I recently took a road trip from Ohio to Florida. I was using a SDS100 scanner with the standard antenna. I had CB Ch-19 programmed in using the Sentinel Database. I heard no CB traffic at all. I was on major interstates with lots of trucks. I know CB's are probably not as popular as they were 20 years ago when I owned one but to hear nothing has me curious as to why??
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Service Settings in the scanner would be my guess.
Citizens Band is classified as the "Other" service type so yes, check to ensure "Other" is turned on.
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Highway ch 19 usage varies but if you tune to channel 6 (27.025) you'll be guaranteed to hear the chaos known as the "Super Bowl"
Plenty of threads started on the topic. Search the forum & you'll find them. A few examples:
Do truckers still use CB Radios?
I never hear any trucker chit-chat on Ch19, even with two different types of scanners monitoring. As a kid in the 70's, CB radios were cool!
Highway ch 19 usage varies but if you tune to channel 6 (27.025) you'll be guaranteed to hear the chaos known as the "Super Bowl"
Using the same radio, I have done the same thing, including being sandwiched between dozens of rigs in an hour long jam due to an accident. I scanned all CB channels using both a favorites list and the search band with close call on. While the 6" antenna is more closely tuned to 800, one would think it would pick up something at less than a 500' radius. I think this radio is virtually deaf at such low frequencies, and is tuned for what it does best - 700-800 MHZ trunking.
Yeah the SDS100 isn't my go-to receiver of choice for anything other than simulcast P25. For RX only my Icom ICR20 brings in CB pretty well
While it should have picked up something in search mode, now I got to go back and look at my service types in favorites for that..
C.B. is just about dead and buried where I live. I never tried a scanner on the road to monitor C.B. but I did set up a mobile/base C.B. at home for awhile for the sole purpose of monitoring CH-9 & 19 in case someone ever called out for help. Crickets! 
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Skip is so intense most days that AM-19 is overwhelmed by those who shouldn’t be on it at all, overpowered base station operators purposely screwing up 19 for drivers, of cars or big trucks.
Partly as a result the users who need 19 are being blocked and even fewer are on-air.
Nothing innocent or merely selfish about this. It’s coordinated. I can hear aholes speaking on open mic with another radio on in background repeating what I’m also hearing besides them. (Think, 0400 delivery of MSM talking points). The content of rants is irrelevant, it’s all about denying use.
Local will be strongest (best) before sunrise and after sunset. Skip can vary thru the day. It’s dead-worst 1300 till sundown, generally.
Agreed that something’s “off” with your system at present.
Tallest possible antenna is more crucial than ever. (5’ is a minimum; 7-9’ preferable). 14’ total clearance works great for me.
— A scanner is a good idea for running thru the 40 for locals who’ve moved from 19. Scan-type that pauses a fair while per channel versus just breaking squelch.
DSP another worthy addition.
A radio with these functions soon to be released; with two types of Scan (and inexpensive). I’m going to bet it’s “better” in 10/11/12 Meter Scan than a GP Scanner (however nice).
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slowmover
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UNIDEN 885 Hybrid CB/Scanner: Best Choice for Road Trips?
I tried to cover the 885 as a road trip companion based on truck driving.
The scanner function isn’t intended to be anything except road info pertinent.
A pair of radios dedicated to their own speciality is “better”.
CB + 40 Scan on one, Scanner functions as usual on other (Optimize antennas)
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I tried to cover the 885 as a road trip companion based on truck driving.
The scanner function isn’t intended to be anything except road info pertinent.
A pair of radios dedicated to their own speciality is “better”.
CB + 40 Scan on one, Scanner functions as usual on other (Optimize antennas)
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I will keep my CB's but am now running GMRS and it is much better can hit the reapters here and can talk 80 miles.
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