CB Radio

[DT86]

Just and ordinary $7 set of earbud headphones will allow you to hear that phone ring, and you can play music from it as well.. Not a whole lot of investment. They also act as hearing protection from the tractor also.

Sure they work for listening just fine but I've seen these as cheap as $40.

The thing is these vibrate, so you don't have to even use the earbud. They would work well who don't like or can not use earbuds.

As long as you're wearing the thing around the back your neck you'll revive notification of call, text, email or what ever else.

Also, wireless connection to phone is easier to deal with.

 

[GPintheMitten]

I would have to teach my wife how to use the CB every time I needed to talk to her, so the 1 or 2 that I own are in a box in the barn. But on occasion I use my cell phone to call or text her from the shop.

 

[RPW]

K0ua hmmmmmm. Probably wouldn't get many chores done

 

[bullbreaker]

Never put one on a tractor (CB) , but have been using them in my pick up trucks and big rigs since they were 23 channel . No one has ask but I'am gonna say probably the best CB ever made IMHO is the Cobra 29 ltd classic .
They got a new cool version of it which I would describe as far as looks as Batmans CB if he were to have one .However the guts are the same just faceplate changes . Also as most of yous know some cb"s nowadays come with blue tooth . Heres a pic of new camo version they also make it in black . I believe it also has like 4 different color face displays . Remember we are talking about cb radio's , not 10 meter radio's converted to 11 meter . Of course Cobra still kicks out there original silver or black faced classic(s) .

 

[jim44]

We have better luck with the FRS over the CB. Of course, I haven't messed with CB much since the '70s. Back then, about all we could get was static and skip, and it pretty much covered up any conversation. May be better by now.

 

[5030]

Just wondering how many of you have CB radios mounted in your tractors

Not us. We run FRS radios for short range and FM business band for long range in the equipment. Don't want to hear 'potty mouth' CB crap anyway. Total waste of money (CB radio).

 

[k0ua]

We have better luck with the FRS over the CB. Of course, I haven't messed with CB much since the '70s. Back then, about all we could get was static and skip, and it pretty much covered up any conversation. May be better by now.

Not really any better, it depends on where we are in the 11 year sunspot cycle. CB was started in 1958 and while there was a UHF CB allocation even back then, the technology was such that the UHF equipment was very expensive and somewhat unreliable, so the 11 meter Amatuer band was reallocated to the new 27 Mhz CB service. BUT, the FCC cannot control ionospheric propagation, or even people for that matter. By placing what was intended to be a local short ranged service in an HF band prone to long range propagation, and complicating the error by initially using AM modulation, well what can I say, a comedy of governmental errors.

 

[5030]

There is an Interstate rest area near our farm and all you get on a CB is girls looking for a 'date' with truck drivers......lol Truck drivers must all be popular with the girls around here....lol

 

[k0ua]

There is an Interstate rest area near our farm and all you get on a CB is girls looking for a 'date' with truck drivers......lol Truck drivers must all be popular with the girls around here....lol

They call em Lot Lizards

 

[dieselcrawler]

Try using a channel other than 19 to avoid the 'lot lizard lingo' trash talk... if I were to get one set up to use for 'around the farm' use, I'd find a channel with no traffic, alot of the 'off' channels are used around here by the gas well and pipeline workers....

 

[tractortom55]

Had CB in truck in late 70's. And now 35 years later the radio is in garage and wife sitting on couch.

 

[newbury]

Not us. We run FRS radios for short range and FM business band for long range in the equipment. Don't want to hear 'potty mouth' CB crap anyway. Total waste of money (CB radio).

I drive from about Washington DC to Tupelo, Mississippi and back about 4 times a year. About half the trips there is a major "shut the interstate down" accident somewhere along the way. Every time we jump on the CB and can usually get great instructions by listening to truckers on how to get around. Well worth the money.
Don't know as if I need it on a tractor.

 

[tractortom55]

Forgot to say that I meet my wife on CB radio.

 

[clee4020]

one reason I asked is, I cannot hear my cell phone ring...I do carry it when I'm operating in the field. I was wondering if a CB might be a better option.

Not being able to hear the phone ring is one of the reasons we put CB's back in everything with a cab. That and phones still don't work in some areas of the farm. We tried the Motorola talkabouts, but they're only good for maybe a mile where we are. The CB's are good for 2 to 3 miles with squelch turned all the way off and 5 to 10 if you want to listen to static.

 

[bigtiller]

Forgot to say that I meet my wife on CB radio.

Hmmmm, interesting.... My wife met her boyfriend on the CB radio.

 

[Coyote machine]

I use a Samsung android phone and a pin cable from headphone jack to a Worktunes headset. I listen to music I've recorded and shuffle it. If the phone rings, it automatically cuts off the music and I hear it ringing, remove the headphones and answer, or not, the call.
I get good sound through the headphones, keep the phone in my shirt pocket, and can hear the tractor enough to know if there is a problem, in addition to reading the gauges from time to time. The headphones keep a lot of ambient noise from destroying what is left of my hearing. I've tried it with earbuds; the tractor is too loud for my ears, and I can't hear the music either.

 

[tractortom55]

Not me she was 16 and in high school. Dated 2 years and then tied the knot.

 

[D7E]

We have working CB's in Most of the main machines , 6 tractors, swather, backhoe and 3 graintrucks . I love them for being in contact with new or less experienced drivers without messing around with phones all the time .

 

[aczlan]

I need to get some radios setup for around the property. Will probably use Baofeng BF-888s radios set to use MURS frequencies (less competition and usage/power restrictions than the FRS or GRMS bands).
We use them at work (programmed to our frequencies) as "disposable" radios for contractors (we would rather replace a $15 Baofeng than a $400 Motorola Radius CP200 when it falls off of the roof, ladder, manlift, catwalk, etc, etc, etc).

Aaron Z

 

[k0ua]

I need to get some radios setup for around the property. Will probably use Baofeng BF-888s radios set to use MURS frequencies (less competition and usage/power restrictions than the FRS or GRMS bands).
We use them at work (programmed to our frequencies) as "disposable" radios for contractors (we would rather replace a $15 Baofeng than a $400 Motorola Radius CP200 when it falls off of the roof, ladder, manlift, catwalk, etc, etc, etc).

Aaron Z

Aaron, I see there are not any technical specifications listed on Amazon for these radios. Can you comment how well they work compared to the motorola? I can read and understand technical specifications, but I know a lot of people that would buy these units could not make heads or tails out of technical specs for radios so I understand why they may not publish them as well as they are probably substandard. I mean what do you expect for under $15 each? But as you said, for something that may get dropped in the mud or mashed anyway, I can see how you would want to put these into service if they work satisfactorily.