CB echo.. is it really nesessary?

I guess you are right. I suppose if I were to complain about something it would definately be something worth complaining about. I guess I would complain about all them whining truck drivers complaing about Whining truck drivers LOL

 

How many times are yall gunna repeat yourselves about your opinions??

Is it necessary? No

Is it helpful? Depends on what you are trying to do. There are alot of cry babies out here, and those are the ones that are fun to mess with. Although I dont run mine too high, I like a radio to scream somtimes and listen to em whine. And yes, the ones with good external speakers can hear me fine, the rest of you's can kiss it.

Its a Davemade World.

 

My new 4600 T has it and I never use it ever. They could have used that dial for something else such as dimmer for the blue leds and I would be alot happier.

 

I've had lots of users (including truckers) at my shop asking me to remove the added-on echo boards that they either had installed (elsewhere) in the past, or were in secondhand radios they'd bought.
When I'm not fixing commercial and CB radios for a living, I play music for fun & gas money. Reverb ("echo") only helps voices when they're having to blend with instruments, to help merge the timing in phrases -- it gives a little wiggle room. But between songs, when someone makes an announcement from the bandstand? They always turn off the reverb so they can be understood.
On CB, there's usually enough audio distraction going on in the cab between engine and road noise, maybe the be-bop radio, the GPS, and just the sheer amount of background noise on the CB from other stations. Anything that further distorts speech, however cool it may sound on your talkback, just makes it harder for the other guy to hear.
FWIW, I'm not a professional driver; I'm a licensed two-way tech. But I retired from 30 years of public safety, driving fire engines and, later, police cars. Diesel engines (sometimes), sirens, air brakes (sometimes), gunfire (sometimes); it's good to be understood on the radio.
-- Handlebar in NC --

 

just kep the echo bells whistles and toys down on channel 6 nothing like a clear crisp audio i have a roger beep and never put it on ' well i mostly talk on ssb

 

I like the echo and reverb on my DX 99V. I don't have it turned way up to where I can not be understood. But I have it on and working. Why? Because it's fun and it makes me smile a bit. It is fun. Just like noise toys. Love those.

 

A driver with echo was lost and looking for directions.

He kept having to repeat himself.

I chimed in with, "Well maybe if you turned off that stupid (effin') echo people could understand you!"

By the time he did, he was out of range.

I finished the conversation with, "Maybe you should've spent your echo money on a better antenna, dummy!!"

 

I use both echo and reverb at all times. However they are set to 9 & 10 o'colck respectively. It does not take much.

 

A highly intelligent response that makes me proud to be a part of such diversity. You are a true champion of the high road.

 

$13,000 amateur radio transceiver. No echo crap or "peak & tune" hacking required...