Two-way radios and 4x4s
Cell phones don’t always have service where we wheel so I’m working on a story that digs into some options for off-road communication. Nowadays, we have more choices than ever when it comes to moving our voice via radio in the backcountry, and options include FRS, GMRS, MURS, and amateur (Ham). As I’ve been working on this story for the past few months, getting hands-on time with the various radio types, it has got me thinking about the two-way radio wheelers have been using for years, the CB (Citizens Band) radio. CB has been a staple of off-road communications. I’m old, and thus have watched the evolution of the CB radio. I got “into” CB around 1975 when my dad bought an ancient tube CB radio. I remember that it was…