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CB revival?
There could be hope.
Amateur Radio is about to get more restricted, so maybe some operators will come back to CB...? How common is this : two locals hams enjoy tuning around HF (each at their own home), talking back to each other on VHF or UHF... short transmissions.. like "try 14.312" .. but still ID-ing every 15 minutes or less like the rules specify. Not any more. New rules... http://www.southgatearc.org/news/jul...mpressions.htm "Identification The old BR68 said you only need to identify "at the beginning and at the end of each period of communication". Now "period of communication" is taken to mean a QSO so all you currently have to ID is at the start and end of each QSO and at 15 minute intervals if the QSO lasts longer than that. The new BR68 says you have to identify in each transmission." If informal chats like this are no longer possible, we may as well use CB again. What do you reckon?! |
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"ho-di-ho" <hodiho@mailinator.com> wrote in message
news:1153081080.357112.273240@h48g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com... > > If informal chats like this are no longer possible, we may as well use > CB again. > > What do you reckon?! > I'm sure a CB revival would please some CBers but whats that got to do with Amateur Radio? Just because a rule is written in a document doesn't make it practical or enforceable. Andy MW0GUV |
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The message <KpWdneokMeuXPCfZRVnytw@bt.com>
from "The GUV" <me@spammenot.com> contains these words: > "ho-di-ho" <hodiho@mailinator.com> wrote in message > news:1153081080.357112.273240@h48g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com... > > > > If informal chats like this are no longer possible, we may as well use > > CB again. > > > > What do you reckon?! > > > I'm sure a CB revival would please some CBers but whats that got to do with > Amateur Radio? > Just because a rule is written in a document doesn't make it practical or > enforceable. > Andy MW0GUV The fact you will no longer need a licence by December this year will help. Jon. |
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"John" <jd@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:313030303139393244BADE0749@zetnet.co.uk... > The message <KpWdneokMeuXPCfZRVnytw@bt.com> > from "The GUV" <me@spammenot.com> contains these words: > >> "ho-di-ho" <hodiho@mailinator.com> wrote in message >> news:1153081080.357112.273240@h48g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com... >> > >> > If informal chats like this are no longer possible, we may as well use >> > CB again. >> > >> > What do you reckon?! >> > > >> I'm sure a CB revival would please some CBers but whats that got to do >> with >> Amateur Radio? > >> Just because a rule is written in a document doesn't make it practical or >> enforceable. > >> Andy MW0GUV > > The fact you will no longer need a licence by December this year > will help. > > Jon. Again, you are talking about CB, what has that got to do with Amateur Radio? Andy MW0GUV |
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> > > > The fact you will no longer need a licence by December this year > > will help. > > > > Jon. > Again, you are talking about CB, what has that got to do with Amateur Radio? > Andy MW0GUV My reply was in the context of the subject title "CB Revival", not having to buy a licence will probably help the revival. I'me surprised that nobody else has mentioned it in this group. Jon. |
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"John" <jd@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:313030303139393244BBA25D04@zetnet.co.uk... > My reply was in the context of the subject title "CB Revival", not > having to buy a > licence will probably help the revival. I'me surprised that nobody else > has mentioned it in this group. > > Seriously do may people actually buy licenses? do you think saving a tenner or whatever it is will bring the masses back? Andy MW0GUV |
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John <jd@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in
