"Actually we do not have three CB Radios." Fernando pulls out his Yeasu and shows it off to Moro, "This is the Yeasu VX2, it is a 2-meter/73-centimeter transmitter, which is 120 - 155 MHz on the 2-meter band and 420 to 480 on the 73-centimeter band. It receives on other bands but it does not cover CB Radio Frequencies which is from 26.150MHz to 27.450MHz on AM or Sideband Modulation, which is the high end 11-meter band area. The Yeasu will receive only on 10 Meter which is 28 - 35 MHz range, not transmit and that is above the CB Radio 11-meter area. We need a CB Radio in Jeanette's camper so she can monitor the radio reports on her own instead of Hondo and I relay the information from our CB Radios to the Yeasus for Jeanette to listen. But there are other personal radio options we can take like FRMS/GPRMS but they also do not cover CB radio frequencies." Fernando explains to Moro.
 
He continues, "Sorry Jeanette, I meant 6PM, not 6AM. But no. However the caravan has been doing this for years and knows all the gangs and all the safe routes though I got some protection for us from the gangs on this stretch of highway for now. Once we get outside of their area I can't say about those other gangs. We do not need the spirits intimidating the other spirits groups and cause a problem for everyone. We - you and I do not know who is allied with who or even why - human, mutant, spirit or otherwise. And like Moro says - a plasma canon shot to what is left of these highways would put an end to the caravan's safe routes."
 
Fernando sighs and thinks before stating, "CB Frequencies can cover a large area if you push more than 10watts, and can bounce on the atmospheric layers creating skips and jumps that can cover hundreds if not thousands of miles. If the conditions are right and someone in Chalton has a CB Radio with enough power, and if we get lucky, we could get a radio skip and contact them. With the Yeasu, it has a 50 to 100 mile range but it is only point to point and direct line of sight, and if you have enough power. On High Power of 5 watts, the Yeasu can cover 25 or so miles. You should know that if you care for the planet, because radio communications depends on certain variables Earth throws at you."

"I can't agree with Hondo any more." Fernando agrees, "And I will leave with him it is is true."

Fernando and Hondo want every person to do what they can for this mission but do not want the Texas Spirits to do everything they can. Moro is confused by this but waves it off knowing she does not understand humans.
 
There is something weighing heavily on her mind and Moro believes it is worth the risk to ask. "For the sake of discussion the convoy is traveling on a narrow road with the side of a mountain on one side and a sharp drop off on the other. One of the trucks falls down the sharp drop off. We, the Texas Spirits, have the means of transporting the truck to a safe location while keeping the truck in the same position it was in when it landed, thereby preventing further injury to the people inside. Do we, the Texas Spirits, help in that situation or not?"
 
"Moro-san," Chihiro begins, "when I fell to the bottom of the dry well, you did not transport me out of it. I had to fall to the bottom of a dry well to learn how to get back up."
 
"We also did not prevent you from touching the wall." Moro continues where Chihiro left off. "Despite multiple warning, you touched the wall. Since then, you did not touch the wall. In both situations you were all right. However, when you fell into the river as a little girl, a Spirit had to bring you to shore. There are times in which we need allow a person to fall to the bottom of a well so they can learn to get up and there are times we need to rescue a child from the river."
 
Jeanette Isabelle

Personal note:
The Texas Spirits are to help Jeanette in case she gets into trouble that she can not get out of; they are there to protect her. They are not to interfere with the journey Jeanette has to go through because she has a lot to learn before she can get to Charlton. These two things 'put on the table' by Jeanette - the writer and agreed with by Fernando - another writer in the RPG.
 
Right now, as stated, the Spirits are bordering on interference on caravan. Despite the dangers of being a traveling community, they have been doing this for years if not decades since 'The Happening', and has been able to deal with many disasters along the way. Without them many communities and settlements out there would just be out on their own and many would fail because they are unable to get what is needed through negotiations and trade. As such, they do not need the help from the spirits because they help themselves. One of the trucks falls off a cliff? They gather their forces and recuse who they can and recover what they can. If they can recover the fallen truck, they will tow it to the next town and get is repaired there. This is how they are.
 
