CB was the first Social Media & every mothers nightmare ! 

Love these stories Fred 🙂👍🏻

Bloody fantastic watch 🍻🤜🤛

Hey Fred, thanks for sharing your stories and taking me back down memory lane. My dad got a CB radio in 1966, it was a Pacer-II, I was only 12 yrs. old at the time. I was hooked with radio and that started my adventures with shortwave radio etc. I ended up getting my Novice amateur license in 1968 and currently hold the Extra class. I still have a CB radio, a CRT 6900N and continue to chat with the locals here. I enjoy your channel and keep it going. 73 from 770 Rhode Island.

Love these videos Fred!!! 👍👍👍

@Fred Thank you very much for posting these. It really takes me back to when I was very very active on CB radio. The memories are bittersweet but there was probably more sweet than bitter. Some of the sweet I wouldn’t mind revisiting, meaning going back to, and some of my behaviors I wish I could go back and change. I’m back into CB radio now but as you remind us over and over again, it’s nothing like it was back in the day. I sure do miss those days though. And a few of the people too.

You either get radio or you dont, its the community,the fun and challenge of getting your gear to work, fantastic show Fred, loved it, ty bro.propper nostalga.

Haha i love these CB stories. I was born in 81 so missed the hey-day. It wad still a thing for me as a youngster but that's because my dad was a HAM (also a CBer from the 70's) but i certainly don't have stories like that from it 🤣

Hi Fred that was excellent I remember them days in the 80s the old foxhunt meeting up early hours in the morning in car parks my first radio was an Amstrad 2001 my dad gave me a hand to put the whop pole in the loft going around people's houses helping them setting up there swr when I had this young lady chat me up on the CB radio cut a long story short I have been with her for 40 years and been married for 36 lol I always call it the good old days anyway Fred excellent RU-vid channels keep up the good work mate regards Dave

When I watch your videos I go into dream land. Not because it’s boring, it just takes me back and I start thinking how good it was. Brings good memories back. The way you talk is how I used to be. Thanks for taking me back to the 70’s/80’s. Keep these videos coming

exelent retrospective, after all... very nostalgic.

I really enjoyed that. Ny sisters friends had parents just like that......

Funny story, Fred, gave me a few laughs while you were telling it. A bit near the truth sometimes, lol. It was harder out in the countryside mate, but we had some laughs and met some girls, and ladies. It was a lot better than social media these days. You had no idea who was on the other end, it was a better way of meeting people.

Brilliant mate

Hi I was one of them breakers that was on the CB until the sun came up then sleep all day. My mam wasn’t happy me keeping her awake all night. If I wasn’t on it all night it was because I made the lec go out and didn’t have 50p to put in the meter. My mam would say in the day you have nothing to talk about but you got plenty to talk all night. Cb days :)

thanks for the nostalgic vid Fred, growing up in the sticks in the early 90s everyone had a home base, i got in trouble with my older brother as i put a mic in his bedroom and broadcast him and his GF having fun times, the lulz me and my mates had were worth the beating I received when my brother found out :)

Some of the comments we get for our motorhome build are shocking lol. I am looking to get back into CB radio, having been on CB back in the 80's. I have been watching CB channels such as yours for several weeks now trying to convince myself that I will like to be back on the air 🙂 We have an old American RV here in the UK and feel that a CB would fit in really nicely. The next stage is telling my other half that we need to spend a few hundred quid on some gear, but have not got that far yet lol🙂

The girls being pounced on in CB land carried on to PC when Yahoo chat was around. My then wife would go on and within seconds, she had hundreds of PM's pop up on screen, it was a nightmare.

Lol Lisa Greene ,😁

I never thought about CB being the first social media. That is so true Fred. It was a good thing but around here there was a lot of arguing and people a handful of people keying over people. Of course, once they were locatd, the keying stopped. One guy hooked his truck hitch to a keyer's tower and pulled it down. It was the only way to stop the spread of keying and interuptive people.

I remember my dad used to have a CB now I bought a my self a CRT CB but I'm getting a lot of inter ferince

I had an Amstrad 901. Their used to be a common fault with the ptt on the mikes, easily fixed by inserting a small piece of screwed up paper inside between the ptt and the contact. Otherwise your audio would have a very low volume

Love these chatty vids thanks Fred

ooh yeah it was. ! still have my 1st cb . up and running and used today as well. from high school to today ..each town had its own common channel..and we all knew who had the big radios etc.. turned on and antenna patches at our favorite hang out..

I always like to know what someone is drinking. All fine by me !

My band was made over the CB

No boys in the Bedroom ha ha !

Fred 37.305 USB have an opening

Black currant drink and electrics don’t go together :)

She doesnt want boys in her daughter's bedroom but its perfectly ok for her to have a double bed?

How do buddy hope all is well down your way? All good here me old mate. U will have to give me a shout we can have a catch up. Its been a while.

You need counselling after all that lol

Any chance of another story @FREDINTHESHED2