news:313030303139393244BBA25D04@zetnet.co.uk: > >> > >> > The fact you will no longer need a licence by December this year >> > will help. >> > >> > Jon. > >> Again, you are talking about CB, what has that got to do with Amateur >> Radio? > >> Andy MW0GUV > > > My reply was in the context of the subject title "CB Revival", not > having to buy a > licence will probably help the revival. I'me surprised that nobody > else has mentioned it in this group. > > > Jon. Hi John, It is all pie in the sky mate. CB is well and truly dead and there will never be a revival. Talk of such is purely wishful thinking. CB started to die the day it was legalised in 1981 and numbers have dropped from that day on....FACT:-( I have such great memmories, but that is all they are. Here in Blackpool, it is as dead as a dodo. I check constantly to see if the antenna is still up. The nearest reasonable activity is Lancaster, Skem and Blackburn, all many many miles away (thankfully:-) The Ham bands are very much like the mid eighties on CB. It is quite interesting to listen in on the nets. The conversations are the very same, its like i've heard it all before. It reminds me of very early 1980's mornings when the FM hiss was low. I would wake early, flick on my 25 watt bremi attached to my Binatone 5 star and join the many nets in the channel 30 - 40. Seems a bit silly now looking at the many QSLs I have, but I loved every minute. I would love a CB revival, but there isn't a chance in hell. Gotta look on the bright side though, without breakers and activity, the dead keyers, idiots, bucket mouths and DJ's are gone too. Bye for now. -- ---------------------- Darren UK M1ETI Email: m1eti'at'blueyonder.co.uk Tel: +44161 4084494 Skype: razmouk Yahoo: razmouk'at'yahoo.co.uk MSM: razmouk'at'hotmail.com AOL-IM: RazmoUK ICQ: 15115136 ---------------------- |
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"John" <jd@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:313030303139393244BADE0749@zetnet.co.uk... > > The fact you will no longer need a licence by December this year > will help. I doubt it. There are many reasons why CB isn't popular- as much as anything it is "fashion". If there was a remake of "Convoy" with the current blonde "babe" of the month and "hunk" of the month (I am available if needed), then dealers wouldn't be able to get the rigs onto the shelves fast enough. Many of those who took up CB in the early 80s weren't the old "am pirates", but total newcomers who had never got closer to a CB set than watching Convoy. I've no idea how many active CBers there are, I understand that activity is low. Last figure I heard for the number of licensees was about 25000 (as of 2002 or so), which I'd expect to generate noticeable activity. Add the "illegals" and I am surprised that activity isn't higher than I understand it is. -- 73 Brian www.g8osn.org.uk |
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Brian Reay wrote:
> "John" <jd@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message > news:313030303139393244BADE0749@zetnet.co.uk... >> >> The fact you will no longer need a licence by December this year >> will help. > > > I doubt it. > > There are many reasons why CB isn't popular- as much as anything it is > "fashion". If there was a remake of "Convoy" with the current blonde > "babe" of the month and "hunk" of the month Yes but the vehicle would have to be the little boy racer motors, you know Corsas etc. -- Andy MW0GUV I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. |
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"The GUV" <me@spammenot.com> wrote in message news:1bSdncLYTatQaSbZRVnyjQ@bt.com... > Brian Reay wrote: >> "John" <jd@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:313030303139393244BADE0749@zetnet.co.uk... >>> >>> The fact you will no longer need a licence by December this year >>> will help. >> >> >> I doubt it. >> >> There are many reasons why CB isn't popular- as much as anything it is >> "fashion". If there was a remake of "Convoy" with the current blonde >> "babe" of the month and "hunk" of the month > > Yes but the vehicle would have to be the little boy racer motors, you know > Corsas etc. It was the current UK boy racer motors in the 80s that inspired the interest. I seem to recall the boy racer motor of choise in the early 80s were Escorts and Covey was all monster trucks and American gas guzzlers. Just think, if it was done on scooters, you'd be a trend setter ;-) You'd have to share the accolade with Chaney ;-( There is a lady around here with a "Barbie" pink scooter with matching helmet etc and one of those long fibreglass whips with a squirrel tale (not pink) for top loading. -- 73 Brian www.g8osn.org.uk |
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"The GUV" <me@spammenot.com> wrote in message news:EbOdnRzeHueUOybZRVnyhA@bt.com... > "John" <jd@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message > news:313030303139393244BBA25D04@zetnet.co.uk... > >> My reply was in the context of the subject title "CB Revival", not >> having to buy a >> licence will probably help the revival. I'me surprised that nobody else >> has mentioned it in this group. >> >> > > Seriously do may people actually buy licenses? do you think saving a > tenner or whatever it is will bring the masses back? > > Andy MW0GUV Yup! fully CB licensed until september. £15 per year, same as Amateur (until changes that is!) |
