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View Poll Results: What kind of radio do you run in your truck?

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  • Stock radio, only use Ch 19

    12 27.91%
  • Big/Export 11/10 Meter radio, only use Ch 19

    3 6.98%
  • Big/Export 11/10 radio, only use some or all of the 40 channels in CB Band

    9 20.93%
  • Big/Export 11/10 radio, use 11 Meter/Out-of-Band channels

    1 2.33%
  • Big/Export 11/10 radio, use 10 Meter Amateur Band

    3 6.98%
  • I am a licensed HAM and operate the Amateur Bands legally.

    4 9.30%
  • What's a radio? I got my FM, my AM, and my XM. Who needs anything else?

    11 25.58%
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Thread: What kind of radio do you have in your truck?

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    Default What kind of radio do you have in your truck?

    This is partially a continuance to RadioRay's DAC Board posting about the 10 Meter Band and Export Radios. The poll is to survey how many of us have radios of this nature or even operate out of band. Don't be shy!

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    What kind of radio do you run in your truck?
    A beeg one. Wif lots of beeg channels. I trying to contact Radeeo Ray, dee Radeeo god. So far, no luck. Me teenks 'es a myth. :wink:

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    I have a Cobra 200 all "done" up but I'm selling it because it's a hassle to hardwire it to the battery. Next up is an RCI 2950

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    Looks like a nice Ranger you're looking at. The one thing it doesn't cover on 10 Meters is the FM subband above 29,700 kHz. I'm using a Yaesu FT-857D to cover the ham bands from 160 Meters through 6 M (been hearing listening mostly to 40M and 20M). The 2 Galaxy's, one on 19, the other on 38 LSB, I have are hardly even turned up, just at the threshold of hearing in case I hear the keywords "smokey," "brakecheck," or "chickencoops."

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    I'm using a Yaesu FT-857D to cover the ham bands from 160 Meters through 6 M (been hearing listening mostly to 40M and 20M).
    Ah yes the FT-857D great mobile radio beats the crap out of the Icom 706 MK II....
    Why is it when I press one for ENGLISH I still can't understand the person on the other end???





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    None of the above; I'm a cheapskate.

    I just use two tin cans with a long string between them. Cheap, but offers very poor reception!!

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    Shoot. Why spring for the bean cans and string? Just yell.

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    God, I hope that "Radio Ray" doesn't get wind of this thread!! There will be no shutting him up then!! :P

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    Quote Originally Posted by Useless
    God, I hope that "Radio Ray" doesn't get wind of this thread!! There will be no shutting him up then!! :P
    tin cans are not authorized for use by amateur radio operators. you will be getting a letter from the fcc and a huge fine, you will also have your cans confiscated and subject your company to a fine, all this, just because you didnt bother to get a tin can license. moral.. GET A TIN CAN LICENSE OR STAY OFF THE TIN CAN FREQUENCY!!!!

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    I don't have any of the above. I have a Galaxy 949 that is pushed beyond stock. However, I stay on chan 19. Of course, the thing is normally turned down all the way so I can listen to my Opie & Anthony/Ron & Fez throughout the day without interruption.
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    I just project my thoughts to other drivers ( Coast To Coast ). Do I need a license for that?
    Find something you like to do, be the best at it you can be, the money will come.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ridge Runner
    I just project my thoughts to other drivers ( Coast To Coast ). Do I need a license for that?
    just dont project on Ray's frequency and I think you will be okay

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ridge Runner
    I just project my thoughts to other drivers ( Coast To Coast ). Do I need a license for that?
    You must apply to the Art Bell Telepathy League and they will issue a certificate of occupancy.... Now get the **** out of my head!!! There isn't enough room with all the other voices already there!!!! :P
    Why is it when I press one for ENGLISH I still can't understand the person on the other end???





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    Quote Originally Posted by Doctor Who
    Quote Originally Posted by Ridge Runner
    I just project my thoughts to other drivers ( Coast To Coast ). Do I need a license for that?
    You must apply to the Art Bell Telepathy League and they will issue a certificate of occupancy.... Now get the **** out of my head!!! There isn't enough room with all the other voices already there!!!! :P
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    you should listen to Riley Martin sometime, he makes Art Bell and George Norey look normal

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    Stock Uniden PC78 Elite, backlite....Only used to fill the square hole Freightliner put in the overhead. Satillite radio is on most all the time.

    CB comes on when I come up to a backup. Then say "WHY WE STOPPIN".


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    Quote Originally Posted by Fredog
    Quote Originally Posted by Useless
    God, I hope that "Radio Ray" doesn't get wind of this thread!! There will be no shutting him up then!! :P
    tin cans are not authorized for use by amateur radio operators. you will be getting a letter from the fcc and a huge fine, you will also have your cans confiscated and subject your company to a fine, all this, just because you didnt bother to get a tin can license. moral.. GET A TIN CAN LICENSE OR STAY OFF THE TIN CAN FREQUENCY!!!!
    And to think of all the extra money I spent to get Del Monte corn and green beans instead of the store brand!!

    THEY'LL GET MY TIN CANS WHEN THEY PRY THE GRUNGY, RUSTY, NASTY-ASS CAN OPENER FROM MY COLD STIFF FINGERS!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Useless
    Quote Originally Posted by Fredog
    Quote Originally Posted by Useless
    God, I hope that "Radio Ray" doesn't get wind of this thread!! There will be no shutting him up then!! :P
    tin cans are not authorized for use by amateur radio operators. you will be getting a letter from the fcc and a huge fine, you will also have your cans confiscated and subject your company to a fine, all this, just because you didnt bother to get a tin can license. moral.. GET A TIN CAN LICENSE OR STAY OFF THE TIN CAN FREQUENCY!!!!
    And to think of all the extra money I spent to get Del Monte corn and green beans instead of the store brand!!

    THEY'LL GET MY TIN CANS WHEN THEY PRY THE GRUNGY, RUSTY, NASTY-ASS CAN OPENER FROM MY COLD STIFF FINGERS!!!

    typical truck driver. just wont play by the rules! when you are in prison surrounded by murderers and rapists and other such people who wont associate with a low life tincanner, we will see who is laughing then.

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    I have a shoebox with a wire coat hanger in te center of the top. Best receive and transmit in the cb world.
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    So far I still have a cheapass Cobra 19 that was in the truck when I got in it. I keep meaning to buy a real radio, but the Cobra 19 does the job, and I'm a cheap bastard when you get down to it.

    The white noise is starting to drive me nuts though. I keep hearing things in the background radiation of random noise, and I've had to change the ringtone on my phone five times in four months to counteract this problem. I really need to quit being such a cheapskate and pry open my wallet to buy a real radio with a noise cancellation filter on it.

    If it has big finals and puts out 192 terawatts, all the better, but I really can't bring myself to care about this, as much as I want to be a real supertrucker.

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