Need A New CB
 

I haven't used one in over twenty years.
We bought a Motor home and figure we need one to keep up with road
conditions etc ahead of us.
I've been looking and like the features of Galaxies bu they are pricey.
I would like to et a 10 meter if the license isn't too bothersome to get.
What would you recommend in just a regular Cb and or a 10 meter?
Are the Truck Stops offering a good price on a preferred unit?
I really don't want to buy over the Internet. I haven't found one CB
shop or a retailer, other than Radio Shack, withing 50 miles.

Need A New CB
 

If you just want to talk to others on the road when travel a cheep radio
from radio shack or a yard sale will work fine. A good place to buy used
equipment cheap eBay (you can pay by money order on most of it). The
galaxies are good if you have the money to buy an illegal radio. No mater
what radio you get you will need is the best antenna you can get. The
antenna is the must important part of a radio system.

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On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:04:12 -0700, john wrote:

I haven't used one in over twenty years.
We bought a Motor home and figure we need one to keep up with road
conditions etc ahead of us.
I've been looking and like the features of Galaxies bu they are pricey.
I would like to et a 10 meter if the license isn't too bothersome to get.
What would you recommend in just a regular Cb and or a 10 meter?
Are the Truck Stops offering a good price on a preferred unit?
I really don't want to buy over the Internet. I haven't found one CB
shop or a retailer, other than Radio Shack, withing 50 miles.


Forget 10 meter. It's used for SSB and only active at peak solar cycle, plus you
need a license. Get a Uniden. All you are looking for in channel 19. The Unidens
are fine, and under $100. The Galaxies are a overrated drift machine, that is
overkill for your use.

Vinnie S.

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"if you say so" wrote in message
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The
galaxies are good if you have the money to buy an illegal radio.

Galaxy makes perfectly legal radios, as long as you are not looking at their
"export" line.

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Hello john:

Yeah what Vinnie S. said, Ten-4! Good call.

I have a few friends with motor homes, and they all had problems with
the antenna mounting. Or crappie cheap antennas falling apart on the
motor home.

The fix for this is using a 3/16 thick steel plate 12 x 12 inches that
will allow the magnet mount Wilson 1000 to be attached to. The 3/16" x
12" x 12" steel plate is available from most any metal supply places,
and more than likely all ready pre-made ready to go. The Wilson 1000 has
a very flexible whip antenna, that will not get damaged when going
underneath Gas Stations or low lying stuff. And shouldn't take out
Fluorescent Lights. Mine didn't, but has a few memorable slight dings
when something was hit hard, will not effect the antennas performance..

They RTV'ed the plate to the motor home roof, this allows the magnet
mount antenna something to stick to and the aluminum sheet metal on the
top of the motor home to be the proper ground plane as needed. And with
Fiberglass Motor Homes, connecting 3 each, 102 inch long wires to the
metal plate will work for the ground plane. The wires can be routed in
any direction, and held down with the same Rubber Silicon RTV.

One other thing that is a must! You will need a radio that has a "Noise
Limiter" switch on the front. This will significantly reduce any
electrical noises coming from the motor home. Believe me they didn't
make the Motor Home free of electrical noises.

Some guys have a CB Shop install the radio, tell em you don't want any
engine, alternator, engine computer noises, or other electrical noises
in the radio, when the engine is running. Got to have the engine running.

Motor Homes are famous for NOT having a 6 or 4 gauge wire connected to
the Engine Block or Alternator or Starter going to the batteries
negative Terminal. This is done to save a few dollars for the Motor Home
Manufacture. But this will force the Engine Starter and Alternator
currents to go thru the vehicles drive train and frame causing
electrical noises.

Its also a good call to install grounding wires from the fender to
firewall to the hood, this fixed a Lions Majority of noises in the Ford
F250 4X4 Truck, with the worlds loudest PA System. Its a blast at Old
Car and Oldie but Goodie night at the drivein! Also for slow pokes in
traffic!

Any way good luck.

Jay in the Mojave

john wrote:

I haven't used one in over twenty years.
We bought a Motor home and figure we need one to keep up with road
conditions etc ahead of us.
I've been looking and like the features of Galaxies bu they are pricey.
I would like to et a 10 meter if the license isn't too bothersome to get.
What would you recommend in just a regular Cb and or a 10 meter?
Are the Truck Stops offering a good price on a preferred unit?
I really don't want to buy over the Internet. I haven't found one CB
shop or a retailer, other than Radio Shack, withing 50 miles.

Need A New CB
 

john wrote in :

I haven't used one in over twenty years.
We bought a Motor home and figure we need one to keep up with road
conditions etc ahead of us.
I've been looking and like the features of Galaxies bu they are pricey.
I would like to et a 10 meter if the license isn't too bothersome to
get. What would you recommend in just a regular Cb and or a 10 meter?
Are the Truck Stops offering a good price on a preferred unit?
I really don't want to buy over the Internet. I haven't found one CB
shop or a retailer, other than Radio Shack, withing 50 miles.



Just use a cell phone to get road reports. You can't use CB anymore
because of all the retards farting, belching and playing music.

SC

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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:44:56 GMT, Slow Code wrote:

john wrote in :

I haven't used one in over twenty years.
We bought a Motor home and figure we need one to keep up with road
conditions etc ahead of us.
I've been looking and like the features of Galaxies bu they are pricey.
I would like to et a 10 meter if the license isn't too bothersome to
get. What would you recommend in just a regular Cb and or a 10 meter?
Are the Truck Stops offering a good price on a preferred unit?
I really don't want to buy over the Internet. I haven't found one CB
shop or a retailer, other than Radio Shack, withing 50 miles.



Just use a cell phone to get road reports. You can't use CB anymore
because of all the retards farting, belching and playing music.
interesting that cber do that around you SC I have never enctouered it
myself I have encoutered way over power rigs and spattering ones that
trnasmit of several channels at once I have sometimes heard what
amounts to phone sex but I have never heard the hate and bigtry I have
heard on Ham HF

SC
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From: (Slow*Code)
john wrote in :
I haven't used one in over twenty years. We bought a Motor home and
figure we need one to keep up with road conditions etc ahead of us.
I've been looking and like the features of Galaxies bu they are pricey.
I would like to et a 10 meter if the license isn't too bothersome to
get. What would you recommend in just a regular Cb and or a 10 meter?
Are the Truck Stops offering a good price on a preferred unit? I really
don't want to buy over the Internet. I haven't found one CB shop or a
retailer, other than Radio Shack, withing 50 miles.

Just use a cell phone to get road reports.


CB will still render road reports more reliable than that of anyone you
can call on a cell phone, especially on the highway.

You

can't use CB anymore because of all the

retards farting, belching and playing music.

SC

Sounds like 2 and 6 meters.