CB Radio's! :D

[81_Chevy]

anybody still use a CB in there truck nowadays? 
i know i do!

[Irish_Alley]

i got one to keep in touch with my buddy if we'er mudding just in case one get stuck or brakes down

[howlinwolf]

im fixing on a tweaked cobra 25 that is going to go back in when its done

[audrima]

One in my truck, one in my Travel trailer, and one for my motorcycle. The only cars in my family (me dad brother his wife and mom) that don't is my mom's and my sis-in law's. cars ^_^

[gto109]

I have a magnet mount antenna for my CB and I have it so it plugs right in the cigerette lighter so I can use it in 3 diffrent trucks and cars

[bobcooter]

I scored a nice Cobra and magnetic  antenna a while back at our church bizarre. Fixing to put it in mine.

[blazing816]

I have one mounted to dash, with a PA speaker behind the grill (so I can yell at people...lol). I have dual antenna mount to the truck, I use it when I travel with other people on vacations and what not.

[bigchevyc30]

i got one for my truck just have to put it in got just a little $50 cobra with about a 4ft long whip

[81_Chevy]

sweet! glad im not the only one still using a CB  i have a cobra with a dual antenna set up on my headache rack. me and my buddys at school use them in the mornings and after school and during the summer for trail rides. anybody still use a handle? mine is TrailerBrake. funny story lol my first cb was literally the size of a trailer brake hahaha 

[thirsty]

Mines in a box somewhere with my truck parts. It used to be in my 86 but I won't be putting it back in I don't think.

[werewolfx13]

I've got an aligned Uniden PC68-XL in my '83. I generally suggest steering clear of co-phased antennas unless you can get them a full wavelength apart. At the frequency that CB radios operate, thats about 33-34 feet. It'll still even out your radiation pattern making them more omni-directional, but you can achieve similar results from a single antenna on the center of the roof or headache rack. For optimum performance, bond every panel. Use the braided jacket from a length of coax with ring terminals soldered on each end and bond the doors to the jambs, hood to firewall, hood to fenders, fenders to firewall, bed to cab, bed to frame, cab to frame, tailgate to BOTH bedsides, toolbox if you use one to both bedsides, and headache rack to both bedsides and toolbox (if you use one), and even the exhaust to frame. RF bonding is NOT the same as grounding, and the more straps you have connecting each panel, the cleaner your RX and TX will be.  My 83 is about 70% bonded, and the biggest improvements to RX clarity and SWR numbers was when I bonded the front fenders, hood, and doors to the cab.

I also hate mag mounts. Nasty evil things cooked the finals in a hot Cobra GTX148 I used to have.

[howlinwolf]

finals can be replaced...somehow. havnt figured it out yet

[werewolfx13]

On some radios, yes, but finals weren't necessarily the only things damaged, and I sold the radio for significantly more than I paid for it 2 years prior, even in non-working condition.

[mehunter1]

Back in the late 90's I had one in my 83 with two short stack antennas off my roll bar.  I talked with truckers all the time on the interstate.  I might install one in the 79 once i get into the interior part of the restore. 

[PromiseKeeper]

the last one I had, the language was so bad I didnt want to turn it on when my wife was in the truck. I have a cell phone and a gps so wont be needing one. Recycled my last 2  last summer after no one wanted them at the garage sale.