Been away....

[Rangermuse]

So I have not been on in a while and a lot has happened in the time that I have been gone. Did some stuff to the truck, new bed liner, mag light mount, custom emblems and pin stripe, and I am gettin set up for a CB. Anybody know where I can pick one up. Best bang for my buck is what I am lookin for here.

[thesoundmaster]

how many channels are you looking for?

[Rangermuse]

Really I am not sure, I dont know a lot about CB's I just thought that it would be nice to have for some of the guys I roll with. Are you on RF too?

[Walking Eagle]

It's been awhile since I've been up there, but I've been to the CB shop off of I-25 on the east side. I believe it's located at Johnson's Corner, south of the Loveland exit.

[Rangermuse]

Yea I have not been in there in a while. About how many channels should a decient CB have, and where should I get an antenna. Also for those of you that already have a set up what am I lookin at spending?

[Walking Eagle]

I bought and had everything installed (including antenna and tuning) at the place listed above. A standard CB radio will have 40 channels. Most truckers use 19 on the road, when 4 wheeling we pick a different channel such as 4.

I spent about $150, but I did a few extra things. Plus, this was more than 5 years ago.

[Rangermuse]

Thats not to bad, I think I will do the install but first I need to go pick one up lol

[thesoundmaster]

I bought mine originally for the Bronco, big ol Cobra 29 WX NW ST

http://www.westcoastmall.net/images/C29WXNWS.jpg

Had it mounted to the ceiling, never really worked for the Bronco. Once I got the ranger, I rigged up a temporary mount on the center console and it works well with a magnetic antenna. I do, however, probably need to take it in to be tuned, since 90 % of the time I can't hear the back of the group when we're up 4 wheeling.

I know a couple people who have this one though, and it works great

http://www.cobra.com/index.php?page=shop/flypage&product_id=417&id=1

[Walking Eagle]

Tuning is very important. A person can have the biggest, bad ass radio on the block, but will not be able to hear anything if not tuned properly. Speaking of which I need to replace my antenna, since I broke off the top 5 inches.

[Rangermuse]

Ouch breaking stuff is never a good time for the bank acct

[mattadams]

Here's a tip regarding CB's... if it looks like a giant clunker, that belongs in a semi or something... it'll probably be a good CB :0. If its cute, just two knobs or so, it won't be nearly as good :).

[Rangermuse]

LOL thanks for the tip.

[RayLCC]

Here's a tip regarding CB's... if it looks like a giant clunker, that belongs in a semi or something... it'll probably be a good CB :0. If its cute, just two knobs or so, it won't be nearly as good :).


Matt just stole my guidelines for finding women to date and applied it to CB's. :)

[Rangermuse]

Lol thats pretty good