CB radios - Do you use one?
Wondering if a CB radio is still beneficial. Used them in the 70s, but has the cell phone made them dinosaurs?
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Yep. My daughter and I travel together in separate vehicles sometimes. We simply find a channel that is quiet (there's lots of them) and sit on that channel.
We don't use "handles" or anything like that. Our vehicles have names and those are the names we use. I don't use the Ten codes (and I still remember many of them from the years when my dad was big into the CB and REACT clubs) and I don't talk like they did in the movies. There is rarely anyone on the channel with us, even traveling long distances.
We let each other know if a problem is coming up from behind or in the opposite direction. Unscheduled stops. Exit is coming up. That sort of thing. Also if we need the other to "make a hole" so we can get into the lane. We flip over to 19 or 21 for traffic sometimes. Not very often as it seems we're all in the dark. I believe that channel 9 is still monitored for emergencies.
Cellphones don't work everywhere. They got rid of licenses for the CB and it was over used/abused for a while. Now hardly no one on it except for certain channels. Those little "family" radios have too short of a distance unless you get an expensive one. We know we are on a public channel. We are careful as to what we say. If we get someone who harasses, we change channels to a pre-designated channel that we decide on ahead of time.
If I were to get another CB (which I may have to do soon as mine is getting really old), I would get one of the handheld ones. It's much easier to move it from vehicle to vehicle. The local storm chasers use the handheld ones BECAUSE they can be used in any vehicle. Plus they "get out".
We don't use "handles" or anything like that. Our vehicles have names and those are the names we use. I don't use the Ten codes (and I still remember many of them from the years when my dad was big into the CB and REACT clubs) and I don't talk like they did in the movies. There is rarely anyone on the channel with us, even traveling long distances.
We let each other know if a problem is coming up from behind or in the opposite direction. Unscheduled stops. Exit is coming up. That sort of thing. Also if we need the other to "make a hole" so we can get into the lane. We flip over to 19 or 21 for traffic sometimes. Not very often as it seems we're all in the dark. I believe that channel 9 is still monitored for emergencies.
Cellphones don't work everywhere. They got rid of licenses for the CB and it was over used/abused for a while. Now hardly no one on it except for certain channels. Those little "family" radios have too short of a distance unless you get an expensive one. We know we are on a public channel. We are careful as to what we say. If we get someone who harasses, we change channels to a pre-designated channel that we decide on ahead of time.
If I were to get another CB (which I may have to do soon as mine is getting really old), I would get one of the handheld ones. It's much easier to move it from vehicle to vehicle. The local storm chasers use the handheld ones BECAUSE they can be used in any vehicle. Plus they "get out".
