Is CB Radio DEAD in 2024? Road King CB Radio with a Wilson W500 Can we get a SIGNAL? Is it Worth It?

As you can see in the video things got interesting CB radio is still very much ALIVE in 2024 LOL!
We wanted to see if it could be done easy and we proved it. All these items can be picked up with the links below or at most truck stops.
Links:
CB Radio: amzn.to/3uW2isE
Antenna: amzn.to/48Ei4WX
External Speaker: amzn.to/3wyMnRn
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[@Brokinopenbottle]

Conditions come and go the same way since I've been on cb 1977. Cb will never be dead. Never. Unless you know how it operates every year and has worked the same way for years you can't say cb is dead.
Watkins Glen NY waving 🤘 #12...

[@thebackyardbushcrafters4417]

We use it and GMRS going for the HAM soon 👋

[@UDX-21]

Thanks for the video, but CB Radio won't be dead as long as I am on it- LOL. I hit the like and am following. UDX-21 South Carolina. Old Radio Night.

[@bobdillashaw4360]

Your swr aren’t bad at all for what you’re using for an antenna, but I would definitely get a base antenna, the higher the antenna the better your receive and transmit will be, especially in a shtf situation, but do yourself a favor, keep that radio as a base setup and don’t put it in the vehicle, that screen will wash out in the sunlight and is a pain in the arse. Oh, and is cb dead, no sir it isn’t, in fact the hobby is growing again. Hope you end up enjoying it, but again, get a base antenna as soon as you can financially.

[@thebackyardbushcrafters4417]

Thanks for your comment and info 😊

[@user-fg2lh2kk6l]

cb has never been dead got to run a foot warmmer too allway buy ones with extras like older ones nice to have a vfo slider

[@thebackyardbushcrafters4417]

Yes it's very active we also got into GMRS and that is coming along as well

[@ERICtheLATE]

I wish the 880 and 980 uni rigs had blacked out versions, the chrome is nice but annoying with fake hex bolt heads like ricey rims. Time to get out the plasti-dip...😕

[@SuperEightball1]

2950DX an a Texas Star 250 still works great

[@thebackyardbushcrafters4417]

Thanks for your comment!

[@trumpdonald6911]

Channel 6 (the super bowl) is trash radio. People running high power who never stop talking. But zero actual communicating.

[@JessieSwafford]

Use to use??

[@shawndean6878]

Haven’t used a cab since the 80s. When did 19 become the emergency channel. It was the main channel for everyone backthen

[@thebackyardbushcrafters4417]

Not sure I don't think anyone cares anymore on CB. Unfortunately, many overmodulate and have huge power amps that makes normal conversations hard. But none the less it is still very active daily around me in several languages.

[@togeika]

CB is the same where I live. No local activity. Only skip that can't hear you. I can pick up skip on my President Randy walkie talkie with a rubber duck antenna. Everything else is dead

[@thebackyardbushcrafters4417]

Yea unless we get a higher antenna I don’t think we will hit anything either….GMRS on the other hand we hit repeaters 15 plus miles away

[@ERICtheLATE]

@@thebackyardbushcrafters4417 That RK rig can channel scan, either remove skip bogged or qrm noise channels, or scan a saved 10 channel sort. After 5pm it can scan/hunt for locals, but ch 19 is for truckers and a calling channel, so keep that in the mix.
Don't let'em fool you, truckers get the privilage of using channel 19, on the Citizen's Band, so if you hear some chatter on 19 over s5, say hello.
Anyone you know, remotely interested in a cb, find a cheap one, and be cb comcast guy and establish network, rather than hoard them, and enjoy the indoor cb antenna, that is not a danger during any bad weather, or HOA bait
👍✊

[@z3r0c00l2]

That's not the correct way to tune your radio

[@thebackyardbushcrafters4417]

We are learning as we go…..how would you go about doing it?

[@VOGDXEU]

It's me Jimmy using my other account. Well using an external swr/watt meter. Then adjusting the antenna accordingly and seeing how the meter shows the optimal swr which is 1.1 . I never trust the internal swr meters specially from cb radios. Hf radios have more reliable meters at least but they also cost more expensive.

[@z3r0c00l2]

@@thebackyardbushcrafters4417 yes I totally understand ☺️

[@thebackyardbushcrafters4417]

@@VOGDXEU Hey Jimmy yes we have an external meter as well we should have showed that as we do double check as a back up

[@user-ef3nu1eh7z]

Local cb is dead skip on the other hand is screaming with little or no static UK comes across regularly