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I guess channel 19 is dead??? what are the truck drivers doing now?
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Trucker700
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I'm not sure that Mud Duck is the person actually making those high power transmissions. It is someone that has recordings, maybe a soundboard, and plays them so rapid fire, that it is obviously not a two-way conversation. (At least not over the air. Not certain what the sender might think they are hearing, if they are not just trying to heat the ionosphere.)
Either way, I wish I could DF the offender, and turn the info over to an FCC enforcement official.
Just out of curiosity, which features would get your attention?
mmckenna
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Remote HHCH style. There are a few, but they are above what I'm willing to pay on a whim.
If I really felt I needed to have a CB in my truck, I'd be happy to pay.
But since this isn't something I actually -need-, and it's more of a play thing, I'll likely never transmit, and it won't get turned on 98% of the time, it's just not something I'm interested in enough to pay $100+.
With the current status of the sunspot cycle, I'm not going to pay that amount of money to listen to noise. I've got better things to listen to.
So true. Some companies ban cb in their truck. Werner, one company that did prohibit them at the time, lost a 100 million dollar lawsuit appeal.
Texas appeals court upholds $100M judgment against Werner
A 5-year-old judgment against Werner has been upheld on appeal by a Texas court, with the amount now standing at more than $100 million.
www.freightwaves.com
Then some time later on their website they suggest cb radio among other things, for fathers day gifts for truck drivers. Who knows, maybe if the driver had one the accident would not have happened.
What To Get Your Truck-Driving Dad for Father’s Day
We’ve compiled a list of items for you that your truck-driving dad will love for Father's Day, that will come in handy on the road.
www.werner.com
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I'm a ham. I was on CB first, during the silly period when it was very popular and there were CB songs and movies. I've never trivialized CB to promote ham radio through bashing CB. They're different, and they each have different uses.
In 1998, I found myself laid off. My family was near St. Louis and I was able to get a job near Philadelphia. I had a CB in each of my vehicles, and I kept them on Channel 19 because we took the PA Turnpike and I-70 very frequently driving back and forth. I also used one going to the NYC area traveling up the Turnpike and sometimes the Parkway. The drivers of the time saw I had a ball-and-spring whip antenna on my Blazer and would tell me I could come into their "convoy" as we all tried to make our ways to wherever we were going. I really liked that because you knew everything that was going on up ahead. We kept each other safe.
On occasion, I might even get into a conversation with a few other people. Nothing deep, but where we were from, where we were going, etc. Maybe the best was, "Hey, I'm headed to St. Louis, where's a good place to eat along the way?" Lots of smartass replies, of course, but quite a few great recommendations, too.
Fast forward to now. Aside from retiring from the other job I got afterward, I tune in on CB occasionally, but don't really hear anything of value as far as road hazards. I see a lot of trucks that don't even have CB antennas on them. I get indications of what's going on through Google maps on my cellphone. No details, but just red areas where everything has stopped. I hear the professional drivers have terminals that give them situational awareness, but I don't know who makes it or what it really does. My family and I use either 2 meters or 440 radios to communicate from car to car instead of a CB.
If there was some value in using it, I'd put a CB back in my vehicles. It had its uses, especially in inclement weather or very long, boring drives.
In 1998, I found myself laid off. My family was near St. Louis and I was able to get a job near Philadelphia. I had a CB in each of my vehicles, and I kept them on Channel 19 because we took the PA Turnpike and I-70 very frequently driving back and forth. I also used one going to the NYC area traveling up the Turnpike and sometimes the Parkway. The drivers of the time saw I had a ball-and-spring whip antenna on my Blazer and would tell me I could come into their "convoy" as we all tried to make our ways to wherever we were going. I really liked that because you knew everything that was going on up ahead. We kept each other safe.
On occasion, I might even get into a conversation with a few other people. Nothing deep, but where we were from, where we were going, etc. Maybe the best was, "Hey, I'm headed to St. Louis, where's a good place to eat along the way?" Lots of smartass replies, of course, but quite a few great recommendations, too.
Fast forward to now. Aside from retiring from the other job I got afterward, I tune in on CB occasionally, but don't really hear anything of value as far as road hazards. I see a lot of trucks that don't even have CB antennas on them. I get indications of what's going on through Google maps on my cellphone. No details, but just red areas where everything has stopped. I hear the professional drivers have terminals that give them situational awareness, but I don't know who makes it or what it really does. My family and I use either 2 meters or 440 radios to communicate from car to car instead of a CB.
If there was some value in using it, I'd put a CB back in my vehicles. It had its uses, especially in inclement weather or very long, boring drives.
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did you try 11 on the cb? im talking to guys in florida and Hawaii on a bearfoot cobra 19
That's my #1 gripe about CB equipment. Many newer vehicles don't support radio friendly cab layouts. I had (barely) adequate room for a split mount ham radio and a medium sized CB under the dash in my 2001 4Runner. The dash/console design of my 2018 4Runner allowed for the installation of a split mount ham radio, but did not have the depth required for the CB.
