The Road · Channel 19
Straight answers for the long way around.
How the radio works, why the channel still matters, and what nobody tells you before your first winter out here. Rules and numbers are sourced. The voice is Joann Marie's. The coffee is still bad everywhere.
Radio & CB · 8 minHow to Talk on the CB Radio Without Sounding Like It's Your First DayWhich channel, what to say first, how long to hold the key, and the handful of rules the FCC actually cares about. Ten minutes and you'll sound like you've been out here a while.
Radio & CB · 7 minTrucker Radio: Everything Worth Listening To Between Here and the ReceiverFour kinds of radio ride in a truck. Each one is good at something the others can't do. Here's the honest sort, including the part where we tell you what our own station isn't.
Radio & CB · 7 minWhy Every Trucker Should Still Have a CB RadioYour phone does almost everything. This is about the 'almost': the dead zones, the whiteouts, the backup the app hasn't noticed yet, and the one radio that still works when all of that happens at once.
The Night Run · Sunday nights
One letter a week, for the hours when the radio's the only other voice.
The week's dispatch from the archive, the new story on The Road, and what's spinning on Channel 19. No fees, no spam, one click to leave.
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