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Thread: CB Radios?

  1. 11-07-2007, 01:43 PM #1
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    Default CB Radios?

    Who makes an above average and reliable CB that is between the 100-150 buck range?
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  2. 11-07-2007, 01:51 PM #2
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    Uniden PC 68 or PC 78

    Cobra 25 or 29 with out Soundtracker feature.
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  3. 11-07-2007, 01:51 PM #3
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  4. 11-07-2007, 02:27 PM #4
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    My Uniden 68 would pull a 11 mile range with the factory antennas. It was only $75.
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  6. 11-07-2007, 04:40 PM #6
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    Silly qustion, but whats Soundtracker?
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  7. 11-07-2007, 04:53 PM #7
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    I have a cobra 29 with a wilson 1000 and a few more "gadgets on it" I can talk from southeast Texas to mid Louisiana on it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Redlight
    Silly qustion, but whats Soundtracker?
    It is something Cobra came out. It is kind of like an automatic squelch. In my experience all it does, even when switched off, is limit the reception performance of the radio.

    I had 2 of the 29's with Soundtracker and I never could pick up another truck more than 1/4-1/2 mile even with it switched off and the squelched turned all the way down (or up) where I should have been able to hear anything within at least 5 miles.

    I got rid of the 29 ST and put in a Uniden 78 and I could send and recieve for miles with the same antennas and coax.

    I have talked to many drivers who had the same experience. Some bought the Uniden radios and others bought a 25 or 29 classic and the problem disappeared.
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  9. 11-07-2007, 05:31 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Redlight
    Silly qustion, but whats Soundtracker?
    the CB shop by my house says it is 100% junk and dont get it.
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  10. 11-07-2007, 06:13 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mackman
    Quote Originally Posted by Redlight
    Silly qustion, but whats Soundtracker?
    the CB shop by my house says it is 100% junk and dont get it.
    It is junk.... I know. I screwed up and bought one. Got rid of it, and started using my "old"....8 year old Uniden again. Works 100% better.
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    The Uniden 68 is a nice radio. http://www.cbcity.com/shop/?shop=1&c...76&itemid=1301 Whatever you buy though, be sure and have the antenna's tuned by a pro. That is what really makes the difference, and how to increase range. Some places, like the one in that link above pre-tune and peak the radios for you, and that also helps.

    We used to run sideband back in the 70's, and on flat ground 25 miles was not a problem and much more at night. The audio sounds kind of weird, but if you wanted privacy and range, you had little choice back then in the pre-cell phone days.
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    I keep my Soundtracker turned off and squelch off, don't get any fuzz or white noise, can pickup radios 30+ miles away. Soundtracker IS crap, it also dulls the sound some. I get out at least 10 miles.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Redlight
    Silly qustion, but whats Soundtracker?
    Quote Originally Posted by Mackman
    the CB shop by my house says it is 100% junk and dont get it.
    It is.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mackman
    Quote Originally Posted by Redlight
    Silly qustion, but whats Soundtracker?
    the CB shop by my house says it is 100% junk and dont get it.
    Would that happen to be that little one on 202? That guy knows his stuff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Double R
    Quote Originally Posted by Mackman
    Quote Originally Posted by Redlight
    Silly qustion, but whats Soundtracker?
    the CB shop by my house says it is 100% junk and dont get it.
    Would that happen to be that little one on 202? That guy knows his stuff.
    talkin about CB joe by jimmy johns hot dogs right. By rt.1 and 202 i used to deal with him but i stop goin to him. He always try to sell me everything in his store. Now i deal with R&R on rt.92 in delawre which is right off 202 in delaware. If you have a chance stop in jimmy johns its right before the CB shop best hot dogs you would ever have. :wink:
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