Posted: 2/18/2011 12:57:11 PM EDT
| With cell phones every where- Are CB radios even worth having anymore? |
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With cell phones every where- Are CB radios even worth having anymore? below is the link you are looking for. it covers both your introductory statement ("cell phones everywhere") and your follow-up question. http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=1143360 ar-jedi |
| I do a lot of driving in the winter... a lot of it late at night. Some is thru areas where there is no cell phone reception. When the weather is bad enough to slow the truckers down to 25-35 and I am passing them like they are standing still I want to listen in on their chatter and see if they know something I dont. They will talk to each other about road conditions ahead. Its a give and go with people that you would have no way of talking to on cell phones. The same would hold true for traffic jambs and accidents and being able to know if you need to get off one exit early to avoid an extended tie up. They are not as handy for local gossip with friends like they were 20 years ago, but they are still handy. |
| I'm glad this came up. I currently have the epuipment in my main BOV. I have the radio in my jeep but have not wired it in. I have several antennas in the shed for it. Just the other day I was asking myself if I still needed/wanted that equipment. So this post tells me to keep it (and get the jeep on board). |
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One more tool for the tool box . I have Ham and cb on my DD and Jeep , Ham radios are a 1000 times better but CB are still very common with OTR , hunting and the offroad crowd . Ive called several jeeps on the CB while traveling on channel 4 . My DD I keep the cb under the back seat and a little wil mag mount that I can slap up in a minute or so. |
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I do a lot of driving in the winter... a lot of it late at night. Some is thru areas where there is no cell phone reception. When the weather is bad enough to slow the truckers down to 25-35 and I am passing them like they are standing still I want to listen in on their chatter and see if they know something I dont. They will talk to each other about road conditions ahead. Its a give and go with people that you would have no way of talking to on cell phones. The same would hold true for traffic jambs and accidents and being able to know if you need to get off one exit early to avoid an extended tie up. They are not as handy for local gossip with friends like they were 20 years ago, but they are still handy. +1 I travel through lots of areas with no cell phone reception. If i crash at night my CB could be my only way to get help. I have a Uniden Bearcat Pro PC78LTW in my truck and I keep a Midland 75-822 hand held radio with extra batteries in my bugout bag. |
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I do a lot of driving in the winter... a lot of it late at night. Some is thru areas where there is no cell phone reception. When the weather is bad enough to slow the truckers down to 25-35 and I am passing them like they are standing still I want to listen in on their chatter and see if they know something I dont. They will talk to each other about road conditions ahead. Its a give and go with people that you would have no way of talking to on cell phones. The same would hold true for traffic jambs and accidents and being able to know if you need to get off one exit early to avoid an extended tie up. They are not as handy for local gossip with friends like they were 20 years ago, but they are still handy. I use mine similar to you except I listen to the truckers talk about the location of the cops on the freeway when I travel long distances. Also, while hunting or traveling on the logging roads in my area, the loggers put signs on the road indicating which channel the log trucks are using, so you can tell when they are coming down the mountain with a load of logs. |