Oh I absolutely remember all these during the 70s that’s for sure. That’s when it first started and CB radio was in late 1969 and through the CB boom of the 70s. And here I am all these years later still going strong talking on my radios and enjoying the company that CB brings
That was when ya had the experience of someone actually knowing something and didn't have to wait an hour to buy a pack of LED's while they were busy setting up someone's phone.
@@fwingebritson I bought my first "mobile phone" from Radio Shack back in the 80s. It was the size of a shoe box and came in a nylon bag with a separate compartment for the battery, which was the size of a chalkboard eraser. Oh wait, nobody knows what a chalkboard is.
Well Im not old enough to remember any of these adds but sure was cool to watch. As with most Aussies I have a UHF CB in my 4wd and love listening in while driving. ONe day I hope to get a home base set up as well.
Hi Mick, there was talk of a UHF system over here for us around 440mhz but it nver came to anything, they did in the end give us 934mhz but the kit was too expensive so not many went on and that has now been withdrawn. But with the legalisation of SSB and AM finally we are a happy bunch!
My grandmother bought a 1977 Cadillac Seville that had an AM/FM/CB stereo with integrated microphone. She never used it but I did whenever I visited her in Pennsylvania.
@@britishcbradio1055 not sure about when they stopped on cars but the larger Harley Davidson motorcycles continued to have integrated CBs until just a few years ago. Now they are an option and most riding groups require them. I have one on mine that was standard equipment and either passenger can operate/key the mic.
Tandy (Radio Shack) was one of my favorite shops back in the day . I I had had the money I could have bought half the store to take home lol. Missed much more than Maplins will ever be.
@@mallyjoyplaneflighttv Yes gutted when tandy went i did raid our local shops closing down sale and got a few cb bits but it was a very sad time. Hardly any cb radio shops nowadays.
@@britishcbradio1055 None up here at all, if you want anything you have to send for it. You would think Car Spare shops would carry at least antennas and coax and PL259 plugs. But these days they stop selling as soon as the volume of anything drops. Sell it off and get rid and take in nothing to do with it anymore.
@@britishcbradio1055 i got a Pres Lincoln off fleabay , but i was very sceptical , it turned out as new Amazing , you can guess the smile i had on my face ,😁😁 CQ CQ CQDX , get in
@@BoB4jjjjs I was lucky enough last year to call in at Knights cb radio shop, what an aladdins cave of stuff, I was in there a while as so much to see and the good thing was you didn't get hassled they just left you to browse at your leisure, real old school shop and not many about as you say.
Wow, this sure brings back the memories! My very first CB radio in 1969 was Johnson ‘white face‘ base unit coupled with a $9.95 weeping willow ground plane from Radio Shack! My first mobile unit in 1972 was a Hy-Gain and a trunk mount antenna! Ah!…to relive my young days again even if it IS for only a few minutes of a video! Y’all stay safe in 2021 and this old man of 68 years old is waving from Houston, Texas!
Gla d it brought back so many memories and thank you for sharing them, just looked up your radio and that was a nice piece of kit. are you still on the CB? If not theres no time like the present to get back on, lock down in the UK has brought a lot of people back on the air!!
@@britishcbradio1055 > oh yes I still have a CB radio!…Cobra 29 mobile with an R56 noise canceling microphone! I retired in 2015 from 38 years as an OTR coast to coast truck driver here in the USA. I’m planning on going BACK on the open road to live out the rest of my life in a camper van and you can be assured I’ll have my powerful and ‘pumped up’ CB radio in there that I used during my trucking career being on the road! Along with two scanners, one badass stereo system, and, whatever other electronics I can think of! Thanks for your reply! Stay safe!
"CB McCall"... what a cool toy series. I would have been 7 or 8 when that came out and I don't remember it at all. Also, the name is a play on "C W McCall", who was the name of the artist who did the song "Convoy" which was responsible for much of the CB hype with the general public.
Never saw it here in the UK as far as i am aware or I would have wanted one, would have been top of my birthday or christmas list! It would have had to be the "Bear Masher" out the three available, what a cool name!
My very first radio was a HMV TX 44 that I bought from a friend of mine, I would talk to my school friends on there, and ask for answers on the next days tests😅 lotsa fun back then for sure!👍👌😎
I remember buying a realistic trc-431 am 40 channel set in late 1976 and was told by radio shack staff don't use any channel above 23 until January 1st. I did listen and of course heard numerous stations. Love the old commercials.
Yes I was told the same in1976 wen I Bay a new Jc Pennys digital display 40 Ch Cb with only 4 watts...my Midland 23 Ch had 5 watts + a secret ch 24 were the PA blank space was ( I still have my Old 23 Ch + 1 secret ch 24 call the 22 1/2 Ch Midland Cb
FCC License required. Wonder how many disregarded it and just used it anyway. The heyday of CB radio. It's how I got my start into Amateur radio and electronics!
In case no one else noticed, the voice-guy at the end of the Hy-Gain spot 1:01-1:04 is none other than Casey Kasem, of American Top-40 fame. (Casey was also the original voice of Shaggy, on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You)
Hi I am on a little island off the north kent coast called the "Isle of Sheppy" about 25 miles east of london in the estuary, so not technically on the mainland of the UK!
@@Johnysoutherner Well with the current covid situation no excuse but to get a few wored up and going and take a trip down memory lane, sounds a very nice collection.
thanks Paul, I did own a colonel FR360 (briefly) many years ago but to be honest I can't recall how it performed as didn't have it long, so thanks for the endorsement, good to know they are a good radio.
I had a HyGain 9 in 1980 didnt care it could be boot mounted, the up down channel buttons made it so easier to change channel than a knob, but it was only AM
Many thanks for the comment, its getting near to the sunspot peak at present so ssb is very active. Good excuse to get anotherssb radio and relive the good times!! 👍
@@jeep146 He appeared on some equipment as well. We had him mostly on 789rpm records, then when 45's came out RCA changed to an orange label, shame as I quite liked Nipper.
