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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Mr Skrunts on 17 April 2010, 00:42:34
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Had a Stalker 40 years ago but knackerd it up by unplugging the external speaker before it ever got used, never bothered since. Plus I think it was the wrong band ::)
Mate who was round earlier was into them in a big way years ago and I think he is considering one again just for the hell of it.
Anyone got one, whats worth having, as I might get one just for the laugh, but if I do I want a decentish one that would resell fairly easy.
TIA. :y
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Had a Stalker 40 years ago but knackerd it up by unplugging the external speaker before it ever got used, never bothered since. Plus I think it was the wrong band ::)
Mate who was round earlier was into them in a big way years ago and I think he is considering one again just for the hell of it.
Anyone got one, whats worth having, as I might get one just for the laugh, but if I do I want a decentish one that would resell fairly easy.
TIA. :y
Breaker 19
Still have my old AM set somewhere ::) ::) Was never the same when made legal :D :D
Ten Ten
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1-9 for a rig-check :D
Sad (according to my maude) - but was a great way of eliminating boredom on long drives when I used to have our old Jeep (with the rig I built into the overhead console)
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Got a Cobra UK29 in the mig with a 6' Sirio whip on the roof :y
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Does anyone still use CB Radio's these days? lol. I used to have a few back in t' day, Rotel 220, Amstrad thing, Midland Mini, Rotel 240 and then ended up with a Harrier CBX.. Had a big aerial on the side of my house, managed to get quite a range ;)
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:y I`ve still got my ears-on......
.....this is Mamma-D `on the side. ;)
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Does anyone still use CB Radio's these days? lol. I used to have a few back in t' day, Rotel 220, Amstrad thing, Midland Mini, Rotel 240 and then ended up with a Harrier CBX.. Had a big aerial on the side of my house, managed to get quite a range ;)
Sometimes use them when a bunch of us go to France, easy way to keep in contact as we drive down without having to worry about staying close .. not used for general chat but as a private net .. :)
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will have to have a look in my mums shedshuld be a few rigs in there from the old days 10 10
pete (phoenix) lol
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Does anyone still use CB Radio's these days? lol. I used to have a few back in t' day, Rotel 220, Amstrad thing, Midland Mini, Rotel 240 and then ended up with a Harrier CBX.. Had a big aerial on the side of my house, managed to get quite a range ;)
Still got my Harrier rig up in the attic. I paid full price for it at Dixons only to see that a few weeks later the prices dropped through the floor when people weren't buying them. How annoyed? Very.
I remember sitting in my car on Margate seafront one misty night racheting with some guy over in Essex. he wouldn't believe I was in Margate!
Another occasion I remember getting involved in a missing persons search, at least it got used for something meaningful now and then!
The main problem was - too many wallies thinking it was funny to play music or talk crap over the channels. we only had 40! No sidebands for us!
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He He.....
metal mickey with his ears on, 10-1 on the mickey 4 looking for evil keneivels and smokie the bear!!
10-10 good buddies
we're gone!
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one nine :( when it was legal I thought we used one four !
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14 was for "home basers" and kids, 19 was for truckers and mobile cb'ers if I remember correctly.
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Everyone is on 19 now
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Still use mine, useful if there are a couple of you, or for advance warnings of traffic holdups/accidents and for advice on alternative routes to avoid them.
Aerials are a little more discrete now, the old long DV27 was a big giveaway to the "buzbies" or home Office!
Anybody ever get done or had your equipment siezed? I used to do a "radio station" playing music on the old AM days on an obscure channel with requests, and had a 9ft base fed diapole on a towbar mount! got frightened a few times........
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14 was for "home basers" and kids, 19 was for truckers and mobile cb'ers if I remember correctly.
Phew, I was a kid back then, had base station and a mobile unit in my Chevette. Was only 17. ;D
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So easy to get a Foundation Amateur Licence now - with world wide communication and much more. 10-12 hour course often done in one weekend, not too expensive, no maths - if you can write and have tuppence worth of common sense you will pass. [smiley=grin.gif]
Courses are run by local clubs - look here: http://www.rsgb.org/arls/foundation_licence.php
and here to find your local club:
http://www.rsgb.org/local/
Happy radioing!
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Memories, memories!!
my "good buddy" at the time, Captain fantastic and me used to transmit our radio station "Radio Snowtown" every sunday night from a different place every time, and at one time, with 500watts we were taking requests from Germany and Belgium!! (we used to take requests on a different channel, and had a repertoire of over 300 tracks on cassette tapes)
We eventually got caught parked up on top of a large hill, and all the team had to run for it, but it was great fun. The aerial of choice was a "starduster" and we transmitted from a transit van with a scaffold pole fitted to the towbar mount at approx 20 mtres up, and three car batteries for power.
there were literally THOUSANDS of cb'ers at that time, and the italians used to whistle in their burners calling "CQ angleterre, cambio, cambio....." all the time, and we used to exchange CQ cards to confirm long distance contacts to prove our equipment could do it. Sad maybe now, but it kept me off the streets and out of trouble back then.
