Everything About CB Radio, A Complete Guide to CB Radio Service
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- This is a topic near and dear to my heart. CB radio. Citizens Band, 11 meters, "THE CHICKEN BAND"! This video will share a lot of information on the hobby, and hopefully help you out if you are interested. The most important thing is that you subscribe to my channel, and keep up on some of the things I talk about in past and future videos. You never know what you will learn on this channel.
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As a trucker, CB radio is an essential tool, even in the 21st century.
My 2nd son is a trucker. Uses a CB. Mostly on the West Coast.
I was in Canada a while back..I didn`t hear a word on CB from Vancouver to Minnesota
Too many new hands out here that don't know they're supposed to have one...And when they do get one they think it's for crying and complaining. Poor dumb kids.
@@dougthompson5586 Well, you'll never have much activity in Western Canada. I'm originally from Vancouver, lived in Calgary for many years. My biggest battle in Phoenix now is fighting all the electrical noise from AC units and pool pumps, heaters and dry ass soil. However, as you move closer to the equator, you get more activity more often on more days. In equatorial regions, there's band conditions on a lot more days than not, nearly all the time, as compared to Western Canada. But BC is a lot better than Alberta with all other things considered.
I miss the 90s cb culture. Had a lot of fun.
Never forget that CB radios keep a little ol' convoy rockin' through the night...
I was a kid in the 70s, and was big into CB then. Met lifelong friends there. My dad & I took ham radio lessons back then, but nothing really came of that. One of my CB friends from then and I decided to get our amateur radio licenses, and we did! In fact, we made it to the extra class. 10 years ago my friend passed away and I left the hobby. We were goofballs, had a blast, and other hams hated us for it.
Oh man, my friends and I were trouble makers! We had people chasing us around town, and trying to track our base stations down, lots of fun! (for us at least!)
Great story man
I absolutely love CB , I'm 59 years old and remember my first mobile radio ,I was 15 years old and had it before a car . I brought a car battery in the house and used it as a base , it was the Cobra 29LTD this was back in the early 70's and had a mobile gutter mount antenna with the squeeze clip clamped to the rain gutter on my house , lmao , it worked and then it just took off from there , all my friends got CB's and then walkie talkie's or both , IT WAS AWESOME , saved my butt a few times with flat tires on my car , stuck in the woods with my 4x4 , it was great .
The first CB radio I ever touched was one I found in my parents' garage when I was 11 years old. I wanted to play with it so I stuck the wires into an AC power strip. There was a pop, a fizzle, a small puff of smoke, and that radio never worked again.
This is the best story I ever heard I just laughed so hard I choked on my brownie. Love it man, such a story that you fit into the best part of 6 sentences.. awesome
i bet dad was SO proud of you
@@freerangechickenman054 Luckily, I don't believe he ever noticed. The CB was in the garage after my parents got rid of their old Chartreuse Microbus. 😳
NEVER release the hidden smoke!
We’ve all been there…
I remember endless nights in the late 80s and early 90s talking with my best two school friends on cb. Was one of the best times in my life. Sometimes I feel missing 😢.
I was 12 when I started CB radio. My middle school physics teacher got me into it. I learned a lot. I just passed my General license 2 months ago. The first thing I did is call my old physics teacher and tell him thank you for planting that bug inside my head.
I retired from driving a couple years ago. It was kind of sad that not many either had them or used their CBs to help out other drivers. My favorite was always after I jumped off the Interstate to get around a backup I heard of you would hear a lot of drivers who you knew had just turned on their radio to ask "Why are we stopping"? I always came back "Because you didn't have your radio on" ! :)
I'm a General class and I started on CB in the 1970s and still use them. Radio is radio.
Finally, a ham guy who admits and is proud to say he started and maby still uses cb radio....i still use it, its quite popular here on ssb. I use it all and love it all. Brings a tear to my eye......lol.
Back in the day,when cb was regulated and licensed
the bands were very civilized no crazy stuff, roger beeps no crap.Hell even the ham bands are starting to sound rough now
@chris beerad One op I know has an Emtron DX2 amp hooked up to a ham rig. During TX, if you were mad enough to go out into his back yard with a flourescent tube, it would light up in time to his modulation due to the high RF field :P
I still have my TRC-47 that I used in my ‘73 Ford station wagon. I now live in Lake Placid, Florida and too many of my neighbors still use outdoor TV antennas and I know how much interference I would cause if I hooked it up.. Any suggestions? In N.Y. State I used a Yaesu 101 on Ch. 16 SSB with a 4 element Moonraker.
I love shooting skip on ssb there is nothing like taking a stock radio with a Astatic D104 power mic and talking around the world with it or better yet a modded 148 GTL and talk I even had a little heater for those cold days when it was harder to get out if you know what I mean ;)
@@79tazman : The Astatic D104 is a great mic....I use the same one with my CRT-SS9900 and I always get good reports :-)
I used to have a CB in my bedroom when I was 15-16. After more than 20 years, I'm reviving my childhood. Going to meet with local HAM people during their next meeting.
Vb,,
Finally a Ham operator that remembers where he came from. Thank you for this video.
