Alpha 1 calling Alpha 2, come in please

[OldFart]

Hello Stephen :D

Have you got any CB user guides, like talk etiquette etc



..Over :p

[Spacemutt]

For a start don't say over. :p

I just talk as if I was talking over the phone. There are the 10 codes, but no-one uses them any more. :)

[Otter]

10-4 Goood Buddy!

[OldFart]

Ah.. good morning Alpha 3, Howz the flu today :dunno1:


Just got my mitts on another CB Alpha 2, so if that one of yours is knacked then start bidding :D



Over......:p

[Otter]

much better, back at work now! Mucked up the radio fitting I had planned for Today!

[Spacemutt]

Originally posted by OldFart



Just got my mitts on another CB Alpha 2, so if that one of yours is knacked then start bidding :D



Over......:p

Another one!?! :D

[Otter]

Got a very good deal on a Blaupunkt Cassablanca CD with free fitting. Problem is, fitting only available Monday to Friday! Should have been working this weekend but was given extra time off to recover.

[Spacemutt]

Where did you get it? Can they come out to you?

[Otter]

Halfords, next day I can manage is 2nd December!

[Spacemutt]

So where did you find this other CB then O/F? :D

[OldFart]

Originally posted by stephen cobby
So where did you find this other CB then O/F? :D

Just happened to mention to my even more elderly nieghbour that I had one, he's son had one kicking around that he does'nt use now, I've got it on just now .....but cant hear you :snarl:


over....

[Spacemutt]

10:4

[V8 not diseasel]

cb 10 codes (http://www.truckroadservice.com/10_codes.html)

Think I'll just mosey on down for a 10-100. (It's an age thing doncherno!)

[OldFart]

10-91 :D

[Big Sandy]

We've got us a convoy, trucking through the night..........

Just mind you don't get stopped by theym reyd neycked beyars y'all!

Interesting thought, can a CB be used handsfree?? Or is it different to a phone.......... Same thing as far as I can see!

[OldFart]

Oh whose gotta a nice new avatar then.....:p


/looks around :hahaha:


CB is not currently part of the new mobile phone law, dunno why cos it should be :snarl:

[Mean Green]

Get yourself a copy of "Smokey and the Bandit" on DVD - that will teach you all you need to know about CB lingo ...

10-4, 10-4 ........ I've got your back door .....

[OldFart]

Originally posted by Mean Green
Get yourself a copy of "Smokey and the Bandit" on DVD - that will teach you all you need to know about CB lingo ...

10-4, 10-4 ........ I've got your back door .....

Wilco :D

[Big Sandy]

Originally posted by OldFart
Oh whose gotta a nice new avatar then.....:p


/looks around :hahaha:

Yeah, nice ones aren't they! I was going to put the one I have of magic mushrooms up (well its a sepp actually) but it could be misconstrued depending on whichever way you look at it.....


Originally posted by OldFart
CB is not currently part of the new mobile phone law, dunno why cos it should be :snarl:

Thats what I was wondering......it is the same in principal really isn't it? Usual governmental cock up, I guess....The left hand holding the mike dont know what the right hand holding the phone is doing.....How do you steer?? Well, only real men drive Landies you know....:hahaha:

[Highway_Star]

It's probably got more to do with the fact that a heck of a lot of police, fire ambulances, coastquard etc vehicles have twop way radios, although there is provision for this in the legislation. Basically you're exemptd if you're making a 999 call, it's unsafe to stop or you're engaged in an emergency services conversation....

What I want to see is something concrete to throw at people reading maps, papers, drinking, eating, smoking etc whilst driving...

