Comments by "boiler room bob" (@boilerroombob) on "Ringway Manchester" channel.

  1. Love the buzzer great video Lewis not as strong as it used to be but still a main part of our shortwave stable x
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  2. Years ago ...i called a cab and listened on the scanner i heard the driver say to the controller i was pain the a%*&# As i had asked the cab Co to get the driver to knock on my door as we were 100 yards from the road.....when knocked my dad reminded the driver that we were his living and not a pain in the a%#&😅😅😅😅
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  3. as i 10 year old i begged my mum to take me to this shop in 1981 when I had to go to see a specialist at a London hospital for a check on my fema bone i had broke in 1978......as it had no healed straight ! ....but it wasn't to be ....she said we had no time i was choked !.....so I had to resort to carrying on begging to use other people's am sets whenever I could.......until November 81 ..I still think of those days it was a great time to be on AM ....Great video Lewis
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  4. Oi wheres my introduction fee ! 😅
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  5. A great snapshot Lewis into the world of our colonial cousins and pirate friends over 3000 miles across the pond,.... there's not a deep history to the USA as we know compared to the ancestors or the first immigrants or the 1st settlers but it is a fascinating one .... and in these modern times the alternative radio scene has been embraced in every community over there and we respect there contribution and spirit... ...a great video my friend we look forward to more of this ..and maybe looking east also?...to the European alternative radio story .. greece or Italys alternative radio scene well done and 73s
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  6. I love antenna spotting,gazing and retrieving sad to some I know lol but it's cool when you work out the whys and wherefore of what it does, did or where its pointing to ........ always an education Lewis thanks again 73s
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  7. ......i liked smartzone...when on call out in London 20 years ago i used to be able to listen to multiple police areas at once ..... Great video lewis
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  8. It would have been rude not to have had gb3mu and radio rag from a site such as this ....Im glad the operators wandered of into the alternative radio scene good on them....a great history Lewis where mischief was good ....keep digging please ...we all so look forward to the future installments x
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  9. """" See the pyramids along the nile""" were the opening lyrics of jo staffords 1952 no 1hit "You belong to me" Which is how most intelligence agencies feel about there field agents and there operations.....albeit a little hap hazard like this one ...with all political instability in recent years I'm surprised its not been on air more.... ...however its great radio history well done lewis
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  10.  @RingwayManchester  Lolol
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  11. Intresting video ......I was busted in 1987 for 11 metres ssb and nearly caught in 1989 for fm broadcast piracy.....I have to say I called them in for ham band interference recently from various home devices....never have I dealt with a more disinterested and dismissive organisation...and yet here in essex.....at the very same time ..a pirate station I traced just half a mile away ... I traced to its source operated for a whole year almost 247/365 with not a visit ...except for the vandal who destroyed the antenna cables....my 11meter ssb gear was converted to 10 meters I later heard and the linear used on hf....dodgy bunch to in them days ...interesting times though being chased and thankfully there now a bit lapse in responding to some stuff and more Intrested in selective listening. In London they have almost given up completely with pirates cos its a losing battle x
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  12. Great vid Lewis.....pysops and aviation are a great mix ..these sort of missions were flown in both gulf wars to .......and in the 2003 conflict the cia set up radio tikrit which started out pro saddam then went anti in an attempt to get the locals on side ..it even had a version of gangstas paradise sung by saddam and friends with lyrics about then u.s president Bush....rhis would make a good vid to 😮
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  13. Well said rob mac. It's just the same in the u.k check out the laughing policeman wireless society website that roasts u.k ham radio x
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  14. If you listen carefully to the transmission it has breathy note to the female computer generated voice with great inflection on its last number to add a human touch to the sound ....and is almost like a steam fair calliope or calliopet machine speaking .....playing sweet music to the crowds ....and its the name of the greek goddess who did the also sing sweet music..... this coupled with folk songs 1st line of lyrics which states .."when I was bound a apprentice in famous Lincolnshire"...."full well i served my master for nigh on 7 years".....what better choice of song for a field agent when you think of the work of spying or intelligence gathering...often romanticised by Ian Fleming or John le carre ...but probably a tough assignment for an agent who had to endure years serving others under difficulty as the choice of song tune and lyrics clearly shows ......Great vid Lewis as always
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  15. Welcome back young man I hope you feel better another gem video 73s x
