You know you thought about it...

[paulhead]

$30 Radio Shack CB ... it rocks!

Same radio from a garage sale, $15, double rocks!

[swbooking]

I'll put a cutting rod on the onboard welder and carve the parts I don't have off someone elses rig

HAHA ill make sure next time i wheel ith you, il run when you breakdown

[KNCJeeper]

im a avionics tech but when it comes to car electronics i get a lil lost...is there a way to wire your CB into your stereo so it comes out your speakers?

[swbooking]

you know what haha i tried that but, when i hooked up my AUX input mini jack to the output jack for the external radio on the back of the CB i got MMMMAAAAADDDDD feedback through the speakers when i held down the talk button on the radio. but im sure theres a way to do it so you wont...

[Deamer]

I had a long time CBer tell me to put a fuse on the ground wire too. Anybody ever heard of that? He said that especially on older vehicles that may have bad body grounds. He said something about other things trying to ground through your CB. Guess its all that path of least resistance thing.

[KNCJeeper]

i have seen a lot of older CBs and other stuff with fuses in the ground wire already

[steelman]

I got a Realistic CB, 12' of cable and a Fire Stick antenna off of Craigslist for $20! Works fine for me!!

[swbooking]

I got a Realistic CB, 12' of cable and a Fire Stick antenna off of Craigslist for $20! Works fine for me!!

Craigslist FTW!
I just scored a yakima load warrior with tire carrier for $80 bucks, it retails for $375 with tire carrier.

[xjkevin]

ive got a cobra, the one where everything is in the mic, i love it, green sheet 60.00 in the box.///SCORE

[Old Fart]

I had a long time CBer tell me to put a fuse on the ground wire too. Anybody ever heard of that? He said that especially on older vehicles that may have bad body grounds. He said something about other things trying to ground through your CB. Guess its all that path of least resistance thing.

Pretty much standard now on all the VHF/UHF stuff (Ham and commercial)

[DarkWolfTJ]

XJ Kevin, where did you get that cobra with the radio in the mic, i think that i know which one you are talking about but i saw it at a much higher price...

[Materdaddy]

XJ Kevin, where did you get that cobra with the radio in the mic, i think that i know which one you are talking about but i saw it at a much higher price...

I usually see them for around $100 too, so $60 is pretty cheap... It's called a Cobra 75 WX:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cobra-75-WX-ST-4...QQcmdZViewItem

[DarkWolfTJ]

What is a good site to buy an antenna and coax cable? Also any brand of coax to look for (any difference other than length?), looking at getting a Firestik II for the antenna...

[swbooking]

Yeah, get the Firestick. and I just used 18' Coax from a TA truck stop. I think the brand was Diesel. I made sure to get a better looking thicker strand type. Seems to work fine. I would just head down to the truckstop or radio shack and get it there, that way ou can actually look at it and decide and theres no shipping charge.

[Old Fart]

Don't know what Firestick is actually using for coax these days (I doubt they actually manufacture their "Fire Flex" coax), but it's only RG-59A/U. Never saw a factory crimped PL-259 that impressed me either.

IF you can solder (electronics - copper pipe doesn't count) then hunt down some Belden coax in RG-8X, buy the best grade of PL-259 (silver) that Radio Shack sells, and wire it yourself. Coax length is _immaterial_, 18' is a "rough resonant" length at 27mHz - run what you _need_ to get from the antenna to the radio, no more, no less. If you can't solder, find a local Ham operator, most of us can (and some of us used to teach it)

Find someone with a stand alone SWR meter to match the system, the SWR meters built into the radios are effectivly worthless. Match the antenna out away from buildings, etc.