C B Radios

[Fran]

:roll: Driving on the Inverness to Wick road today and passing all the Stevens lorries, reminded me of the cb radios, when I had one in the car and would chat to the lorry drivers. It certainly passed the time and made the journey shorter. It was also handy in emergencies(mobiles dont work near Helmsdale).
Does anyone still have their cb radios?. I think we should start it up again, it was great fun talking to everyone during the long dark evenings. I still have mine and I think some lorry drivers are still using them. :roll:

[JammyDodger69]

Ahhh the good ol CB's..

1 4 for a copy
Wheres your home 20?

I remember my parents having them, I was just a wee boy when we had ours..

What was your handle fran?

[golach]

10-4 Good Buddy,
lol the memories of sitting huddled over a chicken box screaming "CQ-DX CQ-DX" into the mike to catch the foreign skip coming in,. But sorry Fran my Silver Rod Ariel would not reach Caithness, coz I'm in the Big E or Bucketmouth City @ the Easter Road 20, still have all the gear set up in the " Radio Shack" = my wifes box room lol
10-10 till we meet again

Golach

[Kenn]

He he golach ..you sitting on the side "Good Buddy"?
Still got my old CB radio some where gathering dust. What's with the foreign skip?
There are 2 conditions that make radio waves travel further on those frequencies one is temperature inversion and the other is sporadic e, the former usually happens when there is mist/fog thus creating extended line of sight contacts so during spring and autumn the latter when the atompshere becomes ionised and the sky wave gets trapped between the layers the most usual time is the month of June.
Is that a BIG 10/4? :eyes

[Jeid]

i used to use the CB in the days before having a moblie phone was cool.

foreign skip was a pain in the ass when you were trying to have a decent conversation.

[JAWS]

Tut Tut! Naughty Naughty! Who was using AM then, with or without a burner? :roll:

[MadPict]

There are 2 conditions that make radio waves travel further on those frequencies one is temperature inversion and the other is sporadic e, the former usually happens when there is mist/fog thus creating extended line of sight contacts so during spring and autumn the latter when the atompshere becomes ionised and the sky wave gets trapped between the layers the most usual time is the month of June.


:eek: into Kernewek now!! [lol]

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[©Amethyst]

E-bay fest!!! http://smilies.jeeptalk.org/otn/blobs/bounce.gif

[Geo]

Be careful if looking at CBs on ebay. Some of the prices for old kit are rediculous, really pricey. I had been looking but gave up.

[KEEP_ON_TRUCKIN]

Norscot DAF dealers in Inverness have some good deals on CB kits!!

[Fran]

Hope you will all go to that address and buy cbs so that we can all chat on the cb radios again :D