Now that I'm grown up I drive a truck with a bear masher and hidden, human-sized compartments. Somewhere in the garage I still have that CB McCall prototype.
My first CB was a Heathkit 100 mw walkie talkie that I assembled. The 2nd CB was a Heathkit GW12 base that I assembled at the age of 13 back in 1963. We had call signs then and people obeyed the rules and were pleasant, . . I still own a GW12 and it still works
Hi Martin, If you haven't watched my video " I have a project for us all" please have a view, I would love to include you inthe video I am putting togetehr as sounds like you have some great memories and love a picture of your GW12 to put in.
@@martincvitkovich724 Check out the video with the picture of the woman holding the mic, its a very recent video i posted. My contact details are in the video, think you and have to say you may hold the record for the oldest piece of equipment, nice!!! that it is still going strong and sure people will appreciate seeing it, theres some info I am requesting from everyone like handle, favourite memory etc you will see it all in there.many thanks.
Not wure where you are steven but int he UK channel 9 did have montors for a while called the (REACT) team but like anything when it got less popular they all packed it in.
Ford granadas where?? LOL You must be thinking of the sweeney, great TV series but no cb radios unfortuantley. Not sure what model they are being american cars so can't help on that one.
You should watch the Oddity Archive, he made an episode on the American CB craze of the mid-70s. Ever heard the song "Convoy"? Yes, it happened and it was ridiculous then as ridiculous it looks now.
Ridiculous???? LOL wash you mouth out that man, its great wouldn't change if for the world! Convoy was the film that probably got most of us in the UK started on CB or at least it certainlky helped, one of my favourite moves up there with mokey and the bandit - classics!
@@britishcbradio1055 literally heard a male truck driver say on channel 19... "I'm gonna have to get me a bra if I have to keep drivin' on this road... my titties are hurtin'!" 😆
No one I knew had a license. Ran a Cobra with the old 102 inch whip on the rear bumper. First contact sitting in LA and talked to a guy on a mountain above Denver Colo. I'm the Malfunction Junction and back on the side.
Ah the old 102 inch whip, I too had one of those but like everything you have something but for the life of you can't remember what the hell you did with it, probably lent it out and never got it back.
I lived a quarter mile from the 405/605 interchange at the L.A./Orange County Line so there were 20 lanes of truckers whizzing by my house (well at the embargo speed of 55 mph lol). Never a dull moment in the mid 70’s.
Great story. I lived in Los Angeles in those early CB days and never a dull moment with all the freeway truckers. Still have my midland 120ch ssb from 1977. 73 de KI1Y, Cocoa Beach, FL.
@@britishcbradio1055 yes here in East Central Florida (Brevard County), we have quite a few active between 7-10pm on 16 and truckers traveling north from Miami on I-95 on 19. Compared to the peak around ‘75-78 in a big city like L.A., it is quite a bit less. I can pick up many more distant folks in the eastern part of the country on all the other channels. Most of them are running over 1kw though!
u sbrits only drinkl the finest "PG Tips" tea! Coffee thats unheard of!! Glad you enjoyed it, i like the old nostalgia and would be great to have an old radio night, maybe I may host one in the future!
@@britishcbradio1055 The cb Meertings back in the day were sometimes called coffee breaks, Anyway- stop in for the live show this weekend 8PM EST. have a great weekend , 21
The part when the Radio Shack commercial said We Make Our Own Crystals!!!!! 😪. I don't care who you are if you did anything with electronics you were in a Radio Shack period.
Well said, they were tandys in the UK and was a sad day when they closed, was at my local branches closing sale picking up a few cb bits when they went.
@@britishcbradio1055 analog ..coverage of the spectrum...the old radio technology/television..could independently tune across the range...the new digital devices are all pre build to work only on a set frequency signal...the new devices can’t go off road..lol!..however the microphone in smartphones is no different to how CB microphone works...as we could listen to a conversation on a channel through CB radio...nothing has changed with digital...the signal./airwaves..!...
Not sure what e-skip event is but in the uk we have pretty decent copverage, looks like you in ther states and from reports it seems like there are still quite a few of you boys on the air still over there.Some days when you turn on it can be quiet but hang in there as other days its very busy, just depends what time you tuning in.
@@britishcbradio1055 people have heard CB from Long Island in the UK before via double hop e skip, it basically is a rare atmospheric phenomena where you get reception from 600-1200 miles away like it was a local.
Just had t look up who he was, he was not known over here as far as I know as Ihad never heard of him but for others this will be intersting, thanks for posting Chris.
Great idea to show these great videos !!! I started contact with CB by 1963 and by 1966 I was fully operacional. It was dangerous to use a CB radio in Portugal at that time 😀😀😀. The Political Police (nazi style police) used channel 14 AM portables for their stakeouts 😂😂😂😂😂 (stupid pricks😂😂😂). We had mono channel radios, also some super regenerative receivers (for instant all band monitoring). Than, the 2, 3, 6 and 23 channels became popular. I still keep a TOKAI TC-1001, and its deluxe version partner XTAL XSSB-10 both 23 channel AM/SSB 😀😀😀 (in full working order 😁😁). Good old days 👍👍👍. (Portables were: Tokai TC-512, PONY CB-36, etc. still own them all. Even have a para-military strong zamac, olive green, mono channel, tape antenna, 9V battery ONKYO from the 1960/70's (military, at the time, channels 27,315 and 27,345 MHz). City Police on 27,265 MHz. Great times....
Hi Joao, interstuing stuff, we also had to be careful when on the CB in the late 70's as you got fined and your CB gear confiscated if they tracked you down and they were out looking for you!
