Does anyone still use CB radio?

[DWalt]

Was going through some old junk today and found my old Midland 23 channel CB radio, forgot I had it. I bought it sometime in the mid-70s at the height of the "Breaker Breaker" craze, and had it in my Ford LTD for awhile (right next to my 8-track tape player). I didn't have much use for it and finally removed it after a few years. No idea if it works and don't care to find out.

Do truckers (or anyone else) still use them?

 

[Ματθιας]

My dad had a Realistic CB radio that he bought in the late 70s. The truck I drive, his old truck, is wired up for for it. The bracket and the antenna are still there and everything is plug and go. I might look for it tomorrow.

 

[BC38]

I have one in my 4-wheeling Jeep. They are useful for communication on the trails

 

[doublesharp]

years ago before cell phones were common gun show guys used walkie talkies to stay in touch with their tables while shopping the show. Have not seen that in a long while.

 

[Sistema1927]

My last CB radio was stolen out of my 63 Plymouth Valiant in the parking lot of JC Penney in 1973.

Since then I have graduated to HF/VHF/UHF.

 

[jbtrucker]

I hardly ever use my CB too many foul mouthed idiots . The only time used is when I come up on a traffic jam , see someone I know and sometimes at customers shipping/receiving. Back in the 70's CB craze my dad hooked up a mobile radio/converter and antenna on the roof . Our house sit highest point Memphis could talk and receive for miles. I was the Peanut Butter Kid plus call letters you had to be registered, I would talk to truckers and locals people were lot more friendly back then

 

[Jimmyjones]

They're still in use

We use the CB on Run For The Wall (RFTW) for our comms, 500+ motorcycles spread out over a few miles going coast to coast. Pack leadership has a channel, participants are welcome to monitor (no speaky). Road Guards ('traffic control') monitor it & we have our own alt channel. We also talk with the truckers on 19, though more 18 wheelers are moving to 2 meter. We use GMR at the stops when we're away from our bikes.

 

[7tenz]

We use them to communicate in the mines and when on the road going to a jobsite we tell the other drivers to call on the cell phone.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Mine is in the basement someplace.

 

[woodsltc]

Hunting buddies and I use walkie-talkies when hunting the mountains and the Cumberland Plateau here in Tennessee...lots of areas where there is no cell service.

Don

 

[Tom Beavert]

I have one in the RV, Cobra to talk with friends on a group trip. I normally stay off the trucker channels.
TB

 

[memtb]

Occasionally! Primarily just to monitor traffic conditions, when towing our 5th wheel, in bad or snowy weather. I like to now about the traffic problems, before I’m part of the problem! memtb

 

[walnutred]

In cleaning out the barn a couple years ago I found my dads old CB base station and my old Marine radio. I was going to pitch them both but then I thought "You know, if we ever get isolated because of a fabricated crisis I may need these to communicate."

 

[steveno]

I got my CB radio back in the middle 1960's. in the box was the form you had to send in to the FCC to get your "official" call sign. I sent it in but I don't recall anybody ever using it.

I suspect the truckers still use CB radios as they can't possibly know the cell numbers of every trucker that they want to talk when they pass them on the road

 

[Salty RI]

I have a 5 watt walkie talkie. I use when I go trout fishing in northern NH,you need one so you can tell when the logging trucks are going in and out of the logging roads.

 

[DWalt]

I hardly ever use my CB too many foul mouthed idiots.

That was one reason I removed my CB. With the wife and kids in the car, I didn't dare turn it on.

 

[Tom S.]

When my wife was still alive, we had one in the tow vehicle. It came in handy for traffic reports. Sometimes really important when you have a 21 foot truck pulling a 38 foot trailer.

 

[Old Arkansawyer]

I still have a 23 channel in my MCI bus conversion RV. It can be
handy to monitor traffic conditions etc. Can't remember what I
paid for the radio, bought it on sale at Montgomery Wards store
when they were introducing the 40 channel models.
Use to talk the skip at times.

 

[wood714]

My dad and my friends dad were both truckers.

My friends dad had a CB base station at home with a 1000 watt amp hooked up to it. His handle was the Kilowatt Kid.

It didn't last too long, before the FCC got him thou.

 

[DWalt]

My dad and my friends dad were both truckers. My friends dad had a CB base station at home with a 1000 watt amp hooked up to it. His handle was the Kilowatt Kid.
It didn't last too long, before the FCC got him though.

I understood that back in the day, many truckers also had high output CB signal amplifiers in their trucks.