Recommend a CB radio?

9 is our emergency only channel 19 is highway talk like were the bears and constuction are at and stuff like that

 

I dont think vhfs are just for marine... and can you use cb channels on a vhf radio?

 

i have a cobra from radio shack...like the one shown before..i like it it has good pickup and i have a pa hooked up to it..the next will be a galaxy they are prob the best

 

Being a radio guy I couldnt stay away-CB operates at the 27 MHZ area which is called HF (high frequency) which is basically "high AM". VHF operates in the area from 108-174MHZ, which is basically "high FM" Amateur radio guys operate on VHF and require testing and licensing.
The marine channels operate around 156-159MHZ and the users here are licensed too

 

Ive got the same radio. Works great, and you can always tune on the fly. Having the weather band is a great +.

The only neg is finding a place for it. Mine is wedged by the console on the passenger side.

Maybe black friday you can find a great deal.

 

I was just looking at this one. It is the Blue Tooth one from Cobra and it sounds pretty sweet. I might have to look into getting one of these .

 

I have a cobra and i love it!!! the key is to get agood antenna!!

 

Get a good one. Don't mess around with a POS or you'll regret it. (That is my $0.02 worth).




I couldn't agree more. I had this very same model first in my '01 Tacoma and then in my "Ol' POS" and it operated beautifully on trips back and forth between Montana and the SoCal Empire. I have yet to find a good mounting spot for my '06, when I do I'll certainly set it back up.

 

My deck sticks out because I was cheap when I installed it, and made a custom deck mount. (Yeah, I welded some crap together). I now have the stock deck back in the Tacoma because I sold my JL Audio 12W7, and 1000/1 amp. The deck is now in the Prelude. The Prelude is the bitch vehicle.

 

Its not really the radio itself that matters, its the antenna, get a good one, and get the SWRs set.
what ever radio you go with, find a shop that will Tune and Peak it
Ive got the Cobra

 

^^^^^that is the radio that i have i love it... not to expensive but works like an expensive one!!

 

I have a good mount location for a small unit-the underside of the steering column shroud. On my 1st-gen, that area is strong thick plastic more than adequate and I have my scanner there. Only thing is to view the unit for settings I need to tilt the wheel up but no biggie-I do settings when stopped anyway.
You guys could mount yours there and put a mike clip right on the lower dash or the side of the steering column for quick access

 

Ridgerunner, do you have pics?

 

I just have this pic before I installed the scanner-where I mounted it, more specifically, was on that "lower lip" area where the steering column comes out of the dash-not on the actual column. Ingress/egress is not an issue ( only grazed the unit w/ my knee twice)
I dont know if you guys w/the 2nd gens have the same thing there but you should explore that area for possibility because it's a good ergonomic position for radio gear that gets overlooked

 

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/sh...install&page=2
This like has some good ideas for mounting cb's!

 

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=217668&highlight=mount+CB&page=2

 

I finally got a proper pic for you you guys may have even more room under your column in the newer trucks.