CB use in Canada
I get varying info on the use of CB radios going through Canada. Legal or not? Restrictions? Thanks for your time!
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CB's are almost a waste. Unless you are traveling in tandem with other units, then you can yak back/forth. But..for that, one might as well just have a set of FRS radios. Then you can carry them around to help with the spotting-yelling fun.
I see you are in Alaska...? but asking about radio use in Canada. You may want to be very careful about this. In Canada, a VHF can be used by people to communicate..ie: truckers, logging truck or mining operations, too, without a license. There are three common freqs in Canada known as LADD 1, 2 and 3. Those same freqs are used by Emergency/First Responders in the US and for sure, no-one should be using them for any talking. You really need to do some research and determine where you are going to be using any VHF radios.
To answer your question tho, about $$'s. You can buy a hand-held VHF that will have about 80 preset channels for about $500.00. This will include the 3 LADD channels. Unless things have changed, a license IS required for a VHF set that allows a person to select channels themselves.
Then you can get into HAM radios and that might be more to your needs.
Gary Haupt
I see you are in Alaska...? but asking about radio use in Canada. You may want to be very careful about this. In Canada, a VHF can be used by people to communicate..ie: truckers, logging truck or mining operations, too, without a license. There are three common freqs in Canada known as LADD 1, 2 and 3. Those same freqs are used by Emergency/First Responders in the US and for sure, no-one should be using them for any talking. You really need to do some research and determine where you are going to be using any VHF radios.
To answer your question tho, about $$'s. You can buy a hand-held VHF that will have about 80 preset channels for about $500.00. This will include the 3 LADD channels. Unless things have changed, a license IS required for a VHF set that allows a person to select channels themselves.
Then you can get into HAM radios and that might be more to your needs.
Gary Haupt
