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Bullseye
| | Posted on Sunday, January 20, 2002 - 4:47 pm: | 
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I have looked at some of the profiles on the forum and was just wondering. I am 32 and have been on and off the radio since Dad got into them in the mid '70s. I sold all my stuff a few years back cause I got tired of all the "Cobra Kung-Fu" that was on around here. The old-timers probably know what I'm talking about,all the I'll kick your #$^&%@(*) that people carry on with. And yes I was about 6 the very first time I got to BREAK on the radio. |
Sodapop
| | Posted on Sunday, January 20, 2002 - 6:52 pm: |
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Bullseye: If you look into my profile, you'll see I have been into CB for some time now. I have had the same thing up here, but we call them CB Cowboys! *G* But in the last few years, it has really cleaned up. Not to much of that stuff around here anymore. And I don't miss it at all. I would rather have a decent conversation thank you. |
Taz
| | Posted on Monday, January 21, 2002 - 1:37 am: |
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not that long, just 5 years |
Bullseye
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 8:45 pm: |
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COME ON GUYS You "Old Timers" can admit how long you've been broadcasting. We won't make any geritol comments or nothing |
67gto
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 10:32 pm: |
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Started in 1976 with a Sears 23 Channel Base and talked until 1984. Just got back into radio 2 years ago. BOY HAVE THINGS CHANGED! |
Radiodude
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 11:22 pm: |
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I have been "into" cb since 1966, I built my first cb a Heathkit Lunchbox,1ch 27125 freq got out about 5 miles across town with a home made wire antenna |
bruce
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 12:50 pm: |
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AH NOW thats a radio !!!!! i had a 11 er a 10 er a 6 er and a 2 er lunch box nothing like the rush of the super regen reciver and being able to coppy 80 channles at one time !!! HEY radio dude i converted my 6 meter one to a 11 er reciver if to do it i converted with a 2 tube conveter 50.4 down to 27.0 then used the coils from a cb unit and rewired the radio to recive CB and with the conveter in frount of it had a REALY hot 6 meter am reciver except for the RUUUUUSH that super regens are so well know for it was hot!
bruce |
RCI2990
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 3:29 pm: |
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Me ive been on the air -ONLY- since about 1990 when i was still in high school and me and a few guys got CBs to talk on for fun. Im the only one left out of all of them and i still talk on the radio. |
Ohiobiker
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 4:21 pm: |
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Well now memories of days gone by....Do you feel the age thing here as I do? LOL...
I got my first radio as a child of the age of 11yrs old. A gentleman on my paper route used to invite me in his home, he was the last home om my route. He had this awesome looking radio that seemed to take up all of his desk and would let me listen to him talk on it while I rested for the 3 mile walk back home. He had the Cadilac of radios in that day, a Browning Golden Eagle and boy would/could he may it sing. Well to say the least it caught my interest. I would call my Dad and ask him to stop and pick me up on his way home from work, just so I could stay and listen longer. He talked all over the world like it was the telephone. Over time he seen how interested I had grown in the radio. One saturday as I was collecting my money he offered me a deal. He was replaceing his mobile in his truck with a sideband radio and wanted to know if I wanted to buy his old AM mobile?
He already knew the answer so we worked out a deal for free newspapper for 1 month, Back then the weekly cost for the Canton Repository was .65cents a week. What a deal I had gotten. He threw in a clip on gutter mount and I was never so eager to get home and get set up. LOL When I got home it didn't take long and I was on the air!
Well over the next month or so I had great fun chatting on that old radio. One day I came home from school and found my Mother in my room listening and talking on my radio, that was all it took. Within a few weeks Dad went out and puchased Mom a brand new Cobra 139XLR SSB Base Radio w/extras, it had just hit the shops and was top dollar at that time. I think it was the best gift he ever gave our Mother in her whole life.(except for us 5 kids)...LOL Mom and I spent many long hours on that old radio, many memories and friendships were formed their in that old kitchen well i am rambling on...One last thing...the man who sold me that 1st radio is long since gone...but those memoeies still remain...Thanks again to Bill & Barb Conley..aka "CAT" and "Big Barb". There station was know as "The CAT House" and stood by on ch.22 AM in Ohio....thanks for a lifetime of fun and memories...............OHIOBIKER "575" |
Sk1
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 5:53 pm: |
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Been at it since 1975 with a few diffrent radios have all of them but one (6 ch. robin wish I had it) |
RCI2990
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 7:42 pm: |
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Ohio Biker.
