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Who can remember the fun on CB Radio's? Whatever happened to them? used to love it, there was nothing better than sitting in on a cold winter night getting the crack with everyone. What a laugh it used to be, would be great if everyone unpacked their CB's from the loft and it started up again. I blame new technology like the internet and mobile phones for killing CB. So come on lets start it up again .Calling everyone who has a cb radio, get them up and running again. Was thinking about setting a date for everyone to switch on again and take it from there. What does everyone think?
most trucks have them in. its great for letting each other know the road conditions. you actually need a license for them now.
You used to need a license years ago, remember they were £15 but have since heard that has been scrapped. Yes lorry drivers still have them and i remember when the atmoshpherics were right you used to pick people up from abroad
CB radios grew up into mobile phone's, I guess. At least you can have hands' free with a mobile. ;)
You used to need a license years ago, remember they were £15 but have since heard that has been scrapped. Yes lorry drivers still have them and i remember when the atmoshpherics were right you used to pick people up from abroad
i just looked on a website and its still £15. i doubt many people pay it though. in fact it was only a few years ago at truckfest i heard you needed a license as there was people going round checking drivers if they had licenses for their cb's.
"Breaker......... breaker for a copy.....
Sidewinder do you copy??"
Buttercup
21-Aug-07, 17:51
Used to be great fun. Ahh........nostalgia. Up till the early hours yapping away, listening in to conversations and trying to guess who the folk were, not forgetting all the wind-ups that went on. Mind one time a certain gentleman was having trouble with his handset and someone told him to spray it with WD40 and that was the last we heard of him for a while as it/he had knackered it completely! [lol] It was harmless fun when the craze started. But, when it all quitened down I got rid of the two sets that we had. Can't see it making a come-back now as mobiles have completely taken over.
Used to be great fun. Ahh........nostalgia. Up till the early hours yapping away, listening in to conversations and trying to guess who the folk were, not forgetting all the wind-ups that went on. Mind one time a certain gentleman was having trouble with his handset and someone told him to spray it with WD40 and that was the last we heard of him for a while as it/he had knackered it completely! [lol] It was harmless fun when the craze started. But, when it all quitened down I got rid of the two sets that we had. Can't see it making a come-back now as mobiles have completely taken over.
beats me why the mobile beat the cb. you got to pay for the moblie call while the cb call is free, guess it just went out of fashon. :roll:
Ofcom actually de-regulated the CB license rules on 8th December 2006, so no, you no longer need a license at all....
Ah, memories, me & ex-hubby on a midnight drive trying to get No1 baby to sleep in the car... heading for 'an eyeball' at some greasy spoon cafe off the motorway somewhere in Kent!!
Makes me sound like a real oldie... oh, wait, I am!!
[lol]
well the website i was on needs to update itself. it has been a few years since i used one.
Who can remember the fun on CB Radio's? Whatever happened to them? used to love it, there was nothing better than sitting in on a cold winter night getting the crack with everyone. What a laugh it used to be, would be great if everyone unpacked their CB's from the loft and it started up again. I blame new technology like the internet and mobile phones for killing CB. So come on lets start it up again .Calling everyone who has a cb radio, get them up and running again. Was thinking about setting a date for everyone to switch on again and take it from there. What does everyone think?
10-4 good buddy, I hear you strength 5, they were good days, even my house bound father had a chicken box at home, and he loved the CB and his list of handles that were good buddies.
Alas who needs CB these days, when you have Skype, it is electronic CB, and most Truckers have mobile phones, I still see a few trucks with big shiny twigs on the roof, so some must still have them. I miss that era too
highlandlassie
21-Aug-07, 20:27
I found two CB's in my attic last week, I used to use them when i stayed in Inverness, Apache was my handle, that brings back so many memories.
What great fun the cb was. I still have my home base and the car one. in fact i was thinking of putting the one back in the car as i beleive Stevens lorries still use them. Used to chat to them and so many others on the road to Inverness, time soon passed and often stopped for an "eyeball". Met some lovely people.
Used to enjoy listening, and talking, on the cb at night, the crack was good and there was always someone on there, great company. it was really good for old folk for company, and a lot used it with their families, rather than pay for phone calls.
