CB radio Becoming Respectable Again???

[foxman362]

Cb isn't dead here in utah i get truckers on ch19 it's pretty active on i15 i do get skippers from ca on channel6 every once a while.

 

[foxman362]

CB is dead down here except for the occasional trucker or tourist looking for directions. We use it to communicate from our house to our boat when cell phone service is spotty - a big problem down here when you're on a boat. When using CB, we can pick whatever channel we want.

To my surprise, it is also almost dead up the road in Miami, the big city, where years ago every single channel was clogged up 24/7. I drove through there yesterday with the radio auto-scanning and could not pick up a single station.

Respectable is one thing. Dead is another.

I use to be on ch 17 back in 1994-1997 in miami area up in hollywood,florida on trc492 my call sign use to be mrweatherman back in the day on a basestation.

 

[S&W357]

I started CB about 1970 and stayed with it until the late 1980's or so. SSB was my preference but I also enjoyed AM.

My interest has rekindled recently for whatever reasons. Wish I had some of my old antennas back.

I don't remember much disrespect back then...everyone used the same CB lingo on AM. Biggest disrespect was folks keying each other out.

I'm kinda like a newbie starting all over again. I would hear people talking about channels 6 & 11 and the CB Super Bowl. I had no idea what that was until I googled it and then listened...dang! That's some disrespect!

Folks used to worry about the FCC. Today all those old concerns sound like non-issues.

Oh Yeh, I'm a disrespectful Old Goat.

 

[TheRealPorkchop]

What you want for that goat? I’m tired of hearing my wife say she wants a goat. Might as well just give in since she tolerates my radio addiction.

 

[Handy Andy]

I always get accurse (accurse? OH SEE? Google Correcting me again) Accused... of saying "goat head" when I'm telling them to "Go Ahead"

 

[Rwb]

Hello come in. Kick er back tin fur

 

[Larry A McClanahan]

CB Radio has always been respectable, it is the operators who ruined it.
Way back when some of us formed "React Rescue Groups" and we did actually perform public service. I was "Rescue 555" and kept that as my skip numbers for SSB. Still use those numbers on CB skip. If you hear the "North Central Kentucky 555" it could be me.

1 of our presidents wives had 1. bet the body guards wished she didnt use a cb...

I do believe but I am not positive that it was Lady Bird Johnson. She was the reason that they did away with the license. There was a photo and a big front-page news spread where she showed up at the FCC and her license was issued to her on the spot. People raised such hell because there was a month to two months waiting. Sometimes. And that I believe is why they did away with the CB license.

 

[Riverman]

Betty Ford had a CB when her husband was president.
Her handle was First Mama.

 

[Larry A McClanahan]

You are absolutely correct sir. Betty Ford.

 

[S&W357]

Some of you guys must be around my age to remember about Lady Bird and Betty Ford and their CB handles.

 

[Larry A McClanahan]

Riverman71 was correct.

 

[Riverman]

Some of you guys must be around my age to remember about Lady Bird and Betty Ford and their CB handles.

Hee hee. Yep, old enough to remember. Although I couldn't recall if her handle was First Lady, First Mama, or White House Mama. Had to look it up.

 

[Larry A McClanahan]

We are almost old as dirt, aren't we.

 

[BJ radionut]

CB & R/C license by rule, 48 Fed. Reg. 24882 (June 3, 1983)
The license by rule provision was originally enacted by Congress in 1982 for citizens band (CB) and radio control (R/C) services.6 Prior to 1982, theoretically all CB and R/C users were supposed to obtain individual licenses from the FCC before transmitting. The primary justification for the change to license by rule was the administrative burden on the FCC from licensing the large number of users of the CB and R/C services.
Shortly after Congress enacted the changes, the FCC used its new authority in Section 307(e) to eliminate the individual licensing requirement for CB and R/C services.
The FCC reiterated the congressional statements that individual licensing would reduce costs for the agency.

R. Reagan was President...Ford's term ended in 1977/ First Lady Betty Ford was "First MAMA"
All the Best
Gary

The Indianapolis Star – April 6, 1976

 

[Rwb]

Yep both women were avid cb operators.
Id still bet secret service wished they didnt use cbs for security reasons.
Im glad im not the only 1 that remembers those women.im not old just kinda rusted out in places.