Communication Breakdown: Is A CB Good For SHTF?
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- Опубліковано 15 лис 2017
- In this video we discuss prepper communications. Is a CB radio any good in a SHTF scenario? I think so. I try to give you a brief overview of the what, why, and how. This isn't a technical how to but I'd like to get you thinking about what your plan is if/when the balloon goes up.
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CB’s will never go out of style.. nice video..
my wife and I used to be big into the cb radios .,,, back in 80's ... then we got away from them because of life .... about a year ago we bought 2 for our vehicles and a base station. love it
Who's here in the wake of covid and civil unrest brewing?
You read my mind, with modern day stuff happening you never know if you’ll need to use one
i used my first "swindleus" check to buy food. i used the second one to buy medical trauma supplies and cb equipment. i already had plenty of ammo.
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My buddies and I used CB all the time growing up in the late 70's/early 80's. Mounted a mobile unit under a shelf in my bedroom, antenna mounted to the window ledge outside and ran it off a power invertor - my wanna-be base-station. Money was burnin' a hole in my pocket with a Radio Shack just a 10 minute walk away. :)
just bought 2 handheld CB's, getting base unit, and have a handheld ham plus walkie talkies for our shtf comm's
Great video. I was into it back in the seventies myself . I had a radio shack 23 channel with a d104 power mic..There was nobody cooler than me back then,,lol..it was a lot of fun. Im going to look around for a unit at a flea market.....Thanks Tommy
Wow! That brought back some memories. Used to run a mobile back in the 70's and 80's. It came in handy every time I drove the Alcan Highway to and from Alaska and the lower 48. Thinking about getting a unit before I move and drive down soon.
This video makes me nostalgic for 1978 living near the truck stop in South Saint Paul. So much fun and learning practical skills. Radio Shack. Heath Kit. Good times.
Great video, Tommy. Great info. This is one topic that I have been meaning to address, but have been putting it off. Thanks!
Nice Tommy. I also have the A99 antenna with lower kit. I run an RCI 2990 and the same mic as you. Used to love the radio but no one uses it like they used to. The internet killed it. But it's still fun. Enjoy!
Great basic explanation what is CB radio is good for thank you so much
Too funny. I was going through some of the old stuff in the basement at my parents' house a few months ago and came across a couple of the old mobile CBs that we used to have in the cars back in the 70s. I boxed them up with the antennas and brought them home with the intention of trying to figure out if I can actually use them for a shtf situation. I didn't find the old base unit (yet) though. The mobiles are still sitting out in the garage. Now you've got me thinking about it again. We used to have tons of fun with the CBs back then. I'm still thinking I might try to get my basic ham license though. I think in a grid down situation that will be a more viable resource. Thanks for bringing back some fun memories Tommy! - All the best. ~ Theresa
A "basic ham license" will be all but useless.in a grid down situation. Granted you get "some" 10 meter privileges with that basic license, but there will be many more people on cb than 10 m ham especially in your local area. Talking to another country on 10m will likely do nothing to help you in a shtf. Being able to have a communication network in YOUR local area on cb however, will. Local 2 meter repeaters will go down along with the cell towers. Cb is better suited for shtf than ham radio.
Radio is working fine and your checks in the mail!
Hey tommy, Im a ham and started on Cb, build your self a yagi beam and have some fun with the extra directional distance. I would by a transceiver maybe a ft 101 with valves it is hardened for EMP, one opened up and keep it for SHTF, but use it on cb bands.
Howdy and blessings Tommy,
I like the idea of a CB for emergency comm, I have even built a EMP proof, portable unit using a .50 ammo can to mount the radio in, 30' of old cable TV coax with a telescoping antenna (giving the user the ability to run the antenna up a tree or building), then I used a voltage converter to adjust voltage from 110 to 12volt and quick disconnect power leads making it able to plug into a wall socket or a car cig lighter or right to a car battery. Pretty handy in my opinion and about 10lbs. Old solid state radios that use crystals instead of chips are just one more guard against EMP. One other bonus…..NO government license needed!! Great video Tommy, thanks brother.
Because of my stroke, my speech just isn't understandable enough to maintain a two way conversation. But I do enjoy listening, and could see myself gathering intel on a radio. I'm running a Baofeng handheld and a Uniden Bearcat scanner, and its a lot of fun. Eights to ya, Charlotte 704!
If you can't talk on the radio, maybe you can do morse code on the radio. The ham radio bands have sections where people only use morse code
They are lot of fun. I had a browning .with a kicker.
antenna back in the day was a super scanner and a three hundred polmar a. talked to the king of jordan on it. it went all the way to beginning of voice on the ten meter band.
