Radio Day 2024 is on Tuesday, August 20, 2024: do truckers and hunters really need a CB Radio these days?

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 is Radio Day 2024. Radio Day (Russian: День радио Den' Radio), Communications Workers' Day (as it is officially known in Russia) or Radio and Television Day (Ден на радиото и телевизията, as it is known in Bulgaria) is a commemoration of the development of radio in Russia.

Radio Day (Russian: День радио Den' Radio), Communications Workers' Day (as it is officially known in Russia) or Radio and Television Day (Ден на радиото и телевизията, as it is known in Bulgaria) is a commemoration of the development of radio in Russia.

Radio Days is a 1987 comedy film directed by Woody Allen. The film looks back on an American family's life during the Golden Age of Radio using both music and memories to tell the story.

Before the net, many people rely upon the modest radio to provide their day-to-day dosage of information, amusement and vital weather updates. This was specifically true for bad or remote neighborhoods which didn't have accessibility to tv or various other methods of communication.

UNESCO officially announced the formation of Radio Day in 2011, after a tip put forward by Spain to celebrate this crucial means of communication. In some components of the world, radio still remains an important lifeline to the outdoors.

In remote farming communities in Australia, youngsters learn their school resolve radio. In bad communities in Africa, communities compile around the radio each night to sustain to date on national information and listen to songs and speeches. Radio has been replaced by the web and satellite communications for large components of the globe, but also for millions of much less privileged people, radio is still a miracle of technology.

the CB radio is an essential communications tool for truck drivers

a standard CB radio has 40 channels, and the universal or common channel in the trucking industry is 19

because it's a radio frequency, it is accessible to anyone who has a CB radio - there are no numbers to dial or remember - just switch it on, and you're 'connected'

depending on how far of a signal (both incoming and outgoing) your CB radio processes, you can receive and give information to other truck drivers around you - usually within about a mile from your exact location (your '20' in trucker lingo)

some radios are better than others and can be peaked and tuned to transmit and receive stronger and more distant signals

on a routine day, for general traffic and road-orientated informational purposes, eastbound truckers communicate with westbound,

and northbound communicates with southbound

in the winter time, the CB is especially critical for reporting hazardous road conditions - eastbound informing westbound of icy roads ahead, white-out conditions, and things of this nature, allowing the other driver the opportunity to prepare mentally for the challenge and to adjust truck speed accordingly

there's also the 'bear report' - letting other drivers know where smokey bear is hiding out (the po-lice)

weigh stations (chicken coops) open or closed,

nearest truck stop up ahead,

you name it --

even a lot of the shippers and consignees - where all of the nations freight originates and ends up - use the CB to communicate with the drivers on dock door assignments, unloading or loading status, and other things - they will have the drivers tune to a specific channel other than 19 for their purposes

it can be used for so much more,

and although there's a lot of garbage that floats around over the airwaves,

without the CB radio, the trucking industry wouldn't hold together quite the same

Explain why during the day the radio only receives....?

Radio skip is due to multiple propagation of radio waves in the ionosphere.

The D and E layers, which are most abundant during daylight hours, cause a lot of signal loss.

When they diminish after sundown, the radio waves are able to skip multiple times in the ionosphere before hitting the earth again.

Another contributing factor is that many small local stations stop broadcasting at sundown or shortly thereafter. That means that there is less interference on a specific frequency because fewer stations are broadcasting.

With the introduction of the Internet, Radio DXing (listening to distant AM and shortwave radio stations) is a diminishing hobby. Send a radio station that you hear a report citing:

Your location

The Date

The Time (usually in UCT)

The Frequency

A few thing that you heard them broadcast and

a SINPO report.

They will be glad to send you a verification card or letter (aka: a QSL Card.)

SINPO:

Strength

Interference

Noise

Propogation

Overall

SINPO ratings are 1-5 with 1 being the worst and 5 being the best.

A SINPO rating may be 5,3,4,2,3

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when are radio ratings highest (day of week)?

Radio gets the most listeners during morning and late afternoon drive time.... Monday thru friday....

Anyways ---- I used to do a huge amount of radio advertising many years ago and forgot a lot of what you want to know..... But - I do remember 1 important thing..... You have to learn what "cume" is..... This related to how many listeners are tuned into a specific station at a given time..... Not knowing this can cause you to waste a lot of advertising dollars.....