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Offline nopanic - neil

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CB Radio
« on: August 10, 2007, 10:37:43 pm »
Sitting here watching Smokie and the Bandit on the TV and been seen them using CB Radio.

Remember in the late 70's early 80's when CB's were being used in the UK.

Simple question, does anybody use or still have a CB radio (or even remember them)

Thats a good old 10-10
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Re: CB Radio
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2007, 10:46:25 pm »
10 roger good buddy come back!

Mine went up in a cloud of smoke the evening I discovered that Hornby 12v transformers have a very un smoothed not quite DC output

Comes of taking it out of the old Escort on a freezing cold night one winter...

Never felt like going legit with a legal unit

Mine was a GE with fairy lights!

10-10, wont be doing it again... ;)
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Re: CB Radio
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2007, 10:52:46 pm »
OK - if u amit to it or not.

What was your handle?

Can't remember mine, but will have to ask a few old friends, and come back to you, old buddy  ;D

10-4
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Re: CB Radio
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2007, 11:22:14 pm »
Quote from: nopanic - neil on August 10, 2007, 10:37:43 pm
Sitting here watching Smokie and the Bandit on the TV and been seen them using CB Radio.


Not the CB radio malarkey but I got all nostalgic for the Pontiac Trans Am.
We had a 1976 one - bright red - the engine and gear box still lives on in the big black beast in my sig  below  ;D
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Re: CB Radio
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2007, 12:11:02 am »
Yes, still have one and still use it when we go watching rallying so that we can talk between the cars in our group. But theres something wrong with my set up at the moment as I can only hear people if they are no more than 200 yards away,yet my mate can get people over 15 miles away.
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Re: CB Radio
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2007, 12:12:35 am »
Was really popular around our way for a while. Sounded crap with thick Yorkshire accents though 'ey up good buddie- ten four' etc. Thankfully it died out apart from a few die hards who thought they were texans or something. My outstanding memory of that film was Sally Fields Arse- had a big fan club at my school.
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Re: CB Radio
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2007, 12:16:25 am »
the humber was rigged up with CB for Le Mans modulation with the car we were in convoy with good buddy.

CB through france when in convoy is great, thats a good 10-4 Golden Arrow at your front door come on.
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Re: CB Radio
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2007, 12:25:23 am »
Convoy- now thats a film! Memorable for Alli McGraws arse- had quite a following at school......
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Re: CB Radio
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2007, 12:32:26 am »
i had 10 on the floor stroking boar and the seat cover started to gain.
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Re: CB Radio
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2007, 01:28:26 am »
Cor!

CBees!

I used to have a set hidden under my bed and a bi-pole in the loft. (I think that's right, it might have been a di-pole)

I remember all that "1-4 for a copy" business. What a laugh. We all thought we were really naughty, breaking the law!!!

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Re: CB Radio
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2007, 12:23:33 am »
Met a lot a people through the ole CB.

Used to do a few treasure hunts with 'the Red Light Breakers' in and around Farnborough. the name came from the little red diode light that you put on the end of the antenna.  You transmit - it light flashes.

I tried it when it became legal but the amount of arses on it made me bin it.

On my old home-base Madison, regulary spoke to stateside people.

In a way I miss the cameraderie that evolved.
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Re: CB Radio
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2007, 09:11:41 am »
Somewhere I have a Cobra 128DX or something like that with 250 watt amp and a Silver rod aerial! I had a Nato 2000 in the car... 10 10 till we do it again PS my CB handle was Waverider and I was based in the Isle of Wight in those days and yes did lots of sailing along with rallying and racing.....
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Re: CB Radio
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2007, 09:40:25 am »
Bl**dy Hell these things bring back memories which I thought I had drunk away.

I had a president base station, blew all the neighbours TV viewing as I had the dv27 aeriel mounted on the metal terrace houses guttering.

But who can top this, I mounted a motorbike battery and a cobra CB & DV27 on a bicycle when I was living in Pompey, Now how sad is that.
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Re: CB Radio
« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2007, 10:08:20 am »
Yorkie-men will still have them ;D
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Re: CB Radio
« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2007, 12:49:09 pm »
Quote from: Dr Sconefinger on August 11, 2007, 12:25:23 am
Convoy- now thats a film! Memorable for Alli McGraws arse- had quite a following at school......

Agree on both counts, Film & arse, - but which had a big following at school, the film or the arse?

found this pic on a german web site, but why they are big into the film?  ???

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