Bumpyroad wrote:
Erie Tom wrote:
evidently you missed the OPs original statement, "I'm talking about close range communication, like chatting while passing on a highway."
a cellphone and GPS are worthless for doing that. a ham radio will let you talk to the folks back home but not to the oncoming trucker who can supply traffic information.
bumpy
There are a lot of truckers that have hung up the mike on the cb and talk 2 meters. They do use the cb but not solo. They want to get away from the trash talk. You do not only talk to the folks back home.. There are a few RV nets at different times of the day giving road reports weather reports and just heads up for any problems that they know of.
I would wager that for every trucker using a 2meter setup, there are about 10000 who have a CB, and those with a 2 meter probably also have a CB running. when approaching a big city, I want a road report NOW, hot different times of the day.
bumpy
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Way, WAY more than "10000 who have a CB" - ..:B
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