is are you actually gonna find anyone else to speak to on it! oh the good ol days of CB's!

I'm off for a quick 10-200, see you on the flip-flop.

Watch out 5-0 ahead.

19 for a rig check

1-4 for a boomerang come back

I met my wife through CB radio........:disappointed:

Around my way in the eighties there would always be the idiot who had a 600 foot aerial on the car for the CB radio. Could chat to people in Moscow apparently.

^^I didn't know that^^ especially AM bands I suppose it's was dropped because of the switchover to digital TV

and yes I used to be a CBer
with my own personal built loft antenna made from BT phone wire (in flat X design) because the council stopped me using the military telescopic mast for my antenna :disappointed:
but with my home made antenna on a very sunny day I hit Ireland and Australia (weather conditions have to be right so that signals bounce off the atmosphere)
but generally on FM 27 you are restricted to about 30 miles if you are lucky (not sure about FM 934) and AM was very dead in the 80's killed off because it was illegal and the main cause of TV signal interference

And (don't quote me on this) if I remember correctly it's where you would find your first troll (now your internet troll)

Can't hear you. Sidebands are bleeding all over you.

Oh the memories....we had so much fun, microphone in one hand, ciggie in the other, trying to drive, smoke, talk and fiddle with your squelch control.
Now you can't even talk to your passenger without getting into trouble.

When the early illegal imports were smuggled in from the U.S. the basic models had 40 channels on am.
These were followed by 120 (and possibly more) band radios and it was fun.
When CB was legalised the sets were limited to fm.
When the illegal sets were used there was a fairly strict etiquette that was pretty well adhered to but once legalised more foul language and abuse became more common.
Having youngsters at the time I removed the set from my car.
It would be interesting to see what the traffic, if any, is being transmitted.
Thanks for posting, heat added

Ah, happy memories... Henry's of Edgware Road back in the day and their wonderful range of stuff I couldn't afford as a kid.

Trucks, Bare Chest, Explosions, Long Convoys, Women falling at his feet.....that looks like an advert for 'Hai Karate'

uk only? im out. if i cant yell rubber ducky to someone I china then I have to vote cold sorry.

That was the call sign for Sideband radio.
CB worked a range of a few miles, Sideband further away. I had both about 35 years ago

breaker breaker 1 9.

Does she have a face for radio :wink:

When I used CB radio in the 80's I used to love saying eyeball eyeball wall to wall tree top tall.

Today I can only imagine are more retro crap without any valid use, stop living in the past people! :smiley:

Sounds like a licenced radio amateur

Karl Pilkington on CB radios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEzkUqguL_U

I'm burning 14...

so no charger and no antenna :neutral_face:

im a complete newb when it comes to radios, do these have any output ports for spakers/headphones?

How many candles are you burning?

LO LO LO INT ZBZ

Side in

Yes it has a 3.5mm jack

3-0 for a copy c'mon..

Looking through this thread I never thought so many people would of known CB slang or even had one haha.
Back in the 90's was when I was a CB'er... Had quite a few different models. Ham Jumbo was awesome with a 100watt burner.
My mate had one of these monsters...

Ah, this thread takes me back to sitting in my Triumph 2500 chatting to randoms, smoking cigs and having very few cares in the world.

those were the days, getting chased by the police for having an illegal rig :smirk:

She has a face like a radio....

What's your 20?

My first proper CB radio was a Ham international multimode 3 and I can still remember having to do a shady meet in a moody side street to do the deal.
Nowadays that type of stuff is only done by drug dealers :stuck_out_tongue:

Ah CB, there's a blast from the past! In the days where channel 14 was chock-a-block and all sorts of dodgy things going on! Met some nice gals on the CB, some I'm still friends with today. Tried my old 148 about 7 years back, my first 19 a roger in 20 years was greeted by a gruff lorry driver with a request to **** off. Some things never change :smile:

Hot deal for preppers.

Can you play snake on it?

What's yer 20 good bud
Wall to Wall and treetop tall
Gonna get me a seat cover from the back row
Negatory
That's a big 10-4
Drop the hammer and eyeball me

So should we all purchase one and start a new cb club?

