Standard CB or SSB radio? What do you recommend for a newbie?

Good luck in your future endeavours

 

Thank you, Sir.

 

Like that clown out in New Mexico. Most days I can hear him all the way over here in Pennsylvania. Dude has one hell of a radio, but he's a total pain in the ###...

 

Well its not his radio. He's definitely running an amplifier, and who knows what kind of antenna. Does Maco make a beam antenna like the moon raker anymore? If not a beam antenna, maybe he has the super penetrator antenna. I believe that antenna is made by MFJ now, they bought out the Hy-Gain brand of antennas. As far as omni-direction base antennas, it was the best. With possible exception of the super scanner antenna.
Edit: I forgot to mention, a lot of his long distant communication is due to propagation too. It isn't just his radio.

 

I have the Connex CX 36HPF
I’ve had it about a year and seems to be working good. I’m guessing I get out pretty good. With not so many using a CB I go quite a while with total silence. I forget it’s even on most the time until I hear pilots escorting oversized up the road, OR a backup somewhere.

 

Why is it the the ones talking long range are almost always NUT cases?

 

Yeap mark is runnin power and yeap alot of the times his super duper range is momma nature..Even so he does really good with the 955 barefoot and that 8' stick he uses..

 

Ssb is added expense..I think if you like to play with the radio ssb can be fun but one hand on the mic and one on the clarifier is prolly asking for it..
So best to stick to 19 while driving
And ssb while not..

 

Back in the 70's I was in a 3000 sq. foot metal roofed building with stanard whip antenna and a 4 wat cobra and I could talk skip all over the
US and some foreign countries. Amplifiers are not needed with a good ground plain.

 

If you're new to radio communication and want a simple, easy-to-use option for short-range communication (e.g., local travel or off-roading), a standard CB radio is a good choice.

On the other hand, if you're interested in longer-range communication and are willing to invest the time to learn the additional features and possibly obtain a license, then an SSB radio might be more suitable, especially if you plan to communicate over greater distances.