RE: [A/S] CB Recommendations

[Jim Whitworth <jim_whitworth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patti said, "I too have On Star in my Suburban so I bought a hand-held
CB from Radio 
Shack."  

I tried to buy a CB from my neighborhood Radio Shack, only to be told
Radio Shack no longer carried CB's, and sure enough he had none in this
Houston store. At the time (2/03), I thought that odd - given that CB
sales probably kept Radio Shack in business at one time. I bought a
Cobra hand-held CB at a friendly & helpful Flying J at I-45N in Houston.
They suggested a magnet-mount antenna that seems to work fine. 

Sadly, the only Airstream-related chance I've had to use it (to say
hello to an Airstream couple in a roadside park on Hwy 290 just east of
Austin, TX, as she walked their dog), the sad reply was something like
"Whadda yew want?". I told him I'd thought to offer assistance if he
needed it (his hood was up). I got no reply and I passed him by. There
are too many nice folks in the world to waste my time & good intentions
on grumps.

As others have said here, it is rare (for me) to see an Airstream on the
road, at least in coastal and central Texas hill country.

Jim Whitworth
Houston