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Yer hehe nice person he was.. Sue "Rising Moon" (Channel 32) John "Basil Brush" Jaci "Zanussi" Ronnie "Unknown Cbier" Steve "Gadget Man" John "Carrot Cruncher" (Channel 4 the old dears some which might not be with us know) and loads more but ive forgot

wow a few names from the past there lee i was always on 32 with them lot anyone remeber the quiz the John "Basil Brush" and Sue "Rising Moon" always held on channel 32 started at 9pm every thursday if i remeber correctly i could be wrong on wot day tho

if i remeber correctly wasn sue "rising moon" from Bagilt in wales and john "basil brush" from the woody estate

a few other names for people to remeber :

john "magpie" an ex copper lived on the durly estate
eve "kontiki" lived in prenton somewhere
Kevin "popeye" lived in rock ferry somewhere

eve kontiki i loved her to bits she was great.. ive met her at the CB meet in wallasey it was in the Crown an Cush in the room at the back.. John magpie yep i remember him.. Remember Cheeky Charlie from liverpool hehe and The Watchmen

Ohh yer the quiz ive hosted that a few times hehehe I was good at them

the quiz had a few followers if i remeber there was quite a large number of people takin part in them it became quite famous on the air

While moving stuff out the loft for the tip I came across my old rig. I posted on autowirral and was told of this thread. When I told my kids about it (they didn't know what CB was)they thought it was a great idea and had me set up my rig -alas dead as a dodo.
Spent many a hours chatting away, went to a few meets (eyeballs)and made some good friends.
My kids are still laughing at the "slang" we used.. But they want mto buy a new rig, I was surprised that there are still companys selling all this stuff.
Anyhow, I'm up for a wiki channel, and I'll even buy another for my car (I'm hoping to attend some AutoWirral meets). Suppose it may be an idea, if things get started only to use legal channels and power. I'd hate for such a great community as this to get a bad reputation for blanking out TV sets and the like (does that sort of thing still happen?).
And rigs are so inexpensive - under £50.
Yep I'm in if things take off.

Citizens' Band (CB) Radio Licensing Update

From 8 December 2006, it will no longer be 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.

CB users share spectrum which is in a frequency band managed by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). This use is secondary to that of the MOD (the primary spectrum user) and it should be noted that CB users must be prepared to accept incoming interference caused by continuing use of this spectrum by the MOD.

Please note: users must understand that CB radio equipment shall be operated on a 'non-interference, non-protected' basis; that is, it shall not cause harmful interference to, and shall not claim protection from, other radio services.

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im thinkin of whackin mine bk in to me car now there is no need to purchase a license

Like there's any room for more gadgets in your car

Well just to let you know i was the 2nd person on the Nocky with a cb bck many years ago. I was about 14 so it was about 30 yrs ago. My radio then was a Midland 100. I was Blue Merlin

I knew Eve very well and john. There was so many people on then, i remember going to the old swimming baths in New Brighton as they used to have a meet there, from thereit went to my Aunts place in Moreton called Tha Apollo. HAHAHAH them were the days.

was your aunt called Auntie Rosie
I think she had the Apollo when it was a skating rink and lived in a house next door

Half an hour ago I came across my CB handheld set (Tandy) so I threw a set of batteries in it and - not a soul was there, just static

Snod

awww ill have 2 get mine out

shame ini we should have a wiki channel