Wao.... very nice comercias but that was the in the 70's & 80's comercias ..today I don't see them on TV .... Now Cb radio is not as popular like in the 70's...new technology's like cellphone & internet is more interesting to the New generations ...I was one of the many that have a Cb in my car back in highschool ( 1975 -1976 ) Cb was the Facebook of the 70's .. today I'm a ham radio operator but I have my Old Midland 23ch Cb ready for and emergency ( I live in Puerto Rico and when Huracan Irma & Maria hit the island in Sept 2017 we loose Al communications and electric systems roads were Bock, community's were isolated and only Cb and ham radios were the ones to get help ( local repeater's were out or whit no electricity & gas only some few were preper whit solar panels that work..) ham radio help whit sending message's out to the families out of Puerto Rico but Cb were the ones helping local isolated community's were ham repeater's were out ( lots of people that had use CB's in the 70's were looking for new CB's and the ones that were still in use were of great help ) so you can see Cb radio are Not all out of the picture in 2021 they are a reliable communication system in and emergency that any one can use to get help ( not having a ham license and whit No repeater's )..you miss the good old times good buddy...is that a 10-4.....73's to all from KAHK 4031 ( my old Cb LIC ) & WP4EFM ( Ham Lic )
@@britishcbradio1055 well Amigo my Midland 23 Ch + 1 secret ch 24 is in use here in Puerto Rico whit a home made wire dipole ( the best antenna to use in a huracan if it goes down and you fix it in a few minutes ) also I have it with 2 emergency lights 12 v batteries and a small solar panel to keep it change...this is necessary to have in a island that can't be hit by Huracan's ... today Puerto Rico learn how to be prepared and we now have updated better electric systems and communications for this tipe of emergency's the new puertorican generation's know that cellphone and Internet don't work and can't go down in huracan's ( in Huracan Irma & Maria they were locos because No Facebook, No cell signal, No internet for more than 4 to 8 week and more in some isolated area's ) they learn how the older generation's pass ther time whit out electricity and water... this was good for family relations and preperthem for what was next ( No jobs and a bad economy that make them go to the USA to look for jobs and a new life, today is covi19 )...the population was 4 million in Sept 2017 now is some were in the 2.8 million and that's what Maria did to Puerto Rico.. Huracains are no joke so we are prepere for them and my old Midland 23 Ch radio is there ready for the action.. hope you learned something of are experience in a huracain or a emergency ...73 to all out there ... KAHK 4031 ( old Cb LIC ) & WP4EFM ( ham Lic )
Bay the way we have a 6.2 earthquake in Jan of 2020 and it kept going this movement and small earthquakes for months the Civil defense, Ham's, Cb's local police and the population in general get ready for the next big one...therwere a huracain and Earthquake emergency simulation and we learn how to be ready for that tipe of situation if it happen also for a big sunami..hope we don't have to go and work it some day..whit are radios..
@@britishcbradio1055 I still haven't seen any covid around here but that's a separate subject lol. My daughter had it and it wasn't any worse than a mild cold. My freinds got sicker from the vaccine than she did with the dang virus
@@JohnnyRebKy we've both had it sand believe me its not nice, had my first jab recently and was as sick as a dog, but the second is not supposed to be sop bad, so something to look forward too!
Cell phones pretty much killed the CB. The only time I pick up anyone is on the highways/motorways. You can find them cheap on auction sites or garage sales. The base stations or mobiles with Single Side band still go for a higher price even used.
Loved my CB in the early 80's........Shame it died out here in UK..at least as far as I know. I still have a number of them in a box. A couple Harrier CBX's and a DNT M40.......and a hand held I think...maybe a Realistic..not sure...been a while since I last looked.
@@Bodneyblue Yes its leagal on the mid band 26.965-27.405 but most people knopw are dxing on the old triple 555 27.555mhz, as long as you are considerate and don't ineterfere with anyone which now they have chenged from analogue to digital tv our main problem is gone, you are pretty much left alone to enjoy the hobby.
Very nice radios Tim!!! We don't see many 1000's over here in the UK but the Cobra 19 is a bit more common, the 19 has a lovely look to itI have to say, similar to the Super 4E layout on the fascia I covered recently but more striking in my opinion.
I drove halfway across Washington from Seattle on I90 East today, I called many times on 19 and didn't get a single response. Hardly anyone on anymore.
Hi Josh It sometimes can depend on when you are about, I am inthe U.K and we have the same thing here, some days no one some day sloads of people about. Hang on in there and if you have SSB give that a go on ch38 as we quite often here you guys over here on that channel.
@@britishcbradio1055 Same in the USA. The "FCC license required" was supposed to be mandatory but in the late 1970s CBs were so popular that everybody who bought a new radio essentially said a collective "forget that' and the FCC couldn't really do anything. It's kind of like if everyone committed a crime would there be enough jails to everyone?
@@dieselscience Our faded out as it was costing them to run it so they just gave up! Which was good news as £15 (Uk Pounds ) a year was a joke as we got nothing for it.
@@britishcbradio1055 It's essentially a tax, and the same thing here. When Motorola released the small (size of a deck of cards) GMRS/FRS radios it was the same, you could buy them without a test or license of any kind but you're supposed to mail in some paperwork and include a fee. That didn't go over too well either. BUT, the Baofeng 2 meters handhelds were a different story.
@@dieselscience The GMRS/FRS have always been unregulated here due to the limited range but they are quite popular with people seeing how far they can actually get onthem, its called PMR over here and I have one so will post a vid one day.
Yes I agree it does bring back memories however CB Radios more so the UHF now 80 channel is not all its cracked up to be why there are idids out there with hi power allso playing music over it as well as corsing trouble for others that respect the radio for what it's meant for talking with another friend's however the ACMA have not been doing there job when it's been needed look at ch3 Adelaide and ch4 port Pirie that little ch3 Adelaide is just as bad and I will not put up with it so with that yes I still have my UHF radio's just not 80 channel in all fearnes some thing needs to be done about it and farst before these ideits take over the UHF radio's with the use of there hi power and more I only pray and hope that the ACMA see this update and Act on this update soon cos IAM getting p#### of with if thay don't wish to do eneything more about it then all I can say is being back the licence to both the UHF and 27mhz radio's all I have is UHF but in saying that the ACMA and the licence is the best if by All means the best way to go is how I see it in my view
Hi Steven, The licence here didn't make any difference with regard to playing music etc, unfortunately what ever hobby you bchoose theres always the mindless few out there, but if you enjoy it don't let them ruin it for you not all operators are bad ones, theres more good out there than bad. Feel your frustration but find some good contacts and hopefully you willmeet a good crowd and enjoy it again. Hope all works out.
