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Common Trucker Lingo On The CB Radio (And What It Means)

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 ...
CCJ

Review of new Cobra radios equipped with FM

Okay, so I’ve been around the block once or twice and remember when CB radio manufacturers got the green light from the Federal Communications Commission in 1977 to add 17 more channels for a total of ...
Truckinginfo

Cobra Electronics Unveils Line of AM/FM CB Radios

Cobra Electronics unveiled its new line of AM/FM CB radios after spearheading a four-year petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to enable FM mode communication on CBs within the ...
CCJ

Is stronger SSB on the President McKinley CB worth the extra cost?

Similar to when you’re spec’ing a truck, having more power in a CB radio can come in handy, or at least that’s the idea when you plunk down extra cash to get extra power. To that end, we tested ...
Overdrive

Can you hear the difference? New dual-mode AM/FM CB radios

For this week's Overdrive Radio podcast, Mark Karnes tells the story behind the Cobra company's petition to the Federal Communications Commission some years back to allow the use of FM rather than ...