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Remember your CB radio call sign?

MarkPalmer

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My father's call was KBBL7068, his handle was "The Yellow Dog." He had a GE 23 channel installed in his cream-yellow '77 Dodge, a car that was a complete piece of junk. So we as kids called the car, "The Yellow Dog's Yellow Lemon." Man growing up in the 70's was a blast!

-Mark-
 

comoman

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FCC Permit (KMK 1144) issued May of 1976. This was my second permit because I let my first one that I had in 1972 expire.

 

cmdrwill

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For CB calls, the FCC used numbers for the district/area. 11 was used for Southern California. Al LONG time ago....
 

DrTszap

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IIRC my dad's CB call was KBBT7991 (late '70s) - no clue though what ham call he had back in the late '40s-early'50s
 

bigbikerdude

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My CB Call sign

Just curious how many of you old timers on here still remember your CB radio call sign from the '60s and '70s?

Mine was KHP4917 in the year 1972

I think pressure from the capitalist criminals in the electronics industry killed licensing.
I think licensing was a good idea helping us identify each other and giving us a sense of legal.
 
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