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Not fully correct, GMRS requires a license, FRS is free but FRS cannot legally use GMRS.
Again, try to get an entire industry to switch over. I tried to get the local 4x4 club to switch over to 2m and using the local repeaters. Nope. Won't happen. Same with the CB/trucking.
Look around you, the entire industry is changing. There are way more drivers on the road without radios and plenty of drivers with them that don't turn them on.
I'm not arguing that, but when the company says we're on channel 26, they expect everyone else to be on the same band/frequency/channel, it's part of their contract to have certain equipment and CB radio is one of them, and as a pilot car you can be a few miles ahead of the loads at times.
I'm done arguing with you about truckers and CB. If I had it my way, we would all use 2m HTs so I wouldn't need a a permanent install and it would be clean audio.
Thanks for the information on what foot warmer I should get.
73
I was just giving you my perspective since I'm a driver with over 32 years on the road.
While I'm not a flatbedder, I do know it isn't just a company requirement for OD loads neeeding escorts to have reliable communication devices, it is State law requirements in many if not all States.
Keywords there, reliable communication devices, not necessarily CB's.
The only time I know CB's are required are for extra large OD loads needing State Police escorts to use with CB equipped patrol cars.
While I'm not a flatbedder, I do know it isn't just a company requirement for OD loads neeeding escorts to have reliable communication devices, it is State law requirements in many if not all States.
Keywords there, reliable communication devices, not necessarily CB's.
The only time I know CB's are required are for extra large OD loads needing State Police escorts to use with CB equipped patrol cars.
Convince every escort and heavy haul driver in the US to obtain a ham license, buy new equipment and switch to a different band.
Then the guys that suggested it can complain about all the truckers taking over the bands and tell them to go back to 11m.
Then the guys that suggested it can complain about all the truckers taking over the bands and tell them to go back to 11m.
I always heard Gooserider made some great amps for AM. Not sure if he's still in business or not. Mike's shop in Mansfield carried them, and they were labeled Twister or Texas Twister IIRC.
73,
Brett
73,
Brett
Shadetree Mechanic
Delaware Base Station 808
A Texas Star 350 would do it. I have one for my base station and I'm sure it will find it's way into my truck before too long.
Due mainly to this thread and some info elsewhere, I ordered myself an RM Italy 7505V.
But the post is about the following due to the OP job description.
The amp will be mounted in a TAC-COMM TRC2 Carrier
www.tac-comm.com
whether I use it mobile in the Pete, in my Cummins pickup, or for a base in the aluminum travel trailer.
Any longer in length and the amp wouldn’t have been as attractive to me.
I now have two of these carriers.
Yes, they’re just as nice as they look and the men at TC a pleasure to deal with;
found it on www.K0BG.com
It’s been in limited use as a “slip seater” arrangement for the work tractor. A WM Rig Runner on an optional back panel and Anderson Power Poles make it easy to remove or install.
As it’s easy to mount yet other equipment inside or out it seemed appropriate to mention this as a pilot car is (by my observation) already crowded.
I am recommending that one or two of these can hold nearly everything currently spread across the dash. Or, it’s worth considering this form of consolidation: Headset & Charger, Phones & Chargers, CB & CB Speaker (strongly, strongly recommend a DSP speaker), CB microphone, Earphones, Flashlights & Chargers, Headlamp & Charger, etc (And the hard travel case for the GPS).
Obviously, more than one transceiver could be in 1,2,3 of these.
The physical strength of the carrier means that something unrelated might be placed atop it, if, as I am doing, it is mounted on the passenger seat and strapped in. Or, it could be atop something itself.
Given some precautions, the TC Carrier makes this large amp (or a large case radio) less of a headache consuming interior space.
The bane of trucker electronics isn’t the work environment so much as it is in moving that gear in & out of the work vehicle. That’s when the damage occurs.
The large or small TAC COMM carriers make that damage much less likely.
Safety & theft prevention are highlighted. Cover it or hide it elsewhere.
I also found an SKB rolling custom foam cutout hard case to drop every doggoned thing into (think Pelican). Both carriers and all the rest. When it’s time to move out, or hide things overnight away from the cab.
So a thanks from this driver to HAMs and your desire to make Field Day or Emergency Comms gear transportable.
Good luck, OP
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But the post is about the following due to the OP job description.
The amp will be mounted in a TAC-COMM TRC2 Carrier
www.tac-comm.com
whether I use it mobile in the Pete, in my Cummins pickup, or for a base in the aluminum travel trailer.
Any longer in length and the amp wouldn’t have been as attractive to me.
I now have two of these carriers.
Yes, they’re just as nice as they look and the men at TC a pleasure to deal with;
found it on www.K0BG.com
It’s been in limited use as a “slip seater” arrangement for the work tractor. A WM Rig Runner on an optional back panel and Anderson Power Poles make it easy to remove or install.
As it’s easy to mount yet other equipment inside or out it seemed appropriate to mention this as a pilot car is (by my observation) already crowded.
I am recommending that one or two of these can hold nearly everything currently spread across the dash. Or, it’s worth considering this form of consolidation: Headset & Charger, Phones & Chargers, CB & CB Speaker (strongly, strongly recommend a DSP speaker), CB microphone, Earphones, Flashlights & Chargers, Headlamp & Charger, etc (And the hard travel case for the GPS).
Obviously, more than one transceiver could be in 1,2,3 of these.
The physical strength of the carrier means that something unrelated might be placed atop it, if, as I am doing, it is mounted on the passenger seat and strapped in. Or, it could be atop something itself.
Given some precautions, the TC Carrier makes this large amp (or a large case radio) less of a headache consuming interior space.
The bane of trucker electronics isn’t the work environment so much as it is in moving that gear in & out of the work vehicle. That’s when the damage occurs.
The large or small TAC COMM carriers make that damage much less likely.
Safety & theft prevention are highlighted. Cover it or hide it elsewhere.
I also found an SKB rolling custom foam cutout hard case to drop every doggoned thing into (think Pelican). Both carriers and all the rest. When it’s time to move out, or hide things overnight away from the cab.
So a thanks from this driver to HAMs and your desire to make Field Day or Emergency Comms gear transportable.
Good luck, OP
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