It would be great if we all went back on.Ten Ten for now!!!
coppertop 1958
22-Aug-07, 02:06
any one use there old cb handle i do
liked the days before the FM CB license rules came out the old am and ssb cbs now that was the days
i had a ham international 360 and ham international homebase .....
Jeemag_USA
22-Aug-07, 02:14
any one use there old cb handle i do
If you are the same coppertop as was on CB when I was on many years ago then I think I know who you are, but not 100% sure. When I was on I was Dr Pepper and my 20 was the Concrete Jungle. My memory is so bad now I don't remember half the handles I used to talk to. I do remember spending nights listening to Denny and Isla Simpson who were across the way fro me, what a laugh that was. I seem to remember a Mighty Mouse or Dangermouse??
We used to have a Midland 3000 set up in a wardrobe :P
If you are the same coppertop as was on CB when I was on many years ago then I think I know who you are, but not 100% sure. When I was on I was Dr Pepper and my 20 was the Concrete Jungle. My memory is so bad now I don't remember half the handles I used to talk to. I do remember spending nights listening to Denny and Isla Simpson who were across the way fro me, what a laugh that was. I seem to remember a Mighty Mouse or Dangermouse??
We used to have a Midland 3000 set up in a wardrobe :Pwas that Concrete jungle good buddy(livingston)Blue escort here wall to wall and tree top tall,Sorry getting carried away here
,snip...I seem to remember a Mighty Mouse or Dangermouse??
Sounds familiar, Jeemag, I just can't think who they were though. I was but a mere whippersnapper when cb's were on the go, but I too had a handle, and used to chat on it to my grandparents at the other side of town :D.
"Breaker......... breaker for a copy.....
Sidewinder do you copy??"
10-4 Saveman. You couldn't fly up there and reconnect my aerial for me? Go on be a good little super hero! :)
Sounds familiar, Jeemag, I just can't think who they were though. I was but a mere whippersnapper when cb's were on the go, but I too had a handle, and used to chat on it to my grandparents at the other side of town :D.
Would your grandfather have been Slim jim?
I can remember some handles in wick...Slim jim, Blade, Outlaw,white sheep, nine of hearts,Blue Blanket,Clockwork pest, ant boy, River Boy,cat woman,city boy, guitar man,Burban Lady, blue lady,.....I must get my thinking hat on to remember more!!
Would your grandfather have been Slim jim?
No Fran, I'm at the other side of the county :D.
JammyDodger69
23-Aug-07, 12:11
I remember my parents on the CB's they used to be on it for hours, then my brothers got on them, My mums handle was Swapshop, my dads was Hiker, I still see some of their mates and first thing that pops into my head was their handles, one is Papermate and the other was Weilder, my oldest bros was Shepard. You guys that still have them should get them setup again, could be interesting to hear if they are still used not just by truckers.
I used to have a cb as well,my big brother started me off on them as he had one.Got my own one for xmas and spent hours on it :) Can't remember many handles but mine was Cuddles and I remember a guy from Orkney called shyboy but thats about it,must be getting old and dottled x
Remember a few handles from the Wick area, Codbasher, DumDum, Phantom Lady, Pink fairy, Blondebombshell, Whaligoe diver, Digger, Outlaw, there were loads, those were the days. Bring Back CB.
the bairns had some and loved playing with them, although they were walkie talkies but its the same idea. Used to use them in my old job.
me and my sis had some great fun with my dads cb when we were younger. good crack. its funny this thread cos hubby was only talking about cb radio the other day and remembered a film called convoy with great fondness. which i found on ebay for him.
George Brims
23-Aug-07, 21:10
[It was harmless fun when the craze started.
No it wasn't. The old illegal AM ones used to interfere with other bands. I once watched an R/C plane a guy had spent all winter building fly off into the side of a building because some CB user jammed the control signals.
Buttercup
23-Aug-07, 22:02
No it wasn't. The old illegal AM ones used to interfere with other bands. I once watched an R/C plane a guy had spent all winter building fly off into the side of a building because some CB user jammed the control signals.
I was meaning that in general IT WAS HARMLESS FUN. Better young folks doing that than a lot of what goes on today!;)
Lots of people moaned about the so called "illeagals" and they were blamed for a lot of things that they may or may not have been responsible for ~ taxi firms did used to get annoyed (to put it mildly) when you dared to use "their channel". But that's life and you can't keep everyone happy all of the time.:roll:
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