My wife and I used CB radios on several coast-to-coast military moves back in the day (driving 2 cars). I usually just used one of those magnetic roof (or trunk) temporary mount whip antennas and ran the fire over a thick spot in the door seal. Even hand-held radios worked OK with a decent antenna. I never had a need or desire to mount one permanently in a car. These days, cell phones would do the job in most places for just two vehicles but CB would be handy for more.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Van > Knutson via Mercedes > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 3:33 PM > To: mercedes okiebenz > Subject: [MBZ] Convoy > > Does anyone still use CB radios anymore? > > I was thinking about our planned caravan to Indiana with three vehicles > (me driving our Big Red Van [BRV (tm)] towing our utility trailer, > Shirley driving our E320, and my brother driving a rental truck towing > our 240D/3.0), and realized that cell phones wouldn't work too well. It > occurred to me that CB radios would be better, allowing the two other > people to hear what one was saying. > > I have located three CB radios, four* from our local freecycle group for > free and one from a $10 eBay auction, but I don't know if they work > because I don't have any antennas. > > Any suggestions on antennas? > > Thanks, > > Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