As I watched your video I saw a lot of stuff you have that I had or used when I got my start in CB radio. from the hand held three channel crystal walkie talkie to that Cobra 350 amp you showed. ( it will kick around the world to.) near the time when I broke away from CB radio and moved on to computers. I bought an export model Galaxy base radio with an echo mic, a Thunder Bolt 101, and an aluminum Big stick. My neighbors didn't like the thunder bolt much said it used to bother there tv's phone sand anything with a speaker with in a quarter mile of my base not to mention every time a police car drove by the house all they could hear was me when I was on the air. and three of the major local hill top base stations around me used to tell me how sloppy and garbled my Galaxy was when ever I turned the thunderbolt on. But the people in Texas and down under used to tell me I was crystal clear 10x10 at there end and sounding like I was walking the dog in their backyard from where I lived in Maine.
in my mobile I ran one of the original Ranger RCI 2950's (the ones with the orange faces that you could pop off and switch the jumpers around on to get 11 meter.) I had that turned down to 100 milliwatts and the modulation turned up to 100% on a dead key. added a echo mic and set the echo to sound like I was in a 55 gallon drum. not much on the echo but really loud. the thing I liked best about the 2950 was being able to switch those jumpers around and the channel splitter. you could literally key up and talk on one channel and receive on another. completely eliminating any chance of any one dumping a dead key on you.
Now in your video you have a couple of nice little kickers and I'm sure you have others to. but if you really want something to impress those boys down on channel six with go in search of an original Jolly Green Giant. Seven draws of nothing but tubes. Two big black knobs on the front parked tune and plate load. You'll need a car head light to adjust the tune and plate load. But once you have it properly set and you key that mic and ask for a break you'll own the air waves from Florida to Maine and as far west as Texas.
Of course there is only one down side to the Jolly Green Giant. Because it's a Military grade old school amp it draws a lot of power to feed it. So be ware that when you key the mic if you hold it down to long it will kick off the electrical breakers at power stations.
Now for any of you newbie that own a cobra radio and want it to really walk the dog here a mod you will love pop the top on your box. inside back where the antenna comes in to the radio. on each side you will find two screws. one is for the wattage a the other is for the modulation. after you connect a set of meters to the radio. find the wattage screw and turn it down to 100 milliwatts. then find the modulation screw and key your mic and turn the modulation up to 100% on a dead key. then unkey the radio. put it back together. plug it all back in the way you had it check your match to make sure you still have that 1 to 1 match. then go to your favorite hang out channel and say break. next one of two things will happen with your locals. they will tell you they can't hear you (which I highly dought.) or they will tell you your wall to wall and 10 feet tall and probably cleaner and clearer then most amplified radios. It's not about how much power you run on the AM band it's about how loud you are when you key that mic.
What I want is a dead key that makes everything quiet.
@@seeharvester all of the LED flashlights will be fried, destroyed when an EMP hits them 🔦 You should ALWAYS carry an incandescent type of flashlight as a backup to your LED flashlights and carry a mechanical wrist-watch as a backup to your digital watch !
*Please also research which two-way communication handheld radios cannot be destroyed by an EMP.
@@unitedstatesirie7431
Will 2 cans with a string between them be ok? That's what we use around here.
I started in CB radio back in the 1970's. I lived in Spanish Harlem and none of us owned cars. We used the CB radios like people use cell phones and messaging now. We just talked to each other all night and met each other during eye balls. There was NO talk about vehicle traffic. At home we used mobile CB radios and Walkie Talkies while on the street. It was fun.
Antonio Rivera neat story. Definitely a story of a bygone time. Thanks for sharing Antonio
GMRS?
@@scttvalentine85 General Mobile Radio Service
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enjoy
My mom talked all night....spanish harlem. She was called Transister Sista :)
@@mediamike693 I was visiting Ausie and used the fancy GME xrs 370 ?. Im trying to figure out how to use it in the USA. I need an expert to tune it.
As a fellow HAM holding a General Class license I applaude you for using and promoting CB radio!
Dave Deiler Me too.....
Dave deiler I use a general lee converted to 11 meter I also have a cobra 29 sound tracker with a maco v58 anttina behind the house I go by 706outlaw in ga I've been wanting to get in to ham radeo too
Why? CB is pathetic.
@@pegbars some people like 11 metter band an don't have the money r equipment are a lissions to run ham
@@pegbars and it is people like you that give all of us ham operators a bad name...good job!
Very cool video. I started on CB radio when it was only 23 channels. As a ham no matter what anybody tells you all the good channels around 11 and 10 meters. I still run an old tube amp from 1965. Hooked up to an old Kenwood ts-140 - s. With a very old d104 mic.
I get nothing but compliments on that radio all around the country.
This video is the gold standard when it comes to an intro to CB radio! I watch it frequently, because it brings back wonderful memories of using CB in the 70's. The 70's was an amazing time to be on CB!
Yep, mid 70's was the mint time for CB usage. My young wife and I would travel back to our home county after mid night, and the 'talk' helped us speed along. One friend would point his beams at my line of incoming travel and pick up us on the AM side about 30 miles out. CB's linked up farming communities for communication outside the regular church times, and social events. A few words or a 1/2 hour of listening in at the end of the day added value to people's lives.
Basic cobra and willy antenna and I’m entertained for days in my dually traveling around
Thank you to all of you guys who encourage us younger guys to keep it going. My grandfather always had a 29 LTD classic in his pickup and I just had a brand new one delivered today to be installed in my pickup. Long live CB radio!
That's cool dude.
Thank you ShEiP23, you give me hope for the future.
There are still people driving Model Ts, too.
I know its not a yank thing, but do try FM mode if you can find a multi-mode CB. To me, its an easier listening mode, quiter, clearer than AM or SSB.
@@jeremyh.pritchard5325 FM is coming soon to the states on CB. waiting on the law to go into effect through the FCC. hope the radios aren't to expensive.
