I've kept a Cobra handheld CB in my emergency bag in the car for years...I think the last actual CB installed radio I had was in a 1980 conversion van..in -dash nice unit..23 channels .
but with the hobby fading.. I never installed a radio in any of my new rigs...on those rare occassions when I'd find myself on the interstate with a huge delay.. I'd pull out the handheld just to listen and see what was going on...with a mess of truckers all at a standstill around me, I could usually hear enough of the traffic and even spot certain talkers....if they got word of an alternate route, I'd just follow in behind them.
anyway...recently upgraded to the Midland all-in-one you're talking about...but even with 2 high end vehicals, the noise while running down the road makes the radio useless..cause you sql up so high that no traffic is getting through anyway.
if we are at a crawl in a traffic jam..yeah.. I'll turn it on..but the days of chit-chat with fellow commuters..no..not with these little radios...and yes, for those who might ask...even if I don't run off the cig lighter and just user internal batteries...there's enough noise coming off the car that it's just not what it used to be..that said.. I like having the comms option onboard for those bad days..and I agree..if it wasn't for the local ham group in my smaller town.. there'd be no traffic for my HT either...in fact, I commute to a larger city daily..checking listing for freqs...nuttin up here..so my only traffic is what makes it from the hometown repeater up the 25 mile commute to my office...still.. I got the ham cause I want to know what's going on if things get crazy in town..like the coming huricane.
but with the hobby fading.. I never installed a radio in any of my new rigs...on those rare occassions when I'd find myself on the interstate with a huge delay.. I'd pull out the handheld just to listen and see what was going on...with a mess of truckers all at a standstill around me, I could usually hear enough of the traffic and even spot certain talkers....if they got word of an alternate route, I'd just follow in behind them.
anyway...recently upgraded to the Midland all-in-one you're talking about...but even with 2 high end vehicals, the noise while running down the road makes the radio useless..cause you sql up so high that no traffic is getting through anyway.
if we are at a crawl in a traffic jam..yeah.. I'll turn it on..but the days of chit-chat with fellow commuters..no..not with these little radios...and yes, for those who might ask...even if I don't run off the cig lighter and just user internal batteries...there's enough noise coming off the car that it's just not what it used to be..that said.. I like having the comms option onboard for those bad days..and I agree..if it wasn't for the local ham group in my smaller town.. there'd be no traffic for my HT either...in fact, I commute to a larger city daily..checking listing for freqs...nuttin up here..so my only traffic is what makes it from the hometown repeater up the 25 mile commute to my office...still.. I got the ham cause I want to know what's going on if things get crazy in town..like the coming huricane.