Thanks for the video, get a nice beam antenna, and a reverse preamp and get busy. 21 in S.C.
You can make a diapole to use, either verticle or horizontal, by dividing the frequency into 468, which is the half wave formula.
nice, the ad showed my cb radio
Been using a Cb since 1988, and while the locals are few, there’s still skip!
Hi! I can speak from our experience here in PR after being devastated by Hurricane Maria & the CB system went down as well. Only one tower survived & in only one portion of the island were they able to use it. The first two or three weeks after Maria were horrible. Even now the communications are so bad.
I'm sorry that you're having to go through this. Stay strong kiddo. xo
Off Grid Nation - thx. We are hanging in there. We are blessed because we prepared & thankfully did not lose my job & hubby's skills got him work the next day after losing his doing better than he had before! Loads of work for skilled workers now!
we are using it
CB is 11 meters, which can reach around the world given proper conditions... Just like 10 and 12 meter HAMs can... Weather freq are in the 2 Meter band ... with your rig cqan hear it but not talk on it ... CB is a good part of a well rounded COMM plan. IS HAM a good option, of course it is... b ut NOT the only option... even FRS/GMRS has a place... BTW good video.
I recently picked up a couple of handheld CB units a Thrift Shops for about $5 each for family to use locally in case of emergency. I need to get a decent base station though. Many CB's today include Weather Band access. Many dedicated Weather Band radios can be programed for "alarms" when transmitted. We just had one for severe thunderstorms heading our way.Regarding balloons going up, I might suggest a Shortwave unit as well. Now SW is declining in use BUT for news outside the USA it maybe your only source besides "big brother". SW units are not real expensive and like many types of radio (like CB) the antenna is pretty much one of the most critical things you and for SW a simple long wire will yield great results.
921/Bobcat in Jefferson, Maine waving! :-)
You can find Mobile CB's at any truck stop but you will find in most cases cheaper online.. in the 20 plus years i was driving truck i used cobra brand solid mobile units they do have mobile units that have the side bands.. And yes 19 is where you will find truckers weird how the use of CB's with truckers has gone down many might have them but not turn them on unless something in front of them slows them up.
Hey Tommy whats ur SWR running on your antron 99.I had a nice cobra base station cobra 2000 basewith ssb 4 bands above 40 and 40 below 40.with a D104 power mike going into a jb150 modulator driving a 12 tube Phanton linier.I built a qubial qwad ant .Looked like a giant box kite .on top of a 75 ft tower i put up with a 50 ft push up pole hooked to a rotor to control direction.Man this brings back memories.ut i would bleed on my friends house phone and tv.Talked to jamaca and washington state from fla. God Bless.
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Having a CB base and mobile, as well as a ham base and mobiles (both boat anchor and handhelds) can run off car batteries with proper cabling, for great telecomms. And no need for licensing with the CB and the FRS (no need for preppers to have GMRS - 5 year $80 FCC license). FRS also have encoding for semi-security xmissions. John ... KJ6YYC/AE/VE(/FE/TI).
My base station has upper and lower side band as well as the one in my SUV
I have a 148 gtl setting on my shelf with my ham radio. I think I'm going to have to get a different one blew the finals in it I think
I know there was a push to get preppers to talk on channel 7 years ago. I don't think it got much traction though.
Well today i talked wiuth someone in Atlanta Georgia he was mobile and i could talk to him on AM and it felt like he was on my doorstep from west europe all the way to the eastcoast How wonderfull is mother nature if you have got a CB radiuo!!!
I had a CB back in the 70's in my car but as I got older the new wore off and when I traded cars the CB did not make the transition and I got away from it. I did use it to communicate back when and in a grid down situation I could pick it back up again if need be. I would have to start over from nothing today as I no longer have any of the radios or acc's.
I am a amateur radio operator. I have no interest nor will I never, ever use 7/8ths of the stuff I had to know for the test. I'm not going to "bounce" signals off the moon, send radio teletype, or " repair the internal components of my mo$t expen$ive rig. Besides my hand is too shaky nowadays It's a pain and I've been around radios since I was 13.
