CB On Your Small Car?

[HorsePower]

Do any of you have a CB on your small car?
I don't drive a truck right now, nor will I drive one for a while, but I am thinking about installing a CB radio on my sedan. This way, I can tune in to the truckers spam.

:?:

[Jackrabbit379]

I have a 2002 Chevrolet pickup. I take my radio with me if I am going to Ft Worth to see the family there,or when I am going to Ft Smith. I have family there,too. I have a Little Wil magnet antenna that I set on top of the cab. That little booger works just as good as my Francis Hot Rod antennas on my truck that I drive every night. There is a guy named,Rusty in Bowie,TX that has a CB shop. Dang good,too. I have been wanting to get him to install everything,but I havent had the time,or money. I would go for it. Not many folks run radios in their cars much these days.

[HorsePower]

wait a minute...

'magnet antenna'?

do you need any wiring for that, going from the radio itself to the antenna?

:?:

[YoungZ.W.]

Yeah I got one. I use the cheap Uniden 510 model, with a magnet antenna and just run the antenna wire through the seats and out the backdoor. The Uniden 510 is inexpensive and hows worked well so far.

[Sheepdancer]

I do have a CB in my Jeep but I really only use it when Im out on the trails offroad. If I ever started using it other than that, I would probably end up being one of those immature weirdos on the CB, who sings, makes fun of everyone, and probably even does the old red panties thing. Im just strange like that. So out of respect for the professional driver, I just avoid turning it on.

[Cripplecreek]

I have a Cobra 19 ultra2 in my 85 GMC dually. I got a custom overhead dash panel out of the junkyard for 10 bucks and put a couple 50 watt 1" speakers in it for my stereo and put the CB up there also. The Cobra was around $40 at Wal-Mart, it's good enough for me. I have a 18" fiberglass radio shack antenna mounted an my mirror bracket. Since then I found a realistic Cb at a thrift store that I'm going to put in, it's a lot cooler, you can change channels with buttons on the mic. it came with a magnet antenna holder. My GF's brother said it will blow off the truck ,but i doubt it, the magnets pretty strong.

[Useless]

Have not had one in my POV since the late 1970's. Have no use for one these days!! Besides that, there really is no place to install one in my car.

[MADLUX]

I got a cobra 19 in my Ford Escape, with an 20' magnet mount antenna on mine, works good for me

[HorsePower]

my car is a 2007. I don't want to drill any holes :shock:

Can I keep the antenna inside? :shock:

[Mr. Ford95]

Get a magnetic one and run the wire into the car thru the doorjam. Won't have to drill any holes on your exterior.

I run a Cobra 29 in my S-10 all the time. Our local radio has no idea about traffic tie-ups and that gives me an excellent heads up so I can juke around them along with it's ability to give me weather info. Drilled 4 small holes in my rear bumper, hooked a 4 ft fiberglass antenna to that and ran the wire up under my bed along the frame rail. Used a pre-drilled hole under my jumpseat to get into the cab. That pre-drilled hole is not in all S-10 models, only mine because I put it there for other wires I had running into my bed. Then hid the rest of the wires under my carpet and mounted the radio on my center console down along the passenger floorboard. Took all of 2 hours to do.

[MADLUX]

Here is how I have my cb Radio set up. I took these pictures before I put my radio in, but it should help explain anyway. First thing I did I just Wax the spot really well were I placed my antenna on my roof, right in front of the roof rack. I then zipped tied the coax line to the roof rack, (no real reason to, but just to get it out of sight a little bit.)


Then after running the line through the top of the door jam I was able to tuck the coax behind the weather stripping all the way to the bottom of the door jam, and brought it back in behind the passenger seat. I placed my cb radio on the passenger side, mounted on the center console. After running the coax under the passenger seat, making sure it doesn't rub when you move the seat, I just tuck it under the center console and connect it to the radio. Then I just wired my cb radio to use a 12volt accessory plug, So I can move it in and out of my car easily if I need to, and thats it. If I ever find my camera, I'll post some pictures of it.

[Hwyfly]

I have a 52" Wilson 500 magnet mount antenna. I use it with a Radio Shack CB, w/weather channel on it . It works great! I run the cable thru the center of the vehicle, and run it out my hatch on my '03 Focus. The gap is just wide enough for the cable.

I had read that the smaller the plane is, (roof) the higher the antenna has to be.... Too much to know! With new vehicles having so much plastic on them, it's hard to mount cb antennas.

If you need to hide it, pull it off the roof, and stick it in the hatch. The CB is small enough to put in the glove box or under the seat!

[Bigmon]

[quote="HorsePower"]my car is a 2007. I don't want to drill any holes :shock:

OK...you can punch the holes with a hammer and screwdriver

[mapleleaf_1]

I have a Cobra and have both SUV's set up for it. Depending what vehicle we use it's in it. Drive safe everyone.

[Arizona]

2 part epoxy works well also

[BigDawg]

well since XM radio and Cell Phones come along i don't need to listen to the whine bags on the Children's Band in my PV it belong's right where it is on the shelf in the garage.

[jeepless]

personaly i wouldn't be caught dead without my radio. have one in my jeep and one in my house, getting ready to put up a 40 foot tower and a 4 element beam at the house to, for when that skip is rollin.

[shovelhead791]

I have one in the Jeep. I haven't had one in my car for while, and I think I remember now why I took it out. Doesn't seem like the airwaves are the same. Like this morning coming to work wanted to give the opposite side of the road a traffic update. There was a fender bender between a big truck and four wheeler. (Hope his DAC is untouched. :shock: ) Not one person acknowledge my transmission. Not wanting an award but a thanks every now and then would be nice. Maybe me being too sensitive early in the morning....didn't have my second cup of coffee yet. :evil:

[ceb]

I have a cobra 29 LTD/NW in my tractor and my 06 GMC 3500 mainly use the one in my p/u when pulling the race car trailer to find the scales

(the race car trailer gross' 12K)

[HorsePower]

some of these ideas are great. Thank you!