Re: CBs in Jeeps
 

Have you ever tried to talk to your friend when he is over 100 yards away?
That's why we have CBs. It isn't for the highway, it's for the trail. A
cellphone won't work in many places where we go wheeling, and the CB is free
to use, unlike the phone minutes. And, with the phone, you have to
constantly dial the damn thing, and you can only talk at one person at a
time, but with a CB, there is no dialing and everybody on the channel hears
you.

Stop bucking the system, for Christ's sake and get yourself a damn radio!
Sheesh.





<ABanks5@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
news:yyJvb.29688$kL2.16321@fe3.columbus.rr.com...
> Okay this should start a flame, but why the hell do people put CBs in
> Jeeps?!?! I love them and have one in my truck,..but that's only to spot
> cops. If you're in a jeep...especially a CJ,...ya can't hear a damn thing
> anyway and probably aren't going fast enough to get ticketed.
Secondly,..if
> you're on a trail and wheeling, a cell phone would work much better
> OR,...you shouldn't be by yourself in the first place.
> Thoughts?!?!
> Allen
> 83 CJ7
>
>

Re: CBs in Jeeps
 

Have you ever tried to talk to your friend when he is over 100 yards away?
That's why we have CBs. It isn't for the highway, it's for the trail. A
cellphone won't work in many places where we go wheeling, and the CB is free
to use, unlike the phone minutes. And, with the phone, you have to
constantly dial the damn thing, and you can only talk at one person at a
time, but with a CB, there is no dialing and everybody on the channel hears
you.

Stop bucking the system, for Christ's sake and get yourself a damn radio!
Sheesh.





<ABanks5@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
news:yyJvb.29688$kL2.16321@fe3.columbus.rr.com...
> Okay this should start a flame, but why the hell do people put CBs in
> Jeeps?!?! I love them and have one in my truck,..but that's only to spot
> cops. If you're in a jeep...especially a CJ,...ya can't hear a damn thing
> anyway and probably aren't going fast enough to get ticketed.
Secondly,..if
> you're on a trail and wheeling, a cell phone would work much better
> OR,...you shouldn't be by yourself in the first place.
> Thoughts?!?!
> Allen
> 83 CJ7
>
>

Re: CBs in Jeeps
 

On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 19:20:17 -0500 in rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys, Mike
Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> was alleged to have written:
>Search and rescue will also listen in on CB if they know the missing
>party has one. Channel 9 is still the unofficial emergency channel.

Down here in the USA, use of ch. 9 for emergency communications or
traveler assistance only is fully official. 47 CFR 95.407.b
http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/per.../channels.html
http://ftp.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineeri...96/47cfr95.pdf

Re: CBs in Jeeps
 

On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 19:20:17 -0500 in rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys, Mike
Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> was alleged to have written:
>Search and rescue will also listen in on CB if they know the missing
>party has one. Channel 9 is still the unofficial emergency channel.

Down here in the USA, use of ch. 9 for emergency communications or
traveler assistance only is fully official. 47 CFR 95.407.b
http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/per.../channels.html
http://ftp.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineeri...96/47cfr95.pdf

Re: CBs in Jeeps
 

On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 19:20:17 -0500 in rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys, Mike
Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> was alleged to have written:
>Search and rescue will also listen in on CB if they know the missing
>party has one. Channel 9 is still the unofficial emergency channel.

Down here in the USA, use of ch. 9 for emergency communications or
traveler assistance only is fully official. 47 CFR 95.407.b
http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/per.../channels.html
http://ftp.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineeri...96/47cfr95.pdf

Re: CBs in Jeeps
 

They don't routinely monitor it now up here in Canada I was told a few
years back.

Mike

David Harmon wrote:
>
> On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 19:20:17 -0500 in rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys, Mike
> Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> was alleged to have written:
> >Search and rescue will also listen in on CB if they know the missing
> >party has one. Channel 9 is still the unofficial emergency channel.
>
> Down here in the USA, use of ch. 9 for emergency communications or
> traveler assistance only is fully official. 47 CFR 95.407.b
> http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/per.../channels.html
> http://ftp.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineeri...96/47cfr95.pdf

Re: CBs in Jeeps
 

They don't routinely monitor it now up here in Canada I was told a few
years back.

Mike

David Harmon wrote:
>
> On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 19:20:17 -0500 in rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys, Mike
> Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> was alleged to have written:
> >Search and rescue will also listen in on CB if they know the missing
> >party has one. Channel 9 is still the unofficial emergency channel.
>
> Down here in the USA, use of ch. 9 for emergency communications or
> traveler assistance only is fully official. 47 CFR 95.407.b
> http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/per.../channels.html
> http://ftp.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineeri...96/47cfr95.pdf

Re: CBs in Jeeps
 

They don't routinely monitor it now up here in Canada I was told a few
years back.

Mike

David Harmon wrote:
>
> On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 19:20:17 -0500 in rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys, Mike
> Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> was alleged to have written:
> >Search and rescue will also listen in on CB if they know the missing
> >party has one. Channel 9 is still the unofficial emergency channel.
>
> Down here in the USA, use of ch. 9 for emergency communications or
> traveler assistance only is fully official. 47 CFR 95.407.b
> http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/per.../channels.html
> http://ftp.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineeri...96/47cfr95.pdf

Re: CBs in Jeeps
 

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 18:39:58 -0500 in rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys, Mike
Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> was alleged to have written:
>They don't routinely monitor it now up here in Canada I was told a few
>years back.

Yeah, good point. Once upon a time CB channel 9 was used _mostly_ for
emergency traffic with a minimum of chit-chat by mutual agreement, and a
lot of people monitored it by default. You could call on 9 and switch to
some other channel for a longer conversation. Then it became a violation
to use it for non-urgent purposes, and it went quiet 99.99% (number from
out of my ass) of the time. Result: nobody monitors it. Typical result
of trying to legislate ordinary behavior.

Re: CBs in Jeeps
 

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 18:39:58 -0500 in rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys, Mike
Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> was alleged to have written:
>They don't routinely monitor it now up here in Canada I was told a few
>years back.

Yeah, good point. Once upon a time CB channel 9 was used _mostly_ for
emergency traffic with a minimum of chit-chat by mutual agreement, and a
lot of people monitored it by default. You could call on 9 and switch to
some other channel for a longer conversation. Then it became a violation
to use it for non-urgent purposes, and it went quiet 99.99% (number from
out of my ass) of the time. Result: nobody monitors it. Typical result
of trying to legislate ordinary behavior.