WOW a blast from my past you have just re-inspired me to get back into the best ever hobby i had in my younger day, i'm in australia and regularly talked skip to america on both am and sideband.
Time to find some new equipment since i'm now retired.
Thankyou
Back in 1980 to 85 I used a Tristar 777 sideband cb with a Leson TW232 desk mic and an ES880 echo chamber 100 watt burner all connected to my Sigma 4 ariel. What a set up. I also used a DV 27 dx 5/8th wave wip antenna when I had the cb in my car. Awesome memories 👍🍀😁
Maximum range from minimum power seems like more fun than using repeaters. Long live CB radio.
I like to try to contact others on low power, no more than ten watts, most of the best contacts I have had have been using 4 watts or less across Europe. On FM by the way, not SSB.
would like to contact someone here that knows this stuff but do know anyone that knows ham radios I have alot of questions
@Earl James That is just bullying your way over everyone else. Hams do that all the time, but happily not all. Shame people appear to think power is everything. A big antenna and good co-ax is a much better option. Co-ax can be very lossy, more than you would believe.
It's called QRP in ham radio.
@@gordonalkire3287 Yep.
3:25 I remember that was the only social media was a cb radio.
1976- 1978 my handle was "Iron Man". I had an Illegal 8 watt radio. Old Midland.
Yea and I bet you piss crust and fart dust ya geezer
I remember some of the old handles
Growing up with loggers and mechanics in the 90s, I always envied the guys with CB's (and to a lesser extent, scanners) because they always knew what was going on before everyone else. Wanted one for so many years, but could never afford the equipment. Finally pulled the trigger and I now have access to the news as it happens!
@@houseofpills Taint LaBianca, I'm glad you're not on the bands.
I remember when the movie Convoy came out (WOW, I just dated myself...lol). Everyone had or wanted a CB. We had a CB and a HAM radio.
I just showed/watched Convoy with my 13 year old son 3 weeks ago on amazon prime.
You’ve just ignited my spirit to get a cb radio again. 148gtl will be the one for me Vince i had one in the 90s and where the best radios to have. Thank you for your channel and enthusiasm.
Good luck finding a 148GTL, as Cobra no longer makes them, and the ones that are available for sale, you really don't know what condition they are in and what has been done to them! Lot's of "Golden Screwdriver" techs out there!
Buyer Beware!
If you do get one, hopefully it will be the one of those with the side mic connector, the original 148GTL model, and not the later models with the front panel mounted mic connector as they were really inferior to the originals.
@@jfrphoto01 I’ve got 5 of them. Unadulterated! 😁 Mic connection on the side. Picked them up during the heyday of CB radio in South Africa. Still got a few K40 mobile antennae with mag mounts along with a few of the K40 powered mics. And when the skip came in oh boy! Those were the days. Wonder if it’s worth setting them up here in Italy? 🤔 not sure about licensing laws though.
Extra class ham that still loves my CB radio. It's also where I got my start in the early 90s. Today I travel on the road 150 plus miles a day for work and I use an Anytone 5555N and Sirio Performer 5000 as my mobile. Absolutely fantastic rig and antenna. SSB long distance ground wave and skywave DX is my favorite. Sometimes I also work 10 meter FM and SSB mobile too. Access to channel 19 has gotten me out of countless tickets, traffic jams and bad situations. CB is awesome. At home I use a Yaesu ftdx1200 with a Vector 4000 base antenna, and 38 LSB is where I hang out.
I got my start on CB in 1989 and used it pretty much daily until 1994. Had a Ranger 2950 modified to go from 26-32 MHz, a 100 watt vacuum tube amplifier, and an Antron 99 at 50 feet that I used on the 11 meter band. We were specifically on the “free band”, 27.805 MHz was our frequency of choice, as well as 27.125 (channel 14). In 2015 I got my amateur radio license, and now use 2 meters and 70cm daily, but the CB holds a special place in my heart.
very much like my story started with a uniden pc 66 and almost everything up to a ranger2950 and big shoes up to texas star 1600. dam just brought back good memories
I use to have a RCI 2990 base with a Antron 99 at 50 feet and a 200 watt kicker back in the late 90's
Was your Antron 99 50 ft from ground to tip or 50 ft to the feed point?
get your general if you have not already. easier than tech
Little Boy Breaker here. Like you, I got my first CB when I was ten years old, but in my case that was 1976. I was one of the dummies that bought a 40 channel radio in 1977 when nobody else was on the "upper seventeen" yet. Watching your video I'm feeling the magic all over again. Also like you, I became a ham operator, and I have never forsaken my CB roots. Thanks for the 10-2 video!
OK...OK! Buddy, I want to nominate YOU as the ambassador of CB radio. You have the right "stuff" and you are the best person to talk about CB radio and promote the use of it. You absolutely reeled me in when you went back to 1973. That's when I went over the road and without a doubt those were the glory days of CB. It was absolutely the time period that made CB radio the most important thing for a trucker to have in his truck to keep him in contact with other trucks and gave base stations a terrific chance to help truckers all across the country. Base statios helped truckers with directions to destinations and they were a lifeline for truckers providing help to stranded truckers when broken down out in the middle of nowhere. Thanks for making this video!
I was never a CBer, always a shortwave listener. This was really informative. Kudos!
I got an RTL-SDR for Christmas. It is very cool. The range is incredible 100KHz to 1.7 GHz all modes, AM, FM, SSB, DSB
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SWL is what I do.... long wire, Crappy Grundig. It works
I started out on CB in the mid 70's and still play there. I still like it.
