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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valhalla360 wrote:
Not really.
If you are in a caravan, you can use apps that let you set up a multi-party conference call group, so you don't have to call each one individually.
Traffic conditions are much more accurate with apps.
No harm if you want to get one but the 70's are a long time ago.
They work real good when you are out of range of Cell Towers (Read that they don't work at all if one or more of you are out of range of Cell Towers)
RADIOS... Well my CB's are good to a few miles.. and my ham rigs.. Much farther.. NO CELL PHONE TOWER NEEDED.
Of course when I am in range of a cell tower.. I've a small computer ($10.00 when I bought it) in fact 5 of them... They connect to either my house router or my cell phones wi-fi Hotspot.. And with a 100mW (That's 0.10 watts folks) of RF.. or with one of them not even that.. My Range is..... Well I once ask a ham what time it was where he was (3:10 PM... Strange.. My clock also said 3:10 just AM.
