just lil poll, what kind if you have one and what mods to your c.b my apologies if this ones ran b4. btw cobra 29 30 watt finals blinking multi colored meter light, connex board and astatic noise canceling mike.

 

Will this poll include ham and commercial?

 

I've got a radio shack knock off of a cobra 40ch with 2, 3' firestick antennas mounted in the bed (both are functional) that are professionally tuned.

 

Texas Ranger, $89 at the CB shop in Breezewood. (24 watts)

 

Kenwood TM-733A duel band feeding into a Comet Z780 duel band antenna, 50W on 2M and 45W on 70CM.

Icom IC-706MKIIG feeding into a High Serria I-Tenna (mini screwdriver), 100W on 160M-6M, 50W on 2M and 20W on 70CM.

When I want to put it in - some cheep Cobra (bone stock) feeding into a K40 Mag mount.

I could list the radios in the house but I won't.

 

I'm currently running a Yaesu FT-8900 thru a diplexer, which feeds 10 meters to a Larsen base loaded on the left front fender, and feeds 6 meters, 2 meters, and 70 centimeters to a Diamond CR627 on the right front fender. With this combination and about 45 watts, I've worked 23 states, much of Europe, Russia, South America, the Carribean, and one Australian station. Like Butch, the house?....Don't ask......

Tom Hybiske, K3GM

 

Where is the best place to feed the antenna lead into the cab of a '99 Quad Cab?
I think I'm going with twin Firesticks (red to match the Ram) and mount them on the outside edge of my toolbox.

CR

 

I have a cobra 29 NW w/ weather. Use it only OTR. Temp setup, will eventually upgrade antennas.

 

I have an auto, so I use the filler plate on the firewall where the clutch stuff would go. But, I think there's enough room for coax even with your stick like you have.

 

I'll check the clutch hole................

Thanks,
CR

 

Uniden PC78LTW, 3ft firestickII on the fender mount, cb is mounted with the brolin mount. next step is to have finals installed..... any suggestions ?? scott

 

My two antennas are on the roof. Here is a close up shot.

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...cat/500/page/1

 

Galaxy DX-73V feeding dual firestiks on the front fenders.

Tweeked a bit from the shop I bought it from.

Have heard conversations from both coasts when the conditions were right.


phox

 

I've just got a standard 40 channel Cobra w/ a motorola microphone, running from 2 3 1/2 ft. Diesel whips in front of the toolbox. SWR is pegged right at 1.2, without any adjusting

How are you guys turning up your CB's? Is it just input, what you hear, or output also, so you can talk back? I would like to turn mine up a bit. When the skip is decent, I can get up to 25 miles or so, maybe a bit more.

 

How about a Sears 23 channel,,,,,,,,,,,, custom pony-tail hair-tie mod to keep the mic from breaking up and a magnetic mount unknown brand antenna that came off a 72 Caprice ex-police car I used to own 20 some years ago,,,,,,, mounted on a homemade bed-mount bracket which allows me to still use my soft tonneau.
Can you tell I ain't much into CBs? About the only time I use it is when I'm convoying with some one. I can remember when my Dad first got into CBs back in the mid 60's. He had two Hellicrafters (sp?) tube type that could be used in the house or in a vehicle. I think it had 6 channels (ABCDEF) that he had to buy the crystals for the channels he wanted. If I'm not mistaken,,,,,, I think he still has the pair of them out in the garage. Them things were huge too!
But back then, you had to get a FCC license and assigned call letters,, I still remember his was KQK-3159,,, and folks talked on them like they had some manners. Now days,,, it's not hardly fit to turn on if you have kids in the car. Hence the reason for me still using the antique.