I am afraid the ACMA don’t care Steven they are only really interested in selling expensive spectrum for mobile telephone and data uses they abandoned CB a long time ago and are on the path to do the same to the Amateur service.....
I remember when they changed from 23 channels to 40 channels. CB radio was our social media when I was a kid
yep with youthere when I look at all the people on their mobiles its no different to us all back in the day on our CB's but ours were more enjoyable!!
It was the best thing to hit social media since Ben Franklin's printing press.
@@dieselscience Classic, thats great!
Nah you werejt glued to cb 24 7
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Oh I absolutely remember all these during the 70s that’s for sure. That’s when it first started and CB radio was in late 1969 and through the CB boom of the 70s. And here I am all these years later still going strong talking on my radios and enjoying the company that CB brings
Second that!!! its a great hobby and funny how quickly the time passes.
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ugh i miss Radio Shack, especially in the early 1980s.
Yes same here, not many CB shops about anymore which is a real shame.
Battery club every month
That was when ya had the experience of someone actually knowing something and didn't have to wait an hour to buy a pack of LED's while they were busy setting up someone's phone.
@@fwingebritson
I bought my first "mobile phone" from Radio Shack back in the 80s.
It was the size of a shoe box and came in a nylon bag with a separate compartment for the battery, which was the size of a chalkboard eraser.
Oh wait, nobody knows what a chalkboard is.
Well Im not old enough to remember any of these adds but sure was cool to watch. As with most Aussies I have a UHF CB in my 4wd and love listening in while driving. ONe day I hope to get a home base set up as well.
Hi Mick, there was talk of a UHF system over here for us around 440mhz but it nver came to anything, they did in the end give us 934mhz but the kit was too expensive so not many went on and that has now been withdrawn. But with the legalisation of SSB and AM finally we are a happy bunch!
I wonder if the Lafayette is still under warranty
My grandmother bought a 1977 Cadillac Seville that had an AM/FM/CB stereo with integrated microphone. She never used it but I did whenever I visited her in Pennsylvania.
Hi Jim, Nice memory!! now thats an unusal piece of kit wonder if they are still around today.
@@britishcbradio1055 not sure about when they stopped on cars but the larger Harley Davidson motorcycles continued to have integrated CBs until just a few years ago. Now they are an option and most riding groups require them. I have one on mine that was standard equipment and either passenger can operate/key the mic.
@@ChatGPT1111 wow cool they are still an option, nothing over here like that at all.
Tandy (Radio Shack) was one of my favorite shops back in the day . I I had had the money I could have bought half the store to take home lol. Missed much more than Maplins will ever be.
Loved Tandy mate , every Saturday went there to buy something , or just see what was new, cb , scanners etc
@@mallyjoyplaneflighttv Yes gutted when tandy went i did raid our local shops closing down sale and got a few cb bits but it was a very sad time. Hardly any cb radio shops nowadays.
@@britishcbradio1055 None up here at all, if you want anything you have to send for it.
You would think Car Spare shops would carry at least antennas and coax and PL259 plugs. But these days they stop selling as soon as the volume of anything drops. Sell it off and get rid and take in nothing to do with it anymore.
@@britishcbradio1055 i got a Pres Lincoln off fleabay , but i was very sceptical , it turned out as new Amazing , you can guess the smile i had on my face ,😁😁 CQ CQ CQDX , get in
@@BoB4jjjjs I was lucky enough last year to call in at Knights cb radio shop, what an aladdins cave of stuff, I was in there a while as so much to see and the good thing was you didn't get hassled they just left you to browse at your leisure, real old school shop and not many about as you say.
After a while the term "good buddy" took on a whole different meaning in the trucker lexicon.
Hahaha I was thinking the same thing when I heard that
Not heard that before, I don't think I am going to ask any further!! Hehehe
Yeah, watch out for those trucks with a rainbow decal.
Wow, this sure brings back the memories! My very first CB radio in 1969 was Johnson ‘white face‘ base unit coupled with a $9.95 weeping willow ground plane from Radio Shack! My first mobile unit in 1972 was a Hy-Gain and a trunk mount antenna! Ah!…to relive my young days again even if it IS for only a few minutes of a video! Y’all stay safe in 2021 and this old man of 68 years old is waving from Houston, Texas!
Gla d it brought back so many memories and thank you for sharing them, just looked up your radio and that was a nice piece of kit. are you still on the CB? If not theres no time like the present to get back on, lock down in the UK has brought a lot of people back on the air!!
@@britishcbradio1055 > oh yes I still have a CB radio!…Cobra 29 mobile with an R56 noise canceling microphone! I retired in 2015 from 38 years as an OTR coast to coast truck driver here in the USA. I’m planning on going BACK on the open road to live out the rest of my life in a camper van and you can be assured I’ll have my powerful and ‘pumped up’ CB radio in there that I used during my trucking career being on the road! Along with two scanners, one badass stereo system, and, whatever other electronics I can think of! Thanks for your reply! Stay safe!
@@TOTALLYRELAXED sounds like a great adventure you have coming up, I wish you all the best and the cobra 29 is a nice radio!
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If I could give it 5 stars I would.
many thnaks for the comment, much appreciated glad you enjoyed it.
Dang, I never realized how well made those old Royce and RCA cb radios were made until I saw these commercials.
Hi - No me neither, I had never ever seen a cb radio commercial until I started finding these.
Dang😂😂😂😂😂😂
"CB McCall"... what a cool toy series. I would have been 7 or 8 when that came out and I don't remember it at all. Also, the name is a play on "C W McCall", who was the name of the artist who did the song "Convoy" which was responsible for much of the CB hype with the general public.
Never saw it here in the UK as far as i am aware or I would have wanted one, would have been top of my birthday or christmas list! It would have had to be the "Bear Masher" out the three available, what a cool name!
