New to CB radios

Ok Ive finally decided to get myself a CB when I get my bank card back (got demagnetized)


What is a good reasonably priced CB? Reciever and all

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/group-buys/36664-feeler-cb-radio-firestik-antenna-group-buy.html

 

fuck that.... you live in alabama. go to a damn truck stop. they have cb's inside that will out boost that dinky ass group buy one like 10 times the distance. and cheap. i got mine from a trucker station and total i think i spent roughly 2 bills on it with all cables and everything... and i was talkin to friends henderson while i was in summerlin nevada. (approx. 35 miles)

 

The closest trucker stop is in Columbus, GA I think.


You were communicating from Socal to Nevada?! Dang I will check them out. What brand is yours, Nick?

 

noooo nooo... henderson nevada to summerlin nevada. its about 35 miles. and was crystal clear. your can get amps for them but its illegal i guess. i talk to people on mine when im out in the desert that are sayin they are from the east coast with boosters.

 

Oh ok. amps for CBs, illegal?


haha Thats pretty good. Well Auburn/ Opelika is a small town so I dont think I mean that much power

 

subscribed, i am interested in getting a cb radio also

 

yes the amps are illegal due to the fact if you get a powerful enough one you can actually wash a channel throughout the country. bad bad bad jew jew. doesnt mainly affect any normal people but if you wash a channel that just so happens to affect a channel to a flight group or something of equal importance..... you get my drift.

 

ha Yeah I get your drift........with your truck

Seriously though. I didn't know they could get THAT powerful... thats amazing.

What type of CB do you have?

 

i dont even remember the name anymore lol... ill look tomorrow

 

I have this one and it is the BIGGEST bitch to mount, i wanna sell it for the small cobra cb radio

 

Almost every driver at my work uses a Cobra 29. They are very reliable.

You can tune (modify) cb's to transmit at a higher wattage than stock. All stock CBs transmit at 4 watts. 4 Watts is the most the FCC will allow you to use. Anything over 4 watts is illegal, but who will ever know... Some truckers in the 1970's used 1000 watt amps which could short out electrical in cars next to you.

I was riding with a driver who had his radio tuned. He was able to talk to other drivers in Ontario, we were in Burbank.

 

I just need a cb radio that i can mount easily and power my PA, I dont need this power PA lol

 

Bought mine at a truck stop. Cobra 18wx st 11 with a wilson 5000 magnetic antenna .cb and and antenna was tuned and came with a cigarette lighter plug and a lifetime repair warranty for $205.00.

 

You can go crazy with every "Story" about cb radios talking the world over....The small Unidens or Cobras with the right antenna can talk that 5-10 miles while the "BIG" radios can talk longer distances with or without "heaters" and if "Skip" is rolling you can "reach out" and touch those far away places...

For more info you can google worldwidedx or sparkys.......good group that is not hard sell and share their knowledge with both the trucking crowd and 4x4 folks.....wwdx has a few "crawlers"

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