no, not Video. (the song kept playing in my head, lol)
Before the era of Facebook, Friendster, Twitter, and all sorts of social networking sites, my generation have the CB UHF Radio.
Some of you might be familiar with this equipment, but for those who weren't, CB UHF Radio or the Citizen's Band Ultra High Frequency Radio is the one our local police department, rescue units, and fire department uses. A walkie-talkie thing that allows you to communicate through channels or frequencies. You need an antenna installed, a Base CB with microphone or a handheld radio with a rubber ducky antenna to transmit your message.
Today there's LOL, ROTFL, LMAO, TTYL the new language in the net, in our radio days we have the Q-Codes and 10-Codes. The most basic were: QRX (standing by), QSY (move to another frequency), QSO (conversation), 10-4 (ok, message received), 10-20 (what's your location), etc. etc.
Today we have 'haters' both in Facebook and Twitter, in radio we have 'jammers'. There are common things though, like EB (eyeball) and stalkers!
Life was much simplier during the Radio days, majority of the hobbyist don't have mobile phones just yet. I gained a lot of friends. I befriended long time neighbors who happened to have Radios too. Life was way cooler.
I was full of CB UHF Radio memories. Some were funny, some were rough, some were just simply memorable.
So nobody really killed the radio, its just there...just like the radio antenna in our roof.
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