If you're in a prepper group and your intention is to coordinate with others in the group CB is a inexpensive and simple way. Your NOT going to get everyone, more likely anyone in the group to study to pass the technician test. CBs are good for about 5 miles maybe 10 on a good day, depending on the terrain. I live very close, actually too close to a interstate and rarely hear truckers unless there's a wreck or construction, and foul mouths about the same. Besides, why are you on channel 19 anyway? There's 39 other ones, pick a quiet one! You can also gather Intel from just listening, especially if any marauders are using them! Marauders with rifles and CBs were hunters with rifles and CBs before SHTF!
You want more range? go GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service). Radios are similar to CB/Amateur mobile radios, Midland has their MXT line, 3 models from $100 to $250 each. They are UHF, very quiet. It requires a license, mine cost $70 good for 10 years, NO TEST, covers all immediate family, down to your inlaws! Afraid that the "government" is going to know where your at? < whispering > Sorry to tell you this, they already know!
Whatever you do, don't believe those bubble packaged "FRS-GMRS" walkie talkies at W-M and sport stores that claim "36 mile range" Ain't happening folks. They are good for about your yard, if you have a small yard! Power output is 500 milli-watts, that's 1/2 a watt! They are TOYS! Give em to your kids! (I have two of them, I use them because they have NOAA weather frequencies!)
I concur with what you said.... the frs ect is good for the young ones and gives them practice.... With a good antenna ect you can HEAR a good distance to be able to gather intel from the raiders who THINK you can not hear them because of the secret squirrel 'privacy' code they are using... [btw this was mostly for you NON Hams daha001 already knows this ;] ]
That’s outdated. FRS is now 2w
Would you get a handheld CB to have in a remote cabin in the woods for SHTF?
What do u know about dongles ? i heard you can tap into satellites directly for weather , possibly even get maps with weather, also they can map out plains transponders on a map, good for off grid
The USB Dongles work, the issue is if you are not an amateur radio guy it is a very steep learning curve for you to use it. You will need to either buy expensive antennas or learn how to build them yourself. You are able to get the weather satellites, but it is entirely dependent upon your computer being up and you being able to keep it up for the time that the satellite is transitioning overhead. For now, yes you can also pick up the aircraft transponders and they will plot, but that is again dependent upon your computer being up and running so you can use all the software required to run either of these systems.
You can still find them in most large truck stops
Cool video
they can still use channel 19 for truckers you can do radio checks on it off grid nation you need get a amp you'll talk far out get like km italy amp they have sound system it turn on cb you'll heard long distant contacts you only need 100 or 200 watts get people hear you on skip even you can get 30miles out locally make sure adjust your mic gain when get the amp..
Im from syracuse..lol. I still live about 25 min away from syracuse.
On 12th I just passed my ham licence so happy days
It also has extra channels
At truck stops still sales them
NC here - Grasshoppa
CB is great, it is all about how you use it.
MCBRGA=Make CB Radio Great Again
yes since the groups have died it is mostly truckers I am planning to get another one my self
I am also licened on G M R S
Been a ham for 30 years was cb radio back in 1970,s and 1980s 1993 first ham license 2023 still a ham have 2 cherokee cbs 1000 radios good radios
Lol. I was raised in California. As a kid I used to talk to truckers all the way in Alaska off the skip. Not always but actually quite a lot. I don't think I've used a CB since I was in my early 20s.
CQ DX is usually calling someone from another continent. Probably no one answered earlier because you were on the same continent? I got my ham license last year, I can only suggest that everyone seriously interested in comms for prepps should have one. CB is not suitable for that because you are limited to the 11m band which currently and in the next years is dead in the ionosphere, thus no bouncing or "skipping" possible.
Channel 9 is for emergency used only, but some people do abuse it.
Breaker 1-9, breaker 1-9 what's your 10-20? hahah, yeah, I think that's great to have during SHTF
I bet you would enjoy the 2 meter fm band. Getting an entry level license is pretty easy but dont use “cb lingo” there 😝
I would live to have a metal whip. hard to find
Will this still work if we had an EMP attack? It won't get fried? I remember my parents having one of these in their car- 10/4 good buddy...lol :)
This would need to be kept in a Faraday cage if you are looking to use after an EMP or CME. Same boards as are in ham radios and the police radios etc...very susceptible to overvoltages and would be fired in either of those events.
You need an older radio that uses vacuum tubes instead of transistors.
Oh btw, I don't think I told you but I bought a place in the Ozarks, Southern Missouri with 12 acres. You ain't going to like how I did it, but the Lord told me not to worry about money...
Did i just see a video of you talking about medical marijuana?
Did you? Maybe. I'm all in favor of legalizing a plant that has no business being illegal to begin with. There are far too many uses for this "wonder" plant, and, as far as I can tell, no good reason for it to be illegal.