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"Brian 2W0BDW" <notsaying@here.com> wrote in message
news:6PTug.38321$eQ.21519@newsfe7-win.ntli.net... > > "The GUV" <me@spammenot.com> wrote in message > news:EbOdnRzeHueUOybZRVnyhA@bt.com... > > "John" <jd@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:313030303139393244BBA25D04@zetnet.co.uk... > > > >> My reply was in the context of the subject title "CB Revival", not > >> having to buy a > >> licence will probably help the revival. I'me surprised that nobody else > >> has mentioned it in this group. > >> > >> > > > > Seriously do may people actually buy licenses? do you think saving a > > tenner or whatever it is will bring the masses back? > > > > Andy MW0GUV > Yup! fully CB licensed until september. £15 per year, same as Amateur (until > changes that is!) The abolition of the CB licence will make no difference to the amount that use it. Amongst the many I have spoken to on the CB I have only ever heard of a couple who hold a current licence. Plus the abolition of the licence fee and the CADS saga has been mentioned in this group a few times this year already. 73' Graham (Ps 27.555MHz was buzzing today with two way skip ;o) -- -.-. -... / .-. .- -.. .. --- Radio is only a Hobby. Don't let it rule your life... 73/51 - Graham, 26-Golf Charlie-19 (www.open-channel.co.uk) |
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"Brian Reay" <see@website.invalid> wrote in message news:YHSug.8097$i32.2960@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net... > > "The GUV" <me@spammenot.com> wrote in message > news:1bSdncLYTatQaSbZRVnyjQ@bt.com... >> Brian Reay wrote: >>> "John" <jd@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:313030303139393244BADE0749@zetnet.co.uk... >>>> >>>> The fact you will no longer need a licence by December this year >>>> will help. >>> >>> >>> I doubt it. >>> >>> There are many reasons why CB isn't popular- as much as anything it is >>> "fashion". If there was a remake of "Convoy" with the current blonde >>> "babe" of the month and "hunk" of the month >> >> Yes but the vehicle would have to be the little boy racer motors, you >> know Corsas etc. > > It was the current UK boy racer motors in the 80s that inspired the > interest. I seem to recall the boy racer motor of choise in the early 80s > were Escorts and Covey was all monster trucks and American gas guzzlers. > > Just think, if it was done on scooters, you'd be a trend setter ;-) You'd > have to share the accolade with Chaney ;-( > > There is a lady around here with a "Barbie" pink scooter with matching > helmet etc and one of those long fibreglass whips with a squirrel tale > (not pink) for top loading. > > -- > 73 > Brian > www.g8osn.org.uk > 1983............. CB fitted to Honda C50 moped, speaker/microphone fitted into crash helmet, PTT on handlebar. Charging system left @6volts for bike but took an AC tap from the (tiny) alternator and doubled it with capacitor & diode network to 12volts to charge the 12V2Ah motorcycle battery in the top box. K40 mounted on a plate clamped to the back rack.......... AAAAhhhhhhh nostalgia! |
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"Brian 2W0BDW" <notsaying@here.com> wrote in message news:ZUTug.38323$eQ.15793@newsfe7-win.ntli.net... >> > 1983............. > CB fitted to Honda C50 moped, speaker/microphone fitted into crash helmet, > PTT on handlebar. Charging system left @6volts for bike but took an AC tap > from the (tiny) alternator and doubled it with capacitor & diode network > to 12volts to charge the 12V2Ah motorcycle battery in the top box. K40 > mounted on a plate clamped to the back rack.......... > > AAAAhhhhhhh nostalgia! Even with Honda's excellent marketing, I doubt it will catch on ;-) -- 73 Brian www.g8osn.org.uk |
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The Magnum wrote:
> "Brian 2W0BDW" <notsaying@here.com> wrote in message > news:6PTug.38321$eQ.21519@newsfe7-win.ntli.net... > 73' > Graham > (Ps 27.555MHz was buzzing today with two way skip ;o) > 2 way skip? -- Andy MW0GUV I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. |
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The message <44bc0a48$0$1343$834e42db@reader.greatnowhere.co m>
