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I wouldn't hold my breath waiting on it.

Truck drivers were some of the biggest users of CB's and can say for a fact this has dwindled to just a minority of us that still use them.

The decline continues on with new drivers that could care less, too many foreigners driving trucks aren't going to use them either, and all these drivers rely on GPS and phone apps for Highway info and XM Radio and other electronic forms for entertainment.

All of us still using them (truckers and non-truckers alike) are keeping it going but for how much longer?

I don't think it'll disappear anytime soon but it doesn't seem there will be new manufacturers coming out with the latest technology just for CB use.
 
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@Big Kahuna - I hear ya; man but @fourstringburn is correct on the Trucker side of things.

There is sites and deliveries that still need us to use CB for Loading and Unloading and General Security Office Dispatch traffic for sites like Publix and other like Sears RDCs' - even Paper Mills in Minnesota REQURE you to check in and send all traffic to and from their Security Office - all on CB Channel 14 onto Channel 32 onto Channel 22
  • - various sites I've delivered and picked up at still needed the Driver to stay in contact with Security else you're considered Rogue and they don't want you messing with their timing and routing traffic and parking lots
  • - else because of security concerns you're a problem and you're stopped and asked to join or leave - no further messing around period - if you can't answer - they'll tell you, force you to leave until you can comply type of stuff - strict rules non-compliance means your Line loses out on future business.
Now for that kind of approach, SDR radio? Well most Drivers are stuck in a loop of "Deliver here JIT or forget trying to drive for us again" - they really only have Smartphone and GPS to get them there else asking a Local is taking chances on missing a delivery window and lost wages for docked pay on a lost day of searching.

Competition is pretty tight these days - what is interesting is the "Double standard" we as Drivers are placed under.

We have the "stigma" of delivery grunts and lumper-load-loss leaders amongst the other names were plastered with but it's is a lifestyle and a living. Just don't treat our wives that way or we will do the same unto you upon our own return.

We are expected to know how to operate our Trucks - but little is offered to provide some consolation for the poor vocal delivery of proper etiquette were expected to obey and present as "upstanding young Men and Women of our Transportation Industry" when the Jerk ahead of us soiled the Dispatchers coffee with Lemon Juice - if only by color...

So SDR sounds KEWL - but interfacing it within the Trucks CAM system trying to put the Dot on the right MAP at the same time putting The Driver in the right Lane of traffic to get it there. SDR doesn't seem to be that "Savior" that many would like it to be - but seems more likely to have as a Curiosity than a Function.- we still have that Human Factor that is still the biggest Variable - whether it's in their Armchair at home, or when they're behind a wheel steering their lives to their destiny.- we don't know what they will do next. We only know what they are capable of - but not what they will do with it next...
 
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Cb w/ spectrum display might be pretty cool. I'd kinda like a stand alone unit that can be incorporated into my current radio. Maybe something with an o-scope function for modulation... hey I can hope & dream can't I?
 
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fourstringburn said:
I wouldn't hold my breath waiting on it.

Truck drivers were some of the biggest users of CB's and can say for a fact this has dwindled to just a minority of us that still use them.

The decline continues on with new drivers that could care less, too many foreigners driving trucks aren't going to use them either, and all these drivers rely on GPS and phone apps for Highway info and XM Radio and other electronic forms for entertainment.

All of us still using them (truckers and non-truckers alike) are keeping it going but for how much longer?

I don't think it'll disappear anytime soon but it doesn't seem there will be new manufacturers coming out with the latest technology just for CB use.
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Uniden had a bright idea with the 885, but too late to make much difference.

Cobra, with Bluetooth.

A CB with other functions seems to not fit necessary & attractive. The “extra” is actually a turnoff.

That said, if these fleet trucks were easy to fit up and get great performance, things would be different.

I know I don’t care about the foreigners. They don’t care about us. They’re interested in the networks of stops & routes they’ve created and want that bubble to surround them wherever they go.

For the rest, there’s no reason it isn’t as much fun now as it back when. Time is an illusion. But the Enemy made sure to ridicule what is actually an impressive accomplishment. And as he also owns most corporate shares, there sure won’t be a push to make fleet tractors good mobile candidates.

Comms are for the wealthy. Entertainment By Subscription, for the buffoons.

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Slowmover said:
A CB with other functions seems to not fit necessary & attractive. The “extra” is actually a turnoff.
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Attractive? Connex tried sex as a marketing tool with the Big Betty radio but it flopped. Would have done better 25 years ago, maybe.

I do own the Uniden 885 and use it in my truck. The scanner seems to work well when I need it. I managed to save up enough of my Love's reward points to get it for free! My company pays the fuel of course.

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fourstringburn said:
Attractive? Connex tried sex as a marketing tool with the Big Betty radio but it flopped. Would have done better 25 years ago, maybe.

I do own the Uniden 885 and use it in my truck. The scanner seems to work well when I need it. I managed to save up enough of my Love's reward points to get it for free! My company pays the fuel of course.

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I couldn't have a conversation on that radio, I'd be adjusting the darn knobs all the time...
 
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fourstringburn said:
Attractive? Connex tried sex as a marketing tool with the Big Betty radio but it flopped. Would have done better 25 years ago, maybe.

I do own the Uniden 885 and use it in my truck. The scanner seems to work well when I need it. I managed to save up enough of my Love's reward points to get it for free! My company pays the fuel of course.

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I own (and like) the 885. It’s “normally” my installed radio. I used points to get mine as well.

The scanner is nice . . . but too many agencies have (or are about to) move to radio systems it can’t read.

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