10-4 Good Buddy. That's all I can remember. Well, except 10-20, and since you're typing, it's not in the skies above me.

I had one in my van. I have never heard any truckers warn anyone of a county mountie, but I have helped out of town truckers find their way around my area of town. I tell ya, I have heard some pretty strange things over channel 19.:eek:

Nope, don't have one in my MB. It sits at home in the garage now for many years when I'm out on the road workin' & playing.

I definitely have one in my diesel motorcoach that I travel the country in. -Always have. It really is handy in tons of situations out here on-the-road, 365.

Unless you're driving above the speed limit, you don't need to know where the fuzz are. I rarely drive my diesel coach above 70 mph, so I'm within the Interstate/expressway speed limits. The limit is 75 mph outside of Omaha, NE., & 80 mph in west Texas, and I sure don't need it out there. 70 mph in most of the areas I drive in, even on the two-lanes.

You might not care where the police are (I don't), but you might want to know about congestion or other traffic problems. I'd rather take another route or stop for an hour, if the alternative is being stuck in a jam for an hour. Perhaps you don't value your time as much as I value mine.

YOu NEVER forget your call sign, (even though they have not been required for years) I was told a week ago at lunch on the Mercedes gtg in Yucaipa, in SO Cal, by a man I talked to, that owns a CB Shop in the So Cal high desert, and runs his car with with a huge whip antenna on the trunk and his CB on the console --- it was an '85 W123 300 turbo diesel.

I had one in the 80's and into the mid 90's. I got rid of it when I bought the 560 SEC, it somehow didn't feel like the thing to have in a car like that.


Wish I had it back now, after 5 speeding tickets I had to take care of this year.

I was thinking about a lidar jammer, a Valentine 1, and a CB.

But I just slowed down instead
(kind of hard to do in an old AMG)


You don't even have to know Morse code any more, I had thought about about getting a Amateur Radio License years ago, for the test, I was told.
I haven't picked up an ARRL book for years. Maybe I should, get a rig and start collecting QSL cards.


KANZ9087 on the side.:)

Had to test and pay for my license...$20.00, passed the elements and got my ticket...KXL-0236...

I believe the radio was a PACE 23 Channel...the antenna was a coil-loaded base that slipped over the lip of the rear deck and was fastened there with two set-screws from the bottom of the lip...then a 48" SS whip...fed the line under the door plates and behind the kick-panels...I installed everything myself...tuned that baby for 1.02:1 VSWR and could throw 5# in all directions...

Then the FCC turned Chicken-Chit and let the K-Mart Credit Card Crowd in...no license needed, just fill out a piece of paper and mail it...no one did...I got so frustrated with the garbage on the air I left the radio and antenna in the car when I traded my '65 Chevy Belaire for a '69 Chevy Caprice Coupe. I didn't want that radio and its banter inside my car along side my RCA 8-track tape player!!! :D :rolleyes: I also installed the FM convert that plugged into the back of the AM radio...anyone remember those things?

Nothing like rocking out to BTO and Pink Floyd's Pigs Album in 8-track Stereo! :rolleyes: :D

This is KXL-0236 going 10-7...later!

( BTW, I still have a CB in the S-10...keeps the speeding tickets to a minimum... ) :thumbup1:

Mine was always "Blacksheep" or "Blacksheep 1" From the show "Blacksheep Squadron" because I was all about anything to do with aircraft. :)

The Moon Raker, yeah, I remember those. My buddy's dad had one on a 40' tower, right there in the back yard. That's a beam type antenna hence the need for the rotater. I has much better performance but you have to be somewhat aware of the direction the people you're talking to are in.

I had a standard omni-directional ground plane antenna that broadcasts a 360 deg. signal like, well, like a VOR. :D

I don't know about top of the line but I think it did pretty well. My Royce was a mobile unit that I had mounted in my bedroom with a 12v power supply. Later When I got a car, I moved it there. I had one of the 102" whips on a spring too. I thought it was the coolest thing! :o When I moved to NC, I brought it with me and gave it to my friend who still uses it on his Bronco.

Well then there must be something wrong with me. :o

That...Or maybe I’ve just had a zillion and one aircraft registrations pounded into that part of my brain since then. ;)

- Shelby

breaker breaker this is the rubber duck..

:D

Yep. I do recall a few AM stations playing some interesting trucker songs that came out during the CB craze.

I think 55 KTSA out of San Antonio held the record for most playings of “Convoy”.
The movie "Smokey and the Bandit" probably helped fuel the craze as well.

- Shelby

screaming eagles
 

sittin beside a golden eagle base station right now .two piece radio with a 500 watt amp.tube type and still works .fire up the foot warmer aka amp. and nieghbors for blocks around hear me and no t.v. and the scream that it makes when you key the mike is better than any roger beep.

good for special events
 

I still have one in the garage left over from the 70's, but never mounted it permanently in any car. A 12V plug, small external speaker, and magnetic mount antennea makes it easy to put in a car for a day or two.

It has come in handy travelling in bad weather to find out road conditions. I was coming up I-95 in Florida about 20 years ago when the fires were so bad they delayed the Daytona stock car race. It was a big help then. I think the last time I used it was after hurricane Fran, heading over to Raleigh to help a friend get trees off his house.

Just don't forget to ask if any lot lizards are active.:D

They are also handy to know in advance of accidents, and which lane is blocked, and at which mm, so you maybe able to exit before . . .

I have an old Cobra . . . it has run about a million miles in my big truck . . . now it hids in the shed . . .

i off road, so it is absolutely essential to have one to communicate w/ friends on the trails. i have a cobra 75wx w/ a wilson magnetic mount antenna (over 30"---i forget the length already).

one of the most important things to remember is placement of your antenna. top dead center of your vehicle is the best place. everything else, including the name brand of your cb, is a distant second. trust me on this, i tried 3 different locations.

firestik.com has a great tutorial and faq section if you want to know more about the ins n outs of the cb world.