02silverpathy Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 (edited) Folks, I am currently selling my terrano roof mount clino in hopes of buying a CB with the $$$, anyhow---Iknow nothing and want a good-excellent CB and more info on the best buy for antennaes...I had read a thread that involved Xcrewx/88/Vengeful/Pezz-ster/etc and it seems that Wilson 1000 antennae is awesom...just a little pricy for me at this time........please feel free to lend all sorts of notions as I have no idea about mounting the antenna (which style) or what to pick for a radio...though I definatly want weather channels and an in dash pocket sized squack box! Thanks for your help..truck soon?--YES Edited August 16, 2007 by 98silverpathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostPath Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 It's "Citizens Band". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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yozsi Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 for an antenna you want a firestik or firestik II 4+ feet long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 the best place to buy any CB stuff is Flying-J truck stops. cheap and they have about everything CB under the sun there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dank Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 for an antenna you want a firestik or firestik II 4+ feet long. Yup, I've got a Firestik II thats 4 feet and it serves me very well. Just like Dan mentioned, I've got it tuned to just about 1:1 across all the channels. I've chatted with people on the freeway that were 50 miles away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 I'd say stick with Cobra or Uniden for CB brand. You can usually find a good used one for well under $100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csutke Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 check ebay for all those things, i got my antenna for .99 there and ive got my cb tuned to 1:1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02silverpathy Posted August 17, 2007 Author Share Posted August 17, 2007 check ebay for all those things, i got my antenna for .99 there and ive got my cb tuned to 1:1 I like one on ebay that is the Uniden Pro-538w..........but I still don't know what makes a good CB....I had read about Firestick and also Wilson antenna's. My friend has several Antenna specialtys antenna's available but it seems that they are all for fire and rescue use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlMac Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 I was looking at a Cobra 75WXST. It's prolly the smallest CB i've ever seen. All funtions and controls are in the mike itself. We have a lot of car theft issues here, so i thought this would be a great deterant. http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...=ADME:B:SS:CA:1 any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDCCD Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 (edited) I love my Uniden PC68 elite with weather. It's small so it fits in the dash cubbie space under my radio with no problem, but it's internals are top notch. The radio tech that peaked and tuned mine for me says it's the only 40 channel he'll work on. He said the others are too cheap to be worth the hassle. He gave me specific component examples, but it was all greek to me lol. I also get great performance from my wilson 5000 antenna. i hardly listen to my radio anymore, the cb is much more entertaining. eh, here's a pic of my setup: Edited August 18, 2007 by PDCCD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 I was looking at a Cobra 75WXST. It's prolly the smallest CB i've ever seen. All funtions and controls are in the mike itself. We have a lot of car theft issues here, so i thought this would be a great deterant. http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...=ADME:B:SS:CA:1 any thoughts? I have one, it's great. The box is tiny and the functions are easy to use because they are all right there with the pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mws Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 check ebay for all those things, i got my antenna for .99 there and ive got my cb tuned to 1:1 $.99 Delivered? That would be a great deal! Anymore, most sellers are slipping in beyond ludicrous S&H charges making seemingly great deals pretty mediocre deals.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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