[SMCARA] CB, GASP!

[KG3BOZ]

You will probably hear some 10-4 good buddy transmissions from the truckers
when you are near/on a major interstate.

I don't know if they actively use them for traffic conditions or not.

73

KG3BOZ

-----Original Message-----
From: SMCARA [mailto:smcara-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave Q
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 5:18 PM
To: smcara at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [SMCARA] CB, GASP!

Hope I don't loose my HAM license over this but....

I travel to St. Louis a couple of times a year.  95 -> 295 -> 64 into STL.

Fairly often there will be a back-up and will end up sitting in traffic for
several minutes or a couple of hours.

Never had my Icom 880 in my truck on a trip yet.  So just wondering if
enough people/truckers have ham radios in their vehicles to find out what is
going on instead of just sitting there wondering.  I hear truckers on the
repeaters occasionally but don't know how common they are with truckers.

Or would investing in a CB be worth it?  Looking at a Midland 75-822 40
Channel handheld.

73
Dave - W3DLQ
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