I'm really thinking of the ability to communicate with the bro-inlaw without having to put up with all the normal traffic. My current CB is a handheld that I plug into an external antennae and the cig lighter. The rest of the time it stays in the emergency bag. We use it when traveling in tandem with him. Thought since there were less users the ssb would be a little more traffic free and the 12 watts would be handy. Dont really care at this time about conversing with anyone else