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07-18-2025 - 5:15 AM - Good Morning! It's Friday and, for many, the end of the work week. I'm retired so Fridays don't have the same significance for me. Yesterday was a good day for CB Radio, as are most. The band was open most of the day. Today will probably be another good day. Remember, antennas are more important that amplifiers. Some will say, "I'll get a big antenna and a big amplifier." If all amplifiers disappeared, CB Radio would be a much happier place. I know, it'll never happen. You can help the cause by taking your amplifier outside and smashing it with a sledge hammer. We all know that's not going to happen so I'll just pour my first cup of coffee!
07-18-2025 - 6:30 AM - Local trucking radio traffic is picking up on Channels 19 and 25. The rest of the band has yet to awaken, but it's only 6:30 AM.
07-18-2025 - 1:00 PM - From the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Primark Recalls DTR Stitch 4-pack Scented Highlighters Due to Risk of Phthalate Exposure; Violates Federal Phthalates Ban; Sold by Primark * VIVI E-Bikes Lithium-ion Batteries Sold with VIVI E-Bikes Recalled Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Risk of Serious Injury or Death; Sold by VIVI * Tractor Supply Recalls Traveller Aluminum Loading Ramps Due to Fall Hazard * iStore Magnetic Wireless Power Banks Recalled Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Imported by Tomauri * Deale International Recalls CasaClean Handheld Steamers Due to Risk of Serious Burn Injury; Sold on HSN * Bexco Enterprises Recalls Kiwi Electronic Recliner and Swivel Gliders with USB Port Due to Overheating Hazard * CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Mad Rabbit “RELIEVE” Lidocaine Numbing Cream Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death to Young Children from Poisoning; Violates the Mandatory Standard for Child-Resistant Packaging.
07-18-2025 - 2:00 PM - FEMA National Watch Center - National Current Ops / Monitoring – July 17-18, 2025
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Potential Flooding Preparations – Lower Mississippi Valley – FINAL
Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Rain / Flash Flooding – Southwest, Gulf Coast, and Central Plains to Mid-Atlantic
• Severe Weather – Midwest and Mid-Atlantic
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
07-18-2025 - 3:00 PM - The band is asleep this afternoon. Even the truckers don't feel like talking about the lane closure on the highway a half-mile from me. In the past, I've pic up the mic and announced, on Channel 19, "If you're trying to sneak through town without talking on the radio, raise your hand." That usually gets a few laughs.
07-18-2025 - 3:45 PM - I can't imagine a reason why CB Radio manufacturers are still cranking out radios with a "channel 9" button. Channel 9 would not enter my mind as a place to call for help. Decades ago, active R.E.A.C.T. groups were monitoring Channel 9, but even they weren't everywhere. Some say that certain Highway Patrol vehicles in some states are still equipped with CB radios. My guess is that they're probably listening to Channel 19. These days, I'd put my money and my chances of getting an answer on Channel 19. Your opnion on this topic might vary.
07-17-2025 - 5:00 AM - Good Morning! It's Thursday, and the band is already alive. Weak, but alive. We're just beginning a descent from the peak of Solar Cycle 25, so there should be several more years of a skip-shooter's paradise. I see a few local channels active that I didn't know were in regular use. Maybe they're just passing through town. CB Radio is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
07-17-2025 - 5:20 AM - Yesterday, I spoke about aeronautical mobiles. Now I would like to mention the possibility of taking handheld CB and MURS radios to "high" places, such as tower restaurants with observation decks, summits of varying altitudes, and so on. Maybe the "over the highway" restaurant in Vinita, Oklahoma, to see how many truckers you can talk to on the CB Radio while enjoying a burger and fries. You can think of other interesting places, I'm sure.
07-17-2025 - 7:00 AM - It's a little amusing when people online see a box with a few dials and a microphone, and they automatically assume it's a CB Radio. For many, that's all they've ever heard of. That's probably due to some well-known movies of questionable value to the hobby. Well, they're not questionable to me, but that's another story.
07-17-2025 - 7:15 AM - Current National Short Range Weather Forecast
07-17-2025 - 8:00 AM - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing - National Current Ops / Monitoring – July 16-17, 2025
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Potential Flooding Preparations – FEMA Regions IV & VI
Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Rain / Flash Flooding – Rockies, Central Plains to Mid-Atlantic, Gulf Coast
• Severe Thunderstorms – Northern Plains and Northeast
• Tropical Activity:
Atlantic:
• Disturbance 1: Low (30%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• FMAG Approval: Monroe Canyon Fire – UT
• 1 Amendment Issued
Event Monitoring:
• No new significant events
07-17-2025 - 1:45 PM - An oversized load is coming through town, and radio operations are being conducted on the Multi-Use Radio Service frequency of 151.940 MHz. This is the first time I've heard MURS used in this capacity. Nice, quiet communications. Awesome.
07-17-2025 - 3:00 PM - I hear one of those CBers who ends every transmission with a "roger" posed as a question. It's like talking to someone and ending every sentence with "did you get that? This guy seems to be enjoying the hobby, so I'll leave him alone.
07-17-2025 - 3:45 PM - Another oversized load is coming through town with operations on CB Radio Channel 19.
07-16-2025 - 6:00 AM - Good Morning! It's Wednesday! The band is not waking up as early this morning as it did yesterday. We all like to sleep in sometimes. Get your handheld radio and activate an Aeronautical Mobile Pop-Up Event. Why should the Ham Radio people have all the fun? My coffee is ready!
07-16-2025 - 6:15 AM - Current National Short Range Weather Forecast
07-16-2025 - 6:30 AM - Local traffic is picking up here at the CB Radio Report, with the usual crew operating on Channel 1 (I still haven't identified them) and trucking traffic on Channel 19. There is still no evidence of any long-distance communications, but it won't be long.
