General Location: Outskirts of Norristown.
Time Frame: 1973-1975
Background: Channel 11 was our first true "home" channel, once we had upgraded to equipment a notch or two above the typical 100 mW Channel 14 kiddie special walkie-talkies. Our group, as it was then, got its start in the middle of 1973 when my neighborhood friends and I joined the very first group of CB teenagers that I first heard in 1972. Most of us kids started out with walkie-talkies (The Lafayette and Radio Shack 1.5 watt, and Midland 1 watt were common). Most of us would manage to get 5 watt, 23 channel sets by the end of 1974. As time went on, the group expanded to the size shown here. In 1975, after increasing interference and channel crowding (Channel 11 was still considered a "calling channel" by some), our group moved to Channel 10.
Members:
Nails Screaming Chicken
Capricorn Scorpio
Bone Man Skyrocket
Big Al Inchy
Dead Soldier Cougar
Blue Cougar Pheasant
Money Man Red Baron
Fire Dragon Channel Master
Silver Nail Spud
Spaghetti Man Red Demon
Nighthawk Blonde Beauty
Kitchen Maid D.J.
Sweet & Innocent Flower Girl
General Location: Norristown.
Time Frame: 1976-1979
Background: After our group left Channel 11, it was eventually taken over by a rival teenagers and younger adults group, based in the center of Norristown proper. Differences in upbringing and socio-economic status prevented our groups from forming a common bond. In fact there were often verbal confrontations, as some of these guys tended to be more "thugish" in their exchanges. This type of attitude would became the precursor to the general attitude which would eventually permeate the CB hobby as a whole in the next 10 years and beyond and pushed me into obtaining my ham license.
Members:
Granville
Mayor
Daddy Longlegs
Baggy Pants
Crispy Chick
Snail
Bullet
LTK
Super Cop
Ranchero
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