NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Getting married

 

My son was 1.5 when my daughter was born. Definitely a short period of jealously but he got over it real quick. I hear it's different for 2 girls though...

 

Who is knowledgeable on CB installs? Just ordered all this stuff, do I need anything else?

$44 Uniden PRO505XL 40-Channel CB Radio. Pro-Series, Compact Design. Public Address (PA) Function. Instant Emergency Channel 9, External Speaker Jack, Large Easy to Read Display. - Black

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005ZLB0E4/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1

$12 FireStik K-4A Stud with Screw-On Coaxial Termination for Antenna Mirror Mounts

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0002HRBSU/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1

$31 FIRESTIK 3ft Heavy Duty Antenna - 5/8 Wave, Black, KW3B

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000X380O2/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005NYROWA/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Swc meter, but I believe there's one floating around the community here that you could use.

 

I have one.

 

Are you volunteering to help in a couple weeks?

 

Come get some

 

Maybe I can get in on this, just got a cb not too long ago as well...

 

Cool, I will be out of town for work the next couple weeks. That would also work for getting a template and measurements from the rear door of the Flexus.

 

Can help with that as well

 

Actually just installed a CB last night on my truck. Where/how are you mounting the antenna? That's all you're missing besides a SWR meter if you want to tune the antenna yourself.

 

Mounting it to my ditch light bracket.

 

We're considering switching our sport for an offroad. Realistically how often are you guys coming across trails locally that a short bed can make but a long bed couldn't? Not looking to build a dedicated crawling rig, but ensure we can make it to the remote camping spots.

 

@ninernation
As a long bed owner I would say don't waste your money. Full skids, sliders and recovery gear. If you want to spend more, lockers.

 

+1

You don’t want to loose that extra foot.

 

When I load up with the whole fam dogs included, I have to borrow my friends roof box.

 

Why are you guys even fucking with CB when ham is out there?

 

make sure the bracket is grounded but antenna is not grounded. Gotta get those nylon bushings in the right order. I had to grind off some of the powdercoat to get it grounded and my antenna tuned great after that.

 

Good tip.

 

I don't want to talk to you when you're in Cali, I just want be able to talk to folks close by.