Along the way to Texas, we will meet with several other caravans big and small, including, I dare say, a small circus caravan that goes from town to town to entertain them. That is all they do - entertain, because this is of an age where TV and Radio is more for government and business purposes instead of personal and entertainment purposes.
 
One of the larger caravans is the Highway Gang Caravan Meeting that will meet up in one of the larger but wilder towns (ie: The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally held every year at around this time in RL). If the group can meet up with them, and make a few friends along the assorted gang members, then the highway ride to Texas would be protected. It is a matter of getting to this sea of humanity and machinery and interacting with them. This larger caravan will be met with two others, mostly merchants who will be there to sell food, supplies and assorted services, making it one of the largest caravan this group of campers and trailers would ever met. That is if they can meet up with them.
(also see: http://www.sturgismotorcyclerally.com/assets/images/uploads/news/2015/img-main-s treet-photo.jpg  and  http://www.visitrapidcity.com/sites/default/files/styles/top_ten_image/public/im ages/Sturgis-Motorcycle-Rally.jpg )
 
In all this, the spirits are to observe. They will find that there is a lot of bad in humanity, but it is a lot of good in it as well. And that is what they need to learn.
 
[lost the rest on a system crash... will rewrite and repost later later.]

Technical note: CB Radios - part 1.
 
I dare ask, what kind of CB radio(s) the spirits ask. CB Radios come in many shapes, sizes, how much power they push out, other options and functions. They can be standard or modified; and modified to what extent? It is a lot of options one has to consider.
 
A standard CB Radio is 40 channels (23 if it was made before 1977). They use AM Modulation for their signal and pushes out 5 watts which is more than enough to get out 15 to 20 miles unless it catches a skip and they can travel hundreds of miles.

 
So in theory if the conditions right, the group can contact Charlton, Tx. That is if the conditions are right. Only an experienced radio operator (like Hondo and I are in RL) can sense these conditions to some extent as it does not happen all the time.
 
Also, the power - is limited to 5 watts on radios, it is barely enough to get a skip. One can boost up the power but the radio limit itself is 10 to 15 watts. But you need to make sure that your radio is peaked (for power maximum, which is different for all radios) and tuned (so there is no frequency drift or splashing to other channels). Only a good "Radio doctor" can perform a proper "Peak & Tune." Though anything above 10 watts will get you a skip when the conditions are right, one may use power linears to get more power. A Linear is an external radio frequency amplifier that boosts the output of the radio from double to 1000X its power. But they take up a lot of power. A 1000watt linear will kill the electric camper's electrical supply. And in RL Linears are illegal to use though many do use them as the laws are not enforced; in the RPG those who can will have a linear to put out their signal as strong as possible. In RL, I can use a Power Linear up to 1500watts because I'm a Licensed Amateur Radio Operator by the FCC. I do own a few Linears with my equipment (25Watts, 125Watts and 250Watts) but for the moment choose not to use them unless absolutely necessary. Since CB do not need a license (since 1977), use of power linears is illegal to non-licensed operators. Again, this is a grey area as the laws are not enforced.
 
Problem: SWR stand for Standing Wave Ratio, which is how much power if reflected back into your radio from the antenna when you transmit. A High SWR is most cases is bad news - it kills your output and if enough power is reflected back in the radio, you can blow it up - literally. Using a linear - if all that amplified power is reflected back into your radio because of a high SWR, you will blow up your radio. And I mean blow up.
 
This happens because all that power gets reflected back into the final output stage of the radio frequency amplifier (inside the radio that gives it its 5 watts), over loads it, which gets over heated and then it goes off like a cherry bomb or 1/2 a stick of dynamite (depending on how big that final output stage is). So using a linear is not necessarily a good thing. And Linears do not amplify incoming radio signals from other stations, in fact, a bad linear makes the radio harder to find weak signal or skipped signal stations.