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K6IHC

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« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2007, 10:05:23 AM »

27 MHz CB radio is just another form of communication that can be useful.

I have an AM/SSB CB at the home station, and have an AM unit that I can slide into the 4WD truck for long trips and 4x4 events.

Quite a few people still use the CB for short-range communications.

That said, I also have GMRS radios (and a valid license) and an FRS radio in my inventory.  It just keeps your communications options open.
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W7AIT

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« Reply #16 on: November 04, 2007, 06:00:24 AM »

CB is great for real time road info.  I have added CB in both my car and shack.  Found it really useful on the road; I get REAL TIME traffic reports which I cannot get on 2 meter repeaters - with 2M guys located 200 miles from where I'm at, they have no clue as to local condx.
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N2UZV

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« Reply #17 on: November 04, 2007, 06:19:28 PM »

I am a member of ARES/RACES and have a CB in my SUV as well as a duel band ham radio.  Only one other member of ARES/RACES has a CB in his car. He has it for traffic information. He sells and service business bad radio.

The reasons I have both CB and Ham radios in my SUV are two fold. Ever try to find out about traffic problem on 2 meters or 440? Ham radio does not work for traffic info where I live. They shut down the toll road by me for the president. It caused a massive back-up. I heard it on the CB and saved two hours sitting in traffic. Not a word on the ham radio untill the weekly net.

Second reason is where I have a second home that I use for hunting everyone has a 27 mhz CB on their ATVs and on their camps. Range and reliability has been outstanding. Most people are not hams. Most people are able to use their CBs without problems. We have searched for lost people using CBs and have called to people with CB base radios and they have made a phone calls to have hurt people airlifted out to medical care. Yes, there is no cell phone service where my second home is.

The time CB saves on traveling and the use for safety in areas without Cell phones can not be beat.

I had my CB first, KKD-6523. Now I am an extra class ham, N2UZV. I also have a GMRS license. That is another story.

Steve
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KC6WGN

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« Reply #18 on: November 07, 2007, 12:22:51 PM »

I agree with you having a CB radio to monitor on the road. Sometimes I carry mine to watch the channel 19, so you know whats going on the road. Last week my way to Southern California on the way like 3 miles traffic on a freeway, I forgot to carry my CB and I tried to monitor  uhf/vhf nothing...in action. Yes I agree...
THanks Gideon
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KE5DFK

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« Reply #19 on: November 09, 2007, 11:06:34 AM »

After spending about 3 decades on CB, I'm only 43, for real time road conditions on the interstate there is nothing more real time than a CB with a good antenna.  Real time for me is knowing within the first 10mts that I need to take an exit to avoid a traffic jam.  Most often than not I heard about a wreck within minutes if not seconds of what, where, when and what exit or lane to take.  As much as I like 2mtrs for pure road conditions and directions the CB is tops.

I drove for 3yrs all over South TX, with my Cobra 148 and my Icom V8000 sitting right next to each other.  Not once did I ever get a traffic report or directions on 2mtrs.  

I will always have a CB.

KE5DFK
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ONAIR

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« Reply #20 on: November 15, 2007, 02:42:05 AM »

   You can buy a brand new Midland CB for only around $25 bucks on Amazon.com now!
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KF4URY

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« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2007, 12:48:21 PM »

If you are giving out traffic reports on 2 meters without actually being in a conversation (and you just feel like talking out loud), that is broadcasting.  Unless I've missed a change in the rules, it's not allowed.  


Can someone on a CB broadcast?  If it's not legal does anyone really care what someone on CB does?  
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ONAIR

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« Reply #22 on: November 18, 2007, 02:37:50 PM »

    CBers have been "broadcasing" for years.  I remember the dorks who would make speeches and broadcast music for hours at a time.  Lots of them just loved to hear themselves talk, even if no one ever got back to them.   There was even one dude in NYC who would give sermons over the air!
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VK2DMH

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« Reply #23 on: January 03, 2008, 10:37:26 PM »

I spent one week as a volunteer radio operator with the Tara State Emergency Services during October 2002 when the town was threatened by major bushfires, sky high temperatures and strong winds.

UHF CB Radio was the one standard that was used by ALL our emergency services, ranging from Police, Ambulance, State Emergency Services (SES), Bush Fire Brigades (volunteers) and some city fire brigade officers and units.

The HF/VHF/UHF rig in my car was useless during this emergency because none of the people involved in the firefighting operation could use my frequencies. And I was only allowed, as a Ham, to communicate with other Hams. (Yes, I realize there are exceptions for emergencies, which this was.)

However, people living on those nearby country properties could also use CB radios to contact the SES to report on the fire and to ask if it was getting close to them.

See my fire photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ozipomdave/page4/
 
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ONAIR

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« Reply #24 on: January 15, 2008, 11:56:03 AM »

   A major advantage that CB has is that there are millions of them still around, and many are hooked up in cars and trucks to vehicle batteries that are ready to operate in an instant 24/7.  In an emergency situation where power and telephone lines are out, they are often the only means of communications available to the average citizen.
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