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History of Channel 19
I was bored and I have been trucking for a while. My mind was bouncing around to kill boredom and I got to thinking about CBs and why we use channel 19. Why not channel 1? Surely there is a history behind why we all use 19. Was just wondering about it.
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Originally, there were only 23 CB channels in the U.S.; 40-channel radios did not come along until 1977. In the 1960s, channels 1-8 and 15-22 were reserved for "intrastation" communications among units under the same license, while the other channels (9-14 and 23) could be used for "interstation" calls to other licenses.

In the early 1970s, channel 9 became reserved for emergency use. Channel 10 was used for highway communications, and channel 11 was used as a general calling channel. Later, channel 19 became the preferred highway channel in most areas as it did not have the adjacent-channel interference problems with channel 9.
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I was bored and I have been trucking for a while. My mind was bouncing around to kill boredom and I got to thinking about CBs and why we use channel 19. Why not channel 1? Surely there is a history behind why we all use 19. Was just wondering about it.
CB radios are rather simple radios and the antennas are tuned to the center of the band. So the best channels to operate on are in the center of the band. I'm not sure how it ended up being 19 and not 20, but probably to keep 20 open as the call channel.

I used to talk with a group about 20+ years ago on channel 1 and I specifically tuned my old Johnson Johny One to peak on channel 1. That was about the only time I hung out on that channel.
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We use 17 north of the 46 and 15 south of it out in CA. 19 gets used on east and west routes and in the truckstops.
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Unfortunately, that ain't the entire story. Depended on what area of the country you were in whether you ran channel 11, 15, 19, or whatever.
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I know that 9 is the emergency channel (not that it is really moniterd all that much) The one I never figured out is why it is that seems like West of SLC is 17 and East is 19 ... That one has always dumbfounded me....
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I know that 9 is the emergency channel (not that it is really moniterd all that much) The one I never figured out is why it is that seems like West of SLC is 17 and East is 19 ... That one has always dumbfounded me....
Last time I was in California, it was north and south on 17 and others on 19.
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I was bored and I have been trucking for a while. My mind was bouncing around to kill boredom and I got to thinking about CBs and why we use channel 19. Why not channel 1? Surely there is a history behind why we all use 19. Was just wondering about it.
now years ago we used channel 10 and did for years BUT then came along some wises guy from california it seems he wa a member of what was called react which was a groupe that hang out on channel 9., it seems that there were so many of us on channel 10 that we were bleeding over on channel 9 and they could not work there recue thing so they convinched every one to change to channel 19 and we have been here ever sinch.
hope this has helped .---southernpride
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Good info there southernpride.........
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We use 17 north of the 46 and 15 south of it out in CA. 19 gets used on east and west routes and in the truckstops.

I just stay on channel 19 anymore in California...Too many idiots on 17/15 and besides I don't speak spanish or arabic.
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