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Call Sign : 26-CT-3520. Foundation & Intermediate Ham Posts : 48 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2020-05-04 QTH or Location : Telford, Shropshire Equipment Used : Uniden 200. SS6900N, Yaesu FT8900, Alinco DX77E, Alinco DX70
Subject: Old CB'er returning to the CB world. (Issued) Mon May 04, 2020 4:47 pm
Hi.
Can I request a CT callsign please.
Thanks
David
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3520. Foundation & Intermediate Ham Posts : 48 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2020-05-04 QTH or Location : Telford, Shropshire Equipment Used : Uniden 200. SS6900N, Yaesu FT8900, Alinco DX77E, Alinco DX70
Subject: Old CB'er returning to the CB world. Mon May 04, 2020 4:51 pm
Hi All
Returning back to CB (11 meters). I started back on CB in August 2019, prior to that I used to be on the Auntie Mary (AM) back in 1979 and started on legal CB (FM) on day One when 27/81 was legalised in 1981. Stayed with CB until the late 1980's and packed up and sold most of my CB gear (a considerable amount of gear !). 2 House moves later and its 2019, (some 30+ years later) went up in the loft to search for something and came across a box with a few CB 'twigs' in, a couple of PSU's and a Uniden 100 and some RG58 coax. The 'twigs' were an AK47 base loaded coil mobile antenna, a Half Breed base loaded coil whip antenna and a DV27.
That was the start of my return to CB radio, I bought a Sirio Boomerang A for homebase use (later to be replaced by a Sirio GPE 5/8 wave) and a Thunderpole T800 80 channel rig along with a TTI 881 80 channel rig. A s/h Uniden 200 arrived to be the mobile rig for DX'ing.
Passed my Ham Radio Foundation Licence in Jan 2020 . I'm now active on 70cms, 2m, 6m, 10m using the Yaesu FT8900R and the Superstar 6900 on 10m SSB and 11m (CB).
Thats all for now. Oh I'm in the Telford area.
ADMIN, can I have a CT callsign please or pretty please
GaryWilson CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-1836 Ham 2E0GGQ Posts : 4450 Times Thanked : 382 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Redcar, North Yorkshire. Equipment Used : Radios & Wires & Stuff! Age : 59
Subject: Re: Old CB'er returning to the CB world. (Issued) Mon May 04, 2020 7:29 pm
Hello David, welcome to the forum.
I am delighted to allocate you 26-CT-3520 may you have good luck with it.
73's Gary.
C.T. Admin.
John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4493 Times Thanked : 161 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
Subject: Re: Old CB'er returning to the CB world. (Issued) Mon May 04, 2020 11:48 pm
Hello and welcome, David.
73s John.
StevieG Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3239 , Jolly Roger 272, 26-TG-987 , 26-RB-060 , 26-CO-3239 Posts : 2522 Times Thanked : 120 Join date : 2019-09-30 QTH or Location : SW London Equipment Used : Icom IC 7610, Stryker sr955hpc, Colt Excalibur SSB, President GrantII JacksonII McKinley EU, CRTSS6900N,CRTSS9900, KPO DX5000 Plus, Cobra 148 GTL-DX MK2, Cobra 2000 GTL, Zetagi B550p, Bremi BRL200, RM KL200P, KL203P, KL703, Sirio 4000, Sirio 3000 Bull, Stryker SR-A10, Antron99 Fire up , Hawkins Thunderbolt SSD58+ , Sirio 827, Heil pro micro headset, KPO NM532-KPO NM452- Astatic 575M6 Astatic D104 Silver Eagle, Delta M2 , UR6QW 8 Band eq, Uniden and AOR scanner Age : 63
Subject: Re: Old CB'er returning to the CB world. (Issued) Tue May 05, 2020 7:27 am
Hi David, welcome to the CTDX group 73s Steve.
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3520. Foundation & Intermediate Ham Posts : 48 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2020-05-04 QTH or Location : Telford, Shropshire Equipment Used : Uniden 200. SS6900N, Yaesu FT8900, Alinco DX77E, Alinco DX70
Subject: Re: Old CB'er returning to the CB world. (Issued) Tue May 05, 2020 12:48 pm
Thanks Guys
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3520. Foundation & Intermediate Ham Posts : 48 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2020-05-04 QTH or Location : Telford, Shropshire Equipment Used : Uniden 200. SS6900N, Yaesu FT8900, Alinco DX77E, Alinco DX70
Subject: Re: Old CB'er returning to the CB world. (Issued) Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:04 pm
DV1701 wrote:
UPDATE.
Hi All
Returning back to CB (11 meters). I started back on CB in August 2019, prior to that I used to be on the Auntie Mary (AM) back in 1979 and started on legal CB (FM) on day One when 27/81 was legalised in 1981. Stayed with CB until the late 1980's and packed up and sold most of my CB gear (a considerable amount of gear !). 2 House moves later and its 2019, (some 30+ years later) went up in the loft to search for something and came across a box with a few CB 'twigs' in, a couple of PSU's and a Uniden 100 and some RG58 coax. The 'twigs' were an AK47 base loaded coil mobile antenna, a Half Breed base loaded coil whip antenna and a DV27.
That was the start of my return to CB radio, I bought a Sirio Boomerang A for homebase use (later to be replaced by a Sirio GPE 5/8 wave) and a Thunderpole T800 80 channel rig along with a TTI 881 80 channel rig. A s/h Uniden 200 arrived to be the mobile rig for DX'ing.
Passed my Ham Radio Foundation Licence in Jan 2020 . I'm now active on 70cms, 2m, 6m, 10m using the Yaesu FT8900R and the Superstar 6900 on 10m SSB and 11m (CB).
Addition :- Just passed my Ham Radio Intermediate Licence in Aug 2020 and now active on 80m (3Mhz) upwards thru to 70cms. Still love going on the old CB (chicken box) 11m
John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4493 Times Thanked : 161 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
Subject: Re: Old CB'er returning to the CB world. (Issued) Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:31 pm
Well done on passing you intermediate exam, David.
73s John.
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Subject: Old CB'er returning to the CB world. (Issued) 
in Jan 2020 
. I'm now active on 70cms, 2m, 6m, 10m using the Yaesu FT8900R and the Superstar 6900 on 10m SSB and 11m (CB).
