CBC radio

I will be running both CB and HAM in ours, there will be an antenna on both sides.....countdown to fulltime.......

I've had a CB radio since Jr. High school....had one mounted on my bicycle and went to what did they call them back in the 60'ies, "coffee breaks"? in parking lots.

I can't tout the use of them nowadays although I continue to have one in the RV as well as the "toad"....still get a kick out of listening mostly now even though much of the CB traffic is now 10 meter traffic.
I use it while traveling with others(caravans) and when I disconnect the toad and looking for a campsite within a campground or narrow road leading into a CG. If your stuck in traffic, it's generally too late to do much about it but still nice to know which lines are closed ahead or exactly what's going on causing traffic. Mostly, these circumstances amount to short distance communication and I expect nothing more!
Enjoy!!!

Speaking of technology, years ago my kids would tell me to get a Garmin and I'd just say "that's what maps are for", until I got one.

wny_pat wrote:

MarkTwain wrote:
There is no separate CB channel just for RVers..

There use to be, and still technically is. Channel 13, and some RVers still use it. Just like Channel 9 is the emergency channel and 11 is the calling channel.

To get the most complete and current road information and conditions, I use channel 17 for the west coast and channel 19 for other states. These are the channels the truckers use. Some people have the opinion that the "language" of truckers is objectionable. After 20 yrs. of using CB talking with truckers, this has not been true for me. I actually hear more foul language on High school campuses after spending 30 years as a high school Principal. Just my opinion.

MountainAir05 wrote:
should not be hard, if fiberglass then you will need a ground wire to the antenna. I have installed one on every RV we have own. All worked. You just have to pick a place usually drivers side front and look where to get cable if not already ran and the antenna mount.

How I'd do it.
First get a good (Firestick?) NO GROUND PLANE antenna.

now on the "A" pillar (First pillar the one adjoining the windsheld) Id' find a mount so the tip of the FireStick is 1" higher than the highest point on the RF (I like double purpose. that makes it a "Bridge Stick"

Use half a "Mirror mount" (The L shaped half)
Drill and pass the coax into the pillar under the mount. seal with GOOP (you do not want leaks) mount with lag bolts.

Down the pillar to under the dash. From there all you need to do is decide where to put the radio...

How I did it and a warning

I finished and lag bolted a 2x4 to the wall, Left of the Driver's seat UNDER (Warning) the windo.. Mounted radio's (3 of 'em) to the 2x4

WARNING.. Window sweats. water got into one of the radios.

But there are other places you can mount.

GALS or GALLS (Police equpment) sells some interesting mounts.

MarkTwain wrote:
There is no separate CB channel just for RVers..

There use to be, and still technically is. Channel 13, and some RVers still use it. Just like Channel 9 is the emergency channel and 11 is the calling channel.

It was the auto update v4.76.5.0 updated 01Aug21 that went flakey. I deleted and reinstalled and had the same issues. It didn't know where I was half the time, would direct me to turn on non existing streets, map would freeze, ads would block the map...

2112 wrote:
I was using Waze to keep an eye on traffic until last week. It started flaking out and doing weird stuff to the point of being unusable. The ads were becoming more frequent and annoying as well. It all got so bad I uninstalled it. I'll miss it

Use Waze almost daily, never had those issues. Maybe it needed an update?

I was using Waze to keep an eye on traffic until last week. It started flaking out and doing weird stuff to the point of being unusable. The ads were becoming more frequent and annoying as well. It all got so bad I uninstalled it. I'll miss it

JRscooby wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:

mowermech wrote:
Regardless of "coverage maps", cell phone use in Western states is something that should not be relied on! There are long stretches of highway out here, both interstate and federal highways, that cell coverage is spotty or non-existent.

You can typically download maps for offline use if you are leaving cell coverage areas. GPS doesn't need cell coverage.

Yes, you can download the map, know where you are. But sometimes you want to be able to tell somebody where you are. For that you need cell coverage.

Most of my life I have been in reach of a CB radio when working. When I bought my last new pickup I bought a new antenna for it. 16 years later still have not mounted it. I have been retired for almost 10 years, so maybe it is better. For the last 15 years I worked I would use the Children's Band in quarry or when needing escort.

And if you are 20 miles out into the wilderness, they still won't have access via CB.

You can come up with increasingly silly and rare examples that an outdated technology may help but that doesn't mean it's particularly useful.