montana man:
ROG:
Smee:
I want to know who Roger is…
ME
and cue the “Airplane” cockpit sketch
Roger, Over
AND DONT CALL ME “SHIRLEY”
I used to use the “hog slayer”
because i hate harley’s
but im better now 
born and bred on the banks of the Tyne Keelman seemed appropriate and “she” of course was Cushie Butterfield, not so big though but a handful all the same
In the late early 80’s was Haircut100, then Lancashire lad… which i would still use today if on.
Always have been & always will be Tallyman - used to work for a finance company, selling & retrieving loans - not particularly proud of it but hence the Tallyman, & it’s stayed with me.
got mine in the early days and when i first went on it someone asked me my handle (which i didnt have) i looked up trying to think of one and there was stars in the sky so i thought “starlite” and its stuck ever since
same as on here, once got tols i was a neanderthal(spelling) and the name stuck. about right though…
salut
chris
Same as on here, Semtex.
Was named by the fitter on my first LGV driving job because I kept “destroying” things
passenger steps, bumpers, half shafts… 
When it was totally illegal and everybody was paranoid about Busby catching them I was know as Steam Hammer… No reason.
We had a large club set up around the area known as Boothferry Breakers Club and had BBC logos and clothing made up for club members.
The members were very proactive in getting the club and the CB legalised and our chairman was only known as Grave Digger. One day there was an announcement over the chicken box that Grave Digger had been killed and it was all over the airwaves. We had a member known as the Terminator who worked for Co-op funeral services. he had a CB in his hearse 
At the next meeting an unexpected guest turned up who used to be Grave Digger, he now had a new handle and a new CB after the raid on his house by the licensing authorities.
We held treasure hunts, club meetings and the finale was a massive beach party where there were supposed to be over 2000 guests coming. I think 50 turned up and the club was bankrupt.
We had cars, tractors, combine harvesters and trucks all with 3 foot firesticks and DV27’s riding round the area at all hours.
I suppose it was fun at the time but looking back it was a sad life we had.
10.10 
Semtex:
Same as on here, Semtex.Was named by the fitter on my first LGV driving job because I kept “destroying” things
passenger steps, bumpers, half shafts…
Forget all the above, I have been “christend” by my workmates at my new job.
My new handle is Penfold cos they think I look like him
“Oh Crikey Chief!!!”
My mate Gaz has a skinhead ,when he worked at Stobarts he was ‘GARIBALDI’
Quinney said
"When I got my first CB in about 1979,when I was 15,and was of course a totally illegal am set,my handle was Black Panther,and that remained with me for years. I remember going on the Convoys to try and get it legalised,which we eventually got,albeit totally useless because it differed to everwhere else in the world,because of the strange frequency arrangement.
But now as I’m into amateur radio,CB doesn’t do it for me anymore,and in fact before long,the old 27/81 frequency will no longer be legal as a CB frequency in this country,as it is being given over to ‘Community Radio.’ Confused
To harmonise us with our European cousins,the mid band frequency will be the adopted frequency. Rolling Eyes
Funny how we campaigned for that from the outset,and were told we couldn’t have it,but now our neighbours have it,it has suddenly become acceptable. Confused"
Personally I think 27MHz was wrong from the outset, UHF would have been much better. Having said that CB/81 got around one problem. Remember CB broke big at sunspot maximum and I can remember homebase setups getting as far as the next village then getting blown off by a continental (Italian?)
This still happens in summer as Sporadic E is independant of the sunspot cycle.
I knew about Ham radio from when I was at school (1967?) when my music teacher gave me a Heathkit catalogue. In my eyes CB went down the pan at Christmas '79 when everyone and their kids got one.
The government was NEVER going to allow Ancient Mode (interference issues) in fact most PMR services were shifted onto FM . Also the CEPT spec is FM on the mid band channels so NOT compatable with the American TXs dumped into Europe.
After what I experienced on 70cms I would like to have gone on 934 MHz
Quinney said
"When I got my first CB in about 1979,when I was 15,and was of course a totally illegal am set,my handle was Black Panther,and that remained with me for years. I remember going on the Convoys to try and get it legalised,which we eventually got,albeit totally useless because it differed to everwhere else in the world,because of the strange frequency arrangement.
But now as I’m into amateur radio,CB doesn’t do it for me anymore,and in fact before long,the old 27/81 frequency will no longer be legal as a CB frequency in this country,as it is being given over to ‘Community Radio.’ Confused
To harmonise us with our European cousins,the mid band frequency will be the adopted frequency. Rolling Eyes
Funny how we campaigned for that from the outset,and were told we couldn’t have it,but now our neighbours have it,it has suddenly become acceptable. Confused"
Personally I think 27MHz was wrong from the outset, UHF would have been much better. Having said that CB/81 got around one problem. Remember CB broke big at sunspot maximum and I can remember homebase setups getting as far as the next village then getting blown off by a continental (Italian?)
This still happens in summer as Sporadic E is independant of the sunspot cycle.
I knew about Ham radio from when I was at school (1967?) when my music teacher gave me a Heathkit catalogue. In my eyes CB went down the pan at Christmas '79 when everyone and their kids got one.
The government was NEVER going to allow Ancient Mode (interference issues) in fact most PMR services were shifted onto FM . Also the CEPT spec is FM on the mid band channels so NOT compatable with the American TXs dumped into Europe.
After what I experienced on 70cms I would like to have gone on 934 MHz
havent we came along way.remember when they were illegle the powers that be were frightend to death we would comunicate with one another and rise up
and then have the cheeck to ask for a licence fee.its a lot better now the muppets have gone
I used to be Diesel Gypsy but used Mothertrucker as well - and thats the one that stuck.