HBoss

When you guys drive around with your CB radios, what channel do you normally have tuned in?

I understand in the U.S. that most truckers use 17 for north/south travel and 19 for east/west. Are there any other commonly used channels that I should tune in to when not off-roading? And what about in/through the city?

I'm not sure if the general channels used in the U.S. are the same as in Canada, so if there are any Western Canadians here too with input, that would be cool too.

Gene

I listen on the general channels, 17 & 19, when just driving around. It helps me fight traffic and the speed limit. I find that 7 & 27 are pretty popular as well. These are pretty much the only channels I listen to.

-Cheers!

HBoss

Thx Gene. I'll try out those channels on the highway this weekend and see if there's any chatter on them. What about you other guys here? Same channels?

jx94148

4 is really popular with 4 Wheeling groups on the trails everywhere. Sometimes so popular that if there are 2 or more groups in the same area, the smaller, or less talkative group will move to another channel. There seems to be an unwritten rule or common courtesy regarding 2 groups on the same channel, the smaller group moves.

Yesterday I was on a run with a few ODW guys who decided on 10. With my crappy handheld sometimes cutting out and re-setting to 9 by default, I had some of their signal coming in on 9. I need to upgrade soon. Obviously my unit is not tuned properly. 9 is for emergency transmitions only, so I suggest staying away from 8 and 10 in case someone in your group has a bad radio, kind of in between channels like mine.

HBoss

Thx for the added info.

I did get a chance to test it out today. Tuned it as best I could and off I went. I hooked up with a girl on channel 14 after 'surfing' through the different ones available. Channels 17 and 19 weren't coming through very clear, but most importantly channel 14 was and so was she.

She sounded cute, but I just chatted for a little bit to test out the CB and it seems great. As per another post I made though, forget about the magnetic antenna. Don't need those scratches in my paint so I'm off to get a permanent mount tomorrow with a quick release.

peterbilt

In Texas 19 is the typical calling channel. But the 4x4 channel is usually channel 4.

Pete