Motoring Discussion > Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: VxFan	Replies: 19

New Thu 9 Aug 18 12:48   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - VxFan

Must be getting old. Can't believe this film was released back in 1978. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd5ZLJWQmss Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Aug 18 16:33   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - Pat

Thank you Dave, I watched, and sang my heart out, for the full length of the clip. There isn't a lorry driver around who has never driven around pretending he was in a convoy:) Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Aug 18 17:27   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - Boxsterboy

>> Thank you Dave, I watched, and sang my heart out >> Not the Hairy Cornflake version, I hope! :-) Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Thu 9 Aug 18 17:50   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - rtj70

>> Must be getting old. Can't believe this film was released back in 1978. Aren't we all... but not as old as some on here :-) Without cheating and looking it up.... can anyone remember what convoy was actually about? Why were the trucks driving in a convoy?? Last edited by: rtj70 on Thu 9 Aug 18 at 17:51 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Aug 18 17:54   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - CGNorwich

To avoid the submarine menace. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Aug 18 18:06   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - Pat

I'd forgotten that version, I'll have to go and watch it again now and do that one too:) Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Aug 18 18:47   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - Pat

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d189uP-48sU Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Aug 18 02:18   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - VxFan

Do truckers still use CB radio, good buddy? Tempted to fish mine out the loft to see if anyone is still using the airwaves. It was amazing the amount of people who forgot anyone else could listen to their conversations. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Aug 18 03:09   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - Pat

Very few now use it in the Uk, it's easier to use a mobile phone. Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Aug 18 04:31   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - MD

Still used down here mainly by the tipper fraternity. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Aug 18 09:23   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - Zero

The joys of CB departed the day it was legalised, specially as it was on a useless frequency. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Aug 18 10:03   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - Bromptonaut

>> The joys of CB departed the day it was legalised, specially as it was on >> a useless frequency. Please could you explain this and why frequency (27mhz?) was useless. Not having a nobble - I'm genuinely interested. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Aug 18 10:26   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - Fullchat

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CB_radio_in_the_United_Kingdom Quite a detailed explanation. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Aug 18 10:40   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - Zero

>> >> The joys of CB departed the day it was legalised, specially as it was >> on >> >> a useless frequency. >> >> Please could you explain this and why frequency (27mhz?) was useless. >> >> Not having a nobble - I'm genuinely interested. Perhaps I should have been more descriptive. The legal 27mhz chosen was more than an offset change (channel numbers) it was a different part of 27mhz that used in the states, and modulation chosen, FM, was useless for longer range communications.* Deliberately so of course. And of course the fact it was legal killed it. * One phrase used by the community was "skip" talking, more correctly described as utilising propagation. (illegal CB radio arrived in the UK at just the right time in the sun spot cycle for that) I once managed a 20 minute conversation with a trucker in a truck stop in Denver, using a mere 4 watts and a mag mount 8th wave on the roof of a Fiat 131 estate, I was on top of Epsom downs and had to move the car round in wide slow circles round the car park to keep contact! Last edited by: Zero on Fri 10 Aug 18 at 10:40 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Aug 18 14:28   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - Pat

I used to have a K40 on the roof of my company car when I lived and worked in Leicestershire and the signal from the top of Markfield quarry was superb! Had to hide it when I went back to base though:) Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Aug 18 10:27   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - VxFan

>> it's easier to use a mobile phone. And we all know what disasters that can lead to. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Aug 18 14:26   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - Pat

Yes, and I seem to spend my working life preaching that to them, but for some you just can't get it to sink in. Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Aug 18 17:00   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - VxFan

It was so much easier holding the mike in one hand while still driving. You could steer with both hands, change gear, smoke if that took your fancy. Person's voice you're talking to would come out the loud speaker. Stay on channel 14 or 19, and move to another one of the 40 channels if someone passed comment along the lines of "get a room". IIRC, no one got pulled over for having a mike in their hand, as the police were doing exactly the same thing with their radios. Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Fri 10 Aug 18 17:23   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - Bromptonaut

>> IIRC, no one got pulled over for having a mike in their hand, as the >> police were doing exactly the same thing with their radios. IIRC the current legislation is pretty specific to mobile phones. PMR 446 walkie talkie or handheld in CB or Ham Bands while working mobile isn't directly caught. Other offences such as not in control or careless etc might still apply though. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Aug 18 11:54   Convoy - Happy 40th Birthday - Old Navy

>> It was amazing the amount of people who forgot anyone else could listen to >> their conversations. >> Sounds a bit like forums and social media. Reply to this message | Report message