Question on CB channels

[E2360]

I know ch 19 is used by truckers and others on the road. Are there any channels that RVers use more than or with channel 19?

 

[Don Blaisdell]

supposedly rvers were going to use channel 13 but I have never heard anyone useing it Don

 

[bmoeller]

I've heard that as well. Don't monitor it though.

 

[PatrickCampbell]

Nothing I know of and don't go asking on CH 9 for emergency assistance. My bet is you are better off on 19. I want to say that in California and certain other places truckers go on a different channel. I don't know what it is or why though.

 

[BigFun]

Up and down the I-5 corrider, most (if not all) CB highway chatter is on C17. Once East the Sierra Nevadas/Ciscues/Cascades chatter moves to C19. Lots of trash on the radio these days. You can find folks to talk to. Most of what I've heard about channel 13 was a movement, but most commented they monitor C19. Maybe further East C13 is bigger but not so as far as I've know of out West.

You may want to look at some of the RV specific sites for more information. www.irv2.net and www.campingworld.com are a couple.

BF

 

[PatrickCampbell]

any reasoning to go to 17 instead of 19? I put my squelch up high and usually this is enough to hear what is important.

 

[BigFun]

Other than that is where the highway chatter is on the West coast. East of the Sierras and Cascades, the highway chat is on C19. High squelch is good until you get close to the transmitter you don't care to listen to. By that time a high squelch only cuts off every transmitter except the very strong or the very close.

BF

 

[tkerrigan]

I've always heard that if you are running east-west use 19 and north-south use 17.

 

[BigFun]

It's mostly an I-5 and local community thing. Something about the West coast difference.

 

[Jack in Alaska]

I have found that CB is not very popular anymore. Truckers are using side band radios. They have CB's but do not use them much.

I have a CB in my truck and boat but mostly for talking with fellow boaters here in Alaska.

 

[wcjp]

If you're on a logging road in the PNW try monitoring ch. 4. Many logging companies use this channel. Helps to when to get out of the way.

 

[I SPEED]

We use C4 in the Jeep when running off road. Sometimes inroute to the trailhead too.



Monitor C19 on the highway.

 

[idahogn]

I have found that CB is not very popular anymore. Truckers are using side band radios. They have CB's but do not use them much.

I have a CB in my truck and boat but mostly for talking with fellow boaters here in Alaska.

side band is just a differnt type of transmission..... it uses the same channels cb is still popular. i own a cb radio repair shop . its not as popular as in the 70's but is still the main form of communication for otr drivers and rv's. the biggest killer was the cell phone, but like i said we make a living doing cb stuff here in idaho.