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

[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"