Communications Options For Preppers: CB Radio

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[titanpreparedness]

Yes sir. My dad use to have one in every car, especially when ems/fire could be programmed onto them. Cb is a fantastic starter option

[Quirll]

I remember the 70s too and had a CB in my car when I was in college as did my college friends. A good back up for emergencies to keep in contact with friends, neighbors, family and local law enforcement. Thanks for a good video. Take care now.

[COtrucker]

It's a good idea to keep a spare CB rig (and other electronics) secured in any kind of faraday cage in case of an EMP and primary equipment gets fried.

[mountainghost]

Good video, on a topic that people are still not quite getting yet.

[bobmcnelis]

I’m just getting back to CB after a long absence. When I started they had licenses, and call signs. 1973. I plan on my GMRS and Ham tickets, but setting up a shack for prepping, gets expensive for us on fixed incomes.

[HarshmanHills]

comms are important given everything going on

[jackpinesavage]

Almost every evening, my friend, who lives six miles away, and I talk on our CB base stations. We both have President McKinley SSB/AM radios. When the skip is rolling, during certain weather conditions, we can listen to other stations from hundreds of miles away. His antenna is 45 feet in height, while my antenna is 54 feet in height. Antenna height is what made the difference between sketchy communications between our base stations and clear communication. We have talked to other CB base stations that are thirty miles away. Our CB radios are powered by 12 volt battereis, kept charged by trickle chargers plugged into the wall outlet. They work even when the power is out. It's a fun way for two old friends to talk during the late evenings.

[CMCSS-toto]

Cbs are good because you can just give them to people. Want a convoy, go hiking, anything. No test no license, just pick it up and turn to channel whatever

[cbshop]

If the grid ever goes down there will be so many people on the cb radio you will have to run some serious power just to be able to talk. And that's a fact.

[davidk]

I have a Galaxy base station dx2547 hooked up to an antron 99 antennas 30-foot up, rg 213 coax I can listen to the east coast I live in Oregon good 3, 000-mile receiving and I can talk barefoot to Central Texas no problem.

[ShadowScoutSwede]

Thanks for sharing great video and you have really a nice CB radio. I had in mind to buy me a CB myself and i would like to have a base station. But i need to have the antenna on my balcony and the problem will be to draw the cable from the antenna in to my apartment. And i´m lucky that i live on the top floor so i will have a decent range i guess.

[commiesarehorrible]

I'm looking into getting a cb for my car.

[richardmillican]

I'm in the UK

I have the UK 27/81 40ch FM
A multi norm AM/FM
And a Alinco dr135dx SSB

Covered all the angles for this part of the world!!

[MagicRoosterBluesBand]

GMRS is the next CB radio. Quiet, clear, much more power (up to 50 watts), more distance, can use repeaters. Compatible with all the FRS walkie-talkies.

[arcticfox]

While i agree with you one caviet i have is to ALWAYS research the specific radio before you buy it. A lot of them are cheaply made using knockoff or low quality parts for mass production and tend to fail quickly.

I use a CB daily for my job and i know cobras are notorious for how all over the place their quality is depending on model source of materials and factory they are produced at. Ive had some that could likely survive the apocalypse including EMPs and acts of an angry and likely druken god. Ive had others that id be scared to run within a mile of an electric toothbrush for fear theybwould burst into flames from how poorly shielded and put together they are.

That said i would also recomend one that you can ajust your microphones gain on. Makes it much easier to be heard if you can dial in your own volume.

[TheDudeVT]

Hey man I love your channel! Great stuff. I'm a cb radio fan! I was thinking about putting a 102in steel whip antenna on my house as a base antenna as I have a very small workman antenna on there now but it really sucks! I was thinking with the 102 whip and grounding the antenna might help me get out at least further locally. Also you if you haven't already you should do a short video on the DXing or Skip When the condition are right and you can make contacts from states away just with a barefoot radio. Thank you for the great content.

[ronicarbine]

another great video. Keep them comming

[williammccaslin]

Here's an idea for you, we got away from CB's along time ago, an switched to VHF marine radios, waterproof an they have a better reach with a clearer signal, yes a little more expensive but its an option.

[CyBeRTRoNFLuX]

i keep my cobra 148 connected to a car batt with a stanley trickle charger.

[bobdillashaw]

There’s a few of us here in Pahrump that hang out on ch 19, so I’m sending you an invite to join in with us.