CB Radio Days..
Remember those fun days back in the 70's when everyone was into the CB radio crazy? You just had to have all the required hardware plus more. You wanted to be heard by many other CBers. I got into the craze with both feet. First I got a mobile radio for my truck, next one for our car. So everyone was setting up base stations so I had to have one. Found an old Guardian 23 tube type and had her peaked with power. You just had to have an antenna on the house to broadcast. My first one was a simple one but later I had to have one of those Moonrakers on a high tower. Man I was almost set to talk around the world. You know you needed more power than the 5 watts the FCC allowed. 300 watts tied to the radio illegally and I could talk long distance. When you made contact with other ...
CBers in other states and foreign countries you send and received cards in the mail called QSL cofirming you contact.
I met a lot of good people I might never have met if not for my CB radio. A group of fellow CB'ers formed a club and we called ourselves the Channel 22 club. I came up with an award to be presented each week called the Bucket Mouth Award. It was a piece of plywood cut into the shape of a bucket with a wire handle. The award was to be given to the person that talked the most that week on the radio. The winner had to have all the club at their house for the meeting. We would bring food and drinks for the occasion. Man those were fun days!!! You used handles when you talked on your radio and never used your name. Handles like The Texas Longhorn, Double Trouble, Grinch, Amber Lady, Georgia Peach, Jolly Green Giant and my handle; The Aggravator.
Our club put on a charity event for a local deputy sheriff that was in bad health. CBer's from all over the midstate came to help out. The whole town including the mayor supported our club efforts. We raised several thousand dollars that went to the sick deputy.
Yeah, those were fun days before the cell phone. CB slang words like what's your 20, 10-4 good buddy, bear at mile marker 100 and 73's filled the air waves. Now we don't go any where without our cell phones.
CB Radio Days..
Remember those fun days back in the 70's when everyone was into the CB radio crazy? You just had to have all the required hardware plus more. You wanted to be heard by many other CBers. I got into the craze with both feet. First I got a mobile radio for my truck, next one for our car. So everyone was setting up base stations so I had to have one. Found an old Guardian 23 tube type and had her peaked with power. You just had to have an antenna on the house to broadcast. My first one was a simple one but later I had to have one of those Moonrakers on a high tower. Man I was almost set to talk around the world. You know you needed more power than the 5 watts the FCC allowed. 300 watts tied to the radio illegally and I could talk long distance. When you made contact with other ...
Remember those fun days back in the 70's when everyone was into the CB radio crazy? You just had to have all the required hardware plus more. You wanted to be heard by many other CBers. I got into the craze with both feet. First I got a mobile radio for my truck, next one for our car. So everyone was setting up base stations so I had to have one. Found an old Guardian 23 tube type and had her peaked with power. You just had to have an antenna on the house to broadcast. My first one was a simple one but later I had to have one of those Moonrakers on a high tower. Man I was almost set to talk around the world. You know you needed more power than the 5 watts the FCC allowed. 300 watts tied to the radio illegally and I could talk long distance. When you made contact with other ...
CBers in other states and foreign countries you send and received cards in the mail called QSL cofirming you contact.
I met a lot of good people I might never have met if not for my CB radio. A group of fellow CB'ers formed a club and we called ourselves the Channel 22 club. I came up with an award to be presented each week called the Bucket Mouth Award. It was a piece of plywood cut into the shape of a bucket with a wire handle. The award was to be given to the person that talked the most that week on the radio. The winner had to have all the club at their house for the meeting. We would bring food and drinks for the occasion. Man those were fun days!!! You used handles when you talked on your radio and never used your name. Handles like The Texas Longhorn, Double Trouble, Grinch, Amber Lady, Georgia Peach, Jolly Green Giant and my handle; The Aggravator.
Our club put on a charity event for a local deputy sheriff that was in bad health. CBer's from all over the midstate came to help out. The whole town including the mayor supported our club efforts. We raised several thousand dollars that went to the sick deputy.
Yeah, those were fun days before the cell phone. CB slang words like what's your 20, 10-4 good buddy, bear at mile marker 100 and 73's filled the air waves. Now we don't go any where without our cell phones.
I met a lot of good people I might never have met if not for my CB radio. A group of fellow CB'ers formed a club and we called ourselves the Channel 22 club. I came up with an award to be presented each week called the Bucket Mouth Award. It was a piece of plywood cut into the shape of a bucket with a wire handle. The award was to be given to the person that talked the most that week on the radio. The winner had to have all the club at their house for the meeting. We would bring food and drinks for the occasion. Man those were fun days!!! You used handles when you talked on your radio and never used your name. Handles like The Texas Longhorn, Double Trouble, Grinch, Amber Lady, Georgia Peach, Jolly Green Giant and my handle; The Aggravator.
Our club put on a charity event for a local deputy sheriff that was in bad health. CBer's from all over the midstate came to help out. The whole town including the mayor supported our club efforts. We raised several thousand dollars that went to the sick deputy.
Yeah, those were fun days before the cell phone. CB slang words like what's your 20, 10-4 good buddy, bear at mile marker 100 and 73's filled the air waves. Now we don't go any where without our cell phones.
