cb radio folks from the past where are they now? (Springfield: home, live)

[frugal shoping guy]

Back in the 70's and 80's, cb radio was alive and well. Some names i thought of are Dirty Dollar, Mudflap, Billygoat, Blue Bonnet, Big Apple, Flag Stone, Green Hair, the Mouse, my mind went blank. Can any of you add some names? Please keep it in the 70's/80's. I went by Cotton Head. My first mobile radio was a Royce 612 23 channel I bought at Montgomery Wards at Springfield mall, and a Turner Roadking 70j mic at Radio Shack. It would be nice here some names of the past.DEVIOUS MADISON,VA

[Flamingo13]

I had one! Growing up in PA I think most did - we just dropped of four boxes full of CB "stuff" to someone that might like that sort of thing, that a friend gave us from her brothers' estate - I was Shortcake - ah, some memories........

[car54]

My first CB was a Heathkit that I assembled from a kit in 1966. It had tubes and to change channels you had remove one set of crystals and plug in the set for the channel you wanted.

You needed a license back then, and you used your call letters when broadcasting....no handles! You could get in serious trouble with the FCC if you broke the rules. There were actually legitimate uses for CBs back then.

By the time "handles" became popular, the FCC had abandoned all attempts to regulate the use of the band and CBs became playtoys.

PS: I still have it and it still works...however the HUGE antenna on the roof that drove my mother crazy is long gone! LOL

[michgc]

My handle was Bookworm. I used to talk to my friend whose handle was Marshmallow. Aaah, the good old days.

[leighland]

My brother is a storm chaser in OK and KS (his films/photos have been featured in National Geographic/the national networks, etc.). He uses CB for storm chasing. I do not know his handle but I'll ask now.

[AE 704]

Hi All. I am an old CBer from the 70s and a ham op. I still have more fun talking on CB because you do not have to have a license. I have been collecting some of the old radios and walkie talkies and mics that I used to have on ebay. I sure wish there could be a regrowth of the hobby again. There really is no internet/cell phone equivalent of the party line that you have going with a busy, well used home channel! What fun used to be had! Steve in Boise, Idaho, Goldminer on CB.

[Deez Nuttz]

I would imagine most of the ones with CB handles have since passed on or they decided to abandon 11 meters all together and go for their amateur radio license. The handles were made up unlike amateur licenses which are kept on file.

Around here, CB is mostly dead silence, except for the occasional truck driver, a few locals or when skip rolls in.

Speaking of Royce 612's, I used to have a 612 from 1976 that someone gave to me for free. Ended up putting it on eBay. Wasn't Royce one of the cheapo CB's from the 70's?