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  16. I miss radioshack and its uk counterpart tandy I used love the catalogue or mail circular when it came through the door...I grew up learning all about radio from its kits eg the 150 in 1 project kit ....my mum said I've never seen a box of tricks be used to death so much every day ..it was the best present she got me as 13 year old ...I the progress to all the am radio kits fm ones and the vhf monitor kits...at 16 came the local bar...beer...ladies...and all other distractions eg cb ham and a pirate station along the way .....and later in life marriage and mortgage...now in my 50s and more time..I have in the last few years repurchased from ebay all those radio kits unbuilt and mint condition some even still have the radioshack battery from 1982 with them ....the wife growls at me when she opens the guest bedroom wardrobe and sees my radio museum of youth on the shelf but hey a man has have his memories ...and .....I love it .....thank you radio shack xxx
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  17. such were the stakes in 80s 90s and beyond to stay on air a make a name for yourself ....lockdown of course has brought some stations a chance to operate unmolested by ofcom for nearly 2 years only to fall foul of one of there own ...the rig thief....even recently as reported to me thievery is still present. ...Great history Lewis these guys certainly went big with this quadruple set up .......
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  18. Great video Lewis and product ..thanks for posting
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  19. another great video Lewis well done m8 ... ..I met a pmr eng once and he and his friend set up a surplus encrypted repeater just for him and his friend disguised next to a clients repeater on a very high london building as a private work channel .....it coverd most of London.......saved on mobile phone bills though n the 80s amd 90s to lol
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  20. Sqawk sqawk!! Great video lewis ...its alway good to leave on the hf coms in the background as your doing paperwork 😊😊
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  21. All the best sir
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  22. I don't think a week goes by without me reflecting on my 1st encounter with cb in 1979 from seeing a jaws mk 2 set with a firestik in a neighbours car ......then followed another neighbour bringing one back from the states and letting me have ago ....I was hooked ....but being illegal mum said I cannot have one ...but a cb reciever she did buy me and ive lost of the times I fell asleep under the cover with it left on...only to find the 9 volt battery exhausted ...I even tracked breakers down at 10 years of age in 1980 and simply knocked on there door and asked do you have cb ....and let me have a go....imagine that in 2022! ....I once blagged my way into a very pretty lady breakers flat and not only spent 3 hours on her midland 3001.. but also scoff most of her chocolate biscuits....my heart will always be with all things cb and 11meters even if 27/81uk legal cb was a little boring at times and i busted in 1987 for ssb tvi..... .but .....here in uk we now have since 2014 what all breakers wanted at the start the American block with all modes.... and despite having a full ham licence I get more joy operating a vintage 23 channel am set poted from the states..than a high end piece of ham kit... 10-4 good buddy's Lewis great movie big 10-4 rog
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  23. Always a gem from Lewis .....one day he will have his own TV show on this subject
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  24. Well said my friend 6am for me here now in uk ...got to get up and go to fix gas boilers.....now if I was a spy I would listen to a numbers broadcast have lazy day and depending on the instructions from hq either blow a safe or go to the dinner party .....that sounds better than gas boilers 73s mu friend
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  25. Always cool the crystal controlled scanner ...they always looked cool on those American T.V shows opening credits .. such as s.w.a.t...or in the final episode of the bionic woman ..or my all time favourite the realistic pro 48 installed in the bulkhead of ..the A team van ..and in the bedroom of Peter Parker in spiderman 2 ..... they grace any shack still today ....its intresting to note you can play scanner lottery when buying from the states on say ebay ...cos they often come pre loaded with crystals and it was amazing to hear things straight away when firing the the 2 imported pro 48s I purchased from the new york area ....one came full of crystals that allowed me to listen to the London transport bus service ....keep listening yall 73s de rob Great video lewis
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  26. My friend jammed an o.b link once in the bands your describing the presenter was not impressed lol
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  27. Good to see these places retained Lewis... and cool to sit your radio exam there...as youngsters in the early 80s we used discuss the threat of nuclear war it petrified us as kids due to the programmes on tv and the protect and survive leaflet...we often wondered if anything like this place existed...and course later in life we find there were thousands of places like this throughout the uk if you include the r.o.c bunkers...looking forward to part 2 well done lewis
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  28. Great video Lewis remember with great power comes Great responsibility 😊
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  29. There is a small article on the pryiom number website about French number stations
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  30. Well done Lewis another first class video
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  31. Excellent history video of this lewis....well done .....it's a sad radio crime ..anyone caught should jailed for attempted murder
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  32. 1st class film Lewis..... I love railways... and would love to have been a station master in another life
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  33. A good video this Lewis love the input from lpws lol well done for posting
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  34. Haha I used to love this sort of experiment...
