CB radio for free speech, Canadian report

[AJAT]

CB radio: Could it play a key role in preserving free speech?

►http://www.ConvoyReports.com | See all our Freedom Convoy coverage In this report we join Haru, a trucking company owner in Saskatchewan, who details some daily uses of CB radio in the trucker indust

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[slowmover]

My UNIDEN-885 road trip thread covers part of that responsibility.

Citizens Band Is a network.

Base stations, good mobile rigs. And now (new):

PRESIDENT Randy genuine portable CB radios (get folding ABBREE or similar “tactical” antenna).

Fixed

Mobile

Portable

will cover immediacy.


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[slowmover]

The narrators point that CB is a hidden world is one you can take to the bank. Hollywood programmed you to look down upon a highly powerful tool.

If we lived in a nation where Citizen had meaning, your new car or new house would have come electrically pre-wired to run a CB.

Whether or not you used it is something else.

Beides trucking I’ve been at big RV encampments where several CB channels were designated for several uses. I’ve also been at lakes with dozens of vacation homes and owners had an open (“party”) channel in use 24/7.

The days of the 55-mph speed limit could be pretty funny watching all & sundry slow in advance of Joe Law waiting for speeders, then haul ass once out of sight.

I’ve been urging truck driver friends to upgrade their mobile, then pushed they have one in their personal vehicle and a modest base station at home.

It’s usually just a few men who get things rolling. Snowballs

My experience is also that there are rural towns where one hears citizens (little old ladies) chatting with local truck drivers and others living nearby.

You’re reading this, you’re one of those few destined to equip yourself and help others to do the same.

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[Omega-TI]

Yes, out of the gate Citizens Band has a few Public Relations strikes against it.

First, it's essentially unregulated, and some people with interest or knowledge of CB have probably heard or heard about the rude weird talking people that hang out there with their high powered amplifiers ready to stomp on you.

Second, it's not as exciting for people as the Internet with audio and video with much larger audiences.

Third, it can seem seriously outdated to people used to full-duplex cell phones and video chats.

Fourth, in a world where everything is smaller, some people might not want to deal with larger antennas.

Fifth, there is FRS. Some people prefer to stick to one frequency and use CTCSS relishing in the static free environment of FM when squelch does break.

 

[jwt873]

In Canada, (or at least west of the province of Ontario) VHF LADD radio has become more popular than CB with truckers. British Columbia - Resource Road and Highway Channels Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference -- CB is still used, but not near as much as in the past.

I live a few miles from a fairly busy highway. I used to monitor CB channel 19 now and then. I didn't hear much. When I heard about LADD radio last fall, I started listening to LADD channel 1 (154.100). Now I hear lots of chatter.

convoyreports.com is a Canadian site... I'm surprised they're not aware of this. Perhaps they didn't do enough research.

 

[K7MFC]

Free speech is 10,000 watts of "AUUUUUUUUUDIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WORLDWIDE WORLDWIDE" over and over lol..

 

[a417]

Free speech is 10,000 watts of "AUUUUUUUUUDIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WORLDWIDE WORLDWIDE" over and over lol..

on my "LINNNNNEEEEAAAARRR RAAAAAADIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

 

[slowmover]

Yes, out of the gate Citizens Band has a few Public Relations strikes against it.

First, it's essentially unregulated, and some people with interest or knowledge of CB have probably heard or heard about the rude weird talking people that hang out there with their high powered amplifiers ready to stomp on you.

Second, it's not as exciting for people as the Internet with audio and video with much larger audiences.

Third, it can seem seriously outdated to people used to full-duplex cell phones and video chats.

Fourth, in a world where everything is smaller, some people might not want to deal with larger antennas.

Fifth, there is FRS. Some people prefer to stick to one frequency and use CTCSS relishing in the static free environment of FM when squelch does break.

But without CB one’s removed THE CHANCE of immediate comms WITH THOSE DIRECTLY AROUND THEM.

That simple fact can’t be overcome.

Argument in favor of passivity vs activity (in those minds you’ve described), as one has to be willing to step up is abandoning actual choice should CB be foregone. False choices.

Radio Services while traveling other than CB are entertainment. (Canada partly excepted due to reasons as above; now they need both).

Owning the means is foremost.

 

[slowmover]

10K watts. Those guys won’t be hard to find. Ending that crap. I’m told the Amateur world isn’t free of same

The better I’ve made my mobile, the more useful it’s become.