I got interested in CB radio from playing with walkie talkies back in the early 70's.. I think they were tuned to channel 14 if I remember right. I now have a general amateur license thanks to that kids walkie-talkie I had 50 years ago that sparked my interest in radio.
Its funny how a simple piece of equipment will bring back fond memories, somehow i talked my hard working dad into buying me my first radio,,bought it used from a neighbor down the road.it was a. 5 channel Johnson. Channels were A.B.C.D.E. (LOL).dont remember which channels were assigned to each letter.that particular model came in black face & white face,i just happen to have the white one,i had a blast with it in my youth. I still have it today & im in my 60's.thanks ffor the memories!!!
I got my start in CB after watching smokey in the bandit as a kid in 2005. Although no one in my family was into radio, through my dad's support he installed a radio for my birthday in the back of his Suburban just for me to use. I started to converse with the locals on a daily basis and eventually upgraded to a base station. One day I was able to speak with a guy in British Columbia from my QTH in Michigan. That was when I discovered the world of "Skip." Some of the guys I would talk with saw how I had a love for radio and they encouraged me to get my ham ticket. I haven't been on since those days though I still have my radio. I think after being welcomed into the Ham world my love for CB almost dissolved completely. In my area there was a lot of vulgar and not so much conversation these days. Looking back I can't believe my dad let his 12 year old kid get into the hobby if only he knew. Still I am thankful. 73' KD8PPH
If you remember..."Pigpen, this is th' Rubber Duck...Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a CONVOY!" C.W. McCall's song CONVOY was a number one hit in 1976 and I think this is what caused the CB craze. Everybody wanted one. Hell, when I started driving at 17, bought me a Midland 23-channel and loved it!. Later on, I graduated up to a Motorola 40-channel. It came in handy when I joined the volunteer fire department in my very late teens just before the Air Force.
New to CB I am enjoying my new hobby!
I first used a CB radio here in Australia when I was only 8 years old, my dad was a truckie....now as a 49 year old guy...I still use em....all I'm saying be carefull (LOL) it gets into your blood. I recently (1 months ago) purchased my newest radio for my base station, a GME TX4500s UHF radio which allows me to talk to mates all over Melbourne, Australia....
@@OutandAboutwithTrev That reminds me of back in the early 60's the sun/global weather was different. I used to talk skip to a guy in Australia. I'd sit there and imagine the huge circle that transmission made back and forth to west Texas. I don't even recall the last time I spoke skip. That's as fun as it gets for me.
@@oillease1881 I used to do the same with my old JC Penny's single side band radio. Back in the late 70's I'd talk to a guy in Australia on the skip from the Atlanta area. Those were the good ole days. I sold all my CB radio equipment when we moved from the Atlanta area to Tennessee. Wish I had my old 1/2 wave ground plane antenna back; if so I'd set up another base station with my dad's old equipment--he's still got a few modified single side band radios and linears--just need another antenna.
@@w.rustylane5650 Ah, the good old days, before this country was lied into wars and global geoengineering changed the planet, especially the atmosphere.
The good old days when I was young and every one grew their own food and people were good to one another.
God, I miss those days.
@@oillease1881 Yep, me too. We are probably around the same age. I remember my mom used to talk to me on the upper side of channel 60 where we hung out with our modified radios. She used to key her power mic with her toes while shelling peas out of their garden. I sure miss those days. My mom's already passed on and my dad is now 94 and will be 95 just before this next Christmas.
Cobra actually DID manufacture that Cobra XL 350 linear amplifier ostensibly for export usage, primarily in certain European countries. They made several others as well, all the way up to 1200 watts.
Great video, brought back lots of memories. I grew up in the 70's in the UK when CB radios were very popular. We had one in our car and used it to communicate with our friends while convoying on holidays in France. It was very handy. I still have the radio (a Transcom GBX 4000) and turn it on from time to time. I'm now looking to get into Ham radio.
Great video and you presented a lot of great information. I got started in CB back in 1974 or so and was into the big CB boom of the 70's, like in the Smokie and the Bandit days, ha. Everyone had one back then and when I was 12 or 13 yrs old I was installing CB's in peoples cars for them and then I got my ham ticket in 77. But I have always had CB radios around here all those years and still do to this day. Like you say, it is all radio to me.
yep all of us kids in my little town had 'em in their cars in those days. No cell phone? No problem. We could alert each other to where the good parties were LOL
I did same thing had a Realistic Radio Shack Base station my dad bought.. I had people twice my age coming around pissed him off but it proved a point to me if you really wanted to know something or get something before the internet was around the CB was the way I did it. Got my YZ80 Motorcycle for 100 bucks. I used to skip lunch at school worked a little weekend job and in no time at all I was talking to a guy 70 miles from where I lived had a YZ80 4 sale and for an extra 10 bucks he delivered it,,,,, Ah a few blocks away because after I did the deed of buying the bike I had no idea how I would explain to my parents how I got such a prohibited item. Everytime I asked 4 a dirt bike they flatly said no it was too dangerous. I still play with motorcycles to this day in fact I build em here.
great video cb got me started the ham then got my fcc commercial license Motorola shop manger for 17 years
I have the same exact story just replace 74 with 84.
My dad got me my first UK CB in 1981 when I was 14 and I then got my Ham Radio ticket 3 years later, still playing with all sorts of radio 38 years on.
KF4DMC here, Richard. I built my 1st cb back in 1974 using point to point wiring and vacuum tubes. It looked terrible but it worked. Got my ham license in 1990 as tech +code. Upgraded to general and then Extra. I am now a VE and administer tests with the local exam team.