from "The Magnum" <magnum@mag2781.freeserve.co.uk> contains these words: > The abolition of the CB licence will make no difference to the amount that > use it. Amongst the many I have spoken to on the CB I have only ever heard > of a couple who hold a current licence. Plus the abolition of the licence > fee and the CADS saga has been mentioned in this group a few times this year > already. > 73' > Graham Yes, the abolition HAS been mentioned, but nobody has mentioned that a date has been fixed as "By December 2006", see:- http://WWW.ofcom.org.uk/consult/cond.../exemption.pdf The following quotation is the pertinent section:- "1.12 Following the closure of this consultation and having considered responses, Ofcom will issue a statement including the draft exemption Regulations which should, allowing for issues raised in response to this consultation, implement the proposals outlined in this document. It is a statutory requirement that Ofcom consult for one month on the draft exemption Regulations and at the end of this period Ofcom will seek to bring the Regulations into force. It is our current expectation that the new Regulations will be in force by December 2006." We may start to see CB radios sold in Argos and supermarkets along side PMR446 radios, you never know. Jon |
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ho-di-ho wrote: (snip)> > > The new BR68 says you have to identify in each transmission." > No problems with that, I've done it that way for years... > > What do you reckon?! Nah, it'll never catch on. There's barely any local activity on legal bands lots of activity on the 27MHz-IPB, but not on the legal bands. £0.02. -- |
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"The GUV" <me@spammenot.com> wrote...
> > Seriously do may people actually buy licenses? do you think saving a tenner A tenner? That brings back some memories. It's been that long since you had one, huh? > or whatever it is will bring the masses back? I don't think it will bring "the masses" back, it can surely never be as it was. But, with the right push, there could be an increase in use. Regards, Peter. http://www.citizensband.radiouk.com/ |
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"John" <jd@zetnet.co.uk> wrote...
> > My reply was in the context of the subject title "CB Revival", not > having to buy a > licence will probably help the revival. I'me surprised that nobody else > has mentioned it in this group. It has been mentioned. However, last I heard (from Ofcom themselves), the licence removal was still under consideration. Once the CADS trials were finished, they would consider the future of CB on the old band and CB licensing. They have been suggesting licence removal for some years, going back to the days of the RA, each time it just gets set back another year or two. Regards, Peter. http://www.citizensband.radiouk.com/ |
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"Brian Reay" <see@website.invalid> wrote...
> > I've no idea how many active CBers there are, I understand that activity is > low. Last figure I heard for the number of licensees was about 25000 (as of > 2002 or so), which I'd expect to generate noticeable activity. Add the > "illegals" and I am surprised that activity isn't higher than I understand > it is. About 15,000 of them are probably truckers, 5000 will all be around me (it is still in use here), and the other 5000 spread over the UK :~) Seriously, I think I saw a more recent figure which was lower than that. Part of it will be people dropping off, but I think much of it now will be people not getting a licence any more. CB has had no real promotion since it started, so many do not know it still exists. I would even guess that some have never even heard of it in the UK. Even less will know that it needs a licence or how to get one. The licence information is rather obscure, unlike TV licensing, so they should expect many to simply not know about it. Regards, Peter. http://www.citizensband.radiouk.com/ |
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"Brian Reay" <see@website.invalid> wrote...
> > Just think, if it was done on scooters, you'd be a trend setter ;-) You'd > have to share the accolade with Chaney ;-( It has already been done on motor scooters, including taking part in CB fox-hunts. Also, I seem to remember stories of groups using CBs on motor scooters in a Hertforshire town. Also, it has been known on pedal cycles, I even have a photo or two around somewhere. > There is a lady around here with a "Barbie" pink scooter with matching > helmet etc and one of those long fibreglass whips with a squirrel tale (not > pink) for top loading. I have not yet seen one on a child type scooter. If that is what you are referring to, I would love to see it. Regards, Peter. http://www.citizensband.radiouk.com/ |
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"Brian 2W0BDW" <notsaying@here.com> wrote...
