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 ...

Recently, I sold my old Citizens Band car radio on eBay, mostly because almost no one was answering me anymore when I would warn them that I had just spotted a bear in the air and that they should ...

A CB radio is often one of those items that you don't feel you need until you are the one guy on the trail without one. Everyone is having a great time chatting on the road, and you are left out. Not ...

The radio spectrum is carefully regulated and divided up by Governments worldwide. Some of it is shared across jurisdictions under the terms of international treaties, while other allocations exist ...

In 1977, a little movie called "Smokey and the Bandit" burst on the scene that not only made a star out of Pontiac's Trans Am, but made liberal use of truck driver slang and the 10-Codes they use to ...

The Federal Communications Commission will amend its rules governing short-range, low-power radio services that will affect the CB radio service, general mobile radio services (GMRS) and family radio ...

I write today in honor of the Land Mobile Radio System, a bidirectional short-distance voice communication network receptive of transmissions established on 40 channels near 27 MHz in the high ...

Unless you are over a certain age, you probably take it for granted that electronic gadgets you buy have some FCC marking on them. But it wasn’t always true. [Ernie] submits that the ...

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 ...

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 ...