Remember your CB radio call sign?

[gmkelm]

Friend has one. He was offered $40K for it!!

I purchased the T/A new in 1977 drove it for two years and then traded it at the local Chevy dealer for a new K-5 Blazer V-8. Yup, looking back, a very stupid move.

I've seen that car go for $150K at one of the national celebrity car auctions on TV.

73

Mark

 

[TheSpaceMann]

I purchased the T/A new in 1977 drove it for two years and then traded it at the local Chevy dealer for a new K-5 Blazer V-8. Yup, looking back, a very stupid move.

I've seen that car go for $150K at one of the national celebrity car auctions on TV.

73

Mark

Yep! My friend's T/A is not even in great shape! Has some rust and dents, and could use new upholstery, paint, and an engine rebuild!! There is a company now that actually converts new Camaros into replica T/As.

 

[pmb1010]

KYR6837
Mid 70s or so.

 

[giguchan]

What a fun thread!!!

KBGJ6358 I think......

In the 80's I think..

While waiting for the license to arrive(running to the mailbox after school everyday) i think my temp was KRM- 11733(zipcode at the time)

 

[TheSpaceMann]

What a fun thread!!!

KBGJ6358 I think......

In the 80's I think..

While waiting for the license to arrive(running to the mailbox after school everyday) i think my temp was KRM- 11733(zipcode at the time)

Setauket LI? Still living there?

 

[giguchan]

Hey there,
I'm in Coram now and before that i was Port jeff station.... so i am still kinda in the area...


You from around here? WMHS 83'

 

[TheSpaceMann]

Hey there,
I'm in Coram now and before that i was Port jeff station.... so i am still kinda in the area...


You from around here? WMHS 83'

Used to live in The Bronx as a kid, and then on Kings Point Long IslandI! Used to work CB from the house as well as the boat when we traveled on the LI Sound out to the Hamptons. Might have spoken to you back in the '80s!

 

[KD1UA]

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

KBV9426

 

[potala1369]

Old CB call sign

Got my license in 1976, if I am not mistaken; received the call sign of KPN8448. Went by the handle of Southern Cross out of Lynn, MA

 

[VancouverScan]

CB call sign

Back in 1975 I wasn't old enough to apply so my dad did. KJS2331 was it and was good until 1980. I went by Lucky or Mr. Lucky. I was just at the old house cleaning it out after they passed and found the original station license from the FCC. Even found a box of my old QSL cards, almost all gone from sending them around the US after a connection. Those were the days of clean fun, well, living in Chicago, this was all the clean fun, lol.

 

[TheSpaceMann]

Back in 1975 I wasn't old enough to apply so my dad did. KJS2331 was it and was good until 1980. I went by Lucky or Mr. Lucky. I was just at the old house cleaning it out after they passed and found the original station license from the FCC. Even found a box of my old QSL cards, almost all gone from sending them around the US after a connection. Those were the days of clean fun, well, living in Chicago, this was all the clean fun, lol.

Brings back memories! Can you post a shot of that QSL? I found a bunch of old CB QSL cards at my parents home in the attic!

 

[chill30240]

KFN8011

 

[VancouverScan]

Brings back memories! Can you post a shot of that QSL? I found a bunch of old CB QSL cards at my parents home in the attic!

I will take a picture once I figure out which box they are in, so so so much stuff. Would be pretty cool if you have one of them from back then.

 

[ande2078]

KBY09625 I think 1974

Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

 

[SnowWalker]

Highway Cowboy. Started in 1958. KAB-4461. Ran Outlaw for two years but became a legit QSL in 1960. Still have the original some where in my box of old junk.

Got back into CB this summer when I moved to Canada as SNOW WALKER

 

[TheSpaceMann]

Highway Cowboy. Started in 1958. KAB-4461. Ran Outlaw for two years but became a legit QSL in 1960. Still have the original some where in my box of old junk.

Got back into CB this summer when I moved to Canada as SNOW WALKER

1958? That's when it all began! Do you remember what kind of equipment you were using way back then?

 

[SnowWalker]

1958? That's when it all began! Do you remember what kind of equipment you were using way back then?

It was still the old tube radio CB. I am not sure if I have this correct or not, I think the CBs had A & B, classifications back then. Many of the LD trucking companies were using military 5 channel radios left over from the Korean war. The CBs in the first two trucks I was on ("I need conformation from a radio guru on this") on this but I think they had - Realist - 10 channel class Bs. When I got a job with Trans America Express in 1960 all their drivers were required to have a QSL license. They had the new 23 channel Realistic (?) CB radios. They were still quite large at that time.

When Trans America sold out I got a coast to coast job with Trans Canada Express. (1965???- or so) We had to have external speakers wired into the new Motorola (??) radios because the motor and road noise was terrible in the old cab overs. All this seems so long ago.

 

[kd5pqv]

KDX 8240

 

[txff5150]

KOV 1379 MY FATHER'S call letters
KEO 0141 Our Organization call letters

 

[wratgas5]

CB Radio Call Signs

CB Call Sign in 1970 was KDS 7559 "This is KDS Seven, Double-Nickel Nine"

After the three year period the FCC allowed for the first call sign above; it changed to KAYD 6270 in late 1973; lost interest after that but had loads of fun.

My radio was a Tektronics Pacer II, Transmit/Receive Crystals (internal) Channels 1 through 9; Channels 10 through 23 were external (plugged into a jack on the front of the radio). Turner Power microphone; and Had a "Super Mag" antenna up on the roof of the house. With this setup I could talk under conditions of "skip" late at night to people as far away as Missouri.

My radio handle was "Redskin"; my High School's Mascot.