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>There was a time when a CB radio was a simple affair: a small box with a channel selector, volume, and squelch controls. No longer it seems, because they can now be multi-mode devices that equal the capabilities of amateur radio rigs if not surpass them. [ThatCrazyDcGuy] has one, an Albrecht AE-5900, which has the interesting feature that it can be entirely controlled from its microphone. This led to a web-based interface for the rig, through clever emulation of the microphone.

Archive: https://archive.today/7G0FS From the post: >>There was a time when a CB radio was a simple affair: a small box with a channel selector, volume, and squelch controls. No longer it seems, because they can now be multi-mode devices that equal the capabilities of amateur radio rigs if not surpass them. [ThatCrazyDcGuy] has one, an Albrecht AE-5900, which has the interesting feature that it can be entirely controlled from its microphone. This led to a web-based interface for the rig, through clever emulation of the microphone.
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CB, at least here in the USA, is kind of dead - especially with the stupid "To FM" conversion so that Cobra/Dynascan/Cedar could sell new units. I can travel for 4 hours on I-70 and hear noting more than some blips.

Even the retard jeets that would clog 19 with that shit music of theirs are gone.

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I remember it used to be "normal" to have a built-in CB in your truck/car/whatever. Especially if you lived out in the sticks.

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Before cellphones and waze, yes - everyone had a CB.

I carry a handheld when I travel, but I rarely hear anything.