No CB talking permitted

Interesting. I'm an 'FCC licensed amateur radio operator'. Does that mean that I can still legally use the CB in DE?

 

Companies can certainly ban most anything if the trucks belong to THEM. For a contract driver (who owns his own truck--unless he signs an agreement not to use "electronic devices" in the truck. Me, I think a radio IS a valuable tool because it allows one to be aware of conditions around it. It can also save time when there's a wreck and the driver can use it to detour around the blockage.

 

I read the article regarding the idiot on CB. If you read carefully it says that he interfered with the 10 mtr band and that he was running illegal power.

What I stated was that the 11 mtr band (CB) was de-regulated meaning that there is no longer a license requirement or annual fee for such entitlement anymore.
Back in the hayday of Citizens Band in the 70's you needed a license and had to pay an annual dues to the governing bodies. You were not even allowed to buy a radio without a license, but stores like Radio Shack still sold radios to anyone who had cash. All of that nonsense is gone by the wayside and the FCC and Industry Canada no longer enforce rules in the CB portion of the 11mtr band as there are just too many people out there behaving badly and they do not have the manpower to police that band.

In small exceptions like the case quoted the individual was interfering with the Amateur Spectrum and YES... the FCC will follow this through with a vengeance.

 

You said:”You were not even allowed to buy a radio without a license, but stores like Radio Shack still sold radios to anyone who had cash.”


Having been a Radio Shack manager back in the mid '60 every new CB sold by Radio Shack included, in the box, a license application. Now maybe in Canada that was not the case. If I recall there was a short period a $5.00 was fee was required. In fact I was a license CB operator along with my Ham license. But was short lived for both a Ham as well as the CB.


Had you read the other examples the ARRL showed the FCC will take action. Also, the second address to the FCC site I listed showed what rules a person must follow to not run afoul with them.


I concede the FCC manpower does not allow a full force action, nor have they ever had such a manpower.


kc0iv

 

Well I haven't read part 97 of the FCC act in a few decades but I'm sure the info is still in there to clarify this.
In Canada few years ago when we still had Radio Shacks (they're all gone now)they were illegally selling HTX202's and 404's to just anyone and we had a hayday here in our area with repeater intruders (unlicensed Hams). A bunch of us got together and wrote a petition to get Industry Canada to act on this and finally all stores got a letter from the feds telling them to not sell unless a proper Amateur radio License was exhibited before the purchase.

 

How many hours have you spent behind the wheel of a truck, it gives you a little different outlook on things.

 

especially since them outlawing the use of cb and ham radio is what causes the drivers to get tired.

Right in my state's drivers' handbook, it states one of the leading causes of accidents is fatigue. and in it it says to prevent accidents, turn the radio on and talk.