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Title: CB Radios - Anyone still use them?
Post by: tommyboy1289 on 01 December 2011, 18:25:33
wondering wether to have a play with mine or not, does anybody still use the cbs?
Title: Re: CB Radios - Anyone still use them?
Post by: woodoo on 01 December 2011, 22:30:40
I use it every time I go for long trips and I am not alone on this trip, usually friend drives behind me. It is very good thing, and i can't understand why people forgot about CB Radios. If most people would use them, you could tell where is traffic jams or police playing with laser guns  ;D
Title: Re: CB Radios - Anyone still use them?
Post by: Bionic on 02 December 2011, 06:24:06
 :D Believe it or not some taxis still use them in leicester........ made noticable by the long, long mast on the top swaying in the wind ;)
Title: Re: CB Radios - Anyone still use them?
Post by: twiglet on 02 December 2011, 10:17:14
I still have one installed in my old Cavalier, which I use to get the heads up on traffic problems on my route to work.  Nowhere near as many people 'with their ears on' as there used to be though.  :(

10-4 good buddies!!  :y
Title: Re: CB Radios - Anyone still use them?
Post by: henryd on 06 December 2011, 22:46:27
I still have one installed in my old Cavalier, which I use to get the heads up on traffic problems on my route to work.  Nowhere near as many people 'with their ears on' as there used to be though.  :(

10-4 good buddies!!  :y

That may be a good thing,last time I went on a few years ago it was full of young kids talking gibberish :(
Title: Re: CB Radios - Anyone still use them?
Post by: Dave DND on 06 December 2011, 23:24:17
Can you imagine what it would be like nowadays if the Chav`s got hold of them ?

 :o

Title: Re: CB Radios - Anyone still use them?
Post by: Ian_D on 07 December 2011, 04:24:08
I've got a couple of CB's kicking about. Had a play about 18 months ago. York was very quiet, however after a little drive to a high point just outside York, I started picking up allsorts from South & West Yorkshire. (Most of which sounded like Rotherham/Barnsley/Sheffield type accents to me). We tried to make contact for a while, but got nowhere, assume they were all too far away.

However on another night, we manage to speak with a guy from Castleford – admittedly I did have to cheat and use a small 30w burner… :-X

Still keep meaning to dig it out and have another play, but never get the time really.  :'(
Title: Re: CB Radios - Anyone still use them?
Post by: big mel on 07 December 2011, 17:14:04
I used a cb all the time in my truck. they are very handy for traffic info & talking to your mates. & when in a town when you wanted info on a drop you did'nt know there was allways a local on a static or another breaker who would know the place. they saved a lot of us truckers a load of time.
Title: Re: CB Radios - Anyone still use them?
Post by: bored bigyin54 on 07 December 2011, 23:12:41
still got mine fixed up not many on there now only a few
Title: Re: CB Radios - Anyone still use them?
Post by: tommyboy1289 on 08 December 2011, 20:41:27
Got it rigged up, picked up a few foreign drivers on the EC channels but not a great deal on UK, on commute always get the same guys talking on channel 19.

There are some homebase users near me though, from midnight onwards they do a little 'pirate radio' thing, play old tunes, take requests, quite amuzing, especially when i was travelling back from a job around 5.30am sunday morning, the so-called 'dj' had perhaps had one too many shandys and whatever track he played all i could hear was f***ing this artist ect ect,

Will leave it on especially with bad weather see if I can pick anyone else up.