CB radio in 2024 worth it

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Back in the early 90s I use to have a CB as did my mates and probably everybody else back then to, so been thinking recently of picking one up again for nostalgia reasons, to see if anybody still on the airways to use in the car.

So has anybody used one recently and is there still plenty of People using them?
 
ODuffer said:
Probably depends upon your location. There's still a few operators in the Liverpool area, who knows Wigan might be a hotspot. Do you have the ability to receive at all?
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There used to be CB Antenna everywhere in Wigan even with just a mag mount in the attic you could pick up quite a lot back then, there are still one or two large antennas knocking about on houses which is surprising, but from what I've gathered the people that sill use CB are mainly on SSB these day's & are radio enthusiast's.

The only way to find out really how active it is round here is to pick up a cheap mobile CB kit from the rain forest, if the airwaves are dead then it's easy to return.
 
I've gone and bought myself a cheap mobile setup for the car from Amazon :), and surprisingly just sat on my drive there I was picking up a few locals on 19, took a drive upto Parbold Hill then it really came alive, went on the EU channels and was picking up the likes of France & Spain no problem this has got me kinda hooked now, shall take a couple more trips up next week while I'm off work might even build a T2LT and stick it in the tree, or get a 10m pole and see where I get with that.
 
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Decided gonna try a T2LT setup in Garden, gonna cost me roughly about the same as it would sticking a silver rod on the side of the house, as I now intend on buying a pre made T2LT, but with the added advantage of taking it down whenever the weather bad or not in use, plus it keep the Wife happy as it not permanent fixture.
 
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