> > 1983............. > CB fitted to Honda C50 moped, speaker/microphone fitted into crash helmet, > PTT on handlebar. Charging system left @6volts for bike but took an AC tap > from the (tiny) alternator and doubled it with capacitor & diode network to > 12volts to charge the 12V2Ah motorcycle battery in the top box. K40 mounted > on a plate clamped to the back rack.......... Cannot remember the year, but... C50 LAC moped... 12v system as standard. CB wired direct to battery, something like a DV mounted on the box carrier. Regards, Peter. http://www.citizensband.radiouk.com/ |
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"John" <jd@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:313030303139393244BBA25D04@zetnet.co.uk... > >> > >> > The fact you will no longer need a licence by December this year >> > will help. >> > >> > Jon. > It would help If they allowed SSB and AM plus all data modes, most of us will be dead by the time they do, if they do !! |
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"The GUV" <me@spammenot.com> wrote in message
news:jpOdnRUxlo--BSHZnZ2dnUVZ8tydnZ2d@bt.com... > The Magnum wrote: > > "Brian 2W0BDW" <notsaying@here.com> wrote in message > > news:6PTug.38321$eQ.21519@newsfe7-win.ntli.net... > > > 73' > > Graham > > (Ps 27.555MHz was buzzing today with two way skip ;o) > > > > > 2 way skip? Ok, I will bite. Two way as in both sides can easily hear each other rather than only being able to hear distant stations but not get back to them..... which is how it often is... 10-4 good bud. Graham -- -.-. -... / .-. .- -.. .. --- Radio is only a Hobby. Don't let it rule your life... 73/51 - Graham, 26-Golf Charlie-19 (www.open-channel.co.uk) |
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"Peter" <braìnbuster@lineone.net> wrote in message news:44bd36e9.0@entanet... > "Brian Reay" <see@website.invalid> wrote... .. > Also, it has been known on pedal cycles, I even have a photo or two around somewhere. It's been done a few times, for even I had a CB mounted on my pushbike. It had a chopper style back seat where the DV 27 was mounted on a plate and cowbar handlebars with an old Alan K350B bracketed on. Small motorcycle battery strapped under the seat. It used to get out well. This was back in 1979 about 2 years before I passed my driving test. I even DX'ed to a guy in Germany once who had his set on a pushbike resting against his kitchen wall. We talked for half an hour and the signal was still strong. I eventually ran out of things to say, and that's unusual for me ;o) I still have the QSL card somewhere... 73' Graham -- -.-. -... / .-. .- -.. .. --- Radio is only a Hobby. Don't let it rule your life... 73/51 - Graham, 26-Golf Charlie-19 (www.open-channel.co.uk) |
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The message <313030303139393244BCD3AA10@zetnet.co.uk>
from John <jd@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words: > The message <44bc0a48$0$1343$834e42db@reader.greatnowhere.co m> > from "The Magnum" <magnum@mag2781.freeserve.co.uk> contains these words: > > The abolition of the CB licence will make no difference to the amount that > > use it. Amongst the many I have spoken to on the CB I have only ever heard > > of a couple who hold a current licence. Plus the abolition of the licence > > fee and the CADS saga has been mentioned in this group a few times > > this year > > already. > > 73' > > Graham > Yes, the abolition HAS been mentioned, but nobody has mentioned > that a date has been fixed as "By December 2006", see:- > http://WWW.ofcom.org.uk/consult/cond.../exemption.pdf > The following quotation is the pertinent section:- > "1.12 Following the closure of this consultation and having considered > responses, Ofcom > will issue a statement including the draft exemption Regulations which > should, > allowing for issues raised in response to this consultation, implement > the proposals > outlined in this document. It is a statutory requirement that Ofcom > consult for one > month on the draft exemption Regulations and at the end of this period > Ofcom will > seek to bring the Regulations into force. It is our current expectation > that the new > Regulations will be in force by December 2006." > We may start to see CB radios sold in Argos and supermarkets > along side PMR446 radios, you never know. > Jon I forgot to mention this bit. "3.9 Were CB to be de-regulated, the current CB Radio Licence terms, provisions and limitations would no longer apply and would be replaced by the terms and conditions of the proposed exemption. Ofcom also proposes to remove some current technical restrictions on use which we now believe unnecessary; these are: • the specific prohibition of Node or repeater operation and • the need to limit data transmissions to particular channels." Jon |
