CB Use in Oklahoma

[Drkatzjr45]

Does anyone who lives in Oklahoma know if CB is still used while traveling the major interstates
(ie I-44 ...)

I have traveled both on the Turner Turnpike and Will Rogers, and didn't hear anything on this band
(while both scanning the band with a scanner, and using a CB) Complete silenece.

Is this normal? Do most truck drivers no longer use CB?

 

[jurrd87]

I have drove the turnpike several times and my CB is always booming with chatter!

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[Drkatzjr45]

CB in Oklahoma

Strange.... I had both my scanner (which should pick up signals from a fairly good distance)
and then a handheld CB.....and (yes) I know handheld's are awful signal wise.

But...I didn't hear any traffic on both: scanner or cb And I have been on these highways many times.

Thanks for responding.

 

[jurrd87]

Most if not all scanner antennas suck at receiving CB freqs

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[Freqed]

While CB is still in use, it has gone way down. I always scan 19 when on a long trip and sometimes you run into a good ol boy conversation that will cause me to lock it out for a while if they are going the sane direction as I am. But I have also seen Troopers running or stopped that go unreported so I never trust the CB like you could years ago. With the Cell phone and Sat, radio to play with most only use it when they need directions. But you should have heard something especially @ the 44/35 Junc, by all the Truck Stops.

 

[n5usr]

Anytime traffic starts backing up I enable the CB bank in my scanner - which only has an 800 MHz 1/4 wave so REALLY LOUSY for CB reception - and hear plenty of discussion of what's going on ahead.

On the rare occasions I enable it otherwise I don't hear nonstop conversation like I remember from the past (not that I'm going to hear very far with my setup) but I do usually hear two or three conversations - frequently in spanish!

 

[plaws]

So ... it's usable again?

So what you folks seem to be saying is that CB is a usable radio service again? That only took 35 years. :lol:

And let me also add that I have been tempted to dig out my old Midland and install it at N5UWY just for the heck of it.

 

[Drkatzjr45]

Lol

 

[Ensnared]

Channel 19 Active in OK

I have used channel 19 every single time I travel in Oklahoma. I've heard such on I44, I35, I40, & highway 69 through Muskogee. It is widespread.

 

[TeRayCodA]

A few of us down here,in Muskogee,hang out on 27.155(ch 16) there is almost someone monitoring 24+7.Give us a shout,if you are nearby

 

[plaws]

A few of us down here,in Muskogee,hang out on 27.155(ch 16) there is almost someone monitoring 24+7.Give us a shout,if you are nearby

Back In The Day, 16 was for sidebanders. When the new channels were added, then it was said (because it wasn't a regulation) that 35-40 were for SSB ... still true? Or am I showing my age?

 

[prerunner1982]

per Wikipedia... take it as you will. Citizens Band radio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"It was common for a town to adopt an inter-station channel as its "home" channel. This helped prevent overcrowding on channel 11, enabling a CBer to tune a town's home channel to contact another CBer from that town instead of a making a general call on channel 11. Single-sideband (SSB) users commonly used channel 16, to avoid interference to those using AM (SSB stations were authorized to use 12 watts, as opposed to 4 watts for AM stations) and to more easily locate other SSB stations. With the FCC authorization of 40 channels, SSB operation shifted to channels 36–40. Channel 36 became the unofficial SSB "calling channel" for stations seeking contacts, with the subsequent conversation moving to channels 37–40. CBers with AM-only radios were asked to not use channels 36 through 40. In return, SSB stations stayed off the remaining 35 channels so they could be used by AM stations."



I have my CB on most of the time as I have Jeep buddies that run them as well. I usually stay on 19, but if we are holding an event or gathering we typically use 4 or 16.

 

[Drkatzjr45]

I just have a very lousy handheld, with an even more --lousy-- antenna. But there have been times, when I first bought it, and was on I-44 (right next to 3 trucks) and requested a break on 19...
and nothing.,

I think that while it is still in very active use, it isn't as nearly as active as it once was; I think truckers
prefer to use their company's radio system and other communication sources..

 

[TeRayCodA]

We are also on MURS Ch01(151.820) here in the 'Gee

 

[LtDoc]

I guess it depends on your purpose and what you are used to. I figure CB is as 'alive' in Oklahoma as it is anywhere. It certainly isn't what it used to be, but then times change.
- 'Doc

 

[plaws]

It certainly isn't what it used to be, but then times change.
- 'Doc

Yeah, but that's a good thing!