I really enjoyed watching this film, I was 18 at the time, so for me this film is about what people were wearing, and the cars they drove etc. Enjoyed looking at the buildings, "Laing" construction, a very familiar name to me, and early DAF truck, fascinating. Quite good camera work too, most people tend to wave the thing around.
All in all, you have a lovely piece of film footage here, Im glad you posted it. Thanks.
WOW this had nothing to do with the years coming change with that thing called CB27/81? I brought or rather my dad brought me an illegal Cobra 148 GTL-DX because I wasn't going to play ball in early/mid 1980 when I got my first snake. It was so fun moderating on the SSB DX-ing oh those where the days, and I kinder miss them now.
Hey I am glad you all like my video, I took it many year ago on my cine camera at the time, it was one sunday morning, I was known as BLACK NIGHT, I kept the cine clip (sorry did not have sound in them days) hoping one day someone would enjoy it, and i think it has, thanks all, i am the one in the clip at time 3:12 with blue white and red jacket on arm, and holding banner up, 10:10 til we do it again, cheers.
I don't know how popular cb is these days, but it's so strange to see how much things have changed in the last 30 years. We went from talking on the radio to communicating via the internet. I can remember back in 1998, talking to someone for the first time using a computer microphone and a voice chat application,the person which I was talking to was also a past cb'er. Most youngsters will look at you funny if you even mention cb/amateur radio, It's ancient to them.
ive had 100s of rigs over the years, harrier cbx, harrier cbhq, audioline pt345 homebase, stalker st9fdx, superstar 360, maxcom 4e,20e and 30e, amstrad cb 900 and 901 with the roger bleep everyone use to hate,colt black shadow, tristar 777, fidelity 2000, fidelity 3000 homebase, stalker xx homebase, lafayette 1200fm, york 863, york 869 homebase, presisdent jfk, harvard 410t handheld, eurosonic handheld, midland 77-999, midland 30001,... antron 99, dipole, k40
The 934 Mhz band is still alive and kicking apparently without any complaints, without any significant interference problems. European enthusiasts in Holland apparently keep their 934 radios on with high gain yagies pointing at the UK. Also an increasing number of Irish stations are going 934 for the fun of it. Enjoy... I'll post some videos in a few months of some of that activity.
and I was on it too 934mhz ok there was a massive amount of radio amateurs on it but all in all it was a fantastic band and a lot quieter than the old 27mhz no static or QSB or anything just christal clear copys I had a cybernet c.b 934 and I've still got it and I've got a ROTEL RVC 240 remember them folks? and a midland power max a york cbs homebase and a midland porta pak remember all them great radios I've still got them all and still use em today to this date 73's all stephen M3SNV.
good video but where is the audio it's a real shame it didn't have any audio in it really good video tho and to think all those people all over the united kingdom fighted to get it legalised and now C.B radio is licence free like PMR 446 just amazes me what this country is going to do next god only knows and last thing I'd like to say is 934mhz C.B should of never got shut down it should of been left as it was insted of these stupid fucking mobile phones that was the best thing ever for c.b 934.
Bloody hell, I was on this demo. I got the shock of my life when i came across this video. Thanks so much for this i am so shocked to see it. I have watched it over and over but i cannot see myself but vaguely remember some faces. Brilliant what an unexpected pleasure thanks again.
I went on a couple of these marches ,only 11/12 at the time.........but still use 27/81 CB Radio............30 years on.........an upsurge in operators here in North Lincolnshire UK.
They gave us 934 Mhz at the same time as 27 Mhz in 1981 - Google "Reftec 934" who were the only company making 934 Mhz equipment at the time. The second 27 Mhz (old US channels) band was legalised later.
Actually the 27mhz band they gave us is used nowhere else in the world. They did this to make sure taxes were paid on the radios being used and make obsolete the US AM radios that were being illegally imported.The 934mhz band was dropped later on. Recently we also got the european CEPT band and even more recently they dropped the requirement to pay for a licence. CB is still alive and well and being used by enthusiasts.
Labour were against CB but Tories were for it. Weird! I suppose the Cons wanted to make dosh out of the licence fee. I have a newspaper article from 1980 about model aircraft users complaining that legalisation of CB would upset their frequencies. As if! For something invented in the 1940s, it took a long time to get legalised in the UK. One of my early 80s CB mags states that first illegal usage here took place in the mid 1960s.