My very first radio was a HMV TX 44 that I bought from a friend of mine, I would talk to my school friends on there, and ask for answers on the next days tests😅 lotsa fun back then for sure!👍👌😎
Nice memory thanks for sharing, not head of that radio so just looked it up, it was the ‘roadhound’ , great name!👍
I remember buying a realistic trc-431 am 40 channel set in late 1976 and was told by radio shack staff don't use any channel above 23 until January 1st. I did listen and of course heard numerous stations. Love the old commercials.
Great story, must have been heard not to transmit when you were hearing the other stations.
Yes I was told the same in1976 wen I Bay a new Jc Pennys digital display 40 Ch Cb
with only 4 watts...my Midland 23 Ch had 5 watts + a secret ch 24 were the PA blank space was ( I still have my Old 23 Ch + 1 secret ch 24 call the 22 1/2 Ch Midland Cb
Love this old retro cb stuff!,still got 2 old 23 channel teaberry cb's that still work fine!!.
Hi Elliot, glad the 23 channel is still going strong they were certainly built to last!
Born in '65. CB was our internet chat room as teens.
Hehehe thats a great way of looking at it! Perfect!"
My dad had a Royce like the first one except it was only 23 channels. Good old days.
Nice memory from the vid, thanks for sharing. Are you on the rig these days. 👍
FCC License required. Wonder how many disregarded it and just used it anyway. The heyday of CB radio. It's how I got my start into Amateur radio and electronics!
Theres always a few but I know some did ewait as one subscriber was in the exact sitauation and said he waited until the right time.
I Belive the FCC masde icensing so cheap that it was trivially inexpensive. My mom paid all of $20.00. After a certain point, a license wasn't needed.
@@StevenSmyth The license was dropped in 1984.
@@ReallifeBambiDeerattheFarm1 I remember that. We had one and a license in our 1975 Cordoba. Not once were we ever checked for it.
@@ReallifeBambiDeerattheFarm1 By 1984, the fad had long since worn off and only truckers and businesses still used CBs
I remember. My friends and I said. Keep your 4 watt 40 Ch and we'll keep our 5 watt 23 ch. 🤣😂☝👏 👏
And they are on ch 24-40.
Great stuff!!! mind you those 23 channels would be a nice piece of nostagia now, have you still got it in a cupboard.
In case no one else noticed, the voice-guy at the end of the Hy-Gain spot 1:01-1:04 is none other than Casey Kasem, of American Top-40 fame. (Casey was also the original voice of Shaggy, on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You)
I hadn't spotted that but yes spot on, I would have got away with it it if hadn't been for the meddling kids!! Good spot!
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Ruh Roh!
My first was a Kracko straight 40. Great days good buddy 10-4 , 10 10 till we do it again 😀
Love the Kracko radios, nice rigs! Keep the shiny side up and the greasy side down! 73's I'm gone
Hi I am on a little island off the north kent coast called the "Isle of Sheppy" about 25 miles east of london in the estuary, so not technically on the mainland of the UK!
@@britishcbradio1055 ah that sounds amazing , you must do well with dx , call here is m6psv
@@mallyjoyplaneflighttv Call here 26CT2036 and yes do quite well as hardly any other stations on the island which is great!
Wow I like all the commercials especially the RCA pilot and the dog bark. Its 2021 can I still qualify warranty for the Lafayette cb radio lol
Hehehe email them and ask!!!
I own almost all of these radios.
This was awsome, thank you
Hi Jonathon, wow thats some collection you have there and some nice pieces of nostalgia. Do you use them often.
@@britishcbradio1055 no, they are just sitting on a stack shelf in my bedroom with nearly 100 other radios dating from the 1940's to today
@@Johnysoutherner Well with the current covid situation no excuse but to get a few wored up and going and take a trip down memory lane, sounds a very nice collection.
I had one back in the day...an excellent product.....
thanks Paul, I did own a colonel FR360 (briefly) many years ago but to be honest I can't recall how it performed as didn't have it long, so thanks for the endorsement, good to know they are a good radio.
I had a HyGain 9 in 1980 didnt care it could be boot mounted, the up down channel buttons
made it so easier to change channel than a knob, but it was only AM
I have a sharp cb4470 which I am going to do some work on so keep watching that also had the hideaway unit.
Our "Internet" back then. I had several CBs. I used SSB alot as it was clearer. Miss the times, fun.
Many thanks for the comment, its getting near to the sunspot peak at present so ssb is very active. Good excuse to get anotherssb radio and relive the good times!! 👍
Bear masher, brilliant :-D
A dog advertising a CB, well I'll be dog gone!!
We never had CB adverts over the pond here, at least not up here anyway.
Hehehe they are good I never knew these were out there.
The dog was the symbol for RCA best known for records. Nipper would sit in front of a phonograph. I never knew they made CB radios.
@@jeep146 Never knew his name was nipper! useful fact will remember that.
@@jeep146 He appeared on some equipment as well. We had him mostly on 789rpm records, then when 45's came out RCA changed to an orange label, shame as I quite liked Nipper.
Now that I'm grown up I drive a truck with a bear masher and hidden, human-sized compartments. Somewhere in the garage I still have that CB McCall prototype.
Thats actually quite worrying you have human sized compartments in your truck! HAHAHA!! Great comment.
My first CB was a Heathkit 100 mw walkie talkie that I assembled. The 2nd CB was a Heathkit GW12 base that I assembled at the age of 13 back in 1963. We had call signs then and people obeyed the rules and were pleasant, . . I still own a GW12 and it still works
Hi Martin, If you haven't watched my video " I have a project for us all" please have a view, I would love to include you inthe video I am putting togetehr as sounds like you have some great memories and love a picture of your GW12 to put in.
@@britishcbradio1055 I also have a 1959 Heathkit CB-1 that still works. Where is your video to be found?
