I Turned On My CB radio In 2023 And THIS Happened!!!! 

Ah man when I was a kid I loved my CB. My dad put a huge tower next to our house so I could use it. I had CB friends and we played CB games and even got together for potlucks. This was the late 70's and early 80's. Thanks for the nostalgia!

In the early 70's, at the peak of CB radio, I sold, installed, and repaired CB radio's. I had SSB radios brought to me for tuning after hearing another one I had tuned, and one radio held from Virginia to Oregon because nobody else was allowed to touch his radio. Truckers for the most part were active and polite. In the 80's I put a Motorola radio (my favorite) in my car and the truckers were plentiful, but vulger and I took the radio out. Recently I installed another radio in my car for use on the hiway and the truckers, while there, are very silent unless there is something they need to know. I find it interesting how things change over time.

Me and all my buddies in high school had CB radios in our trucks back in the 1980's those were good times.

...Candy cane?...Candy cane?...it's me, Rusty Nail...

Hi from Australia guys, CB and Ham/amateur radio are alive and well here, I'm a little north of Sydney near a city named Newcastle and the locals here are always chasing skip and we constantly hear and talk to the U.S from here, especially Flordia and Hawaii. I'm always listening on 38 aor 35 LSB, CB is rapidly becoming as it was in the 1980's when there was lots of propogation and world wide commuications was possible, we are currently climbing to the peak of the cyle again.

Back in the 80s the cb was a very popular thing. All my friends had one in their car or truck. It was a lot of fun. As an adult and a prepper im seriously thinking about getting back into it 😊

You’re picking up what’s called Skip. Very common. I love CB radios back in the 70s. They were the best way to communicate.

CB Radio is like old fashioned party line telephone

CB Radios are making a comeback!!!!! Typewriters are making a comeback!!! Flip Phones are making a comeback !!!! Sewing Machines and learning how to splice and braid rope and tailor clothes are making a comeback!! How our grandparents gotten through the 1920 - 30's Economic Depression, their grandkids want to learn from them, because those who knows those skills will survive 😉. What's Old Is New Now !!!

When a major disaster hits and takes out the cell towers, the ham radio operators come on the scene.

The best noise reduction on CB radio here in Australia is turning the Volume switch to the Off position.

I remember waking up early on a Saturday morning to get on the rig first. “Breaker 1-4 for a copy. Yeah you got a copy, take it up two good buddy. What’s your 20?” And in the car “Eyeball eyeball”. Only those that know will understand.

I wish cb was still busy like it was years ago in the uk,hardly anyone uses it now here

I still run my CB (Tweaked Connex) in my rig (semi) and consider it an important tool. There’s A LOT of trash talk and Chatty Cathys but its kept me out of a lot of problems on the road.

Lower and Upper Side Band are where all the action is. It's been that way since the 70s.

Well, that's 2.5 minutes I will never get back...

I’m 54 this year and in the 80s I had a York JCB 863 CB ……… They were the best times in the UK to be on the air, I was also a member of a club (this may sound crazy today) called D.A.R.T (Distress, aid and rescue teams) that monitored the air waves 24/7 for people in need of assistance

All depends on the region; there are areas where a c.b. radio is still heavily used (rural areas) and then there are those areas where it is not (city areas), I can say as an OTR trucker for the last 30 years there is a decline in the use of c.b.'s on the road and this has led to major issue, like major traffic accidents. Myself and many old timers in trucking still run c.b. and I will always have one up and running.

I turned mine on in California and found out nobody speaks English anymore ....

That's not just a CB. It's a side banded radio. That's how he's able to get all of those and depending on the time of day, he's getting skip traffic. ✌️

I'm on my CB's, 2Meter, 70cm, 20m and 40m Daily. There are thousands of people with their ears on. Welcome back.

The last time I used a CB they only had 23 channels.

I had a Colt 1600. My brother had a President Grant. Started off with a Cobra straight 40. It’s all coming back now.

In the 70s I had a base station in Saginaw Michigan with Willson 500 dual beam antennas! On a good night I could talk skip to South America!

One day cell phones will be out and cb radio will be used.

You know I'm a licensed ham operator myself and you're exactly right. When the band is open there's more activity on 11 mm in 10 m. So those who say CB radio is dead well they might want to turn one on and find out

I'm an old ham, I bought a couple of CB radios for nostalgic purposes, but I haven't been using them. I still keep renewing my old call . I hold a commercial radio license as well, guess I got burned out on radio since I've been in it all of my life. I checked out the CB radios and was amazed at how few are on it these days. They all went to the internet.

Had cb in the early 80's radio will never die .

10m has been open to Europe and South America all day

KOOL Information --- I worked at K-40 Electronics and I was one of their Engineers

Had a CB radio back in the day.

My wife and I got walk-in talkies the other day for travelling.