Being thrown by temporary inconvenience doesn’t say much for either of you. You gave up

Assuming Amateur licensure confers semblance of competence — and past equipping family with desirable group comms — how will you speak with “neighbors”?

I’ve a CB on & operating several thousand hours annually. At least weekly it meets the criteria discussed in the video.

Fuel shortage?
Food shortage?
Medical services?

Are any of these enough that one might want to know how others are dealing with same in the right here & now?

Citizen Band meaning is in its name.

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[Tim-B]

Free speech is 10,000 watts of "AUUUUUUUUUDIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WORLDWIDE WORLDWIDE" over and over lol..

Years ago I heard a guy on Channel 19 saying, "Worldwide worldwide . . . worldwide worldwide . . . worldwide worldwide" over and over. What do they mean by that? Is that some kind of CB slang for something? I thought maybe he was just bored and he worked for a company that delivered in many countries and had worldwide on the side of the truck and he was just repeating what he saw. But maybe not. What do they mean by saying worldwide over and over?

 

[a417]

Years ago I heard a guy on Channel 19 saying, "Worldwide worldwide . . . worldwide worldwide . . . worldwide worldwide" over and over. What do they mean by that? Is that some kind of CB slang for something? I thought maybe he was just bored and he worked for a company that delivered in many countries and had worldwide on the side of the truck and he was just repeating what he saw. But maybe not. What do they mean by saying worldwide over and over?

Typical chicken band nonsense. They are talking to make noise, and letting everyone know that their signal is going world wide.

..or so they think.

 

[Tim-B]

Ha, then maybe it's time for me to grab an FRS radio and transmit "neighborhood wide neighborhood wide" over and over. Well maybe not.

 

[a417]

Ha, then maybe it's time for me to grab an FRS radio and transmit "neighborhood wide neighborhood wide" over and over. Well maybe not.

You need to have Jim Bob build you a garage-class linear amp and have your FRS 'peaked and tweaked' by a guy before you do it.

 

[marcotor]

And make sure no matter where you are from or were raised, you effect a cheesy southern accent

 

[Omega-TI]

Ha, then maybe it's time for me to grab an FRS radio and transmit "neighborhood wide neighborhood wide" over and over. Well maybe not.

Funny, if you're lucky you might get one person. If people like CB I have no issues with that, different strokes for different folks after all. I don't see it as a platform for anything myself. I actually went out of my way to tune it in today. It was mostly dead, but the one person I heard was preaching like we was a Pentecostal Revivalist.

 

[Omega-TI]

Being thrown by temporary inconvenience doesn’t say much for either of you. You gave up

True, I didn't see the point of having to deal with something that was a continual irritant (for me) and no longer enjoyable. You see, it was not a "temporary inconvenience", is was a continual thing back then. Now, after what I heard yesterday, my opinion has not changed. So, (for me) it's still not worth the effort, time or money. I also gave up on Amateur Radio when packet radio started dying off as well as all the OM's I used to chat with died. If a person no longer gains any enjoyment from something, why stick with it? You can say I "gave up", I call it "moving on" to other more enjoyable pursuits. It all comes down to individual opinions and choices. There is no right or wrong here.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

Jeeze, next we will have QAnon broadcasting on the channels. Do we need that?

 

[K3HY]

Jeeze, next we will have QAnon broadcasting on the channels. Do we need that?

Actually QAnon is running a farce using CB called the peoples convoy. Their cult followers actually believe the attack on Ukraine was to distract media attention away from their convoy. Yes, they really are that crazy.

 

[ak716]

Years ago I heard a guy on Channel 19 saying, "Worldwide worldwide . . . worldwide worldwide . . . worldwide worldwide" over and over.

Maybe they just like Step Brothers.... Step Brothers - Prestige Worldwide

 

[GB46]

In Canada, (or at least west of the province of Ontario) VHF LADD radio has become more popular than CB with truckers. British Columbia - Resource Road and Highway Channels Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference -- CB is still used, but not near as much as in the past.

I live a few miles from a fairly busy highway. I used to monitor CB channel 19 now and then. I didn't hear much. When I heard about LADD radio last fall, I started listening to LADD channel 1 (154.100). Now I hear lots of chatter.

Thanks for that tip! I programmed the 4 LADD channels into my R6 yesterday in a bank named Misc., and am already hearing so much chit-chat that I had to move them to their own bank and exclude them from bank linking, because they kept stopping the scan for too long. The signals are very strong, but of course they fade in and out a lot when the trucks are in motion.