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Peter wrote:
> "The GUV" <me@spammenot.com> wrote... >> >> Seriously do may people actually buy licenses? do you think saving a >> tenner > > A tenner? That brings back some memories. > It's been that long since you had one, huh? > No sorry, I've never had one and would never want one. -- Andy MW0GUV I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. |
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"Peter" <braìnbuster@lineone.net> wrote in message news:44bd36e8.0@entanet... > "Brian Reay" <see@website.invalid> wrote... >> >> I've no idea how many active CBers there are, I understand that activity >> is >> low. Last figure I heard for the number of licensees was about 25000 (as >> of >> 2002 or so), which I'd expect to generate noticeable activity. Add the >> "illegals" and I am surprised that activity isn't higher than I >> understand >> it is. > > About 15,000 of them are probably truckers, 5000 will all be around me (it > is still in use > here), and the other 5000 spread over the UK :~) > > Seriously, I think I saw a more recent figure which was lower than that. > Part of it will be > people dropping off, but I think much of it now will be people not getting > a licence any more. > > CB has had no real promotion since it started, so many do not know it > still exists. I would > even guess that some have never even heard of it in the UK. Even less > will know that it needs > a licence or how to get one. The licence information is rather obscure, > unlike TV licensing, > so they should expect many to simply not know about it. I was asked to give a talk at a local University about amateur radio to a group of 30/40 engineering undergrads a few years back. Only a one had even heard of amateur radio and only 2 or 3 of CB, and the latter weren't from the UK! "When I was a lad" entering Uni (also in engineering), there were several amateurs in the year and the others had heard of the hobby (this was pre-CB). One problem with CB is "What is it for?" and what you might use as a vehicle to promote it. (I'm in no way anti-CB by the way.) There were always CBers with a technical interest in radio or serious operating but I suspect many have migrated to the amateur bands over the years. Then there was those wanting cheap communications, now available by mobile phone and the internet- both more reliable and more accessible. There are the trucker types of course who have stayed on CB, and remnants from the other groups as well. I can't help thinking (as I always have) that the choice of 27MHz was a bad idea, the system would have been better in many ways on VHF or UHF. -- 73 Brian www.g8osn.org.uk |
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Again, you are talking about CB, what has that got to do with Amateur Radio?
Andy MW0GUV Well it is a is,,, has a quick look to make sure,,, It is a CB ,,, NG, so one would expect a little on topic CB chat. That is if you don't mind to much? |
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Brian Reay wrote: (snip) > > I can't help thinking (as I always have) that the choice of 27MHz was a bad > idea, the system would have been better in many ways on VHF or UHF. > It was Brian - I operated on 934MHz for a number of years until the interference from the cell-phone operators and their pressure on the DTI (?) brought about it's demise. -- ex UK1533. |
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ifitwereme@hotfellowship.com wrote:
> Well it is a is,,, has a quick look to make sure,,, > It is a CB ,,, NG, so one would expect a little on topic CB chat. > That is if you don't mind to much? > I don't mind at all, and your poor attempt at sarcasm was almost worth the effort of opening my newsreader. However if you read the first post and some after, you will see references to Amateur Radio. Sorry to piss on your parade and all that. -- Andy MW0GUV I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. |
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Re: CB revival?
