galenkia Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 12 minutes ago, boydeste said: I had mine when I first got a car at age 17, 4 of us mates all put them in so that we could keep in touch and meet up! Remember the days of people driving about with fucking great ariels on their cars. 😀 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Bird watching. The simple things are best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, galenkia said: Remember the days of people driving about with fucking great ariels on their cars. 😀 That was me, in the early days I used to fit a permanent one, then I graduated to a magmount that you could remove and hide from view. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 27 minutes ago, boydeste said: I had mine when I first got a car at age 17, 4 of us mates all put them in so that we could keep in touch and meet up! Mine was in my bedroom ... all my friends had them , was a craze at the time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Remember a mates dad had an ariel about 30 foot tall on his house,probably could have contacted Australia. 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code_slayer_bkk Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 57 minutes ago, boydeste said: That was me, in the early days I used to fit a permanent one, then I graduated to a magmount that you could remove and hide from view. We were into 8 track and cassette players that you could also remove and hide in your car .... you had to ... otherwise you would come back to your car with windows broken and your shit gone ..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 1 hour ago, galenkia said: Remember the days of people driving about with fucking great ariels on their cars. 😀 For early 23 channel CB, a quarter wavelength antenna was about 3 metres long. (Certain multiples and submultiples of the wavelength improved the efficiency of the antenna). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 4 hours ago, code_slayer_bkk said: We were into 8 track and cassette players that you could also remove and hide in your car .... you had to ... otherwise you would come back to your car with windows broken and your shit gone ..... I also had an 8 track player in that first car of mine. I loved the tunes that came out of that unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, fygjam said: For early 23 channel CB, a quarter wavelength antenna was about 3 metres long. (Certain multiples and submultiples of the wavelength improved the efficiency of the antenna). We had shorter antennas than that, about 1.5 meters I would guess, as long as you adjusted the SWR to match they worked pretty good on a car. I think from memory we had 40 channels on both AM and FM. I must see if I can find my units some time this week now it is warming up. Edited April 5, 2020 by boydeste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrogmonster Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 I used to have a commtron cb radio when I was a kid 555 This is the unit I have. Everything is done from the microphone and the small main box gets tucked away behind the dashboard.Just use it for listening when highway driving or up the beach or out bush.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 21 hours ago, Yesitisdakid said: And where will he find Mexicans here? Taco Taco? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers4Life Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 On 4/4/2020 at 9:40 PM, thegrogmonster said: Just finished installing a CB radio in my Jeep. Great idea during these times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code_slayer_bkk Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 1 hour ago, KWA said: Taco Taco? I would eat there .. for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqualung Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Just finished feeding the birds. Back inside for orange juice and a look at Argos' website for some sort of excercise aid. (first time for everything) Bugger all available that I'm interested so I've ordered an excercise bike from another site. Reviews state it can be assembled in 1 or 2 hours. So that's all day for me then 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Just done my daily walk, about 3 miles. Saw precisely 2 people and 3 dogs. The humans practiced social distancing. The dogs? Hmm.... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code_slayer_bkk Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Social distancing ... I wonder when they are gonna stop the 2 and 3-up on motorbikes here ... if ever .... Pretty weird I was thinking about that yesterday or the day before .... I read they are doing that in the Phils .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 3 hours ago, Painter said: Just done my daily walk, about 3 miles. Saw precisely 2 people and 3 dogs. The humans practiced social distancing. The dogs? Hmm.... Bliss! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesitisdakid Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 planning my busy day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Thinking about changing my hair style now that the gauze has started to fall off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 13 hours ago, code_slayer_bkk said: Social distancing ... I wonder when they are gonna stop the 2 and 3-up on motorbikes here ... if ever .... Pretty weird I was thinking about that yesterday or the day before .... I read they are doing that in the Phils .... I hope they don't resort to what they're doing in India. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumper63 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) Now that the cabinets are in I'm installing the new kitchen sink . Edited April 7, 2020 by thumper63 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 51 minutes ago, thumper63 said: Now that the cabinets are in I'm installing the new kitchen sink . Hate to break it to you, but you're installing it upside down. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrmango Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 10 hours ago, forcebwithu said: Hate to break it to you, but you're installing it upside down. Maybe he is in Australia..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skalliwag Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Watching the pros. My job was to hook the mesh,and float it into the concrete. This,is not my job. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Watching a fishing blog on FB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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