CB Radios??
Hello, I was wondering how many (if any) of you have a CB radio or have ever used one while traveling? Those who have used them, how useful were they? Any information will be greatly appreciated. T...
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1320Fastback wrote:
Just completed a 4,200 mile round trip and this is the first time I left the CB at home. With phones and app based maps with traffic it just didn't make the list of things to bring.
Our last trip of 2,000 miles I took it and didn't hear one call while it scanned the entire time!
Scan function is variable. Depends on how much RF Gain and Squelch you have dialed in. If you have any at all, your system is too low performance to use Scan.
I run 400-650/miles per day. There isn’t any such thing as no signal available. Sure, some areas more so than others.
I’ve added Digital Signal Processing to my CB (nearly eliminating QRM; an increasing problem world-wide) and there are times I can hear SO MANY VOICES I have to back off the receiving range of the radio. Separately, during atmospheric skip conditions it can be a handful to keep reception to the local area.
About the only days when reception is next to nothing is Sunday morning and until noon the day of a major holiday. That’s it.
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