CB Radio

[husky03]

anyone know much about them-i'm after one for my landy and aint got a clue where to start:confused:

husky:)

[anna]

My goodness, i remember having one of those when I was younger, IIRC my handle was something boring like "little blue eyes" as you can see I was as imaginative with names as I am today ;)

(sorry dont know where to get one from though, although they must be around as truckers still use them day to day!)

[rictus01]

funnily enough I wa into this many moons ago, but hen it was illegal and you had to get sets from the states (where my forum name originated from actually), but when they swapped it and made it legal, you really did get some idiots on there.

Sorry can't be much help, I know Tandy used to do legal ones, but they have been gonefor sometime now.

Cheers Mark.

[svrich]

Try boat equipment shops. You can get waterproof ones! They do get very expensive though.

[Red Herring]

Just do a google search. I looked into getting one a few months back when I was going to Wales for a few days offroading with some mates but it just got all to complicated. Talk of different aerials, ground links etc etc.

[jimmy4237]

Get a 6" magmount, and a 6' whip ariel. Pick up folk from a good distance.Used to have it in the wagon, but after the work started sharing my truck out with 5 drivers, and the fact that it went over to Ireland a lot, by other drivers, I removed my gear from the unit. Still lying on my workshop shelf, including a 40 channel CB radio, and mounting brackets. Also an external speaker, and mounting bracket.Live in Hamilton m8. Don't think I'll ever use the gear again.

PM me if you're interested in taking the kit off my hands m8. Can drop it off to ya, and fit it into your Landie for ya too..

Once fitted - REMEMBER NOT to DRIVE INTO Hamilton car park approaching Quarry street from the post office side... my dad drove the van down to the train station car park once to go the bank, forgot the ariel was still up, and ripped out half the bank of scotland's phone wiring.:smt003:smt003:smt003 All he heard was a clatter because the ariel got pulled off the van roof. Oops.....

**** ALWAYS CHECK YOUR VEHICLE HEIGHT - ESPECIALLY AFTER FITTING A 6' CB ARIEL ****

Plus - the wife will not even notice the big tall ariel, and drive into East Kilbride shopping centre. Bye bye ariel, hello scratched roof....

[keithd]

wow!! they still going..?

i had one of them back in the day, in the 25 minutes they were popular, early 80's i believe.

My handle was "Floyd" after the mighty Pink Floyd. I had a Harrier CBX. Good grief i'm dragging this from the back of some long banished memory...!!

Try Tandy.

oh, hang on.

No idea. thats the level of my input....

hth

[SoulKiss]

Try Tandy.

Actually its Maplins now :)

I have a Midland one somewhere in my garage - you would probably want a new ariel, but if you want it I could be persuaded to part with it quite cheaply - £20 should do the trick.

This of course is reliant on me finding it, and it still working.

[Kinvig]

Fancy that - people in small darkened rooms using an "alias" talking to people elsehere that they may never meet instead of talking to those around them.

I maen, what's the point??? They should get out more......

erm....um....arhm...





I'll just log off ;o)

[SoulKiss]

Fancy that - people in small darkened rooms using an "alias" talking to people elsehere that they may never meet instead of talking to those around them.

I maen, what's the point??? They should get out more......

erm....um....arhm...





I'll just log off ;o)

Actually I used to use mine in Aberdeen all the time - and I met a few people.

The advantage was that you had a limited range, so most of the people you spoke to were quite close.

Lots of people used to have "eyeball cards", basically business cards printed with something like "You have just Eyeballed Soulkiss", which were handed out at meets, and some people wanted to build as big a collection as possible.

So in a lot of ways MORE social than the intarwebs, but not as handy for using when at work :)

[keithd]

met my first girlfriend on or via the CB.

4 years we dated. aaah love's young dream....!!!

she had fantastic boobs

[Viney]

Nowadays you can still buy Midland units from Maplins. I believe you still need a licence but thats about it. Last time i even listened to one, it was full of people thinking its a free radio sation. You will need an ariel as well. Mag mount is the best. I had a KT40 back in the day 8ft of pure whippy hapiness

I spent years on CB's. I had Legal FM units and a couple of Illegal AM units with sideburners, HUGE whip ariels, 240 channels, up n down side bands chatting to people form all over the world...yes really. I chatted to a bloke in Brazil once. etc etc.

One four for a copy....oh yesh. Now wheres my Smokey and the Bandit and convoy movies?

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=99532

Edit:
It is now no longer necessary to hold a Wireless Telegraphy (WT) Act licence in order to operate Citizens’ Band Radio equipment, providing that the equipment is operated in accordance with the WT (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2006.

[keithd]

Nowadays you can still buy Midland units from Maplins. I believe you still need a licence but thats about it. Last time i even listened to one, it was full of people thinking its a free radio sation. You will need an ariel as well. Mag mount is the best. I had a KT40 back in the day 8ft of pure whippy hapiness

I spent years on CB's. I had Legal FM units and a couple of Illegal AM units with sideburners, HUGE whip ariels, 240 channels, up n down side bands chatting to people form all over the world...yes really. I chatted to a bloke in Brazil once. etc etc.