[Smudgegs]

Whilst talking about cb's
Please could everyone remember to buy a cb license... I know your chances of getting caught not having one are remote (at worst!) but if no-one buys them then the bean counters in London say "ah, there's no-one using these frequencies, we can sell them to someone who'll pay us lots of money"...
and then we're stuck with pmr which has a range only slightly greater than a good shout :Cross: and any equipment you have becomes immediately obsolete/illegal :Cross: :Cross:

Just a thought!
Smudge

[OldFart]

Originally posted by Smudgegs



Just a thought!
Smudge

And a good one too :thumbsup:

[graham]

Braker, Braker do you copy. Need a 10/100 here.

[OldFart]

Originally posted by graham
Braker, Braker do you copy. Need a 10/100 here.

Wats up Doc :p

[owen]

well u lot seem up on cb so here
goes,
I have been using cb for about a year now, I have an 80channel Midland unit,
Is it legal to use any of the other channels apart from the uk ones, as i have been using EC to keep in contact with friends from the contact the Content when they have been over here
is this ok

Also Stephen informs me i need a liscence to use cb in this country, and that all i have to do is buy one,
So how much do they cost, and what do i need to get one

Many thanks

Owen

[Smudgegs]

erm, yes you can use the sept channels as well as the uk ones... provided you have a license!

The license costs £15 for a year (from memory) and I can't remember off the top of my head the address!! I'll try to remember to have a dig and find it for you though!!

[Smudgegs]

http://www.radio.gov.uk/publication/ra_info/ra246/ra246.htm

is an information sheet which should answer most of your questions,

http://www.radio.gov.uk/publication/ra_info/ra240.htm

Should be an application form for a license.

"2G0SB" signing off!

[g7jtk]

Here Here Smudgegs

[g7jtk]

You get the firdt licence from a maim post office and renew visthe radio communications agency. www.radiolicencecentre.co.uk

[Vicky]

You can fill in this form (https://www.radiolicenceforms.co.uk/CB_Application.asp) and pay on the net for the 1st licence, I did.:)
2K9VH

[Duiker]

Owen, do the Blue Bugs still use channel 11 in Essex? I'd love to know if any of the "old" guys are still around.
Next time you are out go and give them a shout. Good bunch of blokes who started the channel as a way of reporting traffic going to and from London.

[A C H]

Hi All

This reminds me of when I was in army cadets as a spotty youth, I remember doing a TA signals course over 6 weekends and having a damn good laugh as well. We trained with the various types of equipment ie Clansmen radios and learnt all about laying telephone lines and field communications ie Triford (I think that was what it was called), when we finished it and I went back to my unit, we used CBs, I eventually discovered the CB had a greater range than the Clansmen set, I did like those snazzy throat mikes.

Anyhow at the beginning of the post you asked about etiquette and lingo, I first of all thought of Mike Hardings CB lingo song, if you can get a copy of it its a bloody good laugh. But I suppose you could use the army style ie hello one this is two, message send over, hello two this is one, send message, my Landrover turned over in Andover whilst visiting Dover over (yes it's a bit long winded) but you can have snazzy call signs like sunray and it's a good laugh. Most importantly of all whist doing this you must speak in a loud, clear, plumby, English mans voice.

I take it channel 9 is still for emergencys only and channel 19 is for contact

[A C H]

HI All

[Hubber]

Well in the past week i have took some trips in the truck. once all the way down to port patrick and once up to oban and apart from hearing the odd trucker i never once spoke to another CB user :(
are the roads quiet or is it just me ?:goofylook

[Hubber]

guess it must be me then :( :(

[DUNCIA]

Hubber, don't you sleep or have you got a pishy job like me?

[OldFart]

Originally posted by Hubber
guess it must be me then :( :(


Have you tried switching SCAN on, and it'll just auto scan every channel until it finds a chatty one.
I usually find a truck driver somewhere ..or even taxi drivers .
But its best for off roading without a doubt, which is really why i bought mine. :)

[Hubber]

Originally posted by DUNCIA
Hubber, don't you sleep or have you got a pishy job like me?

I work for social services which is quite nice. I do get up vewry early in the morn about 3.30am so thats why you may see me about.