cb radio – SMART

Dave Nattress… In 1981 I was traveling the country for work every mile of every motorway – England, Scotland, Wales. Contracts Manager for a construction company. One of my colleagues said try a CB radio. At first I scoffed at the idea – Good Buddy 10.4 and all that but I got one fitted in the car and TBH it was great fun and on the super-slabs (M Ways), it was a great help finding out where hold-up’s were and where the “bears” were sitting nicking speeders. I did get nicked for speeding on Motorways twice, but occupational hazard – well if you exceed the speed limit that is! Used to catch up with the company truckers and delivery drivers for breakfast at Toddington M1 North at about 07.00 (out of Bexhill before 04.00 hours), straight through London back then, M25 was just a few isolated bits. Great stuff tuned to the truckers mobile channel 19! Does anyone still use CB’s?

Mike Waghorne… Great fun on AM rigs in the early 80’s

photo supplied by Josie Lawson

Tim Moose Bruce… Breaker one four. This is Spiny Norman.

Josie Lawson… Hello Spiny Norman.Dont remember name.Do you remember mine from way back?

Tim Moose Bruce… I was on am from 81 to 85. My handle, Spiny Norman went on to be my nickname.

Josie Lawson… Tim Moose Bruce My handle was as I mentioned in the paper article. When I moved back to Hastings where I was born the computer took over. I have always been a communicater but hardly ever face to face except for the occasional times. I suppose that’s why I write. But I do miss my open ‘mic’ poetry readings. Even then I was shy…I tended to look above the heads. Was given this advice from someone else.Did you ever have a shoulder CB..tended to be used for 10.33 times

Tim Moose Bruce… I wanted a handheld rig but never got around to getting one. Had a Jaws 2 AM rig. Quite compact and a pa socket which got me in trouble with police a couple of times with the pa speaker under the car bonnet!

Josie Lawson…. Tim Moose Bruce I can remember a gigantic aerial on the side of my house. We used to go up on Ditchling Beacon to have meet ups… Here is a picture of me up there one day with the handheld CB on my shoulder

Josie Lawson… Ah! I wasn’t in AM -I was in FM

Chris Meachen… One four for a copy…

Tim Moose Bruce… Copy Golden Arrow..

Mick O’Dowd… That’s a copy Rubber Duck!

Roy Penfold… AM only for me – Garden Gnome…wonder why?

Sarah Harvey… I was (still am) a G4 licenced Radio Amateur FB OM …. 73s and 88s 🙂

Joe Knight… Great portland st and radio at the Ashdown club now gone

Tom Hodkin… Breaker 19 for a copy .. blue devil here . Eyeballing the Smokies…

Chris van Rock… I was gun runner !! Lol

Joe Knight… G8mwf

Sarah Harvey… G4NVQ

Dave Nattress… For a few years from about 1980 living in Bexhill but travelling every mile of every motorway in the UK with my job, week after week, just about everywhere, the CB radio a friend suggested I put in the cars of the time, was great fun. It might only have had a range of 10 miles or so, but great entertainment, left on the trucker’s channel – 19 was it? Also, one did get warnings of where accidents and bears were. Great fun. There were some amazing characters broadcasting, really helped the journeys along.

Peter Houghton… I used to be called voodoo man and a couple of others

CB Radio – the big switch 1981

Who Used To Have A CB Radio?