If it wasn't for people like these, we may never have had cb legalised in the UK. I was 8 when this took place, I got my first cb when I was about 12 and still use it now. cb is far from dead, lots of people still use them. I love it and would never give it up.
I still use it occasionally and still have an AM rig and boxes and boxes of kit in the loft doing nothing. Its sad really that it has almost dissapeared. I know we have internet forums and mobiles and text messaging but I think I never met more people than I did when I had a CB. I still use mine when i am out on the road and it provides a welcome relief from the boredom of sitting in traffic.
back in the day when the ppl of the uk had a back bone and stood up for what they wanted. supposed to be making a comeback now theres no license fee. woop :)
I really enjoyed watching this film, I was 18 at the time, so for me this film is about what people were wearing, and the cars they drove etc. Enjoyed looking at the buildings, "Laing" construction, a very familiar name to me, and early DAF truck, fascinating. Quite good camera work too, most people tend to wave the thing around.
All in all, you have a lovely piece of film footage here, Im glad you posted it. Thanks.
Paul :-)
Bevoin1970 7 months ago
Sorry to say, it was not by government, it was arrenged by ourselves, and i was the person that took the cine film all those years back.
vodazone8 7 months ago
Amazing video, this lot should be known as the forefathers. Well done.
millaurbana 11 months ago
Can`t believe there was such a big demo to bring in CB radio.Why?
peaceman1234567 1 year ago
I think most of us that used am sets now believe it was much better before it became legal. I really miss them days
darynsax 1 year ago
WOW this had nothing to do with the years coming change with that thing called CB27/81? I brought or rather my dad brought me an illegal Cobra 148 GTL-DX because I wasn't going to play ball in early/mid 1980 when I got my first snake. It was so fun moderating on the SSB DX-ing oh those where the days, and I kinder miss them now.
EmpireLS56KW 1 year ago
Hey I am glad you all like my video, I took it many year ago on my cine camera at the time, it was one sunday morning, I was known as BLACK NIGHT, I kept the cine clip (sorry did not have sound in them days) hoping one day someone would enjoy it, and i think it has, thanks all, i am the one in the clip at time 3:12 with blue white and red jacket on arm, and holding banner up, 10:10 til we do it again, cheers.
vodazone8 1 year ago
I don't know how popular cb is these days, but it's so strange to see how much things have changed in the last 30 years. We went from talking on the radio to communicating via the internet. I can remember back in 1998, talking to someone for the first time using a computer microphone and a voice chat application,the person which I was talking to was also a past cb'er. Most youngsters will look at you funny if you even mention cb/amateur radio, It's ancient to them.
beast6228 1 year ago
What a great bit of vintage film..
ive had 100s of rigs over the years, harrier cbx, harrier cbhq, audioline pt345 homebase, stalker st9fdx, superstar 360, maxcom 4e,20e and 30e, amstrad cb 900 and 901 with the roger bleep everyone use to hate,colt black shadow, tristar 777, fidelity 2000, fidelity 3000 homebase, stalker xx homebase, lafayette 1200fm, york 863, york 869 homebase, presisdent jfk, harvard 410t handheld, eurosonic handheld, midland 77-999, midland 30001,... antron 99, dipole, k40
26highstreet 1 year ago
contiuned..
firesticks, magmounts, gutter mounts, sadelta me 3 mic, sadelta echo master desk mike, turner desk mike, altai power echo mike..
best cb radios i had..
Ham jumbo homebase, midland homebase,jeasan homebase, rotel rvc 240 mobile, cybernet beta mobile, nato 2000 mobile...
etc etc etc..
burners, swr meters, dummy loads, patch leads, 3,5,7,10 and 15 amp power supplies.
all gone now except for my magpie 5000 auto scan its going to be buried with me when i die... paid £100 for it back in 86
26highstreet 1 year ago
The 934 Mhz band is still alive and kicking apparently without any complaints, without any significant interference problems. European enthusiasts in Holland apparently keep their 934 radios on with high gain yagies pointing at the UK. Also an increasing number of Irish stations are going 934 for the fun of it. Enjoy... I'll post some videos in a few months of some of that activity.