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  35. A man can never have enough radios Lewis....I like the retro touch
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  36. Great vid Lewis keep up good work 000 000 ende!
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  37. How sad the gpo/dti were in the day
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  38. In 1982 in south east essex u.k .....as a young breaker myself and a fellow cber eyeballed 2 lady breakers a little older than us ...we met up in the town and wandered around laughing joking then walked past a local kfc ... suddenly out of the restaurant came 3 older guys say 16/17 who were dining there and accused me and my friend of staring them out ...they came over and threatened us with a beating ....we just listened to them talk rubbish ....and the ringleaders last words after extolling how hard he was were ......."if you adress me as sir tonight and in the future if you ever see me in the street ... me and my 2 friends won't kick you your teeth now ... so to get rid of them we just obliged... one of the lady breakers unbeknown to us knew him as a wannabe bully boy from her part of town ....but he did not know her....next day we all met on channel 14 disciusing what happened.and before we knew it she put the word out ....and a little posse of breakers called at his home asking if "sir" would like to come and have fight either one on one or as a group of 3 ......all I can say is within minutes sir was crying and sir was apologising for what he had said........such was the power of the cb radio community in uk cb history in those early years x Ps handles and qth withheld xxx 73s
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  39. Part 3 please Lewis....hurry up m8 great history
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  40. I've ofter said hello to the motorcycle assessment guy on 446mhz. He's always cheerful and says hello And to his student ahead of him on the learner bike ....I wonder who that was? Lol
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  41. I miss Cynthia and her extended family ....so active in the 90s due to u.s foreign policy poking its nose into most corners of the earth this coupled with its motto " the worlds buisness is our buisness"..... against the backdrop of the 1st gulf war and the build up to the 2nd its was always around somewhere.....she must be a grandmother by now even a great grandmother possibly......I can clearly remember the weekday evening transmissions overloading my ssb communications reciever in South Essex u.k after swapping signal data and an average fix and triangulation by enigma listeners we felt its transmission was from us facilities at raf Barford St Oxfordshire Great video Lewis
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  42. Brother stair was always heard on sw the bands even more so 30/40 years ago .. .and still a voice beyond the grave today ...whatever your views he was always there somewhere to be found...and because of this he made a good way to test for propergation.....
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  43. Fantastic archive material Lewis well done m8
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  44. You've put me off me lamb shish now Lewi! x great story m8
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  45. You've made my night m8.....x
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  46.  @Mike-H_UK  yes spot on Mike some intelligence services veteran technical intercept men were very adept at recognition of types of reciever from the rf images and characteristics they saw and heard on there scopes etc
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  47. Great information lewis.... a good listen on the bands in the 80s and 90s had most of us wondering and logging just what some of these transmissions really were ....some solved ...some still a mystery...but always good to discuss.
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  48. So much happend in the 80s with a.m and medium wave buy outs take overs mergers ...much was lost but lesson's learned to with golds format ....Great history Lewis and so many changes in just one corner of the North of England.
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  49. Well done sir from the uk
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  50. Hi Lewis great article as always....I've seen tropo with my own eyes and ears .... one evening I heard Eastern European pmr operators on my company's pmr kit swishing in and out and hey presto the weather conditions were perfect as you explained....ive also seen some years back essex police frequencies swamped inland by large dutch trawlers using uhf handhelds for intership ops at sea. 73s Rob
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