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08-30-2012, 05:48 PM
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Location: Apex, NC
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CB Radios?
Just curious but do any of y'all still use them?
Tim
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08-30-2012, 06:14 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: KY
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Yea we have them but don't use a lot, I do like the noaa weather radio feature on mine though, use it all the time
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08-30-2012, 06:14 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Full-timing
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Makes a great wheel chock.
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08-30-2012, 06:23 PM
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Site Team
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Location: Venice
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The best thing about them is the off switch but I have only used it two times in eight years in this TV to get around accidents. So I guess I'll keep it. Keep the shiny side up, Hank
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2007 Cougar 290RKS, E-Z Flex, 16" XPS RIBs ( SOLD .. Gonna miss her ... looking for new 5r)
2004.5 Dodge 2500 QC, LB, 5.9HO, WestTach gauges, Ride-Rite
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08-30-2012, 06:34 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Northville NY in the Adirondacks
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebs79
Just curious but do any of y'all still use them?
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Nope. Chucked mine several years ago. CB is a vast wasteland and I'll have no part of it.
We have some of the FRS half watt handhelds for chit chat between the vehicles when we travel (I pull the trailer while she hauls the boat.)
I also have a GMRS license so I have a mobile in the truck plus a handheld for that.
Between the FRS and GMRS, I can get quite a bit of highway updates by listening in while traveling in urban areas. Not much chatter on GMRS once you get away from the heavily populated areas.
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'11 Cougar 326MKS loaded with mods
'12 Ford F250 SuperCab 6.7 PowerStroke Diesel
Amateur Radio: KD2IAT (146.520) GMRS: WQPG808 (462.675 TPL 141.3)
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08-30-2012, 06:37 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Herndon, VA
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CB radios
Well, they didn't call them the Children's Band for nothing. In the end they just became chatter boxes with no real purpose other than passing time --- sort of like kids texting today.
IMHO,
John
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2011Cougar 318SAB
Sidewinder hitch
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08-30-2012, 06:54 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Dayton
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Yep, I keep mine on with the squelch cranked...been useful for working with the big trucks to negotiate on-ramps and listening for traffic conditions on the local interstates. You'll almost always get a few miles notice of an accident or a phantom traffic jam before running up on it blind. The Buckeye can be challenging since most of my fellow drivers aren't the most courteous or attentive to larger trucks/RVs/etc especially through Columbus or Cincinnati. I rarely talk on it...mostly for information only.
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Dayton, OH
2012 Keystone Cougar 331MKS
2018 RAM 3500 Laramie 6.7L DRW
B&W Companion
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08-30-2012, 07:17 PM
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Location: North Florida
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I forgot what they looked like
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2009 F-250 SuperDuty CC 6.8L/4.10 (The Black Pearl)
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08-30-2012, 07:26 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Snowbird
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Got mine under the back seat in the truck, I forget where the antenna is.
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08-31-2012, 06:04 PM
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Location: Bakersfield, CA
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Sure do. We usually travel with one or more couples and the CB's make communicating easy for those times someone needs to make a quick exit off the highway or pointing out something interesting.
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Firestone Ride-Rite Air Bags
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08-31-2012, 09:05 PM
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Location: Arrey,
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Howdy All;
The few times I've got caught short I'd wished
I'd had it hooked up and on... HATE trying to manouver
in tight spaces with the trailer... oh, well
hankaye
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09-01-2012, 02:20 PM
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Location: Huntley, IL
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We keep a CB in the truck as it is the primary communication tool on group off-road trail runs. However, I must admit that there have been enough times that it has been useful in problematic traffic situations to warrant having it available. Especially as we crawl across I94 between Michigan City and Chicago. I actually can't remember a time in the last 40 years that that section of road wasn't under construction or tied up with an accident.
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2013 Ford F250 6.7L CC SB
2014 Cougar 333MKS
Huntley, Illinois
formerly Norton Shores, Michigan
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09-01-2012, 04:49 PM
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jeffS, Howdy;
Sort of like trying to get thru Hartford, Ct. on I-95. I'm thinkin' the third Generation of workers is getting close to retirement on that one 10 or 15 mile strech...
hankaye
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Striving for a less complicated life since 1949 ...
Home: 2008 Cougar 278 RKS
T.V.: 2004 F-250 4X4, Level III BulletProofed , Detroit Tru-Track Differential (915A550)
Dog: 2006 Border Collie (Rascal) aka Maximum fur dispersal unit. (08/04/2006 - 12/16/2017) RIP.
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09-02-2012, 02:24 PM
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Location: SoCal
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I use CB for off-road runs with friends. It has much better range than FRS.
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2009 Ford F150 SuperCrew F X4 5.4L w/Max Tow
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09-14-2012, 06:56 AM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Ohio
Posts: 55
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Have one don't use much too much fowl mouth. Will tune in around the bigger cities. Most police monitor CB so I see one I usually can get him if I need to report stupid drivers
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