"The Magnum" <magnum@mag2781.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
news:44bd4774$0$1343$834e42db@reader.greatnowhere. com: > > > > "Peter" <braìnbuster@lineone.net> wrote in message > news:44bd36e9.0@entanet... >> "Brian Reay" <see@website.invalid> wrote... > . >> Also, it has been known on pedal cycles, I even have a photo or two >> around > somewhere. > > It's been done a few times, for even I had a CB mounted on my > pushbike. It had a chopper style back seat where the DV 27 was mounted > on a plate and cowbar handlebars with an old Alan K350B bracketed on. > Small motorcycle battery strapped under the seat. It used to get out > well. This was back in 1979 about 2 years before I passed my driving > test. > > I even DX'ed to a guy in Germany once who had his set on a pushbike > resting against his kitchen wall. We talked for half an hour and the > signal was still strong. I eventually ran out of things to say, and > that's unusual for me ;o) I still have the QSL card somewhere... > > 73' > Graham Hi, I and a pal had CB's on our push bikes. 1981 and 1982 we were 14 and had racer style bikes. The rig I used was an LCL Enterprise where the bracket was bent and forced under the angle of the handlebars. The ANT was a DX27 secured to the rear of the frame. The power was a full size 12 volt car battery sat in a GRANNY shopping basket/cage on the back. I did get out extremely well and it was great fun telling everyone I was mobile....especially when they saw me and my pal arrive in convoy:-) The only problems I recall were turning and a crack in the battery. If I turned too fast the bike would simply fall over due to the excessive weight of the battery. Because of the crack in the battery, all of the clothes I wore had holes in on the back due to the acid eating them as it splashed out:-) Bye for now. Darren. -- ---------------------- Darren UK M1ETI Email: m1eti'at'blueyonder.co.uk Tel: +44161 4084494 Skype: razmouk Yahoo: razmouk'at'yahoo.co.uk MSM: razmouk'at'hotmail.com AOL-IM: RazmoUK ICQ: 15115136 ---------------------- |
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Re: CB revival?
Well if it dead in Blackpool, any SSB sets for sale then (cheap), let me
know the price then. mike 29 OP 302. "Razmo" <razmouk@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns9803C41052F3razmoukhotmailcom@194.117.143. 37... > John <jd@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in > news:313030303139393244BBA25D04@zetnet.co.uk: > >> >>> > >>> > The fact you will no longer need a licence by December this year >>> > will help. >>> > >>> > Jon. >> >>> Again, you are talking about CB, what has that got to do with Amateur >>> Radio? >> >>> Andy MW0GUV >> >> >> My reply was in the context of the subject title "CB Revival", not >> having to buy a >> licence will probably help the revival. I'me surprised that nobody >> else has mentioned it in this group. >> >> >> Jon. > > Hi John, > > It is all pie in the sky mate. CB is well and truly dead and there will > never be a revival. Talk of such is purely wishful thinking. CB started > to die the day it was legalised in 1981 and numbers have dropped from > that day on....FACT:-( I have such great memmories, but that is all they > are. > > Here in Blackpool, it is as dead as a dodo. I check constantly to see if > the antenna is still up. The nearest reasonable activity is Lancaster, > Skem and Blackburn, all many many miles away (thankfully:-) > > The Ham bands are very much like the mid eighties on CB. It is quite > interesting to listen in on the nets. The conversations are the very > same, its like i've heard it all before. It reminds me of very early > 1980's mornings when the FM hiss was low. I would wake early, flick on > my 25 watt bremi attached to my Binatone 5 star and join the many nets > in the channel 30 - 40. Seems a bit silly now looking at the many QSLs I > have, but I loved every minute. > > I would love a CB revival, but there isn't a chance in hell. Gotta look > on the bright side though, without breakers and activity, the dead > keyers, idiots, bucket mouths and DJ's are gone too. > > Bye for now. > > -- > ---------------------- > Darren UK M1ETI > > Email: m1eti'at'blueyonder.co.uk > Tel: +44161 4084494 > Skype: razmouk > Yahoo: razmouk'at'yahoo.co.uk > MSM: razmouk'at'hotmail.com > AOL-IM: RazmoUK > ICQ: 15115136 > ---------------------- |
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