NW WA Meet / BS Thread

he’s right and I have some brand new BP’s to sell you for it.

 

Prolly not do another Taco, but might do an Fj. Going to be a while, as major back surgery coming after summer or poss during summer, so $$$
Otherwise might try to do an old land cruiser resto. Had one when I lived in Mammoth, and loved it.
On the bps, while I loved mine, I will not major mod another vehicle due to liability issues. Too many lawyers, gotta protect what’s mine. If I drive over the top of some idiot, the liability will reside with the MFR, not with me.

 

Fj60 on an 80 frame with a v8! Oh wait is that to many mods?

 

Yes
I would do frame up oem resto
Or maybe 70s bronco

 

Saw a 40 with a cummins swap saturday... Clean.

 

I feared for my life..... Nuff said.

 

I'd like a late 60's early 70's highboy. My boss did a frame off resto of a old Walla Walla fire Dept 69 highboy he picked up from auction about 6yrs ago. Kept me busy through the winter slow down working on it with the body guy. It had 46k original miles on it when he bought it. Not sure where they kept it all that time but it was in fair condition. Now it looks and runs like new.

 

That sounds more catastrophic. You didn't hear the noise for long.

 

I can never remember, who's got an SWR meter? Just waiting to pick out which CB I want, but I picked up a 3' firestik II with tunable tip, and mounted it just behind the cab on the bed rail and got the coax ran into the cab. I used a lug style mount to connect the coax and antenna. I wanted to keep the antenna somewhat protected when in tight trails with heavy brush and tree limbs. Of course now that I've read firestiks antenna Bible I choose an antenna that's probably too short and mounted it in a non optimal location. It's about 3" off the back of the cab and sticks above the roof line ~12"-16". I could add a spring to gain maybe 4 or 5 more inches but I'm sure it would be hitting the cab constantly off road.

"The top one half to two thirds of any high performance antenna MUST be in free space with NO parallel surfaces within its near field of radiation … at least three feet. If radio frequency could be seen like water, you'd see it splattering all over the place. You can't see the RF but your SWR meter will prove it is there."

So I'm curious to see what the meter shows in my situation. My ground plane is probably not the greatest either since the track rail I attached the mount to is bolted to the composite bed.

I have an old cobra 18 WX ST 40ch 3wb CB temporarily installed, but it's way to bulky to mount where I'd like it without sacrificing cup holders and cutting some of the dash to recess it. The

$158 uniden CMX760 bearcat off road series compact mobile CB radio, 40-channel operation, ultra-compact for easy mounting, large 7-color backlit LCD display on mic with built-in speaker mic, black

uniden CMX760 is nice and compact and I like the ability to control it from the mic, but the price is a turn off.

 

I have @Nimitz swr meter in my garage.

 

I've also got one your welcome to use.

 

money shift! Scared the crap outta him thats for sure.

 

I just mounted probably the same antenna on a rear mount with a spring. Ran 10-gauge wire from the mount to some more suitable ground. Probably only have about 12" above the roof, and then a RTT blocking even more. Checked SWR, probably not in the most ideal conditions, but it was ~1.2 on Ch. 1 and ~2.3 on Ch. 40. I'm probably going to shorten the antenna a bit and recheck my ground. It also may be this Firering cable that I have making a tight bend and not the stud mount (which I should have used).

 

I have one as well. I had problems with my antenna when I first set it up and had to do some reading and figured it out.

 

I was going to say I'd mail you mine but it looks like you got it covered. If not, let me know.
I should be relocating my 3' Firestick to the back driver's side corner next week. Might do it today if I have time. I'm hoping the numbers turn out good. Just have to figure out how to route the cable.

 

Thanks guys, after talking with by ass this morning he said to order one and they'd pay for it. He'd never heard of such a thing. His words were a"s dubbya wutta?" I explained to him that cb's aren't exactly plug and play and needed to be tuned to work right. I was surprised by that since all out crummys and trucks have cb's. He said to go through and check all our setups. some rigs can't hear a transmission at over 100yrds distance.

Now if I can get him to pay for the $130 CB I want......

 

Hmmm just noticed that nifty product section at the bottom of the thread shows the one I want for $110 on Amazon.

Oh and I meant "my boss" not my ass. Although he is an ass and he probably wouldn't disagree with that so I'll leave it.

 

I like that

$158 CMX760 Bearcat Off Road Series Compact Mobile CB Radio, 40-Channel Operation, Ultra-Compact for Easy Mounting, Large 7-Color Backlit LCD Display on Mic with Built-in Speaker Mic, Black

CMX760. Be easy to hide it in the center console or under the dash and only have the hand unit. But its also twice the price of my

$67 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

PRO520XL. The reviews on it leave a lot to be desired though

 

The concealable factor was a big :tup: for me. But that's about the only plus about it IMO over the basic uniden and cobra units.

Imagine the price tag if it was advertised as an "overland" CB. It's already close to that price level.

 

El Presidente! er kinda ->

$184 PRESIDENT MCKINLEY USA SSB 12/24V CB Radio

McKinley with built in 'S dubbya what meter in der