No, it's not been epromed, it's still original. I was on 19 and 16 both legal and AM!

The last I heard was that the CB'ers in the UK were digging out the old AM sets again as they proved to be more fun and have less turkeys on them than the legal FM. Anyone over there confirm that theory?. Love to be able to get CB going over here. much more fun then mobile phones.

When I get my hands on a K40 magmount, I'll try out that theory!!

Very handy when doing deliveries in the cities on asking for directions to places, I`m surprised they have`nt clamped down on drivers using CBs as they have done on the use of phones--no doubt it will come.
CB name at the time was "Blue Streak", remember talking to a mate of mine who was travelling south on the M6 with me who was going off at J16, he missed it and went flying passed J15 as well and blamed me for keeping him talking-----can`t win!!!!!!!!!!

:rolleyes: Any excuse, eh??:D:D

Thats a big 10/4 Chris. Anything that could be blamed on CB was!

Had some really great copies on it though whilst on the M6 southbound from Blackpool with a Coach hanging on the hook.

Had some good eyeballs too! and one or two shockers where the silken voice of the angelic breaker turned out to be an old dog!

During the summer time skip i used to get a quick copy from a breaker called margaret at about 11.00 most days,she was in Gibraltar .she would hear me talking to the lads in the yard at stockton and shout in.
My setup on the wagon at that time was a Tristar 777 doing 10 wats on FM and a tall bullwhip on a scania 113m.

A lot of people never liked the cibernet radios because they were prone to lots of bleedover but i found they would get out all over the world without burners.
The best one i ever had was a Tristar 747, it put 16 wats out on FM and could be heard every where.
Wish id,e kept it.

I understand what you're saying there, voices can be misleading. I remember once hearing this wonderful voice of a Lady Breaker and talking to her thinking that she was the most wonderful sounding person on the air (Mind, I was 21!) then meeting her and understood why she'd picked her "handle".:rolleyes:

Heard a guy whispering once, when asked why he was whispering he said "got to keep it down in case I am giving out TVI" LOL

Any body remember this one:- http://members.tripod.com/~Cybertrucker/convoygb.htm

Enjoy 10-4

Ian

Oh CB's blast from the past, so much fun and new friends made, you used to find strange people out at night aswell, hi Chris:) I bought one a few years ago to put in my first Discovery but here in Holyhead there is no one on the thing.:(:(

Andy.

Yes, Hi Andy!!

I'm looking for a K40 mag base at a reasonable price then I'll have mine back in the car.

try for a persuader mag mount Chris. they work pretty good mate

I'll bear that in mind, but I already have two K40 boot mounts so would really like a magmount to go on the roof of the car.

What I had in mind Chris was fitting the K40 into the base/magnetic plate of a persuader. It a good diameter size giving plenty of magnetization to your roof. I never had a persuader move on my volvo even when flat out an the whip flat along the roof

Oh sorry! I see what you mean now! I'll keep a look out for one of them, Bill!

I had a K40 in the loft and it was fantastic.
I think I was the last In Daventry to use AM (Pinback wa the handle, and before you ask no I have not had a "Pinback") and when I got wheels and went to Fm all the old names had gone.

I've only just spotted this thread!
My handle on CB was TRAPPER JOHN, after the character in M*A*S*H. At the time (early 1980's), my rig (a Colt 210 driving a DV27, then later, a Hy-Gain 5 driving a Silver Rod) was confined to my flat in the west side of Edinburgh. It was through CB that I met the lady that is now my wife......I shall refrain from ANY sarcastic comments!!!!

One nine Pirate!

Pirate copy, go channel 26.

Hello Pirate, this is Cowboy, are you going for a few brown bottles, come on?

Negative, Cowboy, I'm laying Wallpaper tonight, come on.

Oh, roger that, Pirate. Good to hear that you're doing the old place up, well, bye we gone!

Roger Cowboy, bye we gone, break break, one nine Wallpaper!!

Due to my current wheels having it's chassis painted, I spent yesterday in someone else's lorry. He has a CB in it and having had one in the past, I turned it on to see what, if anything, was happening. THe answer, apart from some muppets in Kearsley, Bolton, was a big fat nothing ALL day.
I won't be bringing mine out of retirement.

Nah, there isn't much going on on there now, people prefer to use their mobile phone these days.

Maybe its the time to start up again with no one on the bands you could call up your mates on the mobile .Tell them your soon off out on the road ,then you could chat for miles/hours. The whole thing was pretty useless in those days exept for if you were running with work mates or the fine breakers who would guide you into the premises you were searching for. too many running burners and as for Am well ....Regards Alan

AM? Wonderful medium!

I did hear the 9 years ago in the UK there were AM sets re appearing from attics and storage cupboards by the score. Far better that the FM sets in my opinion.
I found AM to be a lot more fun. Too many kids got FM sets as Christmas gifts. It got nicknamed as the Turkey channel.

Yours "Raincheck"

Exactly, it was the same around here, the kids got the "Legal Channels" for Christmas and they just filled them up with "Turkeyspeak"!

AM was the best.

I suppose this would be the wrong time
 

... to suggest about the legality of am sets. I know that you all know that even up in the loft ... hi Alan

What was that? ... a silver rod fixed to the chimney with a false TV antanna attached to...now why didnt I think of that? ha ha ha

I didn't bother to disguise the fact that I had a Midland 5/8ths on our highest chimney on one of the highest chimneys in Holyhead!

BOY did it crack out!!

I had a Persuader on a Mag mount on the roof of my Volvo. it used to pull in well. I used to listen to the US truckers on it. Couldn't get back to them though.
Had a good copy with a trucker on the M1 one day. Started at Watford gap and ended at the top of Edgeware road. Nice chap called "Diesel Demon"

Antena,s
 

Still have this old GP up on the house though its not very high .
1995 i had a Antron 99 on an 8ft pole bolted to the chimney stack,That was the business.

K40
 

Still have these old mag mounts in the garage,not used since 2005 but ill keep them in case i ever end up on general haulage.

, LES.

Damn"! Don't suppose you want to sell the K40 magmount?

I've just seen an Irish driver using his CB as he was joining the A55 just now, not a common sight these days!

Maybe it was just paddy having a shave Chris...LOL

He wasn't paid by anyone, entirely done out of the goodness of his heart, You probably meen "Fisherman" Eddie was slightly disabled, so couldn't get out much. He even took a handheld into hospital with him, to keep in touch.
Others were "Pirate" Joe, "Rodbender" Bob. Used to deliver in the Sheffield area so got to know em all great lads.

Dave "Busybee" or if in a teasing mood "Major Bumsore"

Just found out yesterday, the sad news that "Eddie, Fisherman" Died last year, he passed away in his sleep aged 51. Great fella!