07-16-2025 - 8:00 AM - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing - National Current Ops / Monitoring – July 15-16, 2025
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Flash Flooding – Texas / New Mexico – FINAL
Hazard Monitoring:
• Excessive Rainfall / Flash Flooding – Central Plains to Great Lakes, Ohio Valley to Mid-Atlantic
• Severe Thunderstorms – Central Plains and Great Lakes
• Fire Weather – Central Great Basin to Central Rockies
• Tropical Activity:
Atlantic:
• Disturbance 1 (AL93): Medium (40%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No new significant events
07-16-2025 - 10:00 AM - Do you recall when the Nissan Xterra was introduced? The tagline was "Everything you need, nothing you don't". I know a guy who bought one and ordered, pre-delivery, every accessory imaginable—everything except a CB Radio.
07-16-2025 - 11:40 AM - I hear at least three guys, maybe four, chatting it up on Channel 25 as they pass through town. These guys are not moving an oversized load, but it could be a convoy of some sort. One of them has been through here before, as evidenced by his giving "proper lane" and other instructions to the others. The band is quiet right now, so that's something they don't have to deal with. Sometimes the squelch knob works, sometimes it doesn't. CB Radio is dead! Long live CB Radio!
07-16-2025 - 4:00 PM - The world's largest Buc-ee's opened last year in Luling, Texas. The address is 10070 I-10, Luling, TX 78648. I try to stop at every Buc-ee's I see. So far I've only seen one and that's the one across TX 114 from the Texas Motor Speedway. Maybe I need to get out more often.
07-16-2025 - 4:30 PM - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - FCC ENFORCEMENT BUREAU ISSUES NOTICE OF ILLEGAL PIRATE RADIO BROADCASTING (NIPRB) TO 3 BROTHERS RANCH LLC. The FCC Enforcement Bureau issued a Notice of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting (NIPRB) per its authority from the PIRATE Act to Washington landowner for allowing illegal broadcasting from their property.. by NIPRB. EB.
07-16-2025 - 5:00 PM - The 27 MHz band has been almost dead the whole afternoon. Mother Nature has locked it down well. Things may improve this evening. We shall see. Some will say that if I had paid attention to "space weather" forecasts, I would know what to expect. I like my method better. I turn on the radio, and either the band is open, or it's not. Your mileage may vary.
07-16-2025 - 6:15 PM - The Local Group is on the air on Channel 23, and the DX is starting to return across the rest of the band. A member of the group took the time for a short chat with a station in Kentucky. The band is open for business.
07-16-2025 - I haven't heard the CB Radio Sultan of Splatter in a few years. He frequently appeared on Channel 6, the "superbowl", but he could also be heard splattering on channels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10 simultaneously. He didn't understand that power expended on those unintended channels was power he didn't have on 6, his intended channel. Physics. I just found out that actor Tom Savini is nicknamed the Sultan of Splatter for his horror effects. I might have to come up with a new name for the CB Sultan. Or maybe Tom can get a CB radio with a splattering, POS amplifier.
07-15-2025 - 5:20 AM - Good Morning! It's Tuesday, and I have what sounds like an oversized load coming through town with operations conducted on Channel 15. There's a bit of traffic on Channel 19, and something local is afoot on Channel 10. One of the guys on 19 sounds like he's talking through a box of rubber bands. I don't understand what he's trying to achieve in the "audio quality" department, but if he's happy, I'm happy. It's going to be a good CB Radio day!
07-15-2025 - 7:15 AM - Channel 1 is alive locally with trucking chatter. Channel 11 is on fire already with skip shooters. Channels 21 and 22 are skip-active as well. Channel 6, the "superbowl", is trying to catch up. That shouldn't be a problem. The good CB Radio day continues.
07-15-2025 - 8:00 AM - Current National Short Range Weather Forecast
07-15-2025 - 8:15 AM - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing - National Current Ops / Monitoring – July 14-15, 2025
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Flash Flooding – Texas / New Mexico
Hazard Monitoring:
• Excessive Rainfall / Flash Flooding – Southwest, Texas, Upper Mississippi Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast
• Severe Weather – Cental / Northern Plains and the Western Great Lakes Region
• Fire Weather – Southwest and Great Basin
• Tropical Activity:
Atlantic:
• Disturbance 1: Med (40%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No new significant events
07-15--2025 - 9:30 AM - I just heard that woman broadcasting that truck stop ad on Channel 19. I think she's near Amarillo. It could also be in Nevada. She's been doing it for years, so it must be working. If not, it didn't cost anything but 30 seconds of her time and a glance over her shoulder for "Uncle Charlie" who, in all liklihood, will never show up.
07-15-2025 - 5:00 PM - The band remains alive and well this afternoon. Channel 14 is jam-packed. It could be busy most of the time and I'm just missing the action during my scans.
07-15-2025 - 7:00 PM - The Local group, usually appearing at 5:30 PM on Channel 23, has not materialized. I heard one member calling out to the others, but there was no response. They must have other pressing matters to attend to.
07-15-2025 - 7:45 PM - I tuned in to the MLB All-Star Game just in time to see the first-ever use of the Automated Ball-Strike System. For this game, they're using ABS as a means to challenge calls made by the Home Plate Umpire. First use: a call of a ball was changed to a strike. I kind of like it, especially since it only took about 15 seconds or so to see the ABS "picture."
07-15-2025 - 8:45 PM - Two men have been chewing the rag on Channel 13 for some time. It sounds like this is a regular event for them. I don't think they're local because the signal strength is varying too much. Band conditions are still good.