Cb radio question

Most have a cigarette lighter style 12V outlet you could plug into or trace the wires from most of the lighting and they are 12v and you could easily splice into them.

We will be in a travel trailer. We are in a mobile home now in Fl.
We are gonna downsize to a TT.

You are going to be in a full time spot are you going to be in a Travel trailer, or a mobil Home. Travel Trailer will have 12 volt lights etc as others have stated. BUT a mobil home will be wired more like a house with 110 volt lights etc. and may not have a 12 volt battery and a converter. If that's the case you will need a 12 volt battery and charging system (battery tender or battery charger)

There is no problem with the antenna cause I'll put it 50' up a tree.
This is a full time spot we will be in. No moving !!
Thanks for all the replies !!

Laws vary from state to state but in generall if a Trailer is over 2,000 pounds GVW it will have a braking system, this includes a break-a-way switch and cable. This system REQUIRES a battery.. So the trailer will have a battery. Also many systems in modern RV's including the lights, and control power for the Fridge & water heater, Furnace, Water pump, Fans, and Control power for the A/Cs, all 12 volt battery/converter power. So there will be a battery.

Make sure you get a good power feed, (If possible come off the main fuse box) make sure you have a good ground as well

Someone mentioned the ground plane for the antenna.. They make NO GROUND PLANE antennas like the one I use. works.. Well.. not the greatest, but still good.


CB in the trailer... When camping. Makes a good "intercom" with the camping partner when same is out and about.. Pick a channel other than 9, 19 or 13, for your "intercom" channel.

CB in the Tow vehicle or Class A. In many areas Truck Stops will get on the air, should there be an "incident" on the highway and advertise their parking lot for use by truckers who do not wish to spend hours in a traffic jam.. Had that happen in 2012 to me.. Pulled off. found parking, enjoied a nice relazing night's sleep. headed on in the AM after the accidents had been cleared. Even if it only happens once every few years it's worth the cost..(And it's not the first time it's happened to me).

HAM radio.. I do not often encounter other hams while RVing, but I've found a few.. including one day at a truck stop.l. one of the Truckers was a ham. Normally I just check into nets at night, but when on the road at least one radio is always on 146.52 MHz FM. Always.. i may start putting on on 52.525 as well but .. Well, that setup is a tad more complex.

The Kunkels wrote:
Let me rephrase my question. Instead of buying a separate power supply can a 12v mobile cb radio with a plug installed on the end be plugged into a travel trailer.
Again I not familiar with a con or inverter. On my Jeep I have a radio wired to the battery and beings some tt's have batteries I'm wondering if it can be done on a tt plugged in to a campground pedestal with a con/inverter.
Sorry for the confusion.

Yes, assuming the travel trailer is not very, very old or very, very simply equipped. Every travel trailer will have a 12V battery of some sort, with a 12V distribution panel, that powers all the lights, the water pump, the control circuitry for the fridge and furnace and water heater, the exhaust fans, etc. (Occasionally some appliances may have pilot ignition and not need 12V power...I'm speaking generally here.) There will also be a "converter" which is basically a built-in 12V battery charger/power supply. When connected to shore power, it charges the battery and powers all the 12V systems in the trailer.

You may not have very many lighter sockets in the travel trailer, and those that exist may not be super conveniently located. You might end up needing to install or have installed a new one (or some other connector). This is not an especially difficult or involved modification.

As was mentioned, getting a good ground plane for the antenna on a fiberglass and wood trailer can be a bit of a difficulty, limiting the antenna system.

The trailer converter is, in effect, a large power supply, so you will not need a separate one.

Let me rephrase my question. Instead of buying a separate power supply can a 12v mobile cb radio with a plug installed on the end be plugged into a travel trailer.
Again I not familiar with a con or inverter. On my Jeep I have a radio wired to the battery and beings some tt's have batteries I'm wondering if it can be done on a tt plugged in to a campground pedestal with a con/inverter.
Sorry for the confusion.

Last trip from PHX to Tombstone I didn't get any chatter, squelch turned all the way up, on the CB (ch 19 and 15), I called for radio check and got replies saying I am strong. Are CB's used that much anymore?

New cobra 29LTD, Wilson 5000.

Yes, back to the question,
You can use a marine antenna.....no ground plane required, but in past experience they don't work as good.
But if you're immobile, maybe use a smaller base station antenna.
And like said, plenty of 12v supply for a radio. An inverter needed for 120 volt items when no shore power