good CB for OTR and personal vehicle
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go to www.cbradiotalk.com for all your c.b. questions. got my set up at radioactive radios. it rocks. 17 miles
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Originally Posted by Prodigy
Originally Posted by inmate1577
You can get a $35.00 Cobra at WalMart. It puts out the same 5 watts like all the rest. Anything else is just bells, whistles and bullsh*t.
Never understood the whole idea of putting hundreds into a CB , antenna and linear set-up. Still the same bunch of idiots on the cheap radios as there are on the expensive set ups. I can talk to someone 50 miles away, can you do that with a Coba 19? Now tell me the advantages of dumping money into a cb radio. I'd rather use a cell phone.
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well i would want weather channels as well as a clear transmission/receive. i got an old radio from a ways back i should look for looks very similar to the cobra's
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o.k. the reason i want to get out & hear long distance is.. one day while coming up on a 10 mile backup due to construction. a driver directed me to detour around it. he was 7 miles away. i never saw the driver. he directed me for 15 -20 min. if it werent for my big radio i could never have kept in contact & got around that backup.
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Originally Posted by heavyhaulerss
o.k. the reason i want to get out & hear long distance is.. one day while coming up on a 10 mile backup due to construction. a driver directed me to detour around it. he was 7 miles away. i never saw the driver. he directed me for 15 -20 min. if it werent for my big radio i could never have kept in contact & got around that backup.
Not directed at you, so do not get me wrong! 1.Turn the linear off in the trucks stops, there is no reason for that! 2. If you want to carry on a conversation, get off the community channel(19) 3. Have some courtesy, big radio mentality, oh I don not care what you are talking about, my radio will talk over yours. 4. CB Etiquette, somewhere there was a well made website about it, I will try to find it and post the link. 5. If you want to talk around the world, do the work and get a HAM License. It just takes some study, and pass the test. Then you can legally chat at 1500 watts on certain bands. Again, a box stock Cobra, Midland, Ranger, etc. can talk 8 -15 miles with the correct antenna, coax and tuning. OK, gonna duck again, later all Horseman
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Originally Posted by countryhorseman
Originally Posted by heavyhaulerss
o.k. the reason i want to get out & hear long distance is.. one day while coming up on a 10 mile backup due to construction. a driver directed me to detour around it. he was 7 miles away. i never saw the driver. he directed me for 15 -20 min. if it werent for my big radio i could never have kept in contact & got around that backup.
Not directed at you, so do not get me wrong! 1.Turn the linear off in the trucks stops, there is no reason for that! 2. If you want to carry on a conversation, get off the community channel(19) 3. Have some courtesy, big radio mentality, oh I don not care what you are talking about, my radio will talk over yours. 4. CB Etiquette, somewhere there was a well made website about it, I will try to find it and post the link. 5. If you want to talk around the world, do the work and get a HAM License. It just takes some study, and pass the test. Then you can legally chat at 1500 watts on certain bands. Again, a box stock Cobra, Midland, Ranger, etc. can talk 8 -15 miles with the correct antenna, coax and tuning. OK, gonna duck again, later all Horseman 1500 wats in a kicker is still not leagl even with a ham lic. and a 45 watt 10 meter radio is still no big radio. Just bigger than the small cobras you guys love so much!!!!
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1500 wats in a kicker is still not leagl even with a ham lic. and a 45 watt 10 meter radio is still no big radio. Just bigger than the small cobras you guys love so much!!!!
My 23 year old Midland 77-250 Power Max, in my current work truck, shows a 4.5 watt dead key and 12 watt swing, Legal Factory Box Stock. The cover has only been off to blow the dust out and keep the circuits from frying. Matched to a 4 ft Firestick and high quality coax it typically gets out 10 -12 miles without bleeding over to other frequencies. I have a 148GTL that has been tweaked and had updated finals (before I got it) and it does not put out or recieve near as well as the Midland.
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looks like i shook a hornets nest with this one. i cant find my old one but i have one out in the Ford ill take a look at it. so far everyone has been saying connex, galaxy, cobra, or even try a marine type CB.
what exactly is a leaner??
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