Why 16?

4 x 4 = 16

 

I run Dual watch 9-19 on the highway. 9 was used as an emergency channel and 19 was information channel.

On the trial friends and i use 24

 

So how much usage do you get from the CB? Is it worth having or has it's day passed by?

 

I have heard that ch 9 was an emergency channel. What exactly does that mean? I was expecting to hear wether updates or maybe some kind of chatter but i dont ever hear anything on ch 9

 

i yap with the truckers almost every day on my way home on 80. u get quite a chuckle sometimes!! last fri someome was playin ice cube i think straight out of compton! lol.. sometimes if i have a bad day a trucker can listen to my vents goin....
its fun and im glad i got a good radio.
some ppl play annoying noises n such, like the music i said.. i love when they play johnny cash!
as for a jeep channel... when we go wheelin its whatever we decide on..

 

Trucker dont usually respond to me on the radio

 

Just installed my CB

Nothing fancy at all, just a cobra 19. got it at walmart for about $40

Still need to wire up my 3' firestik and the CB to the battery

 

In many areas, 4 wheelers will use channel 4 or multiples of 4 if it is being used by another club or trail group. 4 - 8 - 12 - 16

As for channel 9, the reason it is called the emergency channel is because local police and the highway patrol monitor channel 9. The good news is that you can call the "fuzz, bears or whatever" on channel 9 if you want to report an accident or drunk driver, etc. The bad news is that if you are speeding, let's say, and they see your CB antenna, they will call you on channel 9.

 

In California on memorial day weekend there is the High Dessert Roundup and they have game on the first or second night of the event called hidden transmitter where you are driving around in the dessert in the dark trying to find it, lots of fun.

A long time ago they used to have Clubs in most towns and they had people who took turns monitoring ch 9 in case some motorist had a problem. I think that has gone away now that cell phones are big. Too bad though because out here there are lots of highways still where you may be in a dead zone for several miles without any cellphone coverage.

 

[QUOTE=Desert Fox;2068979]In many areas, 4 wheelers will use channel 4 or multiples of 4 if it is being used by another club or trail group. 4 - 8 - 12 - 16

Same here in our club. Normally 4 but if there are different groups running at the same park we will use 2 6 8 10 12 etc., whatever works.