Ole Joe Clark
Absent Comrade
I almost forgot, today is National Ten Four Day. Remember the CB radio craze of 40 years ago? If you do, 10-4. 
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National Ten Four Day
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29aholic
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My handle was "The Redheaded Stranger." Come on back.
fiasconva
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Yep. My dad started way back when you had to have a license ( I think it cost $10.00) and got call letters from the FCC. Everyone had a handle and there were some great ones.
Reading you five by five good buddy, bring it on back.
I am north bound on I-75, any good buddies got eyes on a smoky, county mountie, or a city kitty.
Smoky sighting at mile marker 366 on I-75 taking pictures
Hey, red flash, got your ears on ?
Mountain Mommy, southbound doing double nickels on the old flat top
I am north bound on I-75, any good buddies got eyes on a smoky, county mountie, or a city kitty.
Smoky sighting at mile marker 366 on I-75 taking pictures
Hey, red flash, got your ears on ?
Mountain Mommy, southbound doing double nickels on the old flat top
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fiasconva
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Gotta bear in a plain brown wrapper at mile marker 149.
Old Joe... Great thread...
Thanks ContinentalOp!! I hadn't heard that song for thirty years. Sure brought back a lot of memories. I know we had CBs everywhere here in WV, some still use them, cause we only have cell coverage in parts of the state even today.
Best Regards, Les
Thanks ContinentalOp!! I hadn't heard that song for thirty years. Sure brought back a lot of memories. I know we had CBs everywhere here in WV, some still use them, cause we only have cell coverage in parts of the state even today.
Best Regards, Les
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My handle was Hambone, the ex was Eager Beaver.
City kitty on the flip-flop....
CRAPSHOOTER... KYD-8509.. We Gone!!
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Magnum Force has a County Mountie south bound at 148 , take care..
Yea, had several stolen from by car back then..
Last time I used one was " Hey, bobtail, your right turn signal is still on."
Yea, had several stolen from by car back then..
Last time I used one was " Hey, bobtail, your right turn signal is still on."
I think Iggy was the original "Bear in the Air"!!
Best Regards, Les
Best Regards, Les
LVSteve
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Used CB in the UK before and after it was legal. Working skip into Italy on SSB was fun. The path was that hot they sounded like we were in a tiled room using loudhailers set to kill.
I got pretty good at hot-rodding the receivers on the legal FM units after 1980. For some reason they came out of the factory deaf as a post. Tweaking them with different filters and demodulators was fun.
I got pretty good at hot-rodding the receivers on the legal FM units after 1980. For some reason they came out of the factory deaf as a post. Tweaking them with different filters and demodulators was fun.
Thanks to all those truckers who got me from Nellis AFB (in 'Vegas) to Wyoming all those times between '75 and '88 so I could go visit Mom.
I was one of so many back then known as "hogleg."
We down 'n' out. Bye bye.
I was one of so many back then known as "hogleg."
We down 'n' out. Bye bye.
Bozz10mm
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10-4 good buddy. Catch ya on the flip flop. Keep the shiny side up and the greasy side down. Pedal to the metal and watch out for them smokeys.
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Got my first CB from Lafayette Radio Electronics when I was about 14 (1968) but it was a desk-top unit and was not in any car - too young to drive anyway. I spent hours and hours yapping on that thing and always got a huge kick on Sunday evenings when our CB conversations interrupted my neighbors viewing of Bonanza on TV. He use to get furious at us each time we keyed the Mic.
It took me a while to convince my Dad to install a descent antenna on the roof but once he did I could transmit all over the neighborhood.
When we got our drivers licenses many of us installed the then popular car CB units and would use them to keep in touch while cruising - hey, no cell phones back then. My handle was "Handy-man" because I was known to be able to fix all kinds of stuff.
I still have my CB and Antenna from those days and actually still use it on a rare occasion so my wife can talk to me when on my Harley which has a CB on-board. I do not answer the cell phone while riding, but since the H-D CB unit is integrated into the audio system and my helmut, it is convenient to use. While it only works around the neighborhood, I do get a few miles radius out of it. My Bike is a 2008 Ultra that came with a 1/4 wave antenna (about 3 1/2 feet) that really works quite well. I once bought the newer "shorty antenna" (half the length and rubberized) but worked terribly so I put the original back on.
When we go on road trips on the Bikes the CB's help tremendously as most of us can communicate with each other and keep tabs on the guys who don't have the CB's. I'd say at least half the guys I ride with do have them on-board. No one uses "Handles" anymore though.
It took me a while to convince my Dad to install a descent antenna on the roof but once he did I could transmit all over the neighborhood.
When we got our drivers licenses many of us installed the then popular car CB units and would use them to keep in touch while cruising - hey, no cell phones back then
. My handle was "Handy-man" because I was known to be able to fix all kinds of stuff. I still have my CB and Antenna from those days and actually still use it on a rare occasion so my wife can talk to me when on my Harley which has a CB on-board. I do not answer the cell phone while riding, but since the H-D CB unit is integrated into the audio system and my helmut, it is convenient to use. While it only works around the neighborhood, I do get a few miles radius out of it. My Bike is a 2008 Ultra that came with a 1/4 wave antenna (about 3 1/2 feet) that really works quite well. I once bought the newer "shorty antenna" (half the length and rubberized) but worked terribly so I put the original back on.
When we go on road trips on the Bikes the CB's help tremendously as most of us can communicate with each other and keep tabs on the guys who don't have the CB's. I'd say at least half the guys I ride with do have them on-board. No one uses "Handles" anymore though.
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