Forums Forums General Forums A - Z Leisure & Hobbies CB Radio at its boom

lmao at this one,hi all am a rig head its all good,you get a lot of muppets scousers on it,all day everyday 24 a day 7 days aweek 52 weeks a year madness.roger roger me rig name is er ................\(jimmy the cross)/............get 1 get on and give us a shout out on the 19 lmao.catch ya soon roger over and out..lmao:)

Bloomin eck !!!.
I well remember Blue Falcon (Colin) he was a good friend for a while, he used to live or may still live in Flint.
Roscoe (Nick) i knew him as well, he used to live off the bottom af Gayton lane, can't remember what road but i know where his house is (or was). I seem to remember we went to the club that used to be next to the ice rink in Queensferry a few times, he was also a D.J for Marcher sound for a while as well as other radio stations !!!.

One things certain, i have not seen either of them since the mid 1980's

I used to have a few C.B's and can well remember it becoming legal in the uk, which i would have a stab at being 1981/82 ish, although i had one before that (Ham International with upper and lower side band). I had some legal ones as well but i can't remember what they where now !.
Apart from the one in my car i had a monster silver rod on the end of the garage. to be honest i thought they would never come to an end. Met some good friends and still keep in touch with the odd one, but not on the C.B. !!.
I think my silver rod fell of the end of the shed in the late 80's although i had not used C.B's for ages by then.

That would be TalkBack !!!

Originally it was AM bands, then when it was first legalised it became FM bands, that was on 27 Mhz in 1981, hence why that lot of CBs from then on had a circle with 27/81 stamped on the front, things like Rotel RVCs, Harrier CBX, Amstrad 901s, Midlands etc etc.

Ahhh the good old days.

Yes i was there, known as Lenny Brassneck for my sins. Funny i still use Brassneck in my email addy, and most people in work know me the same.

lady scouser was my name on the cb (julie)

YES FINALLY !
(haha)
I have always wanted a CB radio, but don't have any knowledge on them.

Does anyone have an In-Car or even house set-up they want to sell ?

P.s:
It's been fun reading everyones stories

Still feeling ill i can't sleep so thought i would try ask a question or two.

What CB Radio's are capable of accessing the previously mentioned frequencies ..


I can buy a Cobra 148 (Thats all i know about it)
What should i look out for ?
And are they any good ?

Thanks for your help

Now i'm off to sleep and try fight my man flu

Hi...

For those frequencies, I've no idea if a CB/Ham transceiver would cut it, but a NEW scanner might.

I've got my machine set up, now, and I'm in Bebington. When you get your machine and get set up, let me know and we can arrange a time for a chat - when you let me know you're ready to go, I'll post my handle, here. Feel free to PM or E Mail me, with any other ideas or updates.

It's only going to be when folk come on sites/forums, like this one, and arrange get-togethers online, that the real CB revival will start to slowly scrape itself together. Right now, folk are turning on their CBs, hearing nobody and switching off for another 6-12 months and that's why nobody is on!

Folks...keep it on, keep shouting and keep flicking around the channels - there is really no other way!

Ian.

These are scanner/pmr radio frequencies? Ive got a handheld scanner & frequency book for sale if your interested.

Hi all,
could CB be waking up in and around Wirral? Hi Ian, hope things are good. I thought it may be you, seeing your breaker list it has to be yourself (WFG). I'm an Amateur and love my CB too, never managed to track down a new Harrier CBX in a dusty box buried at the back of an old household electrical shop. I use one of those Maycom 80 ch jobbies now. Good luck breathing some life into it, as Ian said, monitor, monitor and listen, it's free, make the most of it.

Terry (CBX1, Thunderflash, Virgin Soldier)

Re scanner frequencies also try 166.075MHz, 166.0875MHz, 169.300MHz, loads more if anyone is interested.

Terry

I still have mine which is the superstar 3900 my handle was in the earlier days white tornado then i used reddragon we all had them in the cabs in liverpool. Im after a complete mobile twig if any one has one going spare and no not one out of a bush or tree either

1 9 a roger lol.

Lol