Does anybody still use a CB radio?
 

I have just been into cash converters and they have an old Binatone CB radio for £59.95.

This radio is very likely to be over 20-30 years old.

yet they can still demand such a high price for it, when I asked I was told they had sold others for around £100 recently.

Who to? my recollection of CB is that it is a dead duck, no one uses it now because Facebook is can be used on their mobile phone.

Are any of you using CB radio still?

(Truckers might still.)

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Sounds expensive that, I have seen them for a lot less on ebay.

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not on it it myself but know quite a few people who are,and i believe there are get togethers which attract quite a lot of people

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if cash converters are telling you the truth then they have found a few mugs .Dont be one of them and get one elsewhere like ebay as others have said

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I would not buy one, I have several packed away in the cellar.

Just curious if they are still used.

As above, I thin they found a few mugs or were telling me porkies.

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I've just bought a midland Alan 42 multi with "magmount" (£25,don't ask why :D),he even through in a couple of "old CB badges".
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C.B. is just n outdated toy as far as i'm concerned, never had one,pointless nobody talks to me anyway.:D

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Awwww poor c :bleedht:, it was one of them silly impulse buys, it'll probably get thrown in the garage with the rest of my junk after I've had a mess about with it :D

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I have 2 Roberts radios, both are CB and digital, one is internet as well.

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It's even legal in this country as well using almost all if not all the bands it can do. They have recently allowed the use of AM and even SSB in the UK to follow EU regs

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I'm a 'noob' to this CB malarkey....Do you use them? I hear, there use to be loads of folk on them but I've set mine up and I can't hear a thing except a loud hissing :D

Sorry Neil, that's just gibberish to me, I've never used one before so all this AM,SSB code means nothing ;)

I hear folk have "handles" is that just a oldskool term for a username?

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i picked one up in a mixed lot a few montsh back but its one for inside the car and came with teh huge ariel that was attatched to trucks and cars in the 80s lol

they go for around 50 quid on ebay but i havnt had the inclination to list it yet or indeed hook it up to a battery and test it

at least i know tehres 1 person out there if it works

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What make/model is it Jason? I sold one recently to someone I haven't seen in 20 odd years. Being a sad git I have a few knocking about and was about 50' of coax short of sticking an aerial on the house yesterday :D

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Still nothing as yet, I've managed to stop it hissing with the SQL button.
I also had a look on ebay and it looks like I'd be able to get my money back if I decide it's not for me.
If you do get it up and running , my "handle" is Jason :D

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It's a midland 42 Alan multi, please don't say I've got to put a areal on the roof to hear anything :(

I've managed to suss out how to stop it hissing and get it searching through the different channels, but still nothing as yet.....


....it's about 10 mins off going on EBay :D

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Can you hear me?

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Sorry m, only just seen this....I didn't hear anyone on it and I had it on for a good hour or so after coming off here.

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My Dad was a Radio ham and had an impressive set up in our front room...he was addicted to CB radio as well when it was all the rage......a long time ago now.

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:( Still not a peep from mine :(

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This reminds me of Die Hard 4, in which one of the computer geeks has a CB set-up. When all the computers are hacked and go down, CB will be a last resort.

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I'm saving mine for when the civil war starts in this country. I'm expecting it to be within my life time.

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Breaker breaker Freddy Laker,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,have you got your ears on good buddy 10-4

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Try channel 19

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Always a good choice ... I still have an old Cobra SSB hanging around someplace. Used it a lot when I lived in Saskatchewan (if you can pronounce that correctly, you become an honorable Stubble Jumper ... maybe even a Binder Pilot;)) They were great there ... country nice and flat, except for the Badlands. I used to go by "Wooden Nickel" The CB used to sit up on the dash of my truck, next to the Fuzz Buster.:D Of course, if you listened in on the truckers, you always knew where the Horsemen had set up their radar.

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You might have more luck with two tin cans and a pice of string! :p

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Any of y'all remember this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3VN54M1OXA

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Ooh you sarky Madame! :D

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It works, I heard someone mutter something about a lorry blocking the yard early this morning, I've tried all 40 channels with no joy :(......


....anyone want to swap for a pigeon, I'm not dropping my price to tin cans and string :D

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Aye, but us Brits do things differently. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-FZZ7ye7h8

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I remember this sad song about a crippled boy-sorry disabled boy.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5zoTLwrm9QE

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thast the dave channel isnt it ? :D

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Well Mugger be! I own a channel & know diddly about it? :eek: :D

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I have a ham radio transceiver which will cover the CB bands (receive only) and I have had a listen around, there seems to be a few tipper divers using CB to talk to each other about where they muck need tipping or picking up on building sites. Most of the drivers who work out of the Whinney hill quarry use them.

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What you need is some of these.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2_scscWfdw

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To be honest G, I've had enough of the ruddy thing already.
I've had it scanning all 40 channels and stuck on 19 and still not a peep except this morning when I briefly heard someone mutter about a truck.
I've not heard anything else all morning, maybe I need a roof aerial for better a signal, doubt I'll get one though :D

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Hand helds are always poor because of the aerials compare to car or house installs.
Are you sure you have it set to the right setting for UK? Should say UK on display. Select 19 and just leave it and see if you hear anyone after a while. When scanning it might miss transmissions. Here is a link to the manual if you don't have it http://www.midlandeurope.com/downloa...n-42-multi.pdf

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I've printed a copy of that manual Neil, cheers.
I've had enough of it, I've had it connected to that "magmount" and still sod all and I'm not buying a aerial for the roof so I might pick 1-2 folk up....

..... (like yourself) I may just put it away till we experience civil unrest,at least I know you'll be out there someplace and possibly accyman too :D

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Oh yeah because you'll be safe then talking to us 2 idiots :D

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Good point, eBay it is ;)

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Years since I used CB, however for those of you that would like something similar on your smartphone, there's an app for all types, try this:-
Zello. Live conversations.

You can set up your own group, password protected, use it as a walkie talkie at work or just contact complete strangers in your area.
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Yeah, I use them, they work very well

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hey if we need anyone to step outside and test for radiation he could come in handy coz his cb is mobile :D

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You will usually find someone called Stanley (I think) on in the evenings (9:30) having a waffle with some friends, he's in accy.

Your areal needs to be outside to work best but inside on a lot of metal (the fridge) may work well too however before transmitting the aerial really needs tuning to get the SWR down otherwise using it will give you both a poor outgoing signal and may blow the output stage.

There is still a community of cb'rs albeit very small, they tend to collect the radios for old times sake etc. The prices going on ebay are ridiculous and fradios are often re listed.

When the SHTF and mobile phones won't work, hell freezes over and planning laws are opened up then Cb might come back.
Until then its only us old wannabebackinthe80's-ers that will use it.

Or the local mosques to call people to prayer although they tend to use VHF\UHF radios instead.

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I did hear some wailing on a couple of channels this afternoon

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If you enjoyed the "wailing" Neil this might be right up your street :D
Mobile Islamic Handheld Mosque Azan Salah Namaaz Bayaan Receiver Scanner Radio | eBay

I'm thinking of buying a handheld scanner, not the above version though,apparently there's more going on on them than there is on the cb radio...

....does anyone know what sort of things you can hear on them nowadays?

You use to be able to listen to the emergency services,planes,ships etc.

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I would be surprised if that radio is legal, it transmits as well and I suspect you can't on those frequencies

Not sure what you can get now. I know my wife used to listen to the Police pulling me over when I used to drive home from her house at silly o'clock before we were married so about 20 years ago :D

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Are you sure she wasn't tipping them off on the CB to try to make sure you couldn't call round again?

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Of course not, she loves me :D