That was a very neat story.
BTW do you happen to live near Mansfield, Ohio? |
Ohiobiker
| | Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 7:09 am: |
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RCI 2990, No I do not live near Mansfeild,...but doesn't mean you won't hear me around there. Where you from RCI? I live in a small farming town called KILGORE, Ohio. Theres a sign at the edge of town that say," KILGORE,OHIO...WHERE MEN ARE MEN, AND SHEEP RUN SCARED! Just kidding, but really if you looking on a map it is near LEESVILLE lake and ATWOOD lake region, some maps have lakes marked on them. South of Canton, Ohio approx 35 miles on RT.43.
I have a good location, except for the 15 or 20 houses in our small town. There are few neigbors out here. Makes it nice for DXing, only had one complaint about TVI and I explained to the gentleman it was most likely his loud stereo that needed a filter...LOL...His complaint was that when he has his bass-thumper box on it comes over it and makes his dog think someone is outside. I ask my 14 yr old son to transmitt while I went to listen. His voice only came over it when I used my amp, so we have come to terms. If I think its too loud down there, I tell him. I also pointed out that, Because of him telling the rest of the neigbors that it comes over his stereo, now they phone me and ask me to "KEY" up and tell him to turn it down...LOL Most of the town didn't even know I had a radio till He opened his mouth, Now I am known as that Harley Radio guy! Well all...think this is better than Any chat room I have ever seen...KEEP up the good posts....~OHIOBIKER~575~ |
Scrapiron63
| | Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 1:50 pm: |
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I became fascinated with radio listening to the old battery operated am radios while growing up in TN in the late 1930s and 1940s. We didn't have electricity till about 1943-44. Those old battery rigs would get far off stations because there was no interference from other electrical items, transformers, highlines, nothing. We did have telephones long before 'lights'.
I first used a transceiver in 1957, I had just went in business, Electrical construction, and bought some low-band(38 mhz) business radios for my work trucks. They were the old motorola split units. The control head mounted on the dash, the radio unit behind the seat. They were integrated solidstate and tubes for finals, about 50 watts I believe, but really good range at that frequency. That got me started 'ratching mouthing', and in the 60's, a hunting club I was in, started using some 1 channel CB's, that got me interested, and by the late 1960's, I was a full-fledged CB nut. I decided early that Ham was not my thing, for several reason, and before someone thinks, yeah he couldn't pass the tests, you need to look at the exams required for a Master Electrical License that I had to take in several states.
And in the past 30 years, I have owned about every kind of radio equipment. I was fortunate to have a wife and funds that would allow my expensive hobby. |
ncrebel
| | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 10:24 am: |
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Hey,well I'm really new into CB.I just got started back around the very late part of 99 into 00.Since then I've learned a lot about radios.
Looking back on it,it's kinda embarrasing how much I DIDN'T know about radios back then.Since I
got into it I've been learning electronics on my own time.Going through books and stuff like that, learning about how electronic stuff works.That has helped me a lot in learning about radios.Since I've got started in CB I've owned two radios.So I've basically learned a lot from
"hands on" experiance.I've learned how to do a peak and tune myself and it still works!!lol I had
been using my radio for just stuff to talk to truckers and stuff like that,just messing around with it.Then one of my friends went out and got an
A99 and was talking over that from a mobil radio he had hooked up in his house.When he did that I "got the bug".I had to do the same thing.I got my radio and had it on my nightstand next to my bed and had a antenna just outside my window.We live in a trailor so,exellent ground hehe.I used my two radios as a base station for a while and I kept fiddling with my antennas trying to get them to work better till I was like the heck with it and put my radio and mess in the truck.lol
ncrebel (someone who has learned about cb from "hands on") |
RCI2990
| | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 3:31 pm: |
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LOL.!!