@@martincvitkovich724 Check out the video with the picture of the woman holding the mic, its a very recent video i posted. My contact details are in the video, think you and have to say you may hold the record for the oldest piece of equipment, nice!!! that it is still going strong and sure people will appreciate seeing it, theres some info I am requesting from everyone like handle, favourite memory etc you will see it all in there.many thanks.
My mom had the Realistic model with the instant channel 9 feature. Very handy if you got stuck on the road.
Not wure where you are steven but int he UK channel 9 did have montors for a while called the (REACT) team but like anything when it got less popular they all packed it in.
Why am I seeing Ford Granadas in these CB commercials? Was that like the opportune car to put a CB radio in back in the '70s? 😃
Ford granadas where?? LOL You must be thinking of the sweeney, great TV series but no cb radios unfortuantley. Not sure what model they are being american cars so can't help on that one.
I own some of those models.
Linear amps... Palomar 300a, 350, 200, Hooker, Texas Star, Elinco Long-range, Badger225, D&H, Dave Made, Heathkit SB200, Yeasu FT101
Kenwood TS430s, TS520s, TS820s.
SILTRONIX 1011B, Swan 500, Johnson 223, Stryker 955HP, Hi-Gain, Laffayette, Royce, Robin, Pace, Colt, Sears roadtracker, Tram, Lstat 25, Hallicrafters,
Wow theres a lot of old school names there, sounds like a very nice collection of equipment.
CB Radio was Facebook without the photoshopped selfies
Yep so true!!!! But its much more enjoyable
muy buena la recopilación de comerciales
Muito obrigado, que bom que gostou. Mark
You should watch the Oddity Archive, he made an episode on the American CB craze of the mid-70s. Ever heard the song "Convoy"? Yes, it happened and it was ridiculous then as ridiculous it looks now.
Ridiculous???? LOL wash you mouth out that man, its great wouldn't change if for the world! Convoy was the film that probably got most of us in the UK started on CB or at least it certainlky helped, one of my favourite moves up there with mokey and the bandit - classics!
That Royce test... if you've ever driven on I40 on Oklahoma City. Yeaaaaaah.
I40 Sounds like some of the roads overe here! Cheese would have less holes in it!
@@britishcbradio1055 literally heard a male truck driver say on channel 19... "I'm gonna have to get me a bra if I have to keep drivin' on this road... my titties are hurtin'!" 😆
@@k5wxp22 Hahahah Classic!!!!
ha, those ads are from the year i was born
Nice, I was about 8 then so am burning a few more candles than yourself, many thanks for the comment and glad you enjoyed it.
No one I knew had a license. Ran a Cobra with the old 102 inch whip on the rear bumper. First contact sitting in LA and talked to a guy on a mountain above Denver Colo. I'm the Malfunction Junction and back on the side.
Ah the old 102 inch whip, I too had one of those but like everything you have something but for the life of you can't remember what the hell you did with it, probably lent it out and never got it back.
I lived a quarter mile from the 405/605 interchange at the L.A./Orange County Line so there were 20 lanes of truckers whizzing by my house (well at the embargo speed of 55 mph lol). Never a dull moment in the mid 70’s.
Great story. I lived in Los Angeles in those early CB days and never a dull moment with all the freeway truckers. Still have my midland 120ch ssb from 1977. 73 de KI1Y, Cocoa Beach, FL.
@@ChatGPT1111 Whats it like now Jim, do you still have much activity on the Cb
@@britishcbradio1055 yes here in East Central Florida (Brevard County), we have quite a few active between 7-10pm on 16 and truckers traveling north from Miami on I-95 on 19. Compared to the peak around ‘75-78 in a big city like L.A., it is quite a bit less. I can pick up many more distant folks in the eastern part of the country on all the other channels. Most of them are running over 1kw though!
The Bear Masher. ha ha That has a whole new meaning today in San Fran.
🤣🤣🤣 i can only imagine 👍
Vwry nice, thanks for the memories. Stop in sometime for a coffee-Old Radio Night, 21 in S.C.
u sbrits only drinkl the finest "PG Tips" tea! Coffee thats unheard of!! Glad you enjoyed it, i like the old nostalgia and would be great to have an old radio night, maybe I may host one in the future!
@@britishcbradio1055 The cb Meertings back in the day were sometimes called coffee breaks, Anyway- stop in for the live show this weekend 8PM EST. have a great weekend , 21
@@UDX-21 not sure of the time differentce EST to GMT but I see if I am around. Thanks for the invite much appreciated.
Johnson 223 vacuum tube 23 ch radio
interesting, cb ads in tv, that was the latest top technology back then, like todays smartphones. feels strange to see cb ads from tv.
I had never seen any in the UK so was surprised i found so many existed out there.
I thought this meant there were commercials on the actual CB Radio!
The clue is in the title "TV commercials"
Brilliant!
Many thanks! Glad u enjoyed it, all the best. Mark
@@britishcbradio1055 Many thanks Mark, keep them coming. Cheers, Sky.
The part when the Radio Shack commercial said We Make Our Own Crystals!!!!! 😪. I don't care who you are if you did anything with electronics you were in a Radio Shack period.
Well said, they were tandys in the UK and was a sad day when they closed, was at my local branches closing sale picking up a few cb bits when they went.
An open channel microphone 🎙...🤔💭. Now inside a mobile telecommunications device...(only one digital channel available though)
Soory Ady you'll have to explain that one in a little more detail to me I'm afraid,🤔
@@britishcbradio1055 analog ..coverage of the spectrum...the old radio technology/television..could independently tune across the range...the new digital devices are all pre build to work only on a set frequency signal...the new devices can’t go off road..lol!..however the microphone in smartphones is no different to how CB microphone works...as we could listen to a conversation on a channel through CB radio...nothing has changed with digital...the signal./airwaves..!...
I'm Glad that she had a CB @4:29!
HAHAHA! brilliant.
The only time you’ll hear anyone on the CB is during E Skip events now.
Not sure what e-skip event is but in the uk we have pretty decent copverage, looks like you in ther states and from reports it seems like there are still quite a few of you boys on the air still over there.Some days when you turn on it can be quiet but hang in there as other days its very busy, just depends what time you tuning in.