It all started with a fourth grader's interest in radio and a dad that encouraged his son to persue it.
License KFT 00014, way back in the day
Amen brother! I started the same way. I still love 11m. Nothing wrong with it, RF is RF and people are people. Been a ham for 37 years too.
You're right. CB has it's place. 1)as a legal entry-level radio for anyone
2) as a former deer farmer we used CB as THE way for us to coordinate everyone, get some help in a job, or get everybody in for lunch on time !
here in Belgium, I can hear construction companies using CB all day long....
Nice job- and you’re right a $500 radio with a $10 dollar antenna equals a $10 radio
This time, I'm gonna make sure I do it right. I haven't had a radio in some years, life got a little sidetracked, but I need one in the dump truck and tow rigs for hauling equipment, etc. So, I finally decided to get a new one, well an old one, last cobra 29 I had was a chinese model and capped out after a few months, never got around to doing anything about it and so life goes. Now, I paid 3 times the radio price just for my antenna, uniden pc78 and a wilson 2000. Albeit a used ebay radio that was untested, but it looks almost new, so I'm pretty confident that even if it doesn't work I can probably fix it fairly easily. And it's an older model made in the Phillipines, I almost bought a Chinese model not paying attention, not going down that road again. Hell, I paid the same for my coax as the radio, just about. I think it'll work a bit better this time, since I'm much more knowledgeable than I used to be.
I probably shot more skip on a Johnson Messenger 223 (23 channel tube set) with Glen VFO "slider" for more frequencies. ;) Had a Moonraker 4 on 50' Rohn 25G tower with braket on the third storey gable. In 1985 the gamma matches were blown out from a lightning strike. Tried an Astro beam (tremendous front to back - 40dB!) but didn't have the "ears" of the Moonraker. Switched to a Signal Engineering six element quad in 1991 and put that on a crank up tower, boom about 86' off the ground. Wasn't afraid to run "heat" either and this antenna could take it! Had to upgrade to 9910 coax. Ran various HF rigs from Icom, Kenwood and Yaesu.
On the mobile side, loved the Ranger HR2510 and Kenwood TS140S.
Long live 11 meters!
Personally, I used an old Sears or JC Penny (4291 I think was the #) single side band phased locked loop radio that I modified to go upstairs with a 1/2 wave ground plane antenna and a 250 watt linear. I drilled a hole in the top of the radio so I could have a tuning wand stuck into the freq oscillator so I could tune it to where ever I went on below channel 1 up to the beginning of the HAM band 11 meters. I modified the TXmitter to the clarifier so when I'd swing the clarifier the transmitter would follow on the same freq. I talked all around the world with that set up using regular old RG what 52 ohm coax??? I always had my SWR meter hooked up to the base station as well as my Fluke freq counter. Sold all my CB single side band equipment including that 1/2 wave ground plane antenna when we moved from the Atlanta area to Tennessee. I've got all my dad's old equipment and if I had another antenna I'd probably set up a new base station here in TN.
I actually find myself using CB more than my HAM stuff. I actually have a CB base station in my garage but just an HT for my “base”
My biggest problem with HAM is how they act like someone who uses CB is a second class citizen. Without CB, HAM would be dead in my opinion. I LOVE my CB!
If it wasn't a money maker for the government, there is no justification for a license for ham anymore just like there isn't one for a cell phone that talks all around the world. Unless you are a real idiot, there is little to no legal ramifications either. Ham relies on the old Nazi principle of turning in your neighbors..
Im in Houston, TX. Got my start back in the late 70's, with my mothers mobile CB. Would sit in her car, in the garage and talk to the neighborhood kids. One evening I got a hold of some guy that sounded like he was 3 houses down the street. He was in Orlando, FL, using his mothers mobile CB as well. I WAS HOOKED! It didnt take long for my family to have a CB in ALL our cars, and a base station in my bedroom.😀In the 90's I got into Ham, but was not as interested in that. Maybe because of the rules and restrictions. I am about to get back into CB radio. Thanks for the video! Good times!
Eric you bought back a lot of plesant memories. I was an avid CB'er in the 70's and got my Ham ticket in 78. I ran a Golden Eagle and a KW into a modified mobile whip hanging from my 14th Fl Apt window. in the Wash. DC area. (Watergate City) I loved your video...many many thanks. 73
Fun video. Been into cb since about 1960 and worked on them for about 35 years. Business kind of fell off though so had to move on. Great to know people are still enjoying it especially here in Florida. Might put together another station!
Thanks for the video.
Thank you so much for this vid. I’ve got a Uniden 980SSB in my vehicle, and can’t tell you how many times it’s gotten me out of traffic jams, or other road issues. Like you, I’ve got a sweet spot for CB, and it’ll always be that way!
I have been around using C.B. radio's since the 1960's , and still enjoy the band , I too beacame an Amateur Radio Operator I've been an active Ham for over 20 years I love the HF band. My dad built his first CB radio back in the day it was a Heath Kit, he built his own antennas also. I grew up listening to an old cabinet Shortwave set. And I owned a Browning Golden Eagle , what a radio. Thanks for the video.
This is a hobby I am looking forward to getting back into. I just got my GMRS license. I talked on the CB in the late 80's early 90's. Started on a used Realistic Navaho and ended up on an modified Cobra 2,000 GTL and ran a tube-type Audio 600. The Cobra had peaked modulation, open clarifier, and extra channels. I could slide in between channels. Not as good as a VFO but it did the job! I had to run the Cobra off a power supply because when I talked sideband it burned out the original one in the radio. That radio did so well on sideband I hardly ever had to use the amplifier to talk skip.
