Social networking 30 years ago - CB (Citizens Band)

[Mguy]

Breaker break!

Whats your 2-8 and 2-0, over?

Roger good buddy.


I haven't heard these terms for a long time already and just today i realized, the CB phenomenon back in the 80s was a kind of social networking then. May meet-ups noon (doon yata nag-umpisa ang term na eyeball) with total strangers.

I just wonder if somebody is still using it nowadays.

10-4 good buddy! Over!

[12vdc]

Yes i remember,10codes Qcodes.haha.. That was 25yrs ago Marcos era up to early 90's hangang mauso na ang cellphone. CB usually on 40meter HF channels kahit ibang bansa nakakrating. I remember my dad used to be on amateur radio aka ham-mer meron din sya group sa commercial frequencies.. Complete rig nya, vhf hf transceivers,mosfet amplifiers, large power supplies with backup batteries, antennae rotator, ano paba yung mga sampayan na antenna. Very useful yan during those days na may calamities and civic activites.
I think they still exist especially in the provinces.

[safeorigin]

Hmmm... I remember those back when I was kid when my uncle randomly tunes the radio comms whenever he's bored to death from coordinating quarry trucks

[flakez]

mga fx driver at colorum na shuttle gamit pa rin to para makaiwas sa mga pulis at lto. hehehe. para na rin mamonitor nila kung san traffic at hindi.

[oj88]

Was on 2-meter from late 80's to early 90's.

Had an Icom 02N, 02AT, 28H and a Yaesu (the model escapes me). At home, I had a directional, 9-element stacked Yagi (02N + 80W RF booster). Had it for about a month then a storm took it out. Had the mast reconstructed and the antenna replaced with the Ringo Ranger 2. Years later, a storm took that out as well... cementing the end of my hobby. Anyway, magulo na rin ang air nung time na yun... jammers and jologs were taking the fun out of the hobby.

Those were the good 'ol days. This hobby got me interested at ECE.

[safeorigin]

I remember when they had huge antennas with magnets at the bottom

[oj88]

I remember when they had huge antennas with magnets at the bottom

Yep. Base-loaded 5/8-wave antenna stuck to the trunk of our '92 Sentra. Before that, it was on the roof of our 5-door Starlet.

Was a member of DX1UST. I think I stopped when I was in the middle of college, right when packet radio (not pocket) was starting to become popular.

[niky]

Never got to do the social networking bit... ours were on a private channel, for hospital use.

The CB was our telephone through the 80's. Telephone service was crappy in Laguna until the 90's. You can imagine trying to call home from school. We'd call our Las Piñas base, then they'd relay the message to the Biñan base, then the Biñan operator would call our parents via intercom with the message: "Typhoon po... walang classes ang mga bata... stranded sila sa school."

Typically took one to two hours for the message to get through. Unless they forgot the message, in which case, it'd take three to four...

[safeorigin]

mga fx driver at colorum na shuttle gamit pa rin to para makaiwas sa mga pulis at lto. hehehe. para na rin mamonitor nila kung san traffic at hindi.

there's a weird RF jammer in quezon ave. though. cab drivers refer to them as, "gumagawa ng kababalaghan"

[12vdc]

I remember when they had huge antennas with magnets at the bottom

And the clip-on antenna the one screwed in the rain gutter.. Lakas makakalawang, i remember mounted sa pickup Pathfinder namin.
Pinamana sakin ng dad ko yung rig, when i checked nasa stock room pa(Geezus, my dads a serious Hammer)

1 SWR meter
1 kenwood 21 series mobile-base
2 40meter band radio, (dnt remember the model but one is Icom other is Alinco multiband mga sin-laki ng shoe box.)
2 Yaesu handheld FT series
2 Icom 02n, 1 IC02A
2 Daiwa 60W linear amplifier
40A 13.8V Power Supply with 12v BackupBattery support (ampere pa noon ang sukat hindi Watts..lolz)
1 Zebra 15A power supply
1 set Rotator (still working and thinking of where can i install this.Outdoor Camera maybe..hmm)
Lots of used Belden RG8 and RG58 coaxial cables.
Yagi Uda tangal na elements
Omnis - F22 and F23 sira sira na ground element
5/8 Omni mobile
Yung 60 feet mast sa old house pinababa na since before year 2000, delikado bumagsak during typhoon.

[12vdc]

Was a member of DX1UST. I think I stopped when I was in the middle of college, right when packet radio (not pocket) was starting to become popular.

Packet radio - eto ba yung ginagawang modem ang transceiver, iba ang transmit sa receive frequency?? RTTY? The early age of QPSK and GPRS?

May mga kilala ako dyan na nakapag asawa dahil sa eyeball..
Mga NPA siguro saka si Batman gumagamit pa nyan. Seriously I think meron pa gumagamit because one time pumunta ako Ronquillo sa Sta Cruz, dami pa nagbebenta at nagpapa repair.. Sa Private-licensed frequency madalas pa din gamitin like security agencies, cab operators, logistics, oil refineries - pero channelized usually with repeater.

[badsekktor]

sobrang old school na to ah! dami ko nameet na chickababes nun panahon na yun!

[chrismarte]

Crossline na sa PLDT ang inabot ko:callme:

:rofl:

[mark_t]

Yep. Base-loaded 5/8-wave antenna stuck to the trunk of our '92 Sentra. Before that, it was on the roof of our 5-door Starlet.

Was a member of DX1UST. I think I stopped when I was in the middle of college, right when packet radio (not pocket) was starting to become popular.

I was with DX1DBT and we helped built your 2 element Cubical Quad.

Sometime 1992.

[safeorigin]

hmmm... we had dozens of Icom's before...

[boybi]

QSL! 10-4!

I still occasionally use amateur radios. I'm a member of a communications group here.

[oj88]

I was with DX1DBT and we helped built your 2 element Cubical Quad.

Sometime 1992.

Wow! You're a legend then. I was just a college freshman in '92.

[xander1925]

10-2 10-4

Also had this hobby, naka icom 02at ako nun he he... had met lots of friends here and until now they remain friends... QLY QSY QRM HE HE HE.....

nung nauso ang gsm txt messaging nawala na to.....miss the old days....everything is so simple back then... hayzzzzz

[jut703]

Might I just ask, what do the codes mean (i.e. 10-4)? :D

[Mguy]

Might I just ask, what do the codes mean (i.e. 10-4)? :D

Here is a copy of the 10-codes.

http://www.reactkaamulan.org.ph/pdffiles/10codes.pdf