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Oh, and forgot to mention, most of us went on to do our HF licences with the RSGB, and 2 metre licences too, getting aG6 or G8 prefix followed by 3 letters, eg G6 CFD etc.
I used to have a couple of YAESU sets, and an ICON 2m one.
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i feel a Convoy clip coming on again.........
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Yup thats where I cut my teeth also [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Great story Sixstring!
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Still use mine, useful if there are a couple of you, or for advance warnings of traffic holdups/accidents and for advice on alternative routes to avoid them.
Aerials are a little more discrete now, the old long DV27 was a big giveaway to the "buzbies" or home Office!
Anybody ever get done or had your equipment siezed? I used to do a "radio station" playing music on the old AM days on an obscure channel with requests, and had a 9ft base fed diapole on a towbar mount! got frightened a few times........
I've not been stopped on many occasions in my time (nearly 40 years) but one of the few was because I had installed an aerial for the radio-cassette that looked as if it had a base loading coil. When I explained it was for FM radio, WPC asked if I had a microphone to which I replied "No. It doesn't record" which made her do a double-take.
Those were the days when they could give time to almost any transgression you cared to commit.
I think the Home Office knew it would die out if they legalised it. Pretty much correct.
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...... the italians used to whistle in their burners calling "CQ angleterre, cambio, cambio....." all the time, .....
They still do, loudly, everywhere..... :o
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Y' know....the only thing I struggled with doing the HF licence was the bloody morse code, 12 wpm was only just attainable for me back then, and I considered it totally useless, but, dah dit, dah dit, dah, dah, dit, dah (CQ,CQ,CQ DX) still sticks in my mind to this day!!
silly, I know, but I'm 50 this year, and some things just refuse to go in your memory..............
(oh, and I've still got my "Ham Master" base mic, my K40 mic, and my Superstar 2000 set somewhere!!)
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I was on air when it was illegal and it was great fun,got a legal set when they came out (1981 I think) but it was never the same again as the buzz was gone :'(
C Q dx and standing by ;D
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Wow,,,,
CBs
I use to have a Cobra 21x FM and a mannor Kestrol rigs .... blimey that just came back to me...
had several antennas ..... K40, z27, DV27 and a silver pole ....
Catch you on the flip flop...
Ploppy ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Still use mine, useful if there are a couple of you, or for advance warnings of traffic holdups/accidents and for advice on alternative routes to avoid them.
Aerials are a little more discrete now, the old long DV27 was a big giveaway to the "busbies" or home Office!
Anybody ever get done or had your equipment siezed? I used to do a "radio station" playing music on the old AM days on an obscure channel with requests, and had a 9ft base fed diapole on a towbar mount! got frightened a few times........
Yep, well sort of. I remember the occasion and busby was in a yellow Renault 5 on Stockton High Street, had a load of radio equipment is the passenger side, we guessed and went to look. I was in a Landrover with the company logo all over it, and we had pye radio's fitted... :D :D :D
I remember driving into the depot one day and being greeted by a colleague to say get rid of the rig, busby was in the office with the boss, I did, and my boss talked them round so no real action but not allowed to use in company vehicles after that... :D
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For those who are on the air (or in the area) I will be involved in a little special event station this weekend at Elstead mill.
If you hear GB2EM on the air (HF bands - it's a desperately bad VHF/UHF site ;D) Give us a call. If you fancy a pint, pop in.
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2010/gb2em.htm
Kevin
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(HF bands - it's a desperately bad VHF/UHF site ;D)
Kevin
Which band/s? Will you be on 80/40?
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(HF bands - it's a desperately bad VHF/UHF site ;D)
Kevin
Which band/s? Will you be on 80/40?
I would imagine that's where we'll spend most of our time. 80m SSB will probably be favourite unless something interesting comes along elsewhere.
Kevin
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Anybody ever get done or had your equipment siezed?
The DTI used to pay many visits when I worked at Rainbow Communications in Tooting (Figges Marsh to be precise), but they never got to take any of the transmitters we built because they were never in use at the time.
My own rig back then was a President AM/FM/SSB used in conjunction with a Bremi BRL500 (500W RF Power Amp) and a Sigma 4 antenna.
Those were the days :-/
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Nostalgia..I used to own a President Adams, Ham International Multimode, A silver rod 40ft in the air, Run a CB shop, was chairman of the local CB club. Bloody hell im old now..lol.
Never did get around to doing my HF licence although i have a cheap HF receiver here which i have not switched on for ages.
The boys i work with tell me to get a CB in the truck, what for.! Its boring these days or am i too old... ;D
STMO you do not need to answer that.. ;)
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well shall we dust off our rigs and set up our magmounts,k40s,ect and have a good old rachet like the old days????