CB Radio

directdj · 26-07-2005, 18:06

well dont know if there still going i was on the CB few years ago when visiting my mum and dad in accrington met some real nice people would not mind getting back in contact.

what does everyone else think about them good or bad?
any stories to tell ?

chav1 · 26-07-2005, 18:15

i thought CB's were just for taxis these days lol

mobile phones kinda killed them off i think plus the expansion of the internet in the past 10 years

grego · 26-07-2005, 19:34

I had a CB in the eighties, thought it was great, used to go to CBers disco at the con club I was only about 14, that was great too!

Margaret Pilkington · 26-07-2005, 20:17

My dad used to be a CB addict......he would have loved the improvements in communication technology...sadly he died 13 years ago.

He was a Radio Amateur and had cards from all over the world...he would stay up till the early hours of the morning so that he could talk to people in Oz. The internet would have been wonderful to him.

Debbie J · 26-07-2005, 20:37

I had one in the mid eighties it was great, I made many great friends some I still see. When I put my dipole up my then next door neighbor said he was getting interference on his tele so I went out and bought him a box to filter it out. As it happened I didn't use my CB that night but said neighbour was at my door the next morning again saying I was still interfering with his tele. I was really fed up of the abuse and whinging by this point so late that night I took the dipole down & laid it across my lounge floor. Next morning He was back again with the same complaint The look on his face was a picture when I showed him my aerial on the floor. it turned out he had just got his first video recorder and was watching second hand tapes that had little lines running through it now & again. I used a car aerial in the loft after that so he didn't know I still had one, & he never complained about interference ever again.

Tinkerbelle · 26-07-2005, 21:14

My Mum and Dad (Baker and Ma Baker) were mad on CB's when we were growing up and they met a lot of crazy friends through it

I still love listening to some of the tales my Mum tells about the 'good old CB days'!

My Dad had a massive kingfisher arial in the garden, never remember anyone complaining about interference, I'll have to ask my Mum ?

apest1 · 27-07-2005, 00:19

I had one in the mid eighties and it was o.k, good fun and all that ...But it help to end my first marriage, so it ended in the bin.... (the C.B)

garinda · 27-07-2005, 00:35

Two of our members met on the CB radio and have since married.

You going to tell your story????

Neal · 27-07-2005, 01:34

I used to use the CB radio, still have it and go on now and again (If I can be bothered putting it in the car). I did use it at home, but my antron99 blew down though and I haven't replaced it since!

NOTE: Do not hang England flags from antron99's, they fall down!

Whenever I have been on, it's just idiots playing music or drunks these days. Met a couple of now good friends off the CB though years back. We used to go 'cruising' and meeting others, was a pretty good laugh!

I'm still into my radio scanners and luckily my scanner aerial has not blown over, not bad considering it's around 10+ years old and been moved to 3 homes (My mams, dads and then my own over the years).

Anyhow, may get a CB aerial put back up though, it will be handy for the business.

The below image is naff quality, using dial up with OnSpeed and set image download quality to low:

mez · 27-07-2005, 09:26

i too was on the c.b. radio in the 80's i loved it. my handle was "grey lady" had some great meet up's.

lettie · 27-07-2005, 09:45

Like Grego, I was also on the CB and used to go to the weekly disco/meet up. I was Juicy Lucy and it was the mid 80's....

Margaret Pilkington · 27-07-2005, 12:23

I think my dad's handle was Doc.....or maybe The Doc... because he used to fix them when they went wrong.

Bagpuss · 27-07-2005, 21:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by lettie

Like Grego, I was also on the CB and used to go to the weekly disco/meet up. I was Juicy Lucy and it was the mid 80's....

That name rings a bell, a distant memory from the 80's, did you live on Dill Hall?

lettie · 28-07-2005, 07:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bagpuss

That name rings a bell, a distant memory from the 80's, did you live on Dill Hall?

I lived in the Burnley Rd area at the time but used to eyeball all over the borough..

directdj · 28-07-2005, 16:46

well my handle was scatman i think lol i met a lad called LB from ossi he was cool. and i met 2 girls who was also very nice people one from accy and one from rishton. sadly lost contact with them. i loved the cb days i say bring it all back cant beat good old comunication.