RamjetUhf 1 year ago
Did anybody spot Ian G4ZPZ with shades and green stripped top, holding flag?
pieman192 2 years ago
and I was on it too 934mhz ok there was a massive amount of radio amateurs on it but all in all it was a fantastic band and a lot quieter than the old 27mhz no static or QSB or anything just christal clear copys I had a cybernet c.b 934 and I've still got it and I've got a ROTEL RVC 240 remember them folks? and a midland power max a york cbs homebase and a midland porta pak remember all them great radios I've still got them all and still use em today to this date 73's all stephen M3SNV.
helraiser666painkil 2 years ago
good video but where is the audio it's a real shame it didn't have any audio in it really good video tho and to think all those people all over the united kingdom fighted to get it legalised and now C.B radio is licence free like PMR 446 just amazes me what this country is going to do next god only knows and last thing I'd like to say is 934mhz C.B should of never got shut down it should of been left as it was insted of these stupid fucking mobile phones that was the best thing ever for c.b 934.
helraiser666painkil 2 years ago
Bloody hell, I was on this demo. I got the shock of my life when i came across this video. Thanks so much for this i am so shocked to see it. I have watched it over and over but i cannot see myself but vaguely remember some faces. Brilliant what an unexpected pleasure thanks again.
nigel220763 2 years ago
I went on a couple of these marches ,only 11/12 at the time.........but still use 27/81 CB Radio............30 years on.........an upsurge in operators here in North Lincolnshire UK.
m0ogy 2 years ago
this is why i always tell cbrs here in the states nothing was just given to us we had to fight for it at one time. use the bands dont abuse them
good video vodazone.
73s from usa
ozone cruizer
bunker2k1 2 years ago
Wow, I just heard about this movement.
Didn't you folks in the UK want 27Mhz but the government wanted to give you something in the 145Mhz band?
KineticRic 3 years ago
They gave us 2 bands - 27mhz FM and 934 mhz FM
Cromper 3 years ago
they gave us 40 ch 27mhz in the 80s and the 934 mhz in the 90s which made us 80ch
zedster12 3 years ago
They gave us 934 Mhz at the same time as 27 Mhz in 1981 - Google "Reftec 934" who were the only company making 934 Mhz equipment at the time. The second 27 Mhz (old US channels) band was legalised later.
Cromper 3 years ago
oops
zedster12 3 years ago
Actually the 27mhz band they gave us is used nowhere else in the world. They did this to make sure taxes were paid on the radios being used and make obsolete the US AM radios that were being illegally imported.The 934mhz band was dropped later on. Recently we also got the european CEPT band and even more recently they dropped the requirement to pay for a licence. CB is still alive and well and being used by enthusiasts.
bytesabre 2 years ago
Labour were against CB but Tories were for it. Weird! I suppose the Cons wanted to make dosh out of the licence fee. I have a newspaper article from 1980 about model aircraft users complaining that legalisation of CB would upset their frequencies. As if! For something invented in the 1940s, it took a long time to get legalised in the UK. One of my early 80s CB mags states that first illegal usage here took place in the mid 1960s.
happylad65 3 years ago
Yep - ironic that "evil" Maggie legalised liberating CB radio. But that's what the Tories were about - giving things back to the general public.
Cromper 3 years ago
If it wasn't for people like these, we may never have had cb legalised in the UK. I was 8 when this took place, I got my first cb when I was about 12 and still use it now. cb is far from dead, lots of people still use them. I love it and would never give it up.
blinkynoo 3 years ago
im in southampton-we still got a few on the cb down here..
Deanthedude 3 years ago
I still use it occasionally and still have an AM rig and boxes and boxes of kit in the loft doing nothing. Its sad really that it has almost dissapeared. I know we have internet forums and mobiles and text messaging but I think I never met more people than I did when I had a CB. I still use mine when i am out on the road and it provides a welcome relief from the boredom of sitting in traffic.
herefordmsv 3 years ago
back in the day when the ppl of the uk had a back bone and stood up for what they wanted. supposed to be making a comeback now theres no license fee. woop :)
porker944 4 years ago
i wonder how many still use CB,at a guess i'd say none, i went on to play big boy radio and took the A Class ham radio thing..
TelfordO 4 years ago
wish we could go back to the days like this yes bring them on any one got a photo of the demo we held in wakefield in about 1984
bigboyplay 4 years ago
1984 why was that? thought it was made legal in 81 hence the numbers 27/81 stamped on the front.
porker944 4 years ago
Wow! One from the archives!!
Brings back some memories!
f1lby 4 years ago