Harley radio guy!! :-) Actually sounds cool to me! I know a guy i used to talk to on firetalk that went by "Biker Carl". he lives near Mansfield Ohio and he bought my Penetrator 500 i used to have ( i have another one now but its for keeps!;-). |
bullet/151 southern Indiana
| | Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2002 - 3:51 pm: |
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like bullseye my first experiance was on my dads
radio.my first time on air was around 71 or 72 while mobile. i got more into it around 74 and am
nowadays a junky. radio poor, several mobiles and several bases,do my own mods and tunning and build my own antennas ect.they can be seen at www.bullets-dx-chamber.cityslide.com
im 45 miles NE OF Louisville,KY. |
Jerz G
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 12:18 am: |
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Since I was 14. I had a Realistic Navaho with a 4 foot whip outside my window. About a year later I got a uniden Grant with the uppers and Lowers. I would soon Graduate to the first generation RCI 2950. Now 12 years later we have a Kenwood TS-570S (G), RCI 2950DX, X Force HD60012. My how things have changed. |
Crossbow
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 10:08 am: |
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BACK IN THE LATE SIXTYS AND EARLY SEVENTYS I WAS A MEMBER OF THE OXNARD, CA. CB CLUB. HAD AROUND 800 MEMBERS AT THE TIME. USED THE CIVIC CENTER FOR MEETINGS. THERE WERE SMALL CLICKS WITH IN THE CLUB AND WE COMPETED IN GAMES LIKE HIDE AND SEEK AND HAD A LOT OF KEG PARTYS. THAT WAS THE BEST PART. BEEN IN AND OUT FOR YEARS AND I AM STARTING OVER AGAIN FROM THE BOTTOM. DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF I CAN GET MY OLD SIDEBAN NUMBERS FROM THE FCC. THEY WERE REGISTERD WITH THE FCC WAY BACK JUST FOR ME TO USE. |
RCI 2990
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 3:15 pm: |
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Bullet.
10-04 on the radio junky!!!!! LOL!!
If i had all the stuff i have bought,sold, and traded for all the years ive been in CBs ill bet i could start my own radio shop!! |
bruce
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 11:19 pm: |
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cross bow I'll bet a 5 buck book of big macks that the FCC was not involved |
Crossbow
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 9:32 am: |
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Bruce The fcc at that time ran around in a van with a directional antenna turning on top, looking for the over powered signals. Yes they did bust some operators for being over powered. No they never did party with us, but they did show up at a meeting once. Today as it sounds out there, they don't realy give a dam_. |
bruce
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 3:01 pm: |
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Crossbow you stated "getting you numbers from the FCC" ???? the FCC never issued SSB numbers HOWEVER they DID issue call leters like one of my old ones kalk-1860 now if THAT is what your talking about you must have had a license at that time. I beleve a cb radio call book was printed for a short time and if so you might be able to fine your call in it. If you had a HAM radio call it would have been no problem since the ham radio call book is still printed. I'm well know for my lack of respect for some ( not all ) members of the FCC and while im on that the fcc they showed up here in tampa last year grabed a few high profile cases and SEE YA !!! It's not they dont give a damn as a enforcement agency they exsist on paper only.
bruce
radio-doctor@juno.com |
Inspector
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 4:17 pm: |
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I've been in CB since 1969...befor I was 1year old (no joke). As soon as I was babbling and making noise, they were shoving a mike in my face. I have always joked that my bottles were warmed up on top of the old Laffayette base. Today, I am still babbling and making noise. |
Jyd
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 8:17 pm: |
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i have been on the radio for 10 years,my first moble set up was a 25 ltd classic and a palomar 225, as for a base big old jc penny with a big clock and a super scanner antenna.it was a good old radio. the end |
part time
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 10:36 pm: |
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I havent been on long. have been running cobra 29classic ltd 40channel since i have been driving a big truck about 5 years now .I run any thing east of the mississippi river.north or south.here lately i have been turning my squelch down and my rf up and here these guys talking.they say they are out west like texas or newmexico talking skip. i have been asking questions about an up grade at cbshops across the roads of america but it seems like there not interested in just talk.they want to sell you something and sendyou on yourway.Ive got alot of questions.Ijust herd about Coppers web site by word of mouth 6 days ago.I like the way everbody helps anybody out.My first quetion. #1. does it cost anything to join this forum.#2.Ihave been looking at a general grant mobile with 200 watt amp built in.is thiis a good radio for everday use in a big truck.Ineed straight 40 channel for everyday use but i do alot of night driving and would like to make conversation on any channel lsb or usb am fm it dont matter to me.just to shoot the bull.so any feed back would be nice ps. sure looks like a nice RAIDIO...PART TIME |
