CB Radio & Accessories

[unkut2003]

So whats a good CB Radio to go with.... and whats the goodies to add to make it a more pleasurable experience??? Any info on this subject is helpful because I know NOTHING about em.... at all!!!

[Mr. Ford95]

and whats the goodies to add to make it a more pleasurable experience???

Don't get one at all if you want a pleasurable experience. All you hear is the potty mouth and "tough guys" yapping back and forth about who can whiz further or who's going to kick who's rear end.

I have a Cobra 29 and it does a great job. Bone-stock model that has at least an 8 mile range in good conditions. Get a noise cancelling mic(I forget the actual name of those mic's ) with that you can ride down the road with the radio rocking and window's rolled down. When you talk on the CB everyone can still understand you plain as day, without one, we will only hear the background noise.

[Uturn2001]

Cobra 25 or 29 without the soundtracker feature or a Uniden 68 or 78 series radio. Add to it a Roadking or Astatic Noise Canceling Mic and a good antenna and you are all set once you make sure your SWR is good to go.

The only other toy I added was a mic keeper. Love that thing. Works so much nicer than bungee cords for the grab and release of the mic.

[inmate1577]

Funny, I've never associated pleasurable and the CB together.
As previously stated, for the most part its a bunch of mouth breathers who like call other's racist names and threaten to beat you up if you cross them (although none of 'em has ever shown up to the challenge )

Keep it cheap, I have a radio shack CB that I bought at a pawn shop about 25 years ago, it still works fine, its bone stock no fancy echo mics and other assorted juvenile toys. I use it for shippers/receivers....thats about it.

Mic keepers are good, but too pricey for me, I just use a mini-bungie cord.

[unkut2003]

Well whats some of the stuff I hear about tunning???? I went ahead and grabbed a Cobra 29LTD Classic...

[Drew10]

Cobra 29 is more or less the standard. Cant go wrong with it.

....Plz keep it mostly stock and dont get all the "Toys" for it. We have enough of those numb skulls (Im trying to be nice) out here. Thanks

[Mr. Ford95]

You can go to a CB shop at most any truckstop and they will tune it for you if your unsure what your doing. At the same time you can get them to turn the power up some but please, the rest of us don't need to hear you from 40 miles away because you got the power jacked way up.

[GMAN]

A Cobra 19 is a good basic radio you can probably buy for around $50. Some of these guys spend hundreds of dollars on radios with echo and/or excessive power and other accessories and you cannot understand what they are saying. As far as I am concerned they wasted several hundred dollars. I had a Cobra 19 for many years. I paid $35 for the radio and antenna and got many years of use out of it. OK, it has been quite a few years ago. I also have a Uniden 78 and an old Radio Shack radio. A Cobra 29 is a good radio, as is the Uniden 78. Both can be purchased for around $100. I would not spend a lot of money on a CB. There is just too much garbage on the radio these days. I would buy a good basic radio. That is all you really need. Most of us keep our radios turned down because of all the trash. I use mine to listen for road conditions and occasionally at receivers or shippers. Some times I will try to get directions to a facility, if it is one that I have never been to before. Of course, with so many drivers turning their radios down or off, it is sometimes difficult to find someone who can help. Even the cheap radios will reach out 2-5 miles. That is all you really need.

[Malaki86]

I have a Galaxy 949 that was peaked and tuned. Other than that, I've done nothing special. In fact, I have the factory antenna's on it. The only reason I have the Galaxy is that my Uniden 68 fried on me after 6 years.

I took the Uniden to a CB shop. When he opened it, it was plain to see that it was fried beyond repair (no idea what actually caused it). When I started looking at new radio's I realized I could buy the used Galaxy for the same price as a new Cobra 29.

If the Uniden hadn't fried, I'd still be using it.

Especially since I only turn the thing on during bad weather or am coming into an area where I need it on for traffic reports. I don't care about bear reports as I can only run 67mph.

[unkut2003]

Ok, I'll be tossin my Cobra 29LTD in there this evening..... along with a fricken radio, hahaha!!!

[Jackrabbit379]

For the most part, everyone has given you good advice, but I also have a couple of Cobra29s. My uncle used to drive for Flightline. A trucking company in Ft Smith, Ar. He gave me a Cobra29 that he had. It just sat in his garage. I use one of them at work, and the other is in my pickup. Both are good radios. Of course, I have a good guy that works on radios. (Rusty's CB Shop, Bowie, Tx)

There are other good radios out there. Uniden makes good radios. As well as Connex, and Galaxy. I've wanted to get me a Connex, but I cant see myself paying $400 for a CB Radio. I like my Cobras just fine. You got a good radio.

If by chance, you are looking into a good antenna, me personally, I would get a Francis antenna. They dont cost that much, and they also work well. They recieve good, and they can get out.

[terrylamar]

I won't even answer anyone with all the toys. I just ignore them and go my merry way.

[Mackman]

I have a Uniden 68 elite works really good for me. But am not a big fan of CBs 1/2 the time i have it off. But when i do use it it works good.