Not sure I'd reach Wales, even with some big boots :smiley:

The speaker is usually built in.

Did that really happen? I was into this in the late 70s illegal days & CBers presumed the police were bothered, I'm sure they weren't as I don't recall anyone getting pulled, also about 50% of houses had a Starduster or 18ft dipole on the roof at the time, they didn't go knocking on doors.
Another popular myth was that BT (or were they still GPO then?) were policing illegal CB radios.
"Busbies on St. Albans Road" would be called out on Channel 19 as a warning, when in reality they were probably fixing a phone box.

Heat from me for the nostalgia.

Good find! I remember having one of these in the 90's was incredible the things it picked up.

Truckers are still using em.....

​no thought I would say it for the fun if it.

54 posts in to be able to say...

That's a negatory, good buddy!

I'm square wheels now, but you should know theres a smokey bear at your back door.

I live near gate 25 on Micky 5..... a lot of heavy metal down this way.

Great, can start my very own Lizard Lick Towing UK on dave with these.

Loved my cb radio, had one in car and bedroom, amstrad made a real fancy one with all red digits, remember loads of us spending most nights on top of our local multi storey car park, or local westbury white horse hill, great days.

We all wanted a cousin Daisy.

Had one. Better than my Midland. Got pinched. Story goes Alan Sugar went out far east. Met some guys, showed them the specs and less than an hour later they came back with a prototype....classy and afordable.

it works great for me. thanks for sharing.

Ah the memories, cant remember if it was the 900 or 901, and the midland for you :smiley:

Back in the early 90's we'd often struggle to find a clear channel. These days though, you'll be lucky to find a soul on. Scanned through the CB frequencies a couple of weeks back on my scanner. Not a peep.

Magmounts on biscuit tins...silver rods on council houses...being so young that you were mistaken for a 'lady breaker'...the shame and horror still lingers...

I had a big thunderbolt aerial outside :smiley:

Breaker breaker 1 9. I've got a bogey on my tail an' one in my nose, come back.

Oh the nostalgia.

I always wanted a handheld so I could take it to school.

On a sunny day you hit Ireland or Australia?! Why not just say Australia?! Ireland pales into insignificance if you were hitting the other side of the world surely??? :smile:

Got raided back in the late 70s for using AM CB Radios. Might have been down to the 30ft 'Dominator' antennae on the roof and the 200W 'boots' that virtually made TV unwatchable for about 500 yard radius from my house. FM was never much fun after that,

Or a Pirate :sunglasses:

Yes it really happened. We got raided by the GPO who came bursting into our family home with police (who had the warrant). It got nasty and my parents ( I was just a kid) got a big fine (£925 IIRC, which in 79/80 for an average income family was a LOT of money)

Oooh, button porn!

I can hear you 5 x 5 but there's a bear with ears so knock it up two for a copy.... Ohhhh I miss the eighties.... not sure if my kids could cope with the lumpy things that are where the touch screen should be though... hot from me although I imagine a decent aerial might set you back a bob or two

I've still got mine paid £300 for it lol. Sure its a Tandy or Radio Shake one only a 40channel.
It'll be in the loft still boxed I've no doubt

BRAKER BRAKER

Someone with an aerial that tall and calling CQ (seek you) would be a "HAM"/amateur radio operator

Jokes aside, is this actually useful for anything other than nostalgia? Does anyone do stuff like telling you which lane the broken down vehicle is in?

My thunder pole was massive in the 90s :wink:

