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CB Daze
By Larry Shaunce 
WDØAKX
Ex: KBX-2324

(A poem I wrote several years ago while reminiscing about how things used to be with CB radio in the 1970’s, you may remember when the CB radio craze was storming the land, everyone had one, music and movies with CB radio were being released left and right, skip was booming in, etc.  CB radio had hit it's peak around 1977 or 1978. Please enjoy). 

Copyright 2000-2009, feel free to use with my permission.

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My rig was outdated, I felt out of place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