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Brad,
Continental US and Canada is my backyard -- the office for RTA is located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Channel 19 is the primary channel for interstate travel on east and west routes. 14 is ofen used for N & South routes
I usually monitor 19, 9 and 12 when on the road.
What kind of range do you get on your CB? I swear my handheld gets about 30 miles only when hooked up in my car, 7 when running off batteries and the little rubber duck antenna.
Generally CB radios receive on a sight-line basis which is usually about 30 miles. That being said, there are ways to increase both the gain and transmit capability of transceivers. In addition, both single-side band and normal CBs can operate on skip frequencies. On numerous times I have spoken with other operators well over 2000 miles away.
But if you find you are able to receive and transmit within the 25-50 mile window -- I would say the radio is operating at near peak performance.
mark
Listen to Live Lincoln Nebraska CB radio channel 19 right over your computer's speakers here:
http://lincolncb.tripod.com
listener discretion is advised
If it's anything like channel 19 in Phoenix, which can be very very PG-13 to R rated transmissions. Cursing, bad language, etc., its all on there. Perhaps there would be less if the FCC required licenses like they did along time ago for CB?
Brad,
One of these days I will get the article I wrote about CB's published on this site -- maybe next week. But in the interim, clearing up a mis-conception -- CBers were never "licensed" at one time they were "registered" and upon registration were issued an "official" FCC call sign. I can still recall my FCC call sign issued in 1976.
As far as the blue-language goes -- you can find trash-talkers on the amateur bands too. There is insufficient $$ in FCC's enforcement bureau to stop bad radio manners. It has to be self-policing that works.
Oky, I knew there was some sort of Governmental Red Tape that had to be completed, but mistakingly understood it was a license rather than a registration.
As far as self-policing, thats difficult with the anonymity of the CB (its even more so than the Internet).
What I think would work is getting more intellegent people on the radio that actually use it for what its ment for. That would mean more people not traditionally seen as CB-er's (truckers, etc.) getting on board, which is not a bad idea. It would be nice to know that when I call for help on channel 9, someone with a little sense is listening!
Brad,
It turns out that you are operating near one of the most active REACT chapters in the country. REACT members are trained volunteers who monitor channel 9 and have been instrumental in saving countless lives over the years. You won't know they are there, until you need them.
Since you are a responsible CBer maybe you should consider joining the REACT organization and help bring about those changes?
with the same name, REACT, online, and it said they wanted $300 or so bucks for a lifetime membership. Ouch! Do you know the local group's website?
I found the website, and got the address for Superstition REACT, Inc. (C320). I will contact them.