as far as changing your radio to make it blue, its not very difficult, I just recently brought my 29 ltd to a cb shop to get it tuned and peaked, and at the same time i asked him about lighting (my meter light was out), and for $12 threw in a blue LED for the meter, as for the LCD that LCD on ebay would work, and yes it would also be a pain to install yourself, your best bet is buy it on ebay, and bring it to a cb shop to install, or find someone good with a soldering iron and electronics. If you really want to get fancy too, you can get blue lit up knobs, the CB shop I was in sold them for $18 each knob, way too expensive, but I bet you could get a set real cheap online, and again, those too have to be installed by someone good with a soldering iron, not a do it yourself project, but if you buy all the pieces on ebay, you could probably pay $20 to $40 for all the knobs, lcd, etc etc, and $20 or so to a cb shop to install it all.

 

I may check into that Matcat.
I called Buffalo cb shop in dallas pike, WV today, they want $40 to replace just the meter. Though I didnt ask them what the price would be if I bought the parts myself :roll:
I guess I'll give that a shot tomorrow.
I may even look for those knobs too. Sounds cool. If I can get them & everything else on ebay for aruond $50 tops, have it all throw in for $20-$30, then I think thats what I'll do....Of course I could practically buy a brand new cobra 29 for all that, what the hell. Ya only live once. :lol:

 

Masking tape and spray paint? :? :shock: :?

 

Yeah sure a new 29 would cost the same, but what the hey, atleast you can say its a custom job, rofl. And if your radio is not peaked and tuned yet, I would have them do that as well, will give you a little bit more power, mine pushes 6 watt deadkey and 40 watt peak, about the most you will get out of a 29 without replacing the finals, which is something else they could do too (Mostly to improve your receive), just make sure they dont over modulate, will give you more power but clarity gets worst.

 

Personally....I think the least expensive one you can find will do the trick. Instead of spending money on a cb....spend it on an XM radio and the service....you'll find that more enjoyable and rewarding. Waaaaaay too much hate and discontent on the cb...... And there is absolutely nothing worse than someone from New York or Boston trying to sound like a redneck on a cb...... :shock:

 

first off, sirius is much better then xm :P I listen to roaddog trucking ch 147 from the time I get up until nearly 4-5pm, secondly, I love arguing on the CB, its fun to push peoples buttons, rofl (But at the same time I do actually try to get intelligent conversations going too, tho that is near impossible most of the time)

 

Never had sirius....but I understand the music channels on XM are better, and all I've ever had is XM. 8)

I listened to the "trucker's channel" on XM "once"..... a bag of hammers had more intelligence than the bozo commentator on that channel.....never again.

Intelligent conversations on the cb? :? That my friend is an oxymoron.

Shoooot, I've got a Connex 3300 that can reach out....but its off 99.9% of the time..... Can't stand listening to the motor-mouths that cuss, whine, complain, utter racist crap, talk trash and regurgitate "trucker's stories" ad nauseum..... I use it to talk to "plant security" where needed, and only when necessary.

Not intending to insult anyone....but life's just too short to listen to "dickheads"....and unfortunately... it seems that 99% of what you hear nowadays seems to come from people of that ilk.

 

Yes, you can. I know for sure that they have blue LED. I dont know what other colors they make.
I want to get a blue LED porchlight, and channel display, but I havent had a chance to get to the shop. My radio guy is about 45 minutes south of here. (Rusty's CB shop in Bowie, Tx)

 

If