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Old 04-21-2015, 08:51 PM   #1
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Help me justify buying a cb radio to my wife

Help me justify buying a cb radio to my wife
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Old 04-21-2015, 09:05 PM   #2
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Okay, you are going down the interstate and listening to the CB..the truckers talk on it all on the time, they will give a warning most of the time to a wreck or slow down ahead. I still use mine from 1974 that I brought out of retirement to use when we got our travel trailer. I have magnetic mount antenna that I use when on the road, other times it is stored behind my truck seat, still connected to the radio. One time many years ago I had it on while traveling and listening to others, I picked up that something was in the road ahead, right lane, I moved over to the left lane and continued on. I later found out that the object in the road was a person who had passed out while crossing it. Just an example...
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Old 04-21-2015, 09:09 PM   #3
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They cost less now than in the 1980s when I had one in my truck. less even than a dinner at a fancy restaurant. You can talk to truckers. Great for travelling in groups. If these arguments fail, watch the movie Smokey and the Bandit. Who could resists the cool factor of Burt Reynolds, a black Trans Am and of course, his CB radio?
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Old 04-21-2015, 09:14 PM   #4
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When you have a break down and no cell phone coverage you can get help. And it's a great way to stay awake on a long trip. Better than Red Bull.
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Old 04-21-2015, 10:33 PM   #5
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If these arguments fail, watch the movie Smokey and the Bandit. Who could resists the cool factor of Burt Reynolds, a black Trans Am and of course, his CB radio?
Love those movies. Even if they were well before I was born. I have yet to put a CB in my dually though I've wanted to on numerous occasions. I have a Cobra 29 NW, Wb, all that fancy stuff in my company Pete I DD. Comes in handy some times. Other times it gets old. Still want to get another loaded one for the dually one of these days.
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Old 04-21-2015, 10:51 PM   #6
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I guess I'll be the guy that says I can't stand CB radio's! Back in the day they were great, but now it's all a bunch of B.S. on them. Hell, most most of the truckers can't speak English anyways. I am a full time mechanic, but I drive a friends semi part time. I put about 15,000 miles a year on the truck. Unless I am running with someone I know, I just shut the radio off.
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Old 04-22-2015, 05:16 AM   #7
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Truckers don't hardly ever turn them on anymore and good luck trying to talk to the ones that do. "We know who is and who isn't."


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Old 04-22-2015, 05:25 AM   #8
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If you get one you'll have to take the bad with the good. They are used as much for babe alerts as they are for road warnings. Truckers have a unique perspective of passengers in the cars that pass them.
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Old 04-22-2015, 07:29 AM   #9
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I love our CB! We use it all the time when traveling....and if we are traveling with other campers, we turn to our own channel and can talk between each other as we drive!


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Old 04-22-2015, 07:56 AM   #10
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I use mine all the time I have a sticker on the back of the trailer that says I monitor CH19, I have had truckers tell me when they see things out of place with the trailer.
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Old 04-22-2015, 08:03 AM   #11
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If you get one you'll have to take the bad with the good. They are used as much for babe alerts as they are for road warnings. Truckers have a unique perspective of passengers in the cars that pass them.
My wife discovered this some years back when we took a CB with us. We were passing through a town and all the truckers were talking about was a girl with long legs in a little red sports car. My wife didn't understand until I told her the truckers were up high looking down into peoples cars.
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Old 04-22-2015, 08:06 AM   #12
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The CB is just another source of safety and communication. Definite vote of YES!
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Old 04-22-2015, 08:12 AM   #13
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The first time you are out of cell service and have trouble you will find out the hard way, I did. I also carry a 2-metter rig as I am one of those crazy ham radio nuts.
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Old 04-22-2015, 08:13 AM   #14
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excellent thread. we did T hunts back in highschool. one car go hide and key up. then the rest would go find him using signal strength. everybody doing circles in the parking lot. folks thought we were crazy...
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Old 04-22-2015, 08:15 AM   #15
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The info you can get on traffic conditions alone is worth every penny.
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Old 04-22-2015, 08:17 AM   #16
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It hadn't crossed my mind to get one until this thread... now I need to look into it.
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Old 04-22-2015, 08:26 AM   #17
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We sometimes travel in a small group. All of us having a CB (tuned to an off channel as not to bother others) can chat back and forth with everyone in the tow vehicles listening in. It can go on for the entire trip not having to worry about battery drain or plan minutes. As already mentioned, instant road alerts and ability to use in no cell reception areas are a couple of more benefits.
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Old 04-22-2015, 08:28 AM   #18
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Use to have one in my truck and did find value of traffic situations ahead. But as someone mentioned many truckers don't even use them anymore. And I have found the ones that were still using them reported more on girls in cars and used bad language. All of which I did not mind but my kids in the back had some interesting questions on those conversations.
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Old 04-23-2015, 05:06 AM   #19
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Started in CB in my teens and have not been without one since.Most people think its an out of date hobby or just for truckers but I can tell you there are still alot of people into the hobby and alot have base stations as I do.Finding out road conditions,weather,traffic and other things usually justify having one.If you don't want to spend the money on a new in the box setup there are usually alot of them for sale cheap on craigslist or at flea markets and usually you can come up with the whole setup,radio and ant. for under 30 bucks.
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Old 04-25-2015, 12:38 AM   #20
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I have one in my TV and also my motorcycle has one, there was a wreck on an overpass the truckers kept us informed on what was up, I have stickers that I had made at makestickers.com that has ( CB13 ) on it for my TV and camper.


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