History of Channel 19

This is what I found... I was curious too.

http://askville.amazon.com/truckers-CB-channel-19/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=214968

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

Good info there southernpride.........

 

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