One four for a copy....oh yesh. Now wheres my Smokey and the Bandit and convoy movies?

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=99532

aaah those words you use are coming back !!! KT40!! a dream aerial, dont forget your SWR metre...need that. getit to 1:1.1 and your laughing.

bleedover
eyeballs
whats your 20

and keep channel 9 clear please....

[SoulKiss]

Hmm maybe we should just fit them to our bikes :)

[mattSV]

Aaah, CB Radio. My dad had one with an external PA, great for scaring the sh!t out of old biddies and anyone who pulled out in front of you.

Anyone else used to do treasure hunts? One of my dad's mates used to hide on the edge of the woods, with a camouflage net over the top of the car - b'stard :D

It stopped being fun once it was legalised

[Luckypants]

Husky

My lad just got one for off-roading. He got a reconditioned one it off ebay and it was cheap. Nice thing about this one is it adjusts itself for SWR. I'll find out what he has.

[stewie]

Ive had in wagons before now, my handle was tomcat, got bored after a while though, only ever used for directions, try a truck stop. I had midland gear with a k40 ariel, a ''k whopper'' as we used to call em, all you need is a set and an ariel, you could use an amp, a burner to boost your signal, but all that ever did was block everyone else's signal iirc, must be some on ebay
like this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MIDLAND-ALAN-98-PLUS-ESP-80-CHAN-CB-RADIO-57-INC-VAT_W0QQitemZ310153626557QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Con sumerElectronics_SpecialistRadioEquipment_SM?hash= item483698c3bd&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

[Richie]

I used to have an old AM international jumbo on a Dv27s on a biscute tin covered in tin foil...
then my dad gave permission for me to put up a 20 foot antena on the side of the house...
My handel back then was Jaws ( the Bond one) as I had a metal tooth.
God how old do I feel now?

[timwilky]

I used to have a midland rig, till some b'stard pinched it out my car on the uni car park. Went on demos to get them made legal etc.

Never saw the point of it though when they said yes you can have CB but on the wrong band and with sod all power. I think that was just to placate the ham lot who thought of CB users as pirates.

Still these days I have a naughty Chineese 5w radio that I use with the autocom. Having had a mate come off in an mobile blackspot, we realised the advantage of being able to communicate in more that the mile you get with PMR

[Viney]

I used to have an old AM international jumbo on a Dv27s on a biscute tin covered in tin foil...
then my dad gave permission for me to put up a 20 foot antena on the side of the house...
My handel back then was Jaws ( the Bond one) as I had a metal tooth.
God how old do I feel now?My God that was it a DV27. The bloke round the back of out shop used to run an ariel of some kind a a 2k burner with a car bonnet as the ground plane! It used to glow ever so slightly.

[Red Herring]

I'm sorry, are you guys talking in some strange dialect or something.....I know I said it was complicated but please!

[tigersaw]

Chatting to the eyeties on the skip in the late 70's, ahh memories

[arenalife]

1 - 4 for a copy

wall to wall and ten feet tall

hehe

[Red Herring]

Chatting to the eyeties on the skip in the late 70's, ahh memories

OK, cos I'm bored and it's to hot outside to be working on my garage (and next week it will probably be to wet!) I've done some research on that. Apparently you can get extra range on a CB by bouncing the signal off the atmospheric conditions, even to the point of reaching italy. How clever am I....:D

[timwilky]

yeah skip was all the background gobbledegook that made no sense unless you spoke Italian. DXing was the term used for bouncing the garbage back. I used to have a huge burner that obliterated everone.

BTW, round here it was 1-9 for a copy. Imagine talking to complete strangers. Now we just type to them instead. Well you would always know where plod was in CB land

[mattSV]

yeah skip was all the background gobbledegook that made no sense unless you spoke Italian. DXing was the term used for bouncing the garbage back. I used to have a huge burner that obliterated everone.

BTW, round here it was 1-9 for a copy. Imagine talking to complete strangers. Now we just type to them instead. Well you would always know where plod was in CB land

Breaker breaker, we got an eyeball on a bear/smokey at the doughnut

[Red Herring]

Now they just annoy you with useless snip bits of legislation on a forum.....

[anna]

oh it´s all coming back now 1-9 for a copy, havent heard that in years.

[jimmy4237]

1-9, 1-9 for a rig check..

Got a bear on your back door, good buddy, ease off the pedal

That's a big 10-4...


Ah memories, but us truckers never forget the language... still use it in trucks which still have them fitted. Very handy in quarries when you're lost trying to find the correct graded sand or gravel, and getting the attention of the big wheel (digger driver.....):p:p

To hell with the CB licence - they're not needed. Any time I've been stopped by VOSA or the cops, they haven't bothered to ask for the CB licence.

[Richie]

CQ CQ CQDX this is Italy station calling the east coast of england....

[keithd]

we used qsk if you wanted to join a convo...

qsk kick it in

aaaahhh!! happy days!!!

ps we used 1-4 and 1-9

[jimmy4237]

A mate of mine used to have a scanner in his wagon which could pick up the airplane and the old police frequencies.... When we were doing a convoy run to the same depot down south, he used to tell everybody on the CB where the coppers were hiding, so we eased off the gas as places where we knew the coppers would be hiding....... I believe they've changed over to digital frequencies now, to stop us naughty boys from being aware where they're lying in wait to do a VOSA stop check...

