CB Anyone?
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Laughing Gas
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LOL!!! OK, @ 48, I'm not as old as some of you. But, I still feel old compared to 80-90% of the kids that own these trucks these days. I still remember my pops 8 digit authorization to use his CB back in the 70s/80s. "KARO9732" ;P I remember when you'd have a handle just so you knew when others were calling for you on the radio.
Truckers went away from CBs a few years back. Most of the younger trucker crowd use cell phones to communicate with their office / significant others.
Last I actually USED my CBs were in my off-road days. Cell phones weren't very popular back then. And, didn't have great service outside the city limits. Now, I can go camping and still see people using damn cell phones. I need to get further out.
That being said, I'd still like to install my CB in my 2017 truck ( no, magnet mounts don't work on aluminum ;P ) Plus, it gives me my PA system to talk to the idiots outside my truck too. :P
Truckers went away from CBs a few years back. Most of the younger trucker crowd use cell phones to communicate with their office / significant others.
Last I actually USED my CBs were in my off-road days. Cell phones weren't very popular back then. And, didn't have great service outside the city limits. Now, I can go camping and still see people using damn cell phones. I need to get further out.
That being said, I'd still like to install my CB in my 2017 truck ( no, magnet mounts don't work on aluminum ;P ) Plus, it gives me my PA system to talk to the idiots outside my truck too. :P
More Turbo
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Indiana
Get your ham tech license...it's super easy and there are many many more people on the air than with CB. A small vhf/uhf radio with a hood mount can get out to multiple repeaters or run simplex further and CB and you can do it for under $100.
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You can still listen to ch 19 on the major interstates and here the “smokey reports” they constantly call out the location and color of vehicle. But you do have to listen to the rest of their BS to get that.
Cargo Master
Joined: Feb 2004
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From: N. Illinois
I’m putting my cobra handheld in my truck. I love it when traveling for traffic and Smokey updates, but you can’t beat it when dragging a trailer and talking with trucks for moving in and over.
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I have a handheld CB that is only turned on when on logging roads to know when/where the logging trucks are moving. But you MUST be familiar with the roads and markers. They will call out the markers as they pass. These roads are single lane with pullouts every so often. The loggers come barreling down these roads without much option to stop quickly, so you'd better know they are coming and be pulled over. By the time you see them, you are paste.
Beyond that, not much use for it.
We use WAZE for bear reports and accidents/road hazards on the highway. On the interstates you generally have cell coverage, but obviously not everywhere - even on well travelled rural highways you could be offline.
Beyond that, not much use for it.
We use WAZE for bear reports and accidents/road hazards on the highway. On the interstates you generally have cell coverage, but obviously not everywhere - even on well travelled rural highways you could be offline.
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Mountain Pass
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I have multiple CBs...and they are all stored up in the rafters of my garage now. In the past few years I've found they serve very little purpose, at least in my neck of the woods. Even on I-80 most times if I tried to raise a trucker to get some information, no one would answer. Then I noticed that so many of the big rigs weren't sporting CB antennas any more. No idea what they use for communications these days.
Even on trail rides it seems that most folks run either GRMS or HAM units to communicate between buggies/Jeeps.
Even on trail rides it seems that most folks run either GRMS or HAM units to communicate between buggies/Jeeps.
More Turbo
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Years ago I had one in each truck and in my work car. There were several people that traveled the same highway that had CB's and we would talk some. It finally got to be really quiet so I didn't transfer the CB to the next work car.
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From: Abilene TX.
I talked my mother out of a CB, for one simple reason. This ain't the old days anymore, you can't be certain that person that answers you is a "good ol Boy" anymore. I think the last time I tried to run one was in 2007, there were 2 drivers just visiting like they were on the telephone from Abilene to Fort Worth.
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From: North Shore MA
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