CB RADIO: Citizens band is still worth hearing

NatCom Rewind: Not too much has changed with CB over the years, but you still should monitor the channels

Editor’s note: NatCom Rewind is a regular feature showcasing articles from past issues of the magazine that still have relevance today. This NatCom Rewind feature from the November | December 2014 issue of National Communications Magazine originally was written by Chuck Gysi | N2DUP | editor and publisher and has been updated for this article. 

Citizens band radio has had a colorful history and it’s been fun being a CBer for almost six decades. Most people don’t even know that CB has been around for so much longer than that, too — dating in one way or another back to the late 1940s.

What was this device and how did it help CBers in the past? Read our article below to find out how it broadcast essential information over CB. | Photo from National Communications Magazine archives

Although CB hadn’t changed much for several decades, the past decade saw some major changes — from the legalization of skip communications to the addition of the new FM mode.