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I don't know why any non-fleet vehicle has to have massive plastic consoles to toss garbage into between the front seats. Every single newer vehicle I've looked at in the past 8 or so years has that.
No vehicle really has the depth for full transceivers, maybe with the exception of a fleet vehicle. And only because those tend to be supplied either with a folding seat that can be unbolted and stashed away somewhere, or the console as an option (and a Gamber Johnson or Havis console can be put in after-market to be more functional). There is one exception. My daughter came home with a Ford Fusion and I was able to fit a Kenwood TM281 and TM481 stacked in the hole between the dash and the plastic console. But they had to be small radios and there's little space for air circulation for the heat sinks.
Personally, I want a vehicle that I can hose out after I've messed it up inside, not one that's an extension of my living room with a crappy console that can really only be used to hoard ketchup packets.
mmckenna
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Pretty much why I drive an F350, XL trim, vinyl seats and vinyl floor. I can wipe out the interior with a wet rag and be good.
My older truck with cloth seats and carpet took a beating from my wife, dog and young son.
But not everyone wants that.
They are much easier to install in, that's for sure.
Most of the new generation driving trucks these days dont have a CB in the truck. 20 years ago was a different story. When I was on the road from the mid 90s to 2004 everyone had a radio. I stepped out of trucking from 04-15. When I decided to go back on the road in 15 for a few years, times have changed and not for the good in trucking. Very few run a radio anymore. Yes, CB is old technology, but it works. Back in 17 I was in Ohio on I90 close to the PA line. A storm came in and here comes all the lake effect. The drivers running radios (very few) were able to get reports on the conditions further east in PA and get off the interstate before it got worse. That storm shut down I90 in both directions in PA, multiple pile ups. The guys not running radios kept going and ran into a huge mess. That was one of many times the radio saved my rearend when I was driving.
I think if more of this new generation of truck drivers used a radio, we would see less huge pile ups.
I think if more of this new generation of truck drivers used a radio, we would see less huge pile ups.
samcken
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I can't speak for what other old drivers are doing, but this retired one is enjoying sunsets on the deck with a fine sipping bourbon!
🍻Cheers!
902
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Well deserved, no doubt!
K6GBW
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Most companies these days won't even allow a radio. They have GPS tracking, they monitor the speed of the trucks, they have chat apps and WAZE for navigation. The hassle of making a 27 MHz radio work in a rig is just more of a pain than it's worth. Here in the Los Angeles area the only real CB you get is SSB guys running power on 35-40 and the driver's at the end of the day spewing foul language while drunk in their sleepers. When it comes to CB...they should be nuked from orbit...it's the only way to be sure.
niceguy71
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I wish I could beat the "need to have a CB radio" sickness.... but I can't....... if I could, .... I would have saved tons of money and time... and would have actually done something more worthwhile with my time....... but the having a radio in the truck and base is a need I have always had.... maybe when I get my Ham license I'll let the CB's go
DeeEx
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Ha ha ha, I said the same thing decades ago! Still have the latest and greatest mobile ham and CB rigs in all of my vehicles!
K6GBW
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Many of us started with CB. I actually had a CB license way back in the 70's (KBLI1248). I got it right as the FCC went to license by rule, so even though they sent me the license, the also sent back my check! I used CB till about 1984 when I went in the Army. In the Army I got my first exposure to VHF and HF. The Army's VHF radios back then didn't have much more range than a CB so it was all very familiar. When I got out of the Army I got my Amateur license and was amazed that I could talk to someone on the other side of the county with a little hand held radio. No noise, no squelchy non-sense, just clean communication. Then I upgraded and got on HF and that was another amazing thing. Today, I run a UHF radio in my car and both VHF and UHF at my home along with a simple 100 watt HF rig. I can talk to guys 20 miles away on VHF simplex and to people in the surrounding counties on several linked 440 systems. The HF lets me talk to most of the western Unitied States.
CB in rural area may still be relevant, but with the ability to use 50 watts on UHF with a GMRS radio it makes the headaches of trying to match antennas and noise filters seems like banging your head against a wall. $165.00 for a GMRS radio (Midland MXT275) and less than $50.00 for a decent antenna and it opens up a whole new world. The ranks of the GMRS crowd are growing, so there's more people to talk to there. Frankly, GMRS does what CB was supposed to do when it was invented. They just picked the wrong frequncies for it way back in the 1950's.
CB in rural area may still be relevant, but with the ability to use 50 watts on UHF with a GMRS radio it makes the headaches of trying to match antennas and noise filters seems like banging your head against a wall. $165.00 for a GMRS radio (Midland MXT275) and less than $50.00 for a decent antenna and it opens up a whole new world. The ranks of the GMRS crowd are growing, so there's more people to talk to there. Frankly, GMRS does what CB was supposed to do when it was invented. They just picked the wrong frequncies for it way back in the 1950's.
