CB Usage
- Thread starter utahluge
- Start date
Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
- Location
- far enough away
I have never been able to find a good "user guide" to CB's, like, how do you find say, the guy 2 cars in front of you on the highway? etc.
ALF
SURE!?
- Location
- Taylorsville
Skylinerider
Wandering the desert
- Location
- Ephraim
I use mine quite a bit, pretty much only to listen since I need to tune it properly, nobody can hear me.... or they just ignore me.
strangeKowboy
Oops i did it again
- Location
- Springville, Ut
I think they are pretty handy when out traveling. When i was riding pro and on the road everyday i loved them just to keep in touch with the truckers on traffic and to bs. Nowadays i like having them when on the trail. They are in my trail rigs to keep in touch with the rest of the group
ID Bronco
Registered User
- Location
- Idaho Falls, ID
CB's are great on the trail! I cannot seem to keep mine working so it is off and on and no one here works on them! Not even the truckstops.
I don't understand the point of the poll. What would I like to see for who? Myself? Users in general?
I think CB's suck, due to their limited capabilities.. Which is why i'm going in for my HAM license this week. CB certainly has it's place, don't get me wrong, but the HAM is far more useful for the majority of traveling that I do.
-Jason
I think CB's suck, due to their limited capabilities.. Which is why i'm going in for my HAM license this week. CB certainly has it's place, don't get me wrong, but the HAM is far more useful for the majority of traveling that I do.
-Jason
bobmed
- - - -
- Location
- sugarliberty
I have one but don't hear much on it anywhere.
The PA is handy for yelling at the idiots instead of sticking my head out the window
The PA is handy for yelling at the idiots instead of sticking my head out the window
Cherokeester
Registered User
- Location
- Wellsville Utah
I like CB's and use them on the trail all the time. I also use one in my tow rig on long hauls.
OREGON85
from OREGON
- Location
- Independence, Oregon
I think everyone should have one on the trail, but I don't really see much use on the highway.
Brian P
Misanthropic Fuel
- Location
- Taylorsville
We use CB's all the time, More of our group are getting Ham's
Either are great for trail trips, to and from, I dont use my CB around town, I do use my ham in the dark corners of my basement
Side note, A CB or Ham is a requirement for Cruise Moab FWIW
Either are great for trail trips, to and from, I dont use my CB around town, I do use my ham in the dark corners of my basement
Side note, A CB or Ham is a requirement for Cruise Moab FWIW
RockMonkey
Suddenly Enthusiastic
I used to use CBs all the time on trips. I haven't used one in years now. We tend to use family band hand-held radios now. They work great, they're compact and portable. That said, there is a CB in the XJ, and I haven't taken it out yet...
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
I think every rig should have some sort of communication. If you travel with other hammers, get a ham. If you travel with other CB'ers, get a CB, if you travel with other 2-way radios, get them. I'm to the point where I loathe going on trips with people that do not have operating radios of some sort, for a short trailride its not a big deal but if your covering hundreds of miles and getting spread out is common, a radio goes a long ways to keeping the sanity, especially for the trail leader and tail gunner.
Thats a good idea, but isn't that what 19 is for?
Then you just agree on a channel to switch to. Thats the way I always thought it has been anyway.Thats a good idea, but isn't that what 19 is for?
I understood that 19 was East/West, 18 was North/South. Or something like that. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, I'd love to learn more about CB etiquette.