Way back on page one of this thread, someone mentioned that today's kids don't even know what a CB is. My son was one of those. One weekend, he went off-roading with his friends, and I loaned a cb and a mag mount antenna to each of them to use for the weekend. When they returned Sunday night, my son asked if they could keep the CBs. The radios sold themselves.
The thing is, each of them drove a 4x4 truck, and a Cb antenna didn't look out of place. There was plenty of room under the dash to mount the radio. On today's tiny automobiles, a Cb antenna looks like a toothpick in an hors d'oeuvre. Also with the cramped interior there isn't any room for a radio. Even in my Toyota Hilux 4x4, it was difficult to find a place for a cb. A 148GTL-sized Cb looks totally out of place inside,say, a Toyota Corolla or a Ford Focus. IMHO the Uniden 980SSb is the only decent small size am/ssb mobile on the market. But it has its limitations (read ... no frequency mod).
So, cb has taken a back seat to the chat rooms and forums on the 'net. You can carry your smartphone in your pocket for instant worldwide communications wherever you are (almost).
I've been Cbin' for almost 50 years, and it seems like most of the people I talk to on-the-air are old-timers like myself. When we're gone, I suppose Cb will die with us.
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