Old times!

Found this card on http://www.qslkaarten.nl/. It's from a radiofriend at the island of Schiermonnikoog who was already a famous CB DXer when I begun with SSB radio. At the time I was very active on DX there were only stories about him. But later I met him on air and even visited him on the island. He has a nice story on his website about his CB years.

Best classic CB movie ever

Best classic CB radio movie ever. Best scene in my opinion begins at 1:20:51.
Unfortunately this video has been removed. I'm talking about the 1977 movie "Citiziens Band" Handle With Care. The scene handles about an old man, father of the lead roll player. He does have a miserable live and sleeps in front of his radio. The only thing that wakes him up is when his CB radio buddies are calling him...
If anyone had that scene please let me know.... email: seb593@yahoo.com

Old photos from the shack

I found some old photos from the shack. This one has been taken in 1990 the year that I became a member of the Alfa Tango DX group. It shows the old type President Jackson as my DX radio. I still have some parts and use them like the SWR/power meter from GC Electronics. I don't know why I was not using the old Turner +3B at that time. But remember it was broken for a short time. Mike is  a Ham Master 4200 which did a excellent job as well. The Jackson was sold after a second visit of the dutch FCC ( they couldn't find the radio). It has been replaced several years later by a President Lincoln.

The antennas on my parents house in 1990. Vertical is a Solarcon A-99 and horizontal 2 element beam is a HB9CV which was homemade. When I removed the A-99 around the year 2000 the glassfiber was completely worn and it was a miracle it was still on the mast. The HB9CV had been replaced by another HB9CV which elements were welded on the boom, I do have pictures from it somewhere. Only used it for 2 years or so. Later the mast was used to support a GP for an automatic packetradio relay station (CB8PTB) which was operating legally.