CB Radio talk and disputes 1969 Philadelphia PA

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Audio clips of CB, or Citizen Band Radio, as it was heard in 1969 in the Philadelphia PA area. The original tube CB radio that made these recordings is pictured in live video. The other pictures demonstrate examples of CB radios and accessories from the dominant players of the era. There were lots of independent manufacturers, especially for accessories. To adjust for inflation, multiply the prices shown by 6X to see what these items cost in 2021 dollars.

In 1969, transistorized radios were inferior to tube sets. But the amount of labor required to hand wire tube radios will be evident in this video. Cheaper transistors and IC's would soon replace old fashioned tube radios.

CB was originally intended for essential business and personal use only, but morphed into a free for all by the 1980s. But in the early days, CB was fairly civilized and "dirty words" were strictly forbidden by the FCC. Power output was limited to 5 watts, but Ham radio linear amplifiers were used illegally by some.

There were no cell phones or internet, so CB was a companion to many, especially on the road. Strangers and friends of all ages and backgrounds chatted in groups on one of just 23 channels, later expanded to 40 in the 1970s. Because of the limited channels, people would sometimes get angry when others were talking on "their channel". A typical fight is heard here, but it was all bluster.

I believe this is the oldest example of CB radio chatter on YouTube.
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Listen to that punchy modulation from the tube rigs of those days. Excellent audio 👍

superbengal
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The Tube rigs had fantastic audio and a lot more fun to use

davidmacphee
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Wow, what a time warp! Brought back some really fond memories of when CB still had some sence of deciency. The worst words hell and damn... and this was in '69 ? Awsome post!

bobanalog
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I could listen to that over and over. All those rig's were glowing and, all almost excellent. Great throwback recording. Every cber should hear this.

q
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😂--- I could listen to this all day long. this brought back so many great memories... thanks for the smiles and laughter....

fuzzy
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My grandmother purchased two units when I was a young boy. She lived up on a mountain about 30 miles away. I believe they were Royce units. She had my father install one at our house and he also installed one at her house. Every night I would call her and talk to her. It was a big deal as a kid.

TELEVISIONARCHIVES
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Quality recordings. Nice job. Hope it encourages others to dig through old recordings and post. Don't see many like this.

val
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My dad had the beam shown at 4:45 on top of his tower on the far eastside of Indianapolis. Back in the late 60's he ran a Browning S/9 transmitter and R2700a receiver along with (if needed) a Knight T-175 amplifier which then went into his Drake W4 watt meter. He had a Johnson Messenger 323 in the car with a Lafayette HA-250 amplifier. I still remember those radios very well, as a kid I stared at them for hours listening to him talk skip on early Sunday mornings. Great memories.

orange
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I restore old CB's for a living and nothing sounds as good as tube audio. Lafayette, Robyn, Teaberry, Colt, Tram, There were so many good radios back then. So sad the quality of CB's has dropped so far over the years.

mikesradiorepair
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Those radios sound a lot better than today.

substance
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Great stuff, brings back a ton of memories of the many hours of great fun on the CB back in the day. You should add more recordings if you have them and by the way, the audio on these clips are great too.

andythrasher
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This has to be the best CB video on YouTube. This is an amazing high quality audio time capsule from 1969.

joeblow
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first CB in 1965 led to my Novice license in 1967 and still on the air here daily ( HF CW ) in 2020 ... Thanks for a great start Citizens band ...it worked and it did what it was intended to do ...

sparky
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It just shows you how great these older radios sounded on AM 50 years ago or so. The recording is great, but so were the radios.
Newer radios are crap compared to these old sets.

scottcarlson
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I miss the good ole days of CB radio and un-censored communication.

Sky
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Much more civilized than 75 meters today.

VanishingNomad
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Utterly brilliant! I was a kid in those days and this recording NAILED it! Thanks for the memories! :--)

Arthur Godfrey reference - PRICELESS!

canuckcoffeecanada
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Man im definetly going to get a tube cb now. They sound and look awesome!

johnharrington
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Wow man, HIFI modulation with those 60's tube cb radio's is 50x better than today's transistor radio's and a zillion times better than DRM !!

zeproo
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Got into the hobby with my dad in 1969. Started out with a Lafayette HB 600 and an Astro Beam. Moved on to Siltronix 1011 and then a Yeasu FT 101B with a PDL 2 beam. Good times.

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