CB radio's

[Robotstar5]

What was the magmount on a biscuit tin or a radiator

I used a 2 metre magmount on a radiator as a temporary fix for a couple of weeks, could work all my local mates OK

 

[the snooper]

what u on am ??

I went through hi mid and lo and both Am & FM And nothing 240 channels of nothing

 

[Woody.v8]

I went through hi mid and lo and both Am & FM And nothing 240 channels of nothing

PL 259 plugged in

 

[the snooper]

PL 259 plugged in

damn I knew there was something

 

[TechnicAl]

My lad had loads of kit. He was also a Radio Ham and they used to send stuff over the waves to a printer. Im not exactly sure what they were, sort of calling cards with their number on etc.
I had to take him to somewhere near Mablethorpe to sit an exam.......Radio something.........there were a few there, all about 50 years older than him.

 

[Woody.v8]

My lad had loads of kit. He was also a Radio Ham and they used to send stuff over the waves to a printer. Im not exactly sure what they were, sort of calling cards with their number on etc.
I had to take him to somewhere near Mablethorpe to sit an exam.......Radio something.........there were a few there, all about 50 years older than him.

Caroline ?

 

[the snooper]

PL 259 plugged in

ive even just pulled the coax back off the aerial and tested for continuity and its good, so apparently the airwaves up here are dead

 

[Woody.v8]

ive even just pulled the coax back off the aerial and tested for continuity and its good, so apparently the airwaves up here are dead

Or is it just you have a 10-1 set up

 

[the snooper]

Or is it just you have a 10-1 set up

if it is, its all 3 rigs ive just tried

 

[the snooper]

here it is the 901 copy

 

[the snooper]

oh well wasn't a total waste of time, I threw a load of junk away out of the loft, old star dot matrix printer various pc boards, memory all I had forgotten about I also found an ide plug with a pcb on it I'm sure it had some version of windows on it when I last saw it working

 

[the snooper]

kayos you are a bad man, starting this thread bringing all this nostalgic CB lark back up first I had to find the magmount and when i did the whip was missing then search through the loft for CB's mic and power supply then onto hunt the whip, which I eventually found behind a pair of subs after moving other pa speakers guitar and bass amps and a set of drums, then had to rewire aerial then rewire power lead into CB only to find there was not a soul to be heard over 240 channels, you've wasted my time

 

[octo0072000]

me mate had a superstar 2000

http://www.rigpix.com/cbfreeband/superstar_2000.htm he still has it new in box

ive still got one

 

[Tinbasherdan]

I wouldn't mind a sidebander if anyone has one sitting collecting dust ....

 

[Kayos]

kayos you are a bad man, starting this thread bringing all this nostalgic CB lark back up first I had to find the magmount and when i did the whip was missing then search through the loft for CB's mic and power supply then onto hunt the whip, which I eventually found behind a pair of subs after moving other pa speakers guitar and bass amps and a set of drums, then had to rewire aerial then rewire power lead into CB only to find there was not a soul to be heard over 240 channels, you've wasted my time

But you had so much fun

Plus my original post many pages ago was about a CB when I knew people would be using them

 

[the snooper]

Did you call at all? Maybe there was loads of people sat there thinking "well there's nobody on is there???"

No couldn't find swr so didn't try

 

[Woody.v8]

No couldn't find swr so didn't try

Go on give it a go, I've got plenty of 1969 final output transistors!

 

[the snooper]

Go on give it a go, I've got plenty of 1969 final output transistors!

I'll give that a miss thanks

 

[Robotstar5]

Just been in the loft to get the boxes down for xmas decorations and found a few CBs
An Amstrad and a Fidelity 27FM rigs, a brand new 80 channel Tandy rig and an LCL converted to 10FM (29Mhz)

 

[Wedg1e]

Alternatively, do what I did.

Take exams, be allowed to make your own radio kit up to 400w on frequencies people actually use

Ditto. Ironically everyone over the age of four now has a mobile phone with more than enough range...