@@britishcbradio1055 people have heard CB from Long Island in the UK before via double hop e skip, it basically is a rare atmospheric phenomena where you get reception from 600-1200 miles away like it was a local.
@@TheMW2informer Ah with you now I just call everything skip, will have a read upon the "e-skip".
the royce guy played on bob newhart show
Just had t look up who he was, he was not known over here as far as I know as Ihad never heard of him but for others this will be intersting, thanks for posting Chris.
Great idea to show these great videos !!!
I started contact with CB by 1963 and by 1966 I was fully operacional.
It was dangerous to use a CB radio in Portugal at that time 😀😀😀.
The Political Police (nazi style police) used channel 14 AM portables for their stakeouts 😂😂😂😂😂 (stupid pricks😂😂😂).
We had mono channel radios, also some super regenerative receivers (for instant all band monitoring).
Than, the 2, 3, 6 and 23 channels became popular.
I still keep a TOKAI TC-1001, and its deluxe version partner XTAL XSSB-10 both 23 channel AM/SSB 😀😀😀 (in full working order 😁😁).
Good old days 👍👍👍.
(Portables were:
Tokai TC-512, PONY CB-36, etc. still own them all. Even have a para-military strong zamac, olive green, mono channel, tape antenna, 9V battery ONKYO from the 1960/70's (military, at the time, channels 27,315 and 27,345 MHz).
City Police on 27,265 MHz.
Great times....
Hi Joao, interstuing stuff, we also had to be careful when on the CB in the late 70's as you got fined and your CB gear confiscated if they tracked you down and they were out looking for you!
@@britishcbradio1055 thank you for your kind comment.
I understand that you had to be carefull.👍
Wao.... very nice comercias but that was the in the 70's & 80's comercias ..today I don't see them on TV .... Now Cb radio is not as popular like in the 70's...new technology's like cellphone & internet is more interesting to the New generations ...I was one of the many that have a Cb in my car back in highschool ( 1975 -1976 ) Cb was the Facebook of the 70's .. today I'm a ham radio operator but I have my Old Midland 23ch Cb ready for and emergency ( I live in Puerto Rico and when Huracan Irma & Maria hit the island in Sept 2017 we loose Al communications and electric systems roads were Bock, community's were isolated and only Cb and ham radios were the ones to get help ( local repeater's were out or whit no electricity & gas only some few were preper whit solar panels that work..) ham radio help whit sending message's out to the families out of Puerto Rico but Cb were the ones helping local isolated community's were ham repeater's were out ( lots of people that had use CB's in the 70's were looking for new CB's and the ones that were still in use were of great help ) so you can see Cb radio are Not all out of the picture in 2021 they are a reliable communication system in and emergency that any one can use to get help ( not having a ham license and whit No repeater's )..you miss the good old times good buddy...is that a 10-4.....73's to all from KAHK 4031 ( my old Cb LIC ) & WP4EFM ( Ham Lic )
Great nostagia, thanks for sharing enjoyed reading theat, and get that old midland back out and see whos about! Catch you on the flip-flop!
@@britishcbradio1055 well Amigo my Midland 23 Ch + 1 secret ch 24 is in use here in Puerto Rico whit a home made wire dipole ( the best antenna to use in a huracan if it goes down and you fix it in a few minutes ) also I have it with 2 emergency lights 12 v batteries and a small solar panel to keep it change...this is necessary to have in a island that can't be hit by Huracan's ... today Puerto Rico learn how to be prepared and we now have updated better electric systems and communications for this tipe of emergency's the new puertorican generation's know that cellphone and Internet don't work and can't go down in huracan's ( in Huracan Irma & Maria they were locos because No Facebook, No cell signal, No internet for more than 4 to 8 week and more in some isolated area's ) they learn how the older generation's pass ther time whit out electricity and water... this was good for family relations and preperthem for what was next ( No jobs and a bad economy that make them go to the USA to look for jobs and a new life, today is covi19 )...the population was 4 million in Sept 2017 now is some were in the 2.8 million and that's what Maria did to Puerto Rico.. Huracains are no joke so we are prepere for them and my old Midland 23 Ch radio is there ready for the action.. hope you learned something of are experience in a huracain or a emergency ...73 to all out there ... KAHK 4031 ( old Cb LIC ) & WP4EFM ( ham Lic )
Bay the way we have a 6.2 earthquake in Jan of 2020 and it kept going this movement and small earthquakes for months the Civil defense, Ham's, Cb's local police and the population in general get ready for the next big one...therwere a huracain and Earthquake emergency simulation and we learn how to be ready for that tipe of situation if it happen also for a big sunami..hope we don't have to go and work it some day..whit are radios..
@@yankee7664 Wow we have nothing like that here in the UK so have to be thankful for that, you stay safe over there!
Awesome
Thanks Paddy glad you enjoyed it and welcome to the channel!
Great stuff
Hi paul, glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the nice comment.
Next video: T.V. set commercisls recorded off the truckers channel (19) on the C.B. radio.
You'll have to elaborate on that Kenneth, not with you?
Dang 150 dollars was a lot of money back then!
Hi Johnny , it certainly was but life was a lot simpler then and no covid in sight!
@@britishcbradio1055 I still haven't seen any covid around here but that's a separate subject lol. My daughter had it and it wasn't any worse than a mild cold. My freinds got sicker from the vaccine than she did with the dang virus
@@JohnnyRebKy we've both had it sand believe me its not nice, had my first jab recently and was as sick as a dog, but the second is not supposed to be sop bad, so something to look forward too!
Cell phones pretty much killed the CB. The only time I pick up anyone is on the highways/motorways. You can find them cheap on auction sites or garage sales. The base stations or mobiles with Single Side band still go for a higher price even used.
Bit if a resurgence in the Uk at mo whicg is great, it will never return to the heyday but I keep hearing new breakers which is great!
That Lafayette was pretty expensive
With alifetimes guaranteee i suppose it had to be to cover the warranty costs, no cars in the UK were ever sold with CB's in that I know of.