Bottom line is, Talking on radio is talking on radio. CB was my gateway drug also. Carl AB1ZI
Great Video, I started out on CB in the early 70's. Tons of great memories.. I'm now have a general class but still love the 11 meter band..Thanks
I have a couple of cbs. I'm on channel 16 and in NC. I love talking on it everyday. I love it
You remind me of that "Teddy Bear" trucker story by Red Sovine when you said you got a radio for your 10th Birthday. We grew up playing "Cat and Mouse" on the CB when I was younger and would go through a tank of gas in one night. *Cat and mouse was like hide and seek. One person would be it and everyone else would drive to go and hide. Then, we would give hints of where we were hiding by transmitting what we can see from our hiding spot. The person who was it would drive to the clues and find us. A few years later "Smokey and the Bandit" was released. Now I'm listening to Rubber Duck on the RUclips. 73
Smoberdeen we used to do the exact same thing back in the summer of 1974 and early 1975 in Stuart and Jensen Bch Fla!!! And like you said we would use the heck outta our gas!!! But then it was about 49 cents a gallon too. By the way, I'm 64 now!!
Wow! A trip down memory lane! Had a DAK Mark IX but my favorite setup was my Collins 32V2 Tx with a Drake 2B RX and matching speaker. It was good t be a kid! back then!
I too started out on CB back when I was about 10 years old. I actually had an Antron 99 CB radio antenna, and I would get out pretty good with just 4 watss.
Yea....I had the anton 99 w/ the Galaxy Saturn tweaked to 24w and a sedelta power mic good times 86....
Me to I had people thinking I was a woman all the time haha
This brings back great memories! At my peak, I had a President Jackson mobile and a chipped Radio Shack base (many more channels, strapped clarifier, etc), Texas Star linear, 1/2 wave Big Stick and 5/8 ground plane, etc etc. My Jackson had I think 225 channels, +10khz, roger beep, FM, etc. Fun times! In my teen years, my friends and I were "trouble makers" on the band, and we had a blast!... I'm 10-10, 10-8 on the side....
70s, 80s & early 90s CBer Loved it, I had a lot of those Radios including Browning's but My favorite was my Cobra 🐍 2000 peaked & turn with uppers & Lowers I had a 300 Walt kicker with a Wilson three element beam also in my vehicle I had a Cobra 🐍 148 with a Texas star 250 with a fiberglass Francis whip. We had a lot of Coffee breaks back then I sure do miss it. I went by the Drummer Boy because I played drums in a band at that time. Great Memories Thank you for going down memory lane.
I have many fond memories of traveling the country in my 67 Mustang with my General Electric CB radio back in the 70's. I still have that radio and yes - it still works. I would love to re-live some of those trips today.
Got me into ham radio and yes I had a burner 25w in the UK early 80's talking to the USA was awesome loved those days.
I will say, as a former trucker, cb can be interesting.
You'd be amazed how many lot lizards are on there trying to find a John
Yup when they realize you’re not interested in getting a STD the next thing is they want to use your radio! And don’t forget the Broco Billy’s telling you the scales are closed and keep her coming
yeah, I always ran a dandy setup 160 miles to gramps farm.
What's with Sunday rides home? It's near silent.
Passing smokies on the side and no mention, I was the only one of mile marker. New channel?
But yeah, it was fun with them truckers earlier in the nineties. Lol even the missus chimed in, yet knew when to hang on side whether 50 or alligator on the hwy.
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Fantastic video, CB is where it all began for me. I do ham, gmrs and now back in CB. Loving my cobra 142 gtl
Great video! It brings back memories of my brother who still has all his CB radios from good old radio shack.I used to do it to.Its soon much fun.We used an SWR meter. For the antenna tuning.I loved my brothers D104 lollipop mike and his VFO.We used to get skip on a cloudy day.
Very good Info Cb had a lot of magic years ago and it did get me into ham radio. ILL always remember how much fun we had back In our time. Even though I have VHF UHF and a HF rig ,Im still looking at a SSB CB to buy. Thanks again great Video
Dude, you just brought back so many memories from my childhood it's almost unbelievable. My Dad, the "Rajun Cajun" used to run a President Washington with a 1,000 watt kicker on a set of 12 element laser beams with a D104. We could talk all over the world on any given night. In his work truck he ran a Cobra 129Ltd , dual whips and 500w texas star....Good times.....Thanks for the vid and for making and ol boy relive some goooood, gooood memories....
Shane dude...I remember when, like yesteryear, my President Jackson was my thing. To my surprise, I was chat’n with a guy in Australia!, me living in Vacaville Calif. but now (40) years later, I pulled out my box, now looking for a CB shack to tune up me Pres Jackson. Here in Temecula Ca. If anybody knows wher I can pick up a mic, a K40 ant. Give me a shout. My handle is “Ironman”
Used a Johnson 123 putting out 7w from the factory with a 102.. In the truck with mirror mounts.
That was a great combo. Great information and video
Just passed my general class tonight looking forward to getting up and running but I got my roots in CB as well
I remember in the day having a passenger in my car wanting to talk on my cb, but I told him it was an 11 meter side band ( I ran on 38 upper ) till one night I got out to get something in the store and he couldn’t resist tuning to 19. Game over man. Someone who magically picked up a southern accent when keying the mike. I’m from ri and had a sweet spot on top of a hill, turned on my 50 watt kicker and talked from Florida to Canada. Good times.
