CB Radio?

[Will]

i had one back in the day storker 9 if i rember right. 80 channels am/fm and 1/2 channel shift fitted on a slide mount, great bit of kit. left it in the car one night, not there in the morning.

Here you go... This'll bring back memories for ya lol
Nice looking radio.

 

[saleen 192]

Didnt they used to boost the wattage as well of cb radio??

 

[July92RS]

I remember one of these with a K40 lip mount back in 1982 on my dad's car

 

[Will]

Didnt they used to boost the wattage as well of cb radio??

Yeah, you can use a power amplifier connected between the output of the CB radio and the antenna to get more power and longer distances. I seem to recall the CB slang for that being "using boots" lol, meaning kicking out more power I guess. I am pretty sure that was and still might be illegal. I think UK CB is restricted to 4 Watts. But others tried fiddling with the actual CB itself to try and "tweak" more power out of it. But that is never a good idea as it can ruin the quality of the signal and can eventually damage the CB. A bit like running nitrous on a standard car I suppose haha

 

[renchero]

thanks for picture. mine also had a k40 mike good bit of kit
a mate had a rig that was 4 watt or 10 watt at the flick of a switch as built not modified also it had 120 channels upper and lower side band am/fm and 1/2 band shift, i really wanted one but could not find one

 

[Will]

I remember one of these with a K40 lip mount back in 1982 on my dad's car


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Ahh yeah, I remember the Ham International. And the K40. As far as I remember you could get K40 antennas and mics. There was also an antenna called the Firestick. It was almost as thick as a piece of hosepipe lol

 

[Will]

thanks for picture. mine also had a k40 mike good bit of kit
a mate had a rig that was 4 watt or 10 watt at the flick of a switch as built not modified also it had 120 channels upper and lower side band am/fm and 1/2 band shift, i really wanted one but could not find one

You're right. I think some of the rigs were higher power on sideband.

 

[July92RS]

Ahh yeah, I remember the Ham International. And the K40. As far as I remember you could get K40 antennas and mics. There was also an antenna called the Firestick. It was almost as thick as a piece of hosepipe lol

Oh yes,,,the FIRESTICK and the DV27 Lol

 

[AmericanThunder]

What are you all on about? We didn’t communicate at all until the mobile phone!!!!

 

[Will]

What are you all on about? We didn’t communicate at all until the mobile phone!!!!

Haha good point! Those were the days when we did communicate...we met and SPOKE to
each other. No messages via social media back then! Nobody had 500 friends, many of which they had never actually met! lol