[Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios

[Greg Danes]

Then if it is little used, why not a regional Scan-DC talk group (us)? It
does not have to be a formal net. Since some of us are in Arlington,
Bethesda, Baltimore, Fairfax etc. We could assign a working channel for
each locale.

It would pretty much make like minded go scanner folks able to discuss
stuff without need of a HAM ticket.

KJ4DGE

On Mon, Mar 8, 2021, 3:10 PM <along at comcast.net> wrote:

> Last time I had a listen to anything in the CB band there was a lot of
> nothing in English and a lot of chit chat in Spanish and other foreign
> languages.  The most you'll hear from truckers is on the interstates and as
> Dewey already mentioned that's even drying up.
>
> Andy
> KE8QHA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of Dewey
> Sent: Monday, March 8, 2021 2:46 PM
> To: 'Scan DC' <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
>
> As a radio hobbyist who frequently travels, I still like to run a CB when
> on
> the road.  Problem is, CB is pretty much dead now, even on the highways.
> Sure, you *may* hear a conversation once in a while, but even at crash and
> other event scenes, there is extremely little reporting going on... at
> least
> on this side of the Mississippi (smokey reports are almost non-existent).
> I
> find more local chatter, such as, dump trucks on their talking to their
> co-workers than anything else.  When stopping at truck stops, all of the
> truck drivers I see are wearing single-sided Bluetooth headphones to their
> cellphones.  I've actually scanned the complete CB band when on the road
> with nothing but miles and miles of silence.  This is just an opinion, but
> my belief is that in addition to cellphones killing CB (I'm sure most of us
> remember good ol' REACT), the proliferation of GPS tracking has also slowed
> a number (not all) of truckers down, thus eliminating the need for CB and
> its most famous... smokey reports.
>
> Dewey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of Alan Henney
> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 01:33
> To: Scan DC <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Compact CB Radios
>
> With less and less to monitor on VHF and UHF, I was thinking about trying
> the old CB radio band again.
>
> I noticed that the inexpensive radio manufacturers have some new offerings,
> small and petite.  These could easily fit in almost any auto.
>
> Has anybody tried something similar to one of these?  What do you think?
> What about any interesting modifications?  How well do they scan?
>
>
>
> https://www.radioddity.com/products/radioddity-cb-27-cb-radio?variant=278751
> 70156627
>
>
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/President-Bill-FCC-40-Channel-CB-Radio-AM-12v-7-Col
>
> or-LCD-Compact-Off-Road-UTV/254015305433?epid=4026341205&hash=item3b247df6d9
> :g:WhsAAOSwJ61gNK6P
> <https://www.ebay.com/itm/President-Bill-FCC-40-Channel-CB-Radio-AM-12v-7-Color-LCD-Compact-Off-Road-UTV/254015305433?epid=4026341205&hash=item3b247df6d9:g:WhsAAOSwJ61gNK6P>
>
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