CB Radio on a Road Trip
My lady and I plan to buy a CB radio soon. We will be going on a road trip, and we want to fit a mobile CB radio into our Jeep Grand Cherokee. We will be driving from New York state to California, right thru the heartland of America.
Will the cb radio work pretty much everywhere we are going? And what is the radio‘s main purpose? Is it a free-for-all, or are there specific radio channels for specific things?
We decided on buying a CB for safety reasons, like if we are someplace where our cell phones dont work. But, tell me, are there any sort of rules or regulations involving the use of a CB radio? Can we just search for an active channel and start talking about whatever we feel like?
How does it all work out there on the CB channels?
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It will work everywhere. Channel 9 is an emergency channel, and channel 19 is generally where most truckers hang out.
If you do have an emergency, you may be better off broadcasting on channel 19 – since it is more likely that someone will hear you there.
CB radio’s work everywhere, but must be in close range of each other. A small hand-held CB walkie talkie radio may only have a range of one mile (if you’[re lucky), whereas a 5 watt mobile CB radio, with a large antenna (like that on a truck or a tractor trailer) may be able to reach 10 miles or even further.
If you travel and listen to the trucker channel you’ll find out about road conditions, traffic, accidents, and the location of police/highway patrol well before you see them.
Just watch out if you have children, channel 19 is often PG-13 or R. And it can also help a bit if you know a few of the more common citizens band radio 10 codes, such as “ten-four” which just means “Yes” or “I got that”. You might also want to take a look at some of the more common 2-way radio protocols or behaviour on the air, such as listening first before you press that push-to-talk button.