Typical of the 11 meter CB world,,more power instead of better receiving, but a little help never hurt
A KL203 and a West Mountain Radio CLEARSPEECH DSP Speaker are the combination which are
the revolution in making an AM/SSB radio outperform all else than Amateur Gear used on 11-Meter.
Paired, it’s a $300 addition after tax/shipping.
Which maybe some might exhibit understanding know if they ran mobile
and had to attach importance to timely information.
Hearing about some Interstate problems but three miles away is too little & too late in plenty of instances.
1). Where
hearing 12-15/miles enables planning an alternate route.
2). And
getting heard by locals a few miles off the Interstate
confirms or changes that alternate route.
— One has his own vehicle deficiencies to overcome.
And the deficiencies of the other guys radio rig.
I no longer find it surprising that other truck drivers who’ve made an investment of time (study) and effort (install & money) are equally good at map reading + understanding on-air directions while on the fly.
Alternate routes aren’t automatically easy.
Relaying info back & forth
plus monitoring what’s happening in that instant on the Big Road while
also hustling a big truck down unfamiliar roads (suitable to vehicle type) is an all-hands-on-deck sustained effort.
Truly awful weather can ALSO telescope dead-serious highway problems into a few seconds of
needing to make correct assessments just to avoid adding to an existing crash.
Hearing — and Getting Heard —have consequences
past those who would kill the spirit of law in their childish insistence on the letter.
Had the tools but failed to use them effectively (or use them at all) is a typical ending to a report on pilot fatalities.
Not all problems can be avoided. Or should be. Judgment comes with experience and skill.
Listening is a skill as what can matter is not always putative content.
Utilize the principle underlaying Radio:
Have the tools.
Use them to best effect.
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