CB radios were — and still often are — a practical tool on the road, especially in a trucker’s life. But back in the 1970s and ’80s these portable communication devices were at the heart of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like most things in the automotive world, the trucking industry has pretty well modernized itself over the past few decades.

On this date 65 years ago, the FCC established what became known as citizens band — or CB radio. We reflect on how it rose to immense popularity and the ways the radios are still in use today. On this ...

Which Cobra CB radio is best? Citizens band radios, or CB radios, are useful tools for short-distance communication. They are popular with truckers and travelers, especially for the benefit of ...

The CB radio has been a reliable communication tool since its wide adaptation in the 1970s. Today, most organized trail rides require participants to have their own ...

Citizen band radio, more commonly known as CB radio, was first developed in 1945, but took a while to reach the truck-driving masses. By 1958, the FCC had established the first regulations and 23 ...

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 ...

Utah-based Deseret Transportation’s fleet of less than 50 trucks still uses CB radios, finding them especially useful going over Donner Pass in a snowstorm, or when starting up the canyon from Laramie ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2021 approved the FM band for use on CB radios – arguably the biggest change in decades, and one that sent radio suppliers back to the engineering room ...

Calling it the biggest advance in Citizens Band radios since the CB spectrum was expanded from 23 to 40 channels in 1977, Cobra Electronics has launched a line of CB radios that can use FM as well as ...