I had a lorry with a CB radio in the UK. All i could here was radio enthusast talking about there radios and equipment or people having arguments. I also picked up a shunter driver calling me lots of names to the other shuntter drivers over his little 5 channel radio. I stopped switching it on after a few days.

Sales of C.B.'s is up 30% each year for the last 8-10 years. Someone is buying them..

Back in 93 i used to have CB...i talk to operators from taiwan,china,japan,saipan and guam...thats how powerful this radio since then

During the recent black out some major carriers went off line a strange thing happened with the old timers and truckers***and cb ops started to carry *health and welfare traffic. Ie messages were given to truckers then travel to local city's***drop off messages. **Then move on . Though it didn't last long it's there cb for ever😊😊😊

Band is alive almost every day, just wish you tube communications community would pick a nationwide FM channel. 73's

I put CB Radios in two of my trucks that we take hunting fishing and camping, mostly for the weather band.

Breaker 1-9 this here’s the Rubber Duck

CB radio isn't dead it's more less there is no skip coming in and most people love talking across the ocean. I think CB is alive and doing ok

Oh hell no, in fact, I think it’s making a comeback. I had considered getting back into cb radio because it seems to be coming back to life.

The old CB didn't cost a dime to use. Much cheaper than a cell phone!!! 😊 GO breaker come on 😊

cb is super use full on the highways. last two road trips i ran an old rat shack and k30. 1st trip i hit a highway stoppage, fired up the radio and got a response from a trucker about a lane closure up ahead, 2nd trip, was just listening and found out the exit i was about to get off on ahead had a traffic jam.

A lot of those long distance talkers are just beating their gums on a 300 watt linear and everybody in 4 states can hear them but they can't hear you on your 8 watt LSB radio.

10m-20m has been wild lately, including ssb CB. The clarifier on there radios just dials the frequency up or down a kHz.

Someone should create a CB club across North America.

Channel 19 is the place to be on a CB

We will need them when war breaks out in the U.S.

We all need to get these now we are going to need them I am going to dig mine out

"That's all I can drive my amplifier with" 😂😂😂 that has me dying

Fantastic. There’s plenty of breakers still on the air near me but they don’t know the lingo anymore. 😢

I still use mine. A lot of places still require you to have one

That's a 40 channel CB mobile rig that is designed to be used for upper and lower sideband as well as for full channel tuning.

My wife and I had CBs in our cars in the late 80's and 1990s. Took them out when cell phones became popular, but we still have them. Never know when they may be needed.

Man!! I remember that sound!! Skip was running!!

Breaker 19! This is the rubber duck! You got Your ears on?

When I lived in Northern Ontario Canada I had a Navaho single side band base CB with a basic car antenna outside my window of my house and picked up a guy from San Francisco on skip and we started talking to each other. we started talking about the World Series since it was being played that day in San Fran. a little while later things got a little quiet on his end but he came back with a" I don't know how much longer I can talk with you we just had an earthquake and I think my building is on fire!" I told him to sign off and find a safe place which he did. I signed off and went in to the family room where my family was getting ready to watch the World Series when I said that there won't be a game in San Fran that night because they just had a big earthquake. None of my family believed me until the TV went off the air and all you could hear was the audio from the announcers at the game said " Folks, we just had an earthquake rock San Francisco and everyone is evacuating the stadium!". My family looked at me and asked how I knew that happened and I told them about the person I was talking to and that was when we all realized that radio waves travelled faster than the TV satellite feed."

Don't be quick to disregard that tech..if hostile occupation happens we will need those.

CB is not dead..Maybe, MAYBE not as popular as it was in the 1970s and early 1980s..But still putting it out

I still use a cb on long road trips especially when we’re pulling our trailer.

We had a 19 channel CB in out car the late 70's, used it to get the smokey reports on the highway as we were traveling. Channel 19 was the one to tune into back then. Haven't used one since, don't even know if they're even a reliable source of info while traveling anymore.

I fitted two CB’s to the car, one for the highway channel the other for talking. Still widely used in Australia.

I have found a couple brand new in the box Cobras @ Goodwill for$15. They are great in a jeep with a firestick type antenna.

Ah the good ole days. Had cb's in late 80 early 90's. Talked all over the world. Still got some equipment I need to get worked on... one day.

I wish I could comment on the latest video, but I can understand why comments are off. I want to say that I appreciate this channel, your reviews, and the way you explain and describe things to your viewers. I have been encouraged by you over the last few years, and am jumping back into cb after being away for nearly 20 years (and considering maybe someday ham). In fact, I’m buying a radio based off your review - don’t get discouraged by negative comments, you are a positive influence to a hobby full of grumpy narcissists that can’t figure out why nobody wants to get into radio.