Pluto
| | Posted on Saturday, February 09, 2002 - 12:04 am: |
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I started back in 1972 on an old Lafayette HE-20B(I think that's the right model number)If I remember right, it was 12 channel transmit and 23 channel recieve.I used to get yelled at because I would be listening on one channel and trying to break on another(over top of someone already talking)At the age of 14,I had to get a CB license in my dad's name(who didn't talk radio) my call sign was:KWM3453 |
bruce
| | Posted on Saturday, February 09, 2002 - 8:19 pm: |
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pluto i just last month toss out one of thoes im restoring a HE-20 C and used the parts to aid in the repair nice simple radio a small company made a dual conversion adaptor for that radio neat idea it pluged in the 2if tube socket converted the if 1650 to 100 khz had 1 stage at 100 khz converted back to 1650 and fed the last if can and went back through the radio it caused some problems with the agc loop not many were made but i had one back in 1969 - 1970 and now wish i had kept all that stuff ... i did keep the 20 and a he 15 and im restoring them for 10 meter use... someday both now work but are not ready to be converted yet. you were corect 12 xmitt and rock bound recive 23 ch tunning |
richard
| | Posted on Monday, February 11, 2002 - 10:22 pm: |
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34yrs of being a cber ! |
707
| | Posted on Monday, February 11, 2002 - 11:21 pm: |
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I got my first real CB in 1974, my latest about a month ago. Non-stop for 28 years. |
Brian Flannery
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 13, 2002 - 6:56 pm: |
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My handle is Skoal Bandit. I have talked on the C.B for about ten years. My first real radio was a Sears Roadtalker 40 Base Station. I have seen a lot of the oldtimers quit or die in my time. I talk on Ch. 32 of the evenings and everywhere in the daytime talking skip. My outfit has really come along since then, I have a Galaxy Saturn and a maverick 250. My next move up is to get me a set of beams, nothing too big just something with the flat side. 73's and have a good one. |
Pluto
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 5:08 pm: |
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Bruce,thanks for the reply.We've come along way since those old dinosaur radios. |
bruce
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 11:32 pm: |
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pluto i have photos of my early to mid 1960's ham stations made up of WW2 surplus converted to use on 6 and 2 meters it filled up a kitchen table and getting 5 watts to the antenna took about 100 lbs of radios now in my car i run a alinco dx-70 and a alinco 2 meter radio both smaller than a ranger 2950 the dx-70 PUTS OUT 100 watts on am, fm, SSB and cw from 160 meters ( 1.7 mhz) to 10 meters 28-29.7 mhz and weights about 5 lbs GOSH i cant weight to see what the next 30 years brings !!! |
BIGFOOT
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 23, 2002 - 3:01 pm: |
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stated out December 26, 1969 with a used ( from my father ) POLYTRONICS poly-comm 4 channel base tube type and a super magnum ( antenna specialist ) omni-base antenna...then next major move was to a realistic trc-30A 23 channel base in 1975...then various bases & mobiles through the years..now have cobra 25 Classic in vehicle and 102 inch whip.. in the house now have a galaxy saturn TURBO with d-104, maco v-5/8 wave 30 feet off the ground...not the loudest in the area, but in top 10 out of 11 operators...math work 1969 - 2002 ==33 years this coming up in December...plus got no-code ham licence in 1991, but no one to talk to after 7 - 8 pm on 2 meters & 440..so turn on ( that dern ol cb ) ..so I guess I got the best of both worlds in small way... |
Grumpy8220
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 23, 2002 - 8:32 pm: |
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I started talking on the CB radio in 1972 at the age of 10. My father was a trucker and he bought me a radio for home, it was a Lafayette Telstat 50 on a power supply with a 1/4 wave ground plane. Many radio's since that day, just too many to mention. My favorite was the Browning R27 S23 and my Tram Titan. Now my main radio is a RCI 2990DX, man have radio's changed since the old days. Enjoy talking with people from all walks of life,and enjoy helping people in need. Gone in my area are the coffee breaks and the summer get togethers!
OLD CB'ERS NEVER DIE, THEY JUST TAKE A BREAK EVERY NOW AND THEN!!!
KBT-1806 |
NCUNIT33
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 8:19 am: |
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I PLAYED AROUND WITH MY DAD'S RADIO IN THE MID 1970'S I BOUGHT MY FIRST MOBLE IN 1984 WITH MY FIRST BASE RADIO A FEW MONTHS LATER.
I CAN'T BELEIVE HOW TIME FLYS!! |
Galileo
| | Posted on Saturday, April 27, 2002 - 5:30 pm: |
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I first got on in 1975, on a 5 Channel Globe Star tube radio, and a Radio Shack Super Maxim ground Plane..My father was a ham radio operator, and got me the radio , and antenna for my 15 birthday...it used to pi** me off cuz most of my friends had 23 channel radios......
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