Loved my CB in the early 80's........Shame it died out here in UK..at least as far as I know. I still have a number of them in a box. A couple Harrier CBX's and a DNT M40.......and a hand held I think...maybe a Realistic..not sure...been a while since I last looked.
With covid theres a lot of people coming back on, fire the thingh up you will be surprised!! and with AM and SSB now legal you can DX your head off!
@@britishcbradio1055 AM and SSB now legal?...that I did not know.
@@Bodneyblue Yes its leagal on the mid band 26.965-27.405 but most people knopw are dxing on the old triple 555 27.555mhz, as long as you are considerate and don't ineterfere with anyone which now they have chenged from analogue to digital tv our main problem is gone, you are pretty much left alone to enjoy the hobby.
@@britishcbradio1055 Good to know. Who knows..it may have a resurgence.
@@Bodneyblue It has with covid theres loads coming back on and most of the cb shops are sold out of parts!
We’re going to need these soon, phones are tracking devices
Best get the tinfoil hat on!
wow!
I agree, lets get a time machine on the go and get back there!
That wasn't Jesse Ventura advertising the realistic was it?
No , that was Charles Napier ,, also played as the character “Murdock” in Rambo II
@@Dallas-Rife-UDX-347-Tennessee Heard of "Ace Ventura" is that any relation? HeHehe Thanks guys great comments!
@@britishcbradio1055 Ace was Jim Carrey. Jesse was a former Navy Seal who became a WWF wrestler before he became governor of Minnesota.
Oh, I thought you meant someone advertising on a CB radio broadcast.
HeHe no just good old CB radio commercials
Me too. While there were no commercials on CB's there were ads for "services rendered." I thought someone caught some of those.
@@fwingebritson services rendered fred? we must have diffferent TV channels over here 🤔
@@britishcbradio1055 Uh, certain gals that advertise over the CB. Target market is usually truckers.
CBS are still used around here got a cobra 1,000 base and a cobra 19 mobile
Very nice radios Tim!!! We don't see many 1000's over here in the UK but the Cobra 19 is a bit more common, the 19 has a lovely look to itI have to say, similar to the Super 4E layout on the fascia I covered recently but more striking in my opinion.
bear masher haha fkin hell,
As a kid if I had seen one , yep I would have wanted the 'bear masher'! You just know that someone would have had that CB Handle!
Today the best cb to buy is a galaxy 95t2
Eh, President makes better imo
@@Johnysoutherner look it up the galaxy 95t2 is still rated number one. Mine pumps out 250 watts right from the factory.
Now learn to level the audio levels !
Now learn to post a video on your channel!
And THIS is why everyone did drugs in the 70s
HaHaha great comment!!!
I drove halfway across Washington from Seattle on I90 East today, I called many times on 19 and didn't get a single response. Hardly anyone on anymore.
Hi Josh
It sometimes can depend on when you are about, I am inthe U.K and we have the same thing here, some days no one some day sloads of people about. Hang on in there and if you have SSB give that a go on ch38 as we quite often here you guys over here on that channel.
"FCC license required" ... _yeah, sure_
we used to have a cb licence in the UK it was £15 a year i think but that was a long time ago, thank fully those days are long gone!
@@britishcbradio1055 Same in the USA. The "FCC license required" was supposed to be mandatory but in the late 1970s CBs were so popular that everybody who bought a new radio essentially said a collective "forget that' and the FCC couldn't really do anything. It's kind of like if everyone committed a crime would there be enough jails to everyone?
@@dieselscience Our faded out as it was costing them to run it so they just gave up! Which was good news as £15 (Uk Pounds ) a year was a joke as we got nothing for it.
@@britishcbradio1055 It's essentially a tax, and the same thing here. When Motorola released the small (size of a deck of cards) GMRS/FRS radios it was the same, you could buy them without a test or license of any kind but you're supposed to mail in some paperwork and include a fee. That didn't go over too well either. BUT, the Baofeng 2 meters handhelds were a different story.
@@dieselscience The GMRS/FRS have always been unregulated here due to the limited range but they are quite popular with people seeing how far they can actually get onthem, its called PMR over here and I have one so will post a vid one day.
Yes I agree it does bring back memories however CB Radios more so the UHF now 80 channel is not all its cracked up to be why there are idids out there with hi power allso playing music over it as well as corsing trouble for others that respect the radio for what it's meant for talking with another friend's however the ACMA have not been doing there job when it's been needed look at ch3 Adelaide and ch4 port Pirie that little ch3 Adelaide is just as bad and I will not put up with it so with that yes I still have my UHF radio's just not 80 channel in all fearnes some thing needs to be done about it and farst before these ideits take over the UHF radio's with the use of there hi power and more I only pray and hope that the ACMA see this update and Act on this update soon cos IAM getting p#### of with if thay don't wish to do eneything more about it then all I can say is being back the licence to both the UHF and 27mhz radio's all I have is UHF but in saying that the ACMA and the licence is the best if by All means the best way to go is how I see it in my view
Hi Steven, The licence here didn't make any difference with regard to playing music etc, unfortunately what ever hobby you bchoose theres always the mindless few out there, but if you enjoy it don't let them ruin it for you not all operators are bad ones, theres more good out there than bad. Feel your frustration but find some good contacts and hopefully you willmeet a good crowd and enjoy it again. Hope all works out.
I am afraid the ACMA don’t care Steven they are only really interested in selling expensive spectrum for mobile telephone and data uses they abandoned CB a long time ago and are on the path to do the same to the Amateur service.....
KWC 0205
Hi Is that your callsign you shouting out? welcome to the channel.
@@britishcbradio1055 Long ago in the 70's it was. I haven't been into the scene for some time now.
@@killsalive1 No excuse, get a cheap rig and resurrect that callsign!!!
CBs are as bad as you make them I love mine
Good man, its a greta hobby and welcome to the channe;!
@@britishcbradio1055 if my rig is on my CB on
@@theh0r5e90 Same here for sure!