CB Radio

Yeah, for the times it comes in handy it's worth having. I was in Florida as a new trainee and saw a 5 or 6 car pileup when a heavy utility pickup entered the highway too fast and slid into a car causing a chain reaction right in front of our truck. What is it with the drivers down there? Sounds worse than Houston. The CB couldn't have helped avoid that situation, but it definitely let the drivers behind us know what was ahead of them.

I will be taking my son out with me for the first time soon, and that's one of the things that bugs me a little is some of the language on the radio. He is old enough he's heard it before, but it's still sad that you've got all the radio Rambos mucking up the airwaves. But, you hear it anywhere there's people nowadays it seems. Can't even eat a meal at a restaurant without hearing the f*bomb.

Here's a ? Does side band get used any more? It has been years since I've been on and am trying to decide which radio I should tune up {dust off} before I jump into the truck? That use to be a nice place to just jump onto and have a good uninterrupted conversation or a chat with some buds.

Here's a ? Does side band get used any more? It has been years since I've been on and am trying to decide which radio I should tune up {dust off} before I jump into the truck? That use to be a nice place to just jump onto and have a good uninterrupted conversation or a chat with some buds.

I have 2 radios from my old days of trucking. A Northstar 9000 (equivalent to a galaxy 99 with upper and lower sideband, fm , peaked and tuned and a cobra 29. I wanted my NS in the truck but couldn't get the swr's low enough in the lightweight truck I'm driving. So I've got the cobra. But due to all the bs other drivers talk about Prime truck's I only turn it on during bad weather or shipper/receivers.

I used to talk sideband to my friends in CA from all over the country. Wish I could still use it.

I have thought about putting a sideband radio in the rig, but honestly I don't know how much I would really use it. I use the CB in the truck to mainly keep track of local stuff, although I have had some long conversations with drivers going the same way, or taking the same detour. If I wanted to do some long distance work I would put one of my amateur radios in there, but I am afraid that would be too distracting.

Something to think about!

Yes, they can be distracting. My father use to run one out the house in Concord, NH and would talk all over the country. One day he started a conversation with a very faint signal, the guy came back to him and said "Hold on I'm turning the Island around" come to find out it was an operator on a military base up in Alaska! They talked for about 5 min. and the guy said he had to shut down before being caught. Good times!