CB Radios

[Golferdave78]

I am new to RV ing
Do most folks use CB Radios will on the Road??

[hypoxia]

I use it travelling in groups and to Mexico. No cellular service in mountains and it is much quicker than calling on a phone.

[Skid_Row_Joe]

Still use mine, and have used it for many years.

Over 40 years here running with one. CW McCall days and all. 10-4 good buddy....

[Skid_Row_Joe]

Mr.Mark wrote:
We have a CB in the coach and I don't hear many using it. It does come in handy if the freeway traffic comes to screeching halt. It helps to find out from the truckers which lane is best to be in since we are 65 ft. long and need a little room to merge.

The "which lane is best thing" has all changed. The advisory is to stay in which ever lane, since they both should merge at the lane closure for the greatest ease in time of all vehicles merging to fewer lanes. Old thinking used to be; get in the through lane, then drive-by all those unfortunate enough to be in the closed lane(s). It's all changed for the better. Just stay in your lane - no need to outmaneuver those in closed lanes, because the closed lanes are faster because of the rush to get into the looong line of vehicles in the through lane.;)

[Ivylog]

Dennis M M wrote:
Ours is always on because it is a weather alert monitor as we'll as CB. Keep the squelch up to where I only hear transmissions from the immediate area unless looking for traffic info.

X2
One late night coming across Kansas (the two best ways to see Kansas is at night or at 30,000') I was able to draft a semi who would let me know when to back off because of traffic (got 8 instead of 7 mpg). Talked RVing and such until he turned off and headed to TX. Unfortunately there's too much profanity on it today.

And the best snippet of a conservation on the CB ten years ago..."In the bible it does not say Adam and Steve".

[wa8yxm]

I run with 2 CB's on (13 and 19) The 13, well when I hear something there is a danger of my running off the road due to loosing control by going into shock (Ok, I'm kidding) but the 19 one has saved me much grief when some 10T type did something stupid on the road ahead and the police had to shut 'er down for a few hours.. A few hours where i enjoied a nice meal, set up for the night and rested, while others watched their blood pressure increase.

And there is the occasional Convoy as Chip Davis's alter Eco called it.

[Mike_Taverniti]

I love my CB and will always have it on when towing around this beautiful country.

[sremsing]

Still use mine, and have used it for many years.

[Dennis_M_M]

Ours is always on because it is a weather alert monitor as we'll as CB. Keep the squelch up to where I only hear transmissions from the immediate area unless looking for traffic info.

Occasionally I get a call from a trucker asking about the smart on the back of the truck or the duals on the fiver - they tend to notice that.

[GMandJM]

Have one. It's still in the box.

[jorbill2or]

I have one and rarely use it . I belong to a Good Sam local Chapter and when we travel together to a outing or on our once a year extended trip we use it to keep in touch and together for those that want to.
If you go on organized caravan group trips of various sorts they sometimes recommend you have one. Other than that it has little value. well .... mine does have a weather radio built in and will give a weather warning even if off, thats a great value in itself, but there are stand alone radios that do the same

[RoyB]

I have one under my truck seat set for Ch19 and the squelch turned all the way up. This makes it a close proximity radio and all I want to do is monitor the truckers near me... They have all the road hazard info handy...

I have never heard another RV'er since 2008 when I installed mine...

When the wife have a need to keep in contact like at malls etc we wither use the CELL PHONES or a couple of the FRS RADIOS I have... Some places like I have heard at Gatlingburg have FRS RADIO REPEATERS going...

The FRS radios don't have much range on their own. definitely not the 20 mile range that alof of the sellers claim they do... In populated areas like Gatlinburg the FRS radios are really crowded...

Roy Ken

[Bumpyroad]

Golferdave78 wrote:
I am new to RV ing
Do most folks use CB Radios will on the Road??

only the smart ones
bumpy

[the_bear_II]

I keep one just in case of an emergency where a cellphone might not work.

Although it may be tough to get someone to answer me since not many people use them.

When we caravan with others we use the cellphone to keep in touch.

We do have a couple of FRS Walkie Talkies we use once in awhile.

[jplante4]

There was a push to get RVers on channel 13. iRV2 has CH13 bumper sticker for sale. Don't know if anyone is one. I have one in the Sahara and have never turned it on.

[Mr_Mark1]

We have a CB in the coach and I don't hear many using it. It does come in handy if the freeway traffic comes to screeching halt. It helps to find out from the truckers which lane is best to be in since we are 65 ft. long and need a little room to merge.

MM.