NE area wheeling trip plans

Work on Hartwell Ave across from Waxy O'Connors

 

About Eh I went in following the ruts so the water maybe got up to the top of my rim at most. The rock in the middle caught me off guard though....

I grounded it to my tail light ground - I don't suggest this.. ever.. I still can't hear anyone on any channel while driving on 495 with the trucks. SWR is 2.5 between 1 and 40.

Nice I grew up in Belmont so spent a lot of time over there since Belmont's a dry town and all the Lexington kids had nice houses to crash parties at....

 

Went to Minuteman tech and used to party on the weekends here with buddies from school back in the day.

 

I did order a small swr meter... I hadn't thought of just checking what it's at grounded to the rack, or grounded to the frame... Thanks!

 

No siree, came from a 1999 3.4L Tacoma, straight from the land of no rust, CA..... funny thing was I had to track down the VIN for the axle cause I ended up with wheel bearings that didnt fit ....in that process I found a pic of the donor truck, same color and tires as my current rig! thought that was pretty ironic. also good to see the fucker didn't get like t-boned by a semi or some shit

 

Wish I could pull the trigger on a CB setup before the trip...but I'll just be the guy with a handheld walkie talkie trying to fit in I think that Cobra 75WXST seems pretty sweet, like that fact that its non-obtrusive in the cab as opposed to the boxes that have to hang somewhere. What are you guys running for CB setups?

 

$65 Uniden Pro520XL Pro Series 40-Channel CB Radio. Compact Design. ANL Switch and PA/CB Switch. 7 Watts of Audio Output and Instant Emergency Channel 9. - Black

Uniden Pro520XL or something like that
Firestik 4' antenna with a firering line
I have a tailgate antenna mount from a vendor on here that turned out horrible and required a ton of rework so I won't suggest them. Bamf or Mobtown seem to make a nice one though!
-J

 

I have the Cobra CB and a broken brand new K40 antenna.

 

Whip antennas are the way to go. On the cobra 75 I was picking up someone in Arizona... Also had an swr of 1.5 from the get go... Til my cheap coax shorted and I tore it all apart and never put it back together again...

 

dunno but it's still all inside my bumper

 

tis what she said?

 

ohh geeez, Cobra just dropped to $92 on Amazon .... Leave it to me to get excited bout an $8 price drop!!

 

i try to keep swamp mud outta there

 

For the cable the

$23 K40 K4018FME 18ft Super Mini-8 CB Antenna Cable with Removable FME Connector, Black

K40 is the bomb! Antennas on the other hand I like the Wilsons better.

 

Running the cobra 75 too. Had it in my taco and now my fj. Id suggest an external mic for it since it's not that loud, otherwise it's good. Nice that it can be hidden away and the handset removed, though I usually keep mine hooked up.

 

I don't know what brand or model mine is lol. It fit perfectly in the ashtray didn't even need to make brackets it fit so snug. Got a magnet antenna that works mint.

Mine came unwired when I was taking apart the dash 2 years ago never really got around to fixing it yet.

 

Just do it.. or you'll miss out on all the fun banter on the trails.. granted I have a PA so I'll just be yelling at @DoubleRGirl all day

 

i'm going to need my hello kitty radio back

 

I don't know what you're talking about..........