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Hi all - I'm an Abnormal Load Escorter based in South Wales. CB was big when I was in my teens - I (had) installed an CB into my Escort vehicle for comms with Abloads I escort (especially good for rolling starts/finishes). If I leave the CB on between jobs, all I seem to hear is bad language which is a shame.
I also have 5 iCOM PMR radios to hand if the truck has no CB (or its u/s!) or when we also have a Police escort.
Who are the main CB users these days - truckers, leisure, hobby.... ?

hi and welcome to the forum we have all sorts of users on cb if its got wheels,tracks or floats then there is someone who uses cb

Hello and welcome

South wales is home for me, currently only actually spend half the week there though

I have got cb mainly for Offroading, but use it for coms where ever.Find it useful in motorway jams not that i use motorways much though

Hi Folks,

I'm from Llantwit Major originaly but now live and work in Swansea.

I recently bought a rig with the intention of putting it into my catering trailer. As the trialer is not up and running yet I thought I'd try it out in the car. I've had a rig on and off over the last 28yrs or so but with BIG gaps inbetween.

It does seem very quiet on the the CB and yes I agree, the swearing is a pain, (and I'm in the Army)!!

Whereabouts are you guys from?

Hi there, I am also in South Wales. New to CB radio and its a bit quiet so far. I am in Barry and a few of us go on in the mornings. I am about 2 weeks into it, and heres how and why....I am aged 31, unemployed and trying to learn a skill. I decided to learn electronics as its always been a fascination of mine. Nothing radio related at first, but eventually I started building circuits and looked at making a little homemade FM reciever. Anyway my girlfriends Gramps is a 30 year CB rig-doctor expert and knows his stuff....He gave me my first radio about 2 weeks ago - BROKEN! and said "I know whats wrong with it but you want to learn so here you go!" I found a blown Power transistor within a day and he then gave me a load of stuff he no longer uses. Radios, Power supplies, 26 ft antena! So thats how I got involved. More a hobby and learning resource. I have spent more time fixing and fault finding than talking but its a big reward when I hear that call come back through!

Anyway sorry for the long post....my email is raser.13@hotmail.com and I'm in Barry. Would like to get more people on the radio so give me a shout. Ben (Call name is ''Aprentice'' thats what Gramps and his crew call me)

Newport based here, getting back into cb radios after a few years off. Mobile 4x4 once I can get that fecking swr down lol

welcome to the forum

I used to get many copies into south Wales when dx'ing from Carn Brea, which is an iron age hill fort near Redruth in Cornwall..and on occasions Eire also...They were a great old Celtic get together....Must try again sometime

Hello all" . I'm in merthyr tydfil and have just pulled out two of my old rigs from the late 80s. I bought a new antenna and away to go. I had a roger the first day but nothing since. Also got a (other company) master handheld and put it on now and then with nothing ........ Nobody out there it seems.

Hi, I'm from Bargoed in the Caerphilly Borough (Rhymney Valley to us older ones....lol). New to all this, although tried to dabble when I was a kid with my friends cb setup. Maybe we'll talk sometime, fellow Welshies....

Hello all. I've set my homebase up with old school harrier cbx and silver rod antenna and it;s surprising how many breakers are in the south wales area and i'm hearing breakers from Cardiff and Bristol. The old cb ing seems to be coming back.......

Hello!
I'm in Pembrokeshire West Wales, if you are ever in the area, try give me a shout on Ch. 19!!! See a lot of wide load trucks heading to caravn parks in the area.

Hello!

I'm a hobbiest, loads of us are too!