I had an American CB Master 40 channel rig back in the day.
Used to chat up ladies with handles like 'Midnight Blue' and 'Snowflake'.
Used to like earwigging on conversations late at night but when it got saucy they'd flick it high on ssb and that was that :disappointed:
Despite the sultry sexy voices that lured you into conversation, once you rolled up to an eyeball meeting in some venue proudly wearing a t-shirt with your handle on you'd quickly hide your handle on the front once you spotted 'em.
Looked nothing like they sounded :smiley:
We had a busby living next door to us and I popped next door one evening and the eldest daughter said "Whose Nutty Noah?"
I pleaded ignorance and asked why.
She replied " I was playing my singles last night then all of a sudden through my stereo I hear you shouting " one six, one six, Nutty Noah, d'ya copy good buddy?"
I had to take my mag mount off the ironing board in my bedroom, the SWR meter reported it was great but I didn't want it to be that great.
Spent the next few weeks nervously waiting for a knock on the door from the GPO but her dad must have turned a blind eye.
Bought a large magmount with my first ever wage packet, couldn't afford a K40.
Cheapest aerial was a d27 I think, long thin and black, quite discreet.
Spent ages faffing about with a SWR meter trying to get the needle down.
Blew £50 on a Turner Expander 500 power mike and even paid some geezer to wire in a roger beep for my rig.
Happy days indeed.

So did I and we're now devoiced...:smile: , but my new wife isn't complaining..:stuck_out_tongue:
Can't see to find channel Facebook on my old 80's set.

Still got a lot of the old sets as I used to repair them. Models like the Amstrad 901,,Maxcom 4E, Fidelity 2000, York and Cobra to name a few...

I had a handheld.

Would make me laugh as there would always be someone who would threaten to beat me up and say they are going to track me down,half an hour later they would be telling me how they are outside my house and could see my aerial,it was at this point I would have great pleasure in telling them to explain how they could see a handheld CB aerial from outside and to feel free to knock on the door lol

I had a power mic with echo....probably sounded like I was broadcasting from an empty dance hall....

My Aerial was a GP27, can't remember the radio brand but I am 99% sure I still have it in the garage. I had a burner to increase signal strength & car battery on slow charge in my bedroom, those were the days. Met my 1st girlfriend thru it then later my Wife. All pre internet dating and online chatting :smiley:

'On the side, slide'

Charlie, Tango, Teakettle, Barbeque

I still have my Harrier CBX in the loft.
:sunglasses:

Exactly Licensed amateur radio enthusiast!
They looked down on us CB'rs :stuck_out_tongue:

Yeah I hve a scan around now and again and all 40 low and high are deserted!

Caaaaaandy caaaane

I bet she wasn't 'devoiced' when you were married :stuck_out_tongue:

It was at the same time doh!
I picked up this in and out Oz signal and the Irish heard the convo and jumped in - it's not just a one to one system (unless you specifically ask/request then you take it to another channel(frequency) but that doesn't stop others listening or trying to join in)

The memories! My sister and I had one of these in the 80's, was great fun, met loads of people, some of which we still see now.

Oh the memories! Had to buy a gutter mount when I changed to a Landrover 90 as the magtech wouldn't stick!

It also was a little long, so was like the dodgems every time I got fuel.

"On the side"

CB kit is in a box in the loft, and the twig is STILL on the side of the house :smile:

i had a cobra 148 modified with side bands............lol

edit psu are about £50

Yes we did, bloody riffraff! :smile:

My mum was a CBer. With such a low barrier to entry, there were a lot of idiots on there.

I got my novice (2E1) licence at 12 years old. I used to do packet radio (data) mainly but then the internet really took off a few years later. I didn't bother with it after that.

I remember having to remove the mag mount each time you parked the car or some git would unscrew the aerial or cut the mount and take both. Lost a few antenna's in my time. DV27's, Dial a Match and Cherokee half breeds to name a few.

I'm into CB!


For all you Fall fans out there.

Brings memories also. I did not realise they were still in use , along with the 8 track, etc. Can someone post if there are still enough users out there ? The Maplin set needs an aerial and a speaker. With a mobile phone you can be prosecuted in a vehicle if you are caught using it, with engine running. Does this law cover cb radio as well?

Hahahahaha you two!.

Looks like an 'upgrade' may be in order?, lol. ;-)

I think this like most other CB radios will have a built in speaker, the 3.5mm is just for connecting to external sound sources.

wow that caught me off guard.
i cant believe someone else remembers henrys electronics.
i was so young, opposite the vespa shop!

Oh yes Henry's of Edgware Road I remember them well. Also the Tandy stores selling the 'realistic' brand of CB's