How It Works

Getting on the Air

1. 01

   Pick a plan, link Discord

   Create an account and link your Discord. That link is how Channel 19 knows who you are on the air, and how server owners manage who gets on their channels.

2. 02

   Install the helper

   A small Windows app runs alongside American Truck Simulator or Euro Truck Simulator 2. It carries your microphone up to the network and brings the channel back down. It does not modify the game.

   Read the client guide →
3. 03

   Tune to 19 and key the mic

   You start on Channel 19, same as the real thing. Press your push-to-talk key and you're on the air with everyone else on that channel.

Why It Sounds Like a Real CB

Your microphone goes up to the network clean. The CB character — the bandwidth squeeze, the grit, the squelch — is added on our servers, not on your machine, and then sent back down to everyone listening on that channel.

That matters for one reason: everybody hears the same thing. Nobody gets a cleaner signal because they bought a better headset, and nobody has to configure a chain of audio plugins to fit in. You sound like a CB because you're coming through a CB.

Forty Channels, One Dial

The full CB band is there, 1 through 40. You start on 19 because that's where the traffic is, but the rest of the dial works the way you'd expect:

• Channel 19 is the default — the open road, open to everyone
• Switch channels any time; you hear one channel at a time, like real equipment
• Dispatchers can monitor several channels at once instead of just one
• Server owners can reserve channels for their own crews

Distance Matters

Channel 19 knows where your truck is. Drivers near you come through; drivers half a map away don't. Someone passing in the other direction fades up and then fades back out, the way a real radio behaves.

It means the channel gets quieter out in the empty stretches and busier coming into a city — and that a hazard call actually means something, because the person shouting it is somewhere near you.

Today you drive with the web client on a second screen or behind the game. Next up is the part we actually care about: a CB unit rendered inside American Truck Simulator or Euro Truck Simulator 2, mounted in the cab, with the controls bound to keys so you never alt-tab.

• In-game overlay showing channel, signal and who's talking
• Volume, gain and channel bound to keys you already use
• Mount it on the dash, overhead, or passenger side
• Sits alongside the in-game radio stations rather than replacing them

What You'll Need

• American Truck Simulator or Euro Truck Simulator 2 (Steam or standalone)
• Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
• A microphone — a headset mic is plenty
• A Discord account to link
• An active subscription; every plan starts with a 7-day free trial

Ready to Roll?

One subscription, $4.99 a month, with a week free to try it. Both games, one channel — an ATS driver and an ETS2 driver are on the same radio. If we're not open yet in your corner of the map, get on the waitlist and we'll shout when the channel goes live.