Thank you for taking time to provide good comprehensive knowledge for those of us not familiar with CBs or otherwise. I'm old school. Meaning, I learn hands on only and due to an inability to acquire a ham radio to learn on because you need a license before buying (ignorant), I'm stuck using CBs. Bottom line, I support neighborly use of all communications that are not abusive to other users. I'm old enough to remember telephony party-lines. So, I know how to be neighborly.
Yes CB radio got me started into ham radio. It was my gateway into radios. Then I got my GMRS license latter, then my ham licesne in October 2016. I have operated a CB radio base station from my ouse here in Central TX for many years. Listening to truck traffic on CB Channel 19 AM 27.185mhz and putting out road conditions and traffic reports to help the traveling public and commerical drivers. Fun stuff. People know me a "Gearbox" and or 222.
I've had many radios and antennas since I was a kid in the 80s. I replaced my Hygain Penetrator with an Interceptor 10k. After getting my HAM ticket in 2008, I use the antenna for 10, 12, and 20 meters with great results. I kept only my best CB stuff, but it's always ready. I think if there ever is a SHTF situation, CB will be the most available communication, since they are so common.
Well, I wouldn’t worry about it now because everything is not air that’s why they’ve changed it like it used to be I would put your antenna back up fire everything up and use it as communication because everybody’s going to need it. The dumb ones out there are gonna be sitting. I don’t know what to do but the smart runs it’s got common sense that was raised around this stuff notes and they don’t forget it.
In my neighborhood in the 1970s, each part of town had "their" channel to meet on nightly. Great memories as a teenager. Now I'm a general class operator; but, decades after we all became family men, I was in a medical building and saw a familiar name on the building directory. I went into the office and asked the receptionist to go back and tell the doctor that "Magic Man" was here to see him.....he came out with a grin and a hearty handshake. Of course, there were always those folks operating "linears" who "walked all over" the rest of us; but, most were really great people. As we all aged over the years, we met for coffee at the local IHOP; but, eventually we all faded apart. Cell phones and the internet just do not capture the thrill of working "skip", joining a local community or building your own radio. Great hobby. Thanks for the memories.
Same here, and OH how I miss those days.
Haaa your neighbor would call and say come on man your walking all over my TV. It was best around midnight when ground noise was nada
I used to use a Cobra 148 GTL hooked up to a Messenger 300W. I always liked the 148 GTL instead of the 29LTD. Talked to Hawaii, Mexico, and all over the U.S. from So. Cal.
Hello...a very, very interesting and very humorous insight into a very nice hobby...Thank you...we probably have the same "development story" in our lives.
For me it started in 1978 with CB radio... back then only with 12 channels AM (Ch.4-Ch.15), but only mobile application (car/handheld) and 500mW power ..at that time these were the legal ones Parameters in my country (Austria).
Around 1980-1982 they changed the regulations and from then on we were allowed to work on 40 channels in FM and 4 watts. Base stations and base antennas were also permitted.
SSB Mode was added than in 2014.
Now we have 40 Channels AM/FM/SSB with 4/4/12 Watts.
I will never forget the endless nights accompanied by my CB radio during my "lifetime job" (30+ years) as a truck driver here across Europe. Now, i'm 66 and retired .... still using it every day chattering with local truckers and on sunspot cycles too.
Regardless, I received my ham license in 1987.
My preferred bands at the moment are 10/11/12 meters... unfortunately i've not enough space for antennas for lower frequencies.
Maybe we'll catch each other...best 73 es 55 from Central Europe.. OE6WCD op Willi.
Great history video.
Yes, I started in 11m band when I early teens.
Great video. I too miss the cb radio days. Back in the 70's and 80's I had many radios but got out of it for other reasons. But I plan to set up another base station soon. Thanks for the video keep'em coming!
Lot of licensed Hams won't admit to using cb, I did and proud, always be a place in my heart will CB
CB was also my "gateway drug" into Ham Radio.
Its limitations inspired me to get my Novice ticket in '76... and eventually my Extra.
I began learning electronics from the ARRL Handbooks at our local library.
Then retired after a career in electronics. Wireless communications still seems like Magic to me. even though I know better.
When Techs got Phone privileges on 10 meters, many old timers were ranting that it would turn into another unruly CB band. Of course they were wrong, and I still love 10 meter phone due to my roots in CB. Thanks for the Video! -mike "That's All Folks!"
I have a CB shop in the 70s, sold THOUSANDS and meet a lot of great people !
Wow Michael ! That sounds so exciting ! And you sold thousands of units !! Wowee ! Thanks for sharing !
i had a shop too1970
@@daveaf3023 Yea. I really enjoyed that business and then it CRASHED..... I was the CB DOC back then..
@@daveaf3023 Is this the Dave my old photo buddy.....
@@daveaf3023 I had Doc CB in Tarrent, Al , in the 70s.... and had a good friend name Dave.... that was into CBs and Ham....
Wow, Eric you brought me back to the summer of 1990 when I had the Realistic TRC-180 3 channel handheld talking to Mexico and a lot of the southern US. The reason I got into Ham radio. What an awesome video. Love the thoroughness of the information you shared also. Thank you so much. KB1MDH
Interesting video and stuff I've not heard in a while. I've almost always had a CB since the 70's and yeah, amplifiers too. Been a Ham since the late 80's and it all started with CB.
