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12-03-2012, 4:06 PM
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My Dad was KBKF-9922. His handle was Firebear, as he was a fire police officer (crowd and traffic control) for one of the fire companies in our township. He had a 40-channel mobile in the station wagon, which had an extra receive-only channel that...
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12-03-2012, 4:08 PM
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could be crystaled for another frequency. Anyone know what make/model this was? It was stolen one night when someone broke into the garage, then into the station wagon.
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12-03-2012, 8:58 PM
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Kfd5914 here
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12-03-2012, 11:19 PM
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I remember I was so pissed because I had just missed having a 3-letter call. All the newer calls were 4-letters. I was 13 when I got it in '74 but I wanted to be like the long timers out there so when I said my call, I'd run the a in with the k to sound like KKL0138 so I could be cool too  .
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12-07-2012, 11:10 PM
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KARI-4140 I think Had my CB taken out of my car while hanging in gunstore. I asked around and got it back! taken by one of the rough families in town
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12-08-2012, 10:00 AM
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KQA-8234 here. That number is branded on my brain for eternity. I still get a kick out of picking up a cb at a tag sale or flea market in the box and the fcc application is in there. I was in grade school and everyone in my class had a cb. I begged my parents for one and so did my older brother. We got one, but that was our christmas present combined! The only unit they could afford was the trc-68, the mini-23. No meter, no nothing. Volume, channels, and squelch. Thats it. But we made do until we could get a better unit. I still have that mini to this day. A million bucks I wouldnt sell it for, even though its probably worth $15.
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12-10-2012, 1:43 PM
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KADH5288 - Cost me $25 in 1976. Cost me a lot more in CB's (mobile & base stations), antennas & microphones during the next 5 years. Just picked up a new Cobra 148GTL and looking forward to being back on the air and getting my $25 worth. ;-)
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12-10-2012, 3:53 PM
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Kqa-7900....
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12-11-2012, 1:09 PM
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Originally Posted by trc68
KQA-8234 here. That number is branded on my brain for eternity. I still get a kick out of picking up a cb at a tag sale or flea market in the box and the fcc application is in there. I was in grade school and everyone in my class had a cb. I begged my parents for one and so did my older brother. We got one, but that was our christmas present combined! The only unit they could afford was the trc-68, the mini-23. No meter, no nothing. Volume, channels, and squelch. Thats it. But we made do until we could get a better unit. I still have that mini to this day. A million bucks I wouldnt sell it for, even though its probably worth $15.
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Started with a short wave radio, and heard kids chatting on 27 "Mcs!" Got a walkie to try to contact them, and I finally succeeded one night at around midnight in a snowstorm. Begged mom for a radio, and finally got one from Lafayette. Lots of kids in my school had them, and we would sometimes even do our homework together over the air. It was great for a kid like me who was an only child, and suddenly had a load of kids around my age to talk to!
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12-11-2012, 3:01 PM
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KDA-6263. Got it sometime around 1974 or 1975 when I was in Pensacola, Fl. Like others, it's etched in my memory as well.
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12-12-2012, 1:14 AM
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Picked up a Kraco radio and had the FCC sticker on it with name and call sign. I won't post the name but the call sign is KPP-8966. Would be cool if that belonged to someone here.
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12-12-2012, 9:42 PM
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Originally Posted by trc68
Picked up a Kraco radio and had the FCC sticker on it with name and call sign. I won't post the name but the call sign is KPP-8966. Would be cool if that belonged to someone here.
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Too bad the FCC doesn't post those old call signs on the internet! |
12-12-2012, 10:05 PM
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CB call signs
How about 19Q-4027?
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12-13-2012, 8:54 AM
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KML-9735
Funny how I can remember these things and
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12-17-2012, 11:44 AM
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KSY9664 here. Now I am N8JNT>
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12-17-2012, 12:24 PM
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Mine was KON 8517.
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12-17-2012, 1:09 PM
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OMG! Too long ago to remember what it was.
I used to race around in my V6 Ford Pinto like it was the Bandit's Trans Am.
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12-17-2012, 7:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ke4ruu
OMG! Too long ago to remember what it was.
I used to race around in my V6 Ford Pinto like it was the Bandit's Trans Am.
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hey that was almost too much motor for that car! My pop had a '74 Pinto wagon for a bit with that 2300cc 4banger. Extremely wimpy but somehow the simplicity of it was kinda nice. Fake wood slabs too lol
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12-21-2012, 2:22 PM
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Originally Posted by TheSpaceMan
Too bad the FCC doesn't post those old call signs on the internet!
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A place where you can search all the old call signs by name would be downright awesome. I thought mine was kqa-8234. I SWORE it was. My cousin has told me that was his. i don't know why his was so ingrained and I don't remember mine at all. Strange. |
12-22-2012, 2:04 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by trc68
A place where you can search all the old call signs by name would be downright awesome. I thought mine was kqa-8234. I SWORE it was. My cousin has told me that was his. i don't know why his was so ingrained and I don't remember mine at all. Strange.
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It would be great! I remember that I also had a WPE call sign that I got from Popular Electronics magazine. It was a registry that they had for short wave listeners, way back when! |
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