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CB Daze – CB and the 70’s |
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By Larry Shaunce |
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WD0AKX KAE-5151 ex KBX-2324
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Do you remember CB, when it was at its peak? |
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They’d almost bust the doors down, just to get a peek |
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At the latest rigs and the hottest mics |
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Ah, the D-104 which everyone liked! |
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The channels were crowded, especially 19 |
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And you certainly remember that lower 16 |
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Everyone had one, young and old |
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Some had many and were very bold! |
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Then there were 40 and I was at loss |
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I couldn’t go there because of the cost |
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My rig was outdated, I felt out of place |
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But sooner or later I’d join in the race |
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Red Ryder they called me when I got on the air |
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With my Pace base I could talk to them all |
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My PDL-II and my rotor were there |
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I was set up and ready for the extra long haul |
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With my D104 and my logbook at hand |
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I’d get on the air and heat up the band |
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Yes, I would shoot skip and made many a friend |
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Not knowing someday it would come to an end |
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There was Kraco, Handic, Midland and Craig |
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And rarely a contact that I couldn’t make |
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SBE, Johnson, Hy-gain and Royce |
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And don’t forget Browning, the DX’ers top choice |
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Now whatever happened to the "Solar Hot Rod"? |
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The mighty antenna that could nearly hear God |
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Or the "Power Wing" antenna that appeared it could fly |
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Why I never tried one, I still ask myself why |
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I stuck with my Turner, the old "Signal Kicker" |
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I could even talk to the "Old Country Picker" |
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Yes, I had a quad I thought I could trust |
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But the ice brought it down and it’s now full of rust |
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Do you remember Red Sovine and "Teddy Bear"? |
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It’s those kind of songs you now find so rare |
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It’s "Giddy-up Go" and "Phantom 309" |
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That made those days special and CB’ers so kind |
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There was "First Mama" and then "Geraldine" |
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Some of the finest that you’d ever seen |
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It was people like Flip and the president’s wife |
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That made CB seem almost bigger than life |
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Now whatever happened to "Miss CB Guide"? |
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Or CB break coffees, they seemed to have died |
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Now they are gone as far as I know |
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They sold their CB’s, but where did they go? |
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Maybe someday they’ll be back on the air |
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As king of the airwaves, I really do care |
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Now those days are gone, please don’t tell me so |
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But all is not lost; I’m still on the go |
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There’s now a new breed that is now on the band |
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And CB is new again, stormin’ the land |
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It’s not like it was, but whatever is? |
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All this I know, I really do miss |
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I’d like to go back, for only a day |
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No matter the price that I’d have to pay |
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10-36, just checkin’ the time |
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Ah yes, 10-7, and now I must sign
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