need help picking out a cb radio

can anyone give me a guide or unit i should look into,
i want one thats good in the forest and highway
thanks

 

do you know others that have them?

 

i have a marine band one and it works great. my range is about 20-25 miles.

 

nope dont know anyone
i see some on craigs list
but i dont know what tobuy

 

http://www.cbradiosplus.com/ try this

 

A lot of people on here are running Unidens and Cobra's. I personally have a Uniden 505xl Pro but haven't hooked it up yet so I couldn't tell you how it sound's or what its range is. I'll dig up a few links on how people have installed theirs if it'll help you at all.

 

Ive had a few different Cobras and have always liked them. Just used them short range on the trail though

 

if you're just looking for something to hollar at friends while rolling around a used or new cobra or uniden radio will be fine. a decent mic such as a roadking or astatic, and wilson antenna are quality products that will help out and can usualy be picked up used. you can spend a lot on bigger name radios such as a general lee, galaxy, stryker, connex. good chance a used radio will have been "peaked/tuned" to have a little more power output. all of these will do a fine job of talking to people a couple miles within ear-shot. i dont know anything about marine band radios but 25miles is much more range than i've got out of my cobra 29. i drive a truck for a living and use my radio daily, and it does fine for me. hope this helps.

 

Go with a Cobra 25, they`re cheap and they work forever, have it peaked and tuned by a good shop

The antenna is the most important part of any communications

Put a decent antenna on, make sure that you set the swr, getting it as close to a 1 to 1 match as possible and it will do a good job for ya

 

i should add that i think a good microphone such as the roadking56 is important for clarity, and decent coax to the antenna can be more than spending a lot on an expensive radio. if you're looking at them on craigslist you can probably find somebody selling a full setup which will probably have most of the components you need aside from some of the mounting hardware

 

You cant go wrong with a Cobra 29. Pair it up with a Little Wilson and you have a decent setup without breaking the bank. I personally would avoid buying anything used but thats just me. Often times its just too hard to know whats beeen done to the radio or if it even works at all. Just pay the extra bucks for something new with a waranty.

 

thanks for all the help
i'm down to picking from a

cobra 25 or 29

whats the diffrence with the letters like 29wxnwbt or 29ltd ?

 

WX is for weather bands, BT is for blue tooth and LTD is for limited.

 

blue tooth?
which one you think i should go with?

 

I would go with a 29 LTD. Just to make it more difficult for you there is also the 29 LX which is a more modern looking radio with a LCD display. Also the NW is for night watch meaning the faceplate is lit up.