In the beginning of the 90 CB created my electronics knowhow that gave me a career for life and i use it still everyday!Now i am going for my ham licence exame so thank you for making this video!And i hope that other hams in the future are more like you!keep it up,73s
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Thank you for the memories. I started in 1977 and still have some of my equipment. Always used a Starduster antenna which is long gone. But I have two Pierce Simpson Gardians with d 104 mikes. Also have a 200 wt palomar amp. Have not used anything in many years, 1996. We live on a hill in the mountains in a two story house. B
Excellent video ! 👍. I've been using CB since 1974. Back when we had to have an FCC license. I am a General Class amateur, N9KGC. I still use CB EVERY day in my work truck. (a semi) traveling to all 48 states.
A LOT of shippers and receivers that I pick up at and deliver to use CB to contact drivers that are waiting for dock door alignments, or paperwork, or other misc instructions while at the facility.
Thanks a lot for this video. I’ve learned a lot. I’m in Central Florida. I’m a 57 year old with a Grant with the two sets. My father gave this to me recently. I’ll be using it as a base when I get an antenna for it as my father did when I was 20ish. It’s like new. I’m looking to get into HAM radio as well.
When I was in high school 1971, my brother put a cb in my car and talked all our friends into putting them in their car. It was so much fun and informative. On the weekend, we would go to Cocoa Beach or Melbourne. We lived in Kissimmee at the time known as cow town. My brother taught me to follow an 18-wheeler when traveling. It was a lot safer then. I just bought a CB for the car and one for my husband's. I really feel if we lose our cells in an emergency with the CB, we will be able to be informed as well as have some sort of communication.
Love the CB radio still today at 54 years old I use mine in my truck everyday as I'm a local waste hauler here in Chicago. I had my first base set up in the mid 1970s which consisted of a Midland 23 channel connected to a RADIO SHACK POWER SUPPLY my antenna was a fiberglass Shakespeare big stick.in 1980 at 16 I met a girl who was also on a base station started dating and 40 years later we're still together being married for 30 years now who would've thought it PEACE & GOD BLESS, BULLWINKLE from Chicago!!
Hi. I'm trying to get one for truck. Would you advise not expensive one?
@@gorabramyan sorry it took so long to see this but I'll try to help first of all what kind of truck are you in? I drive a daycab kenworth t800 company truck it is a 2007 so it has the older west coast antennas i have a single wilson 2000 antenna mounted on the drivers side with 18ft coax stretched out above the headliner all the way around cab with no loops i usally switch off between a Galaxy 99, a connex3300hp, UNIDEN pc76 we are not allowed to run any linears or amps because the owner doesn't want us running wires to the batteries. If you have more questions ill try my best through my experience and the knowledge I've come across
I started at age 5 in southern Dallas County, Texas with a Cobra CAM-89 as the Kindergarten Kid! :-)
Incredible !!! This sounds like the same way I got into cb radio and become a strong interest !! Great to see this video.
Thanks for the video and insight Eric. I love that ICOM 7300 and water fall, nice.
Nice setup and gear you got going on. I’m inspired and kicking off a new hobby. Ham/CB-ing. Keep up the good work.🤙✅🇺🇸
I just unboxed my old Royce 40 channel that I had in the 70's and happened across your channel. Really great presenataion. I just suscribed. I'm old and kinda of gimped up now and started thinking about seeing if CB still had any life beyond the truckers. You just gave me a push to start and maybe even going into amature too. Thanks!
Mark Hull same here I use one every day as a local truck driver but am thinking about getting a base set up again in my little section in my basement been years since I ran a base station
When I was young and my sister wouldn’t get off the phone, she had a cordless and a 27mhz rc car controller and when I activated it it jammed her phone and she got off. I told her 5 years later what I did. 😂
ya my nabour had loud strio kyed the mike by by studio
gary reed maybe try spell check next time 👍🏻
Thanks for this I'm a licensed ham in the UK I've listened to many of your very interesting videos. I've come across a small CB motor roller FM. Very Nice build. I will use it just to Call up locally. I'm just going back into amateur radio now, partly to your very interesting videos thank you for taking time to make these videos.
Cb radios will never fail you. They are simple to use and reliable.
Excellent video I remember the good old days of CB 30-40years ago and still use one today.
Alan in the UK
...uk huh???. Royal town breakers club ring any bells? ,maybe foxtrot lima club?. Just curious matey.
My first mobile radio was a tram d42 my first base was a realistic Navaho . Still have both and about 80 others. Palomar made those cobra amps.
I started CB radio around 1969. I was 14 and we were all family. I loved it. My handle was ( Shorty) because of my age. My first radio was a Pierce Simpson. So if you were around Mathews County Va. then and on channel 10 you would have spent hours with all of us. Ages were 14 to 75 and I looked forward to my CB time every night.
Nice video Eric. My dad (Black Diamond) was big into the c/b scene in the 70’s-90’s. He passed away in 2000. He had a c/b in every vehicle and a base station. The Neighbors would complain and call the FCC because he would bleed through the tv’s and cordless phones. GREAT TIMES even though I was kid.
Love your video I'm back into CB radio very heavy love my Galaxy 2517 are the 2 pill driving a SB 220
One of the best videos iv ever seen on CB 11 radio, thanks from the United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Still on 40 CB but dead in the uk now how sad no fun think all uj and USA changed an too private range as the digital change over on TV stations
Started out on CB radio back in the 70's. Got back into it in the 90's with my nephew. Took our tests at the same time and have consecutive call signs. CB radio then amateur radio are responsible for me and my nephew getting in to electronics, computers, etc. and making them our careers.
Nice vid, and thanks for the trip in a time machine. I once asked at work if anyone knew about CB radios. They pointed out a guy I hadn't met yet. He got me into ham radio. Glad to have known him.