bigpimp 3 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 no mick, Tony passed away towards the end of last year, all information was on facebook CB radio in the nottingham i think it was, funeral was at wilford hill.. there's not many of the 'good ol boys' out there now.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Sad. I should have dropped in before Would like to hear the Boxer tapes, and any of Tony 'Rifleman', his last name escapes me? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigpimp 3 Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 some boxer tapes on http://livecbradio.co.ukunder the 'watergates' page. rifleman i had on MP3 and set up to the website but not playing due to having the 'glorious Alphas' instead. i have another load of tapes recorded by Boxer himself and Kath also.. just need to find a good host to have them all on something like soundcloud where they can be played from any position but not downloaded. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 I never got into cb myself but I distinctly remember a chap's call sign that went "river boat river boat on the side ready to slide" there was some great call signs. I had a short spell working for East Midlands airport and saw loads that the customs confiscated, the digger man had to crush brand new ones, I think at that time they became illeagle or something. not a very nice sight to see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnno 45 Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Hi all been having a look around the site cannot see a topic on the CB radio era...? whos going to own up to having an illegal CB radio my mate use to run the Chicken Shack in Netherfireld you got the TWINTUB on the side and satisfied..... comeon beep...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnno 45 Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 ahh right been moved to the topic brill did look but couldn't find..... anyway you have the TWINTUB here what was the TIN MAN......................? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnno 45 Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 where was the TIN MAN......................???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Legal CB SSB June 2014 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Manversboy 35 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Hi All, Hadn't seen this thread before, although I see it's being running for several years. The references to the "Alpha Organisation" and "One Alpha" caught my eye as I remember a "One Alpha" from my early ham radio days in the mid-60s, pre-CB, when local comms were mainly on 1.9 MHz using AM. "One Alpha" and another station "Picasso Radio" used to jam a lot of ham conversations and also broadcast rants with a distinct Nazi tinge, with recorded jack-boots marching in the background, etc! I believe OA was located somewhere along Alfred St South but he was a big signal around the city and over to Derby and Leicester. I listened to some of the OA stuff on the Live CB site (wouldn't work with FireFox, BTW) but the voice didn't sound familiar, although we're talking 50 years ago. Anyone else come across Mr Alpha in pre-CB days? Cheers, MB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Phil Cross, "Iron Cross", Gedling, had an early computer database of breakers names and addresses. We used to go out overnight tracking 'Turkeys'. I would think Phil would know who 'One Alpha' was. I do remember them Broadcasting from Gedling Park, one night early 80s' we tracked them down and spoke to them. I was quite surprised how different they were when we met them. Turkey Tracking entailed driving round to get best signal, then turning down RF Gain and driving round again, till signal peaked. Then removing antenna and connecting dummy loads, and doing the same. We could then use Dummy load whilst sitting outside their 'Twennees', (as in what's yer 'Ten Twennee', gud bud'). Their signal would show us as full until they turned down the RF gain, then nothing, indicating we were a fair way off. Until they looked out of their windows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Manversboy 35 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Hi M2M, Thanks for that info. It was a difficult position for the local hams as, strictly speaking, we weren't allowed by the GPO licence to reply to the likes of Alpha or jam pirate transmissions, though of course we did. Sometimes the pirates would come up under a genuine callsign and try and lure hams into a conversation, I was certainly caught like that a few times, especially in the evening when skip was better and hearing a station claiming to be a couple of 100 miles away was believable. I did have a listen to more 1 Alpha stuff on the web site and I now think one of the voices sounded like the 60s version of Alpha, complete with mad dictator laugh, no jack boots though, shame! Cheers MB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Itsearly 80s since I heard One Alpha but I remember the rhetoric. "Attention, this is One Alpha, who is going to help me push this cement mixer up Carlton Hill" Have you got a link to what you were listening to? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 There is a Nottingham CB Facebook Group CB radio users in nottingham in the 80's and 90's Where I found this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 The late Keith 'Boxer' is a member as is Pete 'Manxman' who I know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Manversboy 35 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Itsearly 80s since I heard One Alpha but I remember the rhetoric. "Attention, this is One Alpha, who is going to help me push this cement mixer up Carlton Hill" Have you got a link to what you were listening to? The link I listened to was http://livecbradio.co.uk/ Had to use Internet Explorer to load the audio tracks, wouldn't work with FireFox. The recordings are on a loop, I came in at the bit where 1A is sending Morse, badly. The "ranty" bit is later in the recording. MB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 I remember some of those names. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnno 45 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 as an old CB'er i was the Twintub used to be a Mr muscle,,, Dr daft....jelly fish....freight liner...... can anyone remember the chicken shack CB radio shop in netherfield....? we started the barrier-breakers club above the ..urm jacky bells... cant remember the real name of the pub Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigpimp 3 Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 i have a friend who claims to have some of the original Alphas on an old reel to reel, when he gets them on MP3 i'll upload them to the livecbradio site i also have another 10 hours of boxer and some o the bulwell hardnuts, 10-1 tom, betty happiness and smokey, my dogs bigger than yours, all typical brain dead CBer stuff but need to re record it all at a better sound quality, as well as the famous boxer rap and various boxer radio and songs he got played to him.. phil iron cross is still living where he did, cameras all over the house like he has a lot to hide.. radio at the moment is not the same, just half a dozen plebs that sit on 19 daily talking the same old crap.. on the website, I.E and all works ok, also if you use Chrome and install the I.E tab (plug-in) you can also play the streams and music.. the I.E plug in for firefox doesn't seem to work.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 I used to wind a few up by playing music to them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Manversboy 35 Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 i have a friend who claims to have some of the original Alphas on an old reel to reel, when he gets them on MP3 i'll upload them to the livecbradio site i also have another 10 hours of boxer and some o the bulwell hardnuts, 10-1 tom, betty happiness and smokey, my dogs bigger than yours, all typical brain dead CBer stuff but need to re record it all at a better sound quality, as well as the famous boxer rap and various boxer radio and songs he got played to him.. phil iron cross is still living where he did, cameras all over the house like he has a lot to hide.. radio at the moment is not the same, just half a dozen plebs that sit on 19 daily talking the same old crap.. on the website, I.E and all works ok, also if you use Chrome and install the I.E tab (plug-in) you can also play the streams and music.. the I.E plug in for firefox doesn't seem to work.. OK BP, Thanks. Can hear all the streaming audio OK with IE and I'll keep an eye on your site in case your mate finds the old Alpha stuff. MB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Think there was another thread floating around on here a fair while back I think re CB, my mum was heavily involved in cb radio, as being an elderly widow, it was her link to the outside world and she developed lots of new friends directly from her cb radio days. She was in a club too and I'm sire they used to meet at Mapperley golf club sometimes When I had to clear her house in 2005 she still had all the gear in a box in the spare room, shame but it all went in the skip ! The big aerial I put up for her was still attached to the back wall of the house though, as it was just too hard for me to get up there then to remove. She also had a long wire antennae that someone had put up for her, and a shortwave receiver, which I did hang onto but later sold. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Was there a cb shop opposite home ales in '80-'83?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Bulwell had one too ! Then another at the old Co-op site just before Moorbridge roundabout called "Breakers 20". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnno 45 Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 I had a president Veep paid £65 for it almost a weeks wage back in those days and I can say I was the third person to have one in carlton netherfield switched it on and heard nothing ......... until around 4:30 and Jellyfish came home from work.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black velvet 1 Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 Back in the 80s in Mansfield there were many users. We always used to meet up on Thursday night. There was Mr blue sky Angel delight Renegade Black lady Black velvet Can any on else remember 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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