I thought the 40 year BIG NET night was over when I dropped down to Channel 38 but it carried right on. Great CB breakers on this video. What an EPIC CB radio night this was.
Thank you for recording both of these anniversary videos (ch40/38). Considering that the UK has other large groups (like Tango-Charlie) who do weekly nets with many check-in's, it's clear that 11m has grown more than a "just a little" since COVID shut everything down (some old timers getting back on, as well as a bunch of new CBers). It was really cool hearing the excitement in so many of those voices coming from the radio speaker, and I played 'em while doing some shack cleaning 😉 You've done a great job helping rookies navigate their path thru the CB wasteland by leaving them some footsteps to follow. 👍
In the early 80’s you had bucket mouths, whisperers, phantom Mike Keyers, DJ’s etc. But wether guilty or innocent you got a label and it stuck with the breakers. I had someone living in my street that where all them names and most breakers used to blame me for it. I got a lot of stick over it. Bounty hunters came and took my equipment and made sure everyone knew it was me. The whisperer was still there so they knew it wasn’t me and brought back my cb. 40 years later I bump into old breakers and they say ohh it’s the whisperer. So the name still sticks. But 40 years of CB was so much fun. Here’s to 40 more
Have just watched your Ch40/38 anniversary video. Brought back a lot of happy memories from 1981 and my foray into Legalised CB Radio with a Harrier CBX (still have it!). Am now in the process of trying to get it all together for a rebirth!! Hope to QSL with you some time who knows with the right skip!!. Paperclip aka G1IQN in Cornwall.... Take care 73's
Hallo Fred there’s a dx 38 group in southderbyshire Staffordshire area every night the dx 38 group 27-97/125 just a heads up hope to hear 👂 you bottom off ya box 📦
I wish it was that busy up here. Mind you there might have been some appear after I went inside, it was just too cold for me to sit on a car. I was on a bit too early. I had been intending staying on, but the cold!!! Shame it was not streamed at the time.
Sup Bob Sounds like you still NOT got antenna up for the base Hope you talk landlord in to it I'm trying a few up but it cafe season N kidding for goat's I got the bits n bobs for home brew antennas did a few linemen splices For long wire 350 feet for swl N 135 feet for end feed hafe wave I build box I got a few poles free from electric company just got get in the fence line I'm doing a cross fence so have pick your own pea patch n 11meter new antenna I had up tuning it but toke it down so i can put up a tower Wright where I had it But kids n cafe I have go out ever few hours Nice to see you about hope you n the xyl are doing well 73 n good dx n9prf 2fb2112 JOE
@@ronalddaub9740 swl= short wave listening I'm puting new antennas because of a hurricane came thru a year ago n I'm a ham so I need a few lol I have a 5 zero for 11meter it built like a tank
@@joerowland7350 I'll be around till I die, 11 meters, I can't be bothered going down the Ham rout now. I should have done it years ago when I could be bothered going out in the cold and sit in a car. Not getting an antenna up is frustrating, but what can I do about it? How old do houses have to be before they let you put up an antenna? They will not allow wires either, any wires have to be below ground and armoured, that is no use for an antenna! They will not even allow dished for TV, though they had to allow them if on a post. Some have moved them to the building/house, but they will be invoiced if damage is done to the house in any way. I am just fed up, there is no point in sitting a Ham exam if I can't get an antenna up!
I got 2 Midland M20'2 back in Dec 2020 off Amazon, but only just got round to testing them now. One is kaput and the other one wont switch to AM from FM UK. So I'm going to have to get them checked out.
Great channel Fred enjoy the videos, one thing I can’t stand listening to is some one who is using an echo on their modulation you will never hear one on ham radio just thought I would tell you that lol, atb John.😀.
