CB radios, useful or not..
I was digging through a box of stuff and found a CB radio that I had in my toad when we were motorhome-ing. For a moment I considered installing it in my Suburban but, it occurred to me that in the 1...
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rockhillmanor wrote:
I bought a hand held CB when I went full time. Figured it would add to my ICE as a last resort if no cell phone towers in case of an emergency.
The one I bought has a real time NOAA weather radio which saved me many times from driving blindly into a tornado.
For backed up traffic it gives you 'real' people in 'real time', actually there at the scene, to report the hows and whys and where to get off when RV'ing where you didn't know the area.
No holes to drill, no antenna to mount. It came with a magnetic antenna you could just put out the window and up on the roof but never had to use it to get reception.
It rode in the MH laying on the dash board, squelch turned down.
IMHO one of the best things I purchased for the MH.
It's called the Cobra Road Trip 40-channel CB.
X2. I also have a hand-held CB with decent power output. Haven't used it since I owned a Class A MH years ago. The only reason I keep it is same as Rock Hill Mannor's post, some unforeseen emergency when cell isn't working. Not much use for it, otherwise. Years ago, I'd contact truckers for info or just listen to their chatter. Bad language usage put a stop to that! :E
