Are CB Radios still used to day?

what radio is that? i have a cheap cobra one that doesn't have those!

 

is $160 a good price for a Cobra 29 with the weather band?

 

Do you run just in one area or national?

I run all over and it does not go off. I have run Cobra 29's for 8 years and not one of them has unless the channel is set. This is my third radio.

 

I understand that. My radio was set listening to the weather in Jamestown, ND. About 3 hours later I was getting close to Minot, ND. The weather there is on a different one of the 7. I am a trained weather spotter and was getting concerned over the cloud formations to the southwest and the way the wind was going. I started changing the stations on the radio and then found the one talking about the tornado warning. The alert never went off.

I know the alert function works, because I set the radio at night and then turn it off. The alert has went off many times waking me up.

 

True, but they have to send the the beep for the storm warning!

 

I have a Uniden w/ weather & mine has scared the CRAP outta me with that alarm goin off! Man that alert is L>O>U>D !!!!
On the Unidens you can be listening to the CB but, your weather knob must be set on a local weather station to pick up the alert.
The first weather CB I ever saw was on a friend's truck that I was driving . I had never used a weather CB , let me warn you when that alert goes off .....YOU WILL HEAR IT . I thought something was wrong with his truck !

 

That is my point. It was the end of the alert. I heard them say they were returning to the regular programming.

 

I have a Uniden PC78LTW and every now and then it makes on heck of a squeal, maybe that is the weather warning, will have to check this out.
I never read the owners manual