Cb Radio

[RUDY850]

Anyone remember when the CB radio was very popular. I remember my parents having a base station and Mobile units in the cars.

Anybody have one that they still use.

[schr8er2000]

Dont have one now but remember having 2 of them.. one in the house and one in the car... had the big "whip" 102' antenna. Had the FULL 24 channels... and an illegal booster... all the way up to 50 watts ( not the legal 5)..Johnson brand for both base and mobile...

Boy that seems like an eternity ago.....lol

[soberbyker]

I had one in my personal car for awhile to help find out traffic conditions ahead, as a truck driver I use them all the time. Nothing fancy, a Corba 29 LTD, peaked and clipped.

Bill

[P-11 shooter]

A couple years ago my buddy and I used to communicate with base stations.

Mine is in the attic, but he still rocks the CB radio. He now has his ham license and is pushing more power and building bigger antenna towers.





I would be cool with us using cb slang.

Breaker breaker, driver ya got your ears on?

[RUDY850]

Dont have one now but remember having 2 of them.. one in the house and one in the car... had the big "whip" 102' antenna. Had the FULL 24 channels... and an illegal booster... all the way up to 50 watts ( not the legal 5)..Johnson brand for both base and mobile...

Boy that seems like an eternity ago.....lol

I remember you. LOL. You were the one coming in nice and loud and Cristal clear.

[scoutjoe]

Breaker breaker, driver ya got your ears on?

10-4 Come back driver...

I had one in my car, just a cheap Uniden unit but somewhere along the lines it fried (and I pissed off some truckers on I-80 since apparently I was throwing a ton of feedback out every time I sent)

That and they (the others out there) don't like it when you play "Its 5 o clock somewhere" on a Friday afternoon around 5 o clock, even if it was only one line....ah I'm sure I should be a grease spot by now...

[Glocker]

Yup.....I have one in my pick-up. Between the GPS and a Cell phone I guess I don't need it much.........

My kids like to make fun of the CB..........you would think I had one of those 8 tracks in my dash...............

[PA Rifleman]

Yup.....I have one in my pick-up. Between the GPS and a Cell phone I guess I don't need it much.........

My kids like to make fun of the CB..........

Observation: CB radios were worth their weight in gold in New Orleans, Sept 2005. They had substantially more range than FRS walkie-talkies, and the telephone network was down for some time (taking cell service with it).

Mobile use was an added plus.

[Glocker]

Observation: CB radios were worth their weight in gold in New Orleans, Sept 2005. They had substantially more range than FRS walkie-talkies, and the telephone network was down for some time (taking cell service with it).
Mobile use was an added plus.

Very good observation Rifleman!!!!!.........I guess nobody would be making fun of me in a state of emergency.......

[sinful]

As a Jeeper, I don't go in the woods without one... it's our primary form of communication on trail rides.

Cobra CB with Firestixx antenna.