A later glorified 1980s SuperStar with no freq counter. I went Galaxy 88 to solve that problem. Then just went straight ham like my father who was MARS in the 70s during NAM.

It's called Atmospherics....And Solar Flares cause it and was once upon a time called "Skip", is more prevalent during the Solar Max Uptick....IMHO

I still have my cobra 29 cb in storage somewhere, I used to get England once in a while in the evening, then I got my cell phone in the 90s and put up the cb, I think I'll find it and hook it up, I'll need a good antenna and see if I can get someone to look at it,

Eric, glad you're still with us!

10m propagation is open too. If you don't hear anyone, call CQ and put out your call. Don't just spin across the dial and assume the bands are dead. 73 and good DX

On the planet that I'm own,Smokey and the Bandit just came out on the drive in picture show! LET'S GO!!!

I'm a trucker and there isn't even 25% of truck drivers out here today that use a CB radio.

Amazing! Brings back a lot of memories!

Channel 19 in the old days was the standard use channel across the nation...

Had to have an SWR meter to adjust it right, early 80s I put them in a long with alarms and stereos.

I live way up in northern Canada and a friend of mine bought a home based CB unit at a garage sale and buddy hooked it up and put the antenna up in a tree. We were listening to truckers down in Alabama talking to eachother on their two way radios. We interrupted there conversation and they couldn't figure out how we got on their channel. Something gets scrambled in the atmosphere because in the early winter months at night we could pick up FM radio stations on AM radio coming out of Seattle.

whatever you do, do not use channel 19 in Lewiston Idaho. 19 is for locals (they actually talk about guppies) and they will make that very clear. The driver channel there is 15.

Well, if you want to get into CB radio make sure you get an older TUBE CB and put it back in 100% working order. Then put it in a deep dry shielded box. Cause one Chinese ENP weapon and all your bright shiny microprocessor controlled toys are going to be boat anchors.....

Reminds me of my old Cobra to look at✌️👍😊💜

Very cool. I like that radio. Thanks for sharing. Cheers and 73!

Still have a Navajo base with upper and lower sideband. And also a 100W linear for when the miscreants show up.

Still have cb in my camper on all my atvs. Their cheap reliable for out on the ranch.

I have a DX969 in the box I had in a rig in 2006. I peaked and tuned it. Puts out 4W to 63W adjustable. I need to set it up again.

I lived in Ocala, Florida in the mid 70s.. My handle was ‘Shoestring’.. Worked some 15 miles from my home, & the CB was in everyone’s car.. Used to listen to the truckers on 75.. You were Da Shit if you had massive antennas on both rear quarter panels.. Good times.. 👍

I cruise around with the Cobra on frequently. Love reaching out with skip!

One thing the government can't censor or block. Everyone should have one for "just in case"

My mom and dad had a 1000w home station and a 400w linear in the car. We could talk to Australia! My handle was Lil Bumpkin cause my pops was Country Bumpkin, my twin was Muddy Duck, Mom was Lady Catfish and my big bro was Tombstone! Damn those were simpler times! Need to get one again! I remember visiting relatives in Texas and talkin to friends in southern Oregon back home!!! Also remember between little league games getting on the CB and tuning to ch 17 and saying " truck drivers are dumb"! LOL, right by I5, blew them truckers doors off! They would say we gonna find you, i would chuckle and say no ur not cause i aint talkin no more! I knew better with that 400watts screamin!

Used to have a rig back in the erly 90s miss the old cb days oh. Side come in 😂

I use a cb radio every day and nite to and from work love it

Still play with my CB's. Lots of fun talking to random people. I've got a base station in the Philadelphia suburbs. A bunch of us maybe 10 people or so are on the radio a lot. I enjoy cb because it's antenna to antenna...no repeaters. 366 Mr Smooth.

I keep my CB’s and walkies ready to go.

I don't care what anybody says, I don't know enough to understand what I was just watching

I wonder if people are taking advantage of FM on CB, now that it's legal? Of course, AM waves seems to travel further at low power, but FM sounds crystal clear compared to AM.

Atmospheric bounce.

We had a guy in the mid 90s on the CB band always popping up randomly saying, "I ain't got no panties on!" Meridian, Mississippi

That's it, I'm getting mine hooked up! I have no antenna but I will find one.

Don't these units have a squelch button to filter out the unwanted skip?

Had a CB back in the heyday 1970s. It was great for tracking smokies and bears. And there was respect. I tried firing up a CB back around 2000 and the rude, annoying, vulgar laced, walking all over everyone comments turned me off. I don’t imagine it has improved any.

Had a Cobra 142 back in the day. Loved CB talkin!

That clarifier was a big deal when talking with a driver on the flip side as we could triple our talk time. Most radios back then were slightly off frequency and therefore susceptible to clarifying. I really liked that one for penetrating where the squelch and noise blanker couldn't .