Is Cb Alive And Well Or Dead And Buried?
Thinking that radio for sending messages and information from station to station is finished may be forgiven
. But is it really smothered by all the other high technology methods of communication?
Radios that relay telephone calls, send faxes, advise the military, and perform hundreds of other tasks has become very advanced. Most communication now uses a transmission to a satellite, then a retransmission to anywhere in the world.
Is there still a place for amateurs and hobbyists without PHD's in physics? It seems hard to find one among the giant corporations and restrictive licensing laws.
Thankfully, amateur radio survives. Clubs, associations and individuals exist in all parts of the world. So, if you are interested in radio for your hobby, you won't be alone, and if you need radio for your small business, or for traveling, it is still there to serve, protect and entertain you.
The cellphone was supposed to kill CB radio. If all you need is to contact one person in case of an emergency or to pass information to one person and you know the phone number of that person, then a cell phone is all you need, at least in well traveled highway corridors and in urban areas.
In other places, less populated or less traveled, is there a cell phone service? Cell phones are a service for profit and if the profit incentive isn't large enough, then forget your cell phone. However, almost anywhere you go you will be able to reach someone using a CB radio, and you don't need to know their number.
The excessive popularity of CB radio in the past caused a great many people to quit using it. Now the use is growing again, and it is still not too crowded to enjoy it. Cell phones won't get you information about road conditions, open motels, favorite restaurants, detours or a great many other things. CB radio can and will.
You don't need a number, a license, an account and you don't need to pay for 'air time'. How did something so hard to imagine become so expensive? The longer wavelength of the CB radio will bounce or 'skip' off the ionosphere, allowing people to hear transmissions from hundreds or thousands of miles away. You do need a 'handle', comes free, a transceiver, costs less than most cell phones, and to know some of the language and codes used. That is all.
You don't need to rely on a system of towers, you can use your battery powered set when the electricity is off. If you use a mobile set in the house as a base, a car battery will provide power for a very long time. Are you off to a wilderness camp? Save the battery on your cell phone and power up the CB. But, their best use is where there is no other means of communicating, and in an emergency, this can save and indeed has saved lives.
Consider a radio for times when there is no power, such as after a violent storm. In areas where they occur, hurricanes are very good at leaving you with no power. A battery powered CB uses little power and will continue working long after cell phones run out of charge. So have a radio in the house, put a radio in the car, hang a radio on your belt, and be ready to communicate when Mother Nature throws her best, or worst, at you.
by: Tom Thors
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