CB usage?

snowpeke wrote:
They come handy when you are on a narrow road where there logging trucks.

:R

So, how many "RVrs" take there "rigs" on narrow "logging roads" or "forestry roads" with the knowledge that it IS an "active" logging road?

Loggers just like anyone else MUST obey ALL road laws which INCLUDES WIDTH, LENGTH AND WEIGHT.

So, unless you are dragging a your 8.5 ft wide RV across a old UNLINED "country" road (unlined roads are roads too narrow to paint a center line) most roads should be no problem getting past a "logging truck".. My area is chock full of small country roads too narrow to paint lines, have never had any issue getting past truckers and my pickup has mirrors that are 9ft width..

Chances are if you are entering a known active logging road, you do not belong there..

They come handy when you are on a narrow road where there logging trucks.

rockhillmanor wrote:
Yes.
I keep one in my RV at all times for 'safety' reasons.
I use a Cobra HH ROADTRIP Handheld 40-Channel CB Radio

It is on the dash with the "squelch turned down". And turn it up when needed. It comes with mag mount antenna but I have never had to use it. IMHO I think all RV'ers should have one for the safety of themselves and family.

1. For getting 'real time' 'right there' info on road conditions/accidents. GPS can not do that.

2. As an 'additional' form for emergency contact, i.e. if something happens and I don't have cell phone coverage.

3. This CB also has real time 'where you are at' NOAA weather alert.

It has already paid for itself:

Once when a car came over the median way ahead of me and crashed head on with a semi. Turned it up and got instant real time information what lane to get it to get around or otherwise be stuck for there for hours.

And when I was unknowingly driving right into where a tornado was coming down. CB NOAA weather alert went off on CB. Got off at next exit. Saved my life.

I don't leave home without it. :C

I would disagree.

CBs do not "save", period.

If you have a CB and no one is within range, then how can it "save" anyone?

CBs range on a "good" day (like that happens any more) when there is no skip, no footwarmers tearing up the channels is a mere 4-10 miles IF you have a good quality 5/8 wave antenna (remember those LONG stainless whips from the 1970s?).

CB radio use peaked in the early '70s, many folks has base units and CBs in vehicles, by the late 1980s, the CB craze was pretty much destroyed by the skip hobbiests splashing the airwaves with utter garbage noise..

Most folks are pretty much over this totally outdated mode of communication.

Point number one..

For the better part of 20 years I HAD CBs in my vehicles, driving at a min of 200,000 miles on Interstates and rural roads, NEVER, EVER ONCE did I ever hear any "weather or traffic" information or reports.

In fact if you check my first comment you will understand that with 4-10 mile range ON A GOOD DAY, YOU WILL be in the same "weather conditions" AND "traffic" as the good folks in front of you will be.. So that information even if you could hear it is of no real use.

Point number two..

Please kindly note my first comment above CBs have 4-10 mile range ON A GOOD DAY, if no one is close enough or the RF NOISE is too great absolutely NO ONE WILL EVER HEAR YOU unless they are within a few hundred feet of you and they most likely WILL hear you screaming before they hear you an the radio..

Point number Three..

They DO make portable NOAA RADIOS which are purpose built and typically have extremely well designed tuners that are far superior to any CB radio. 27 mhz CB band and the 162 mhz band ARE extremely far apart, not to mention CB tuner is ANALOG AM (Amplitude Modulated) and the NOAA broadcasts are NARROW BAND FM (Frequency Modulated).. The two different broadcast methods do not meet or mix well and COMPROMISES ARE MADE to make that work on the cheap.

If a person already has the CB, then by all means, spend your time installing at your own risk..

If a person does not have a CB, then don't bother wasting your time and money.. You are not "missing" a thing by not having a CB..

If you want NOAA, buy a portable NOAA radio, those DO save lives.. They do, make NOAA radios which can be plugged into cig lighters, lots of options..

Yes, I STILL have a CB, no, it no longer is installed since 2003 and no it will NEVER be installed ever again..

Yep, a very nice loaded top of the line Realistic from the mid 1980s that was $179 new when I bought it, tried to sell it for $10 a few years ago and NOTHING, not one person interested..

Craigslist and Ebay are polluted with tons of classic CBs all the time that don't sell..

“...We use FRS radios for caravanning. ...”

We do, too.

Lick RockHillManor I have the Cobra. It's good for any distance driving I may be doing or while traveling with a group. Locally, I turn it on once in a while but get tired of the local gospel hound spewing his version of things. I must admit listening to the Canadian truckers talking about the Red Sox in French is amusing.

Yes.
I keep one in my RV at all times for 'safety' reasons.
I use a Cobra HH ROADTRIP Handheld 40-Channel CB Radio

It is on the dash with the "squelch turned down". And turn it up when needed. It comes with mag mount antenna but I have never had to use it. IMHO I think all RV'ers should have one for the safety of themselves and family.

1. For getting 'real time' 'right there' info on road conditions/accidents. GPS can not do that.

2. As an 'additional' form for emergency contact, i.e. if something happens and I don't have cell phone coverage.

3. This CB also has real time 'where you are at' NOAA weather alert.

It has already paid for itself:

Once when a car came over the median way ahead of me and crashed head on with a semi. Turned it up and got instant real time information what lane to get it to get around or otherwise be stuck for there for hours.

And when I was unknowingly driving right into where a tornado was coming down. CB NOAA weather alert went off on CB. Got off at next exit. Saved my life.


https://www.amazon.com/Cobra-HHROADTRIP-40-Channel-CB-Radio/dp/B000069DOV

I don't leave home without it. :C

I took mine out 30yrs ago because of the foul language the truckers were using.

Yes!!

I tried a CB in my truck for a short time but the profanity on the channels wasn't worth it.

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