Alas no. Where I grew up in Canada, CB Radio wasn't as big as it was in the states. Would have been really cool to meet up with someone I knew in the 80s like this.
What I see in the Atari, C-64 and even the 8086 demoscene today is amazing. Better tools to help you edit/compile/run/debug code faster leaves so much more room for creativity
The CB chatter was great. At one point, more than a dozen of us would gather on channel 21 to just talk. Phone time was hard to get and person to person. Adults for miles around would listen.
Re: scene
I love the scene and yes! We do have great tooling.