I have my EDC truck setup with a Police Scanner, Siren/PA and a CB radio for disaster/emergency. Once the world SHTF the cellphone service will be disrupted. More people will have access to a CB radio instead of HAM and GMRS.
CB was the first "social media".
Nerd. Haha. I need to get one soon. It's nice that for about $50 u can have one. Now will this pick up like a police scanner and get ems and police?
Michael Skinner nope
n9owp ok thank you.
You will need to check and see what the public safety in your area is on. If you are close to one of the top 100 largest cities in the US you will likely need to get one of the $500+ scanners that can pick up 700 and 800 mhz channels that are digital and using APCO phase 2 Voice security. They can still lock you out of listening if they want, but that is the best you could do in one of those areas. If you are not close to one of those cities then you could get Baofung and find the freqs for your local public safety on radio reference.
Yeah get your technician class amateur radio license, not only will you have access to some great frequencies that do not have nasty foul mouth over-modulated high power CB trolls on it, you also learn quite a bit about electronics and radio wave propagation. I am a general class Ham and would like to take the time to go ahead and get my extra class to open up all the areas of Ham radio...CBs are okay for local talk but they are not great for hand held radios, 2 meter or 440cm is the best for walkie talkie traffic. Also it is pretty easy to set up a local repeater for use at a distance about 50 miles, depending on the mountains...behind the mountain, poor propagation, top of the mountain great propagation.
Yah its possible. I hit the repeater from Decatur IL to Biloxi Mississippi during an band opening ducting event, I was using a 12 element yagi. The guy I talked to was on a hand held in the middle of the gulf on an oil rig, too cool. That yagi and 50 watts on 2 meter would really reach out there.
Robert, Wow, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I take it then you have an Amateur Radio License then??? Naw your a CBer ain't you, maybe even one of those 1000 watt Alligators running down the highway in a "Big Rig", am I close??? (Alligator = all mouth no ears) Yeah I grew up like Tommy did with a CB in the house, even remember my dads callsign that I had to use, that's how old I am. Now I have a Ham call sign and it means quite a bit to me, it took quite a bit of work to get it and I would not let just any joker ruin the hobby by doing what you say above, that behavior is not tolerated on Ham Radio, we are self policing and have the frequency detection gear and know how to use it, you can run but you can't hide a radio frequency.
Robert anything worth while in this life don't come easy Brother...We say our callsign like that because its the law. If you studied for your Tech class you would find that out.
No you don't have to deal with that, in fact it may be better you steer clear of Ham radio all together, your totally right about it, not worth your time.
TR Outrider Well I have a General Class ham license and had a ham license since 1995, and yep there’s assholes every year and on ham radio too. Also the repeater would be gone in a true disaster and useless, a lot more people will have access to cb. So get off your high ham horse and calm down, people can use cb radio and you can use ham radio and all can be happy. I’ve heard the same vulgar nonsense on all the hf ham bands that’s on cb. To reiterate, there are assholes everywhere and if you can’t see them then you’re probably the asshole. Good day and “73”. ;)
You are in luck. I just happen to have my CB Talk "baseball" cards from the 70's. Just to brush up on the CB language. So on the back of the cards is a CB Talk Dictionary. I'm sure everyone still uses the same phrases now. So here are a couple examples- Go breaker= Go ahead and speak. Green apple = Novice CB'er. Green stamps = money. Seventy-three = best wishes. Beaver = Girl. Big 10-4 = To agree. Guitar town = Nashville Tenn. Base = CB rig at fixed location. 6's & 8's = good luck. Back out = End transmission. On ship = illegal long distance transmission. Motion lotion = fuel. Sidewinder = Single side band cb radio. Negative= No. Negatori = No. Seat cover = attractive women or girl in car. Well that gives you an idea how old I am. Now if you use these definitions you too can sound like an expert cb'er. Er.
I’m 6’s and 8’s on skinning that beaver I think she’ll make a nice seat cover come back?
around here the truck drivers that haul coal and corn down to the river to ship down river to be shipped to china
Dude are you living in a faraday cage?
Nothing new here for me....
Amateur radio - callsigns
CB radio - handles
Freeband - callsigns.
I have 4 CB Radios as a prepper. I have 2 CRT SS 9900 And I have a President MC Kinley and also President Lincoln 2+ so in total 4 SSB CB Radios and just one Solarcon Antron A99 fibrre glass antenna as a prepper to get local info in case the shizzy hits the fizzy!