By the way, the CB market is still alive and well, go to any decent truckstop, and the choice of mikes, CB's, SWR meters, mounts, and ariels will make you very confused.

My magmount (6") and a 6' bullwhip ariel used to get people as far as 10 miles.... it still does coupled to an uprated Midland (upgraded the internals for better signal) CB radio...... Just going to waste now lying on my garage shelf..... Stay off channel 19 - full of wee ******s talking s***e, and treating it as a channel for playing rave music now....

[Luckypants]

CQ CQ CQDX this is Italy station calling the east coast of england....

Man that brings back memories of sitting in my car up on Conwy mountain. :ncool:

[stewie]

1-9, 1-9 for a rig check..

Got a bear on your back door, good buddy, ease off the pedal

That's a big 10-4...


Ah memories, but us truckers never forget the language... still use it in trucks which still have them fitted. Very handy in quarries when you're lost trying to find the correct graded sand or gravel, and getting the attention of the big wheel (digger driver.....):p:p

To hell with the CB licence - they're not needed. Any time I've been stopped by VOSA or the cops, they haven't bothered to ask for the CB licence.
Yeah, 1-9 for a 10-13 please , northbound on the mike 6, just on the ski jump, come back ? happy days ;)

[matt_rehm_hext]

I think there is now no need for a license and you can pick them up very cheaply especially on eBay.

[xXBADGERXx]

I used to have a Manor/Kestrel with a ThunderpoleIII and a burner fitted . The rig had Upper and lower Sideband , FM and AM and extra Crystals fitted so it had 120 channels , those were the days eh ;)

[xXBADGERXx]

Man that brings back memories of sitting in my car up on Conwy mountain. :ncool:


What was your Handle Mike ?

[Luckypants]

What was your Handle Mike ?

Uh-oh...... :D


I was Flipper back then.

[xXBADGERXx]

Hah ............... mine was Jedi Knight (oh the shame)
I just realised we still have a portable CB radio somewhere too that had 40 channels on it . Took a shed load of AA batteries .

[SoulKiss]

Hah ............... mine was Jedi Knight (oh the shame)
I just realised we still have a portable CB radio somewhere too that had 40 channels on it . Took a shed load of AA batteries .

I think I have one of those in the garage too :)

[xXBADGERXx]

I have just trawled the internet for the best part of 30 minutes and actually found it , it was a Maxcom 7e , and there is one piccie of it online , and Geocities is down and won`t let me see the piccie :(

[davepreston]

to the op
right minimum requirements are
one radio, one power supply, one swr (a wee box for tuning) and a antenna (a areil can only recive signals not send****) after that you can buy lots of stuff to boost signal distance and clarity eg burners sidebands and masts (yes you can buy your own mast)





**** this is just geek knowledge but holds head in shame of some orgers that should know better RICHIE!!!!!

[Richie]

this is just geek knowledge but holds head in shame of some orgers that should know better RICHIE!!!!!

Looks like someone is

http://www.cumberlandpointcampground.com/fishing_1_smiley.gif

[rictus01]

I had one of these

http://www.m1hog.com/photos/jaws/jaws2.jpg

and a transit license to transport it, but not to use it, anyone else remember that loop hole ?

Cheers Mark.

[suicidesam]

Hope you get sorted out with a rig for the landy Husky, As for the rest of the thread.. By eck it takes me back :o
Had several "sidebanders" up till the mid 90's when i decided to go for my Ham licence. Took 4 months going to the local club then sat the City and Guilds. Now i play with this lot when i'm bored at night...

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/suicidesam/Radiogear.jpg

There must be another few Amateur Radio folks lurking about here... There's 2 of us in the Ecosse posse ;)

[tigersaw]

There must be another few Amateur Radio folks lurking about here... There's 2 of us in the Ecosse posse ;)

Passed my 2m license about 30 years ago, though I think its all changed since then.

[appollo1]

OMG CB's were great when I first started driving and used to do deliveries. Very handy when you needed directions.

Great memories :D

Huskey if you are ever near Brechin, I noticed last week that the Sracathro service station/truck stop was selling CB stuff.

[suicidesam]

Passed my 2m license about 30 years ago, though I think its all changed since then.

Just a bit! Passed my M1 licence then done the morse to get full M0.. (MM0 for up here) the year before they started giving them out in lucky bags! My wife done the mini licence a few years back M3 class.. lets you use all the big toys with 10w limit. Quite effective on a 20m monoband beam ;)

[yorkie_chris]

I have one kicking about in the garage, considering fitting it in the van to not feel like too much of a c*** when slipstreaming trucks down the Mway to save fuel!

Likely to be any use?

[xXBADGERXx]

http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd513/MarkSmith34/zombie_kitten.jpg

[yorkie_chris]

Good, f***ing cats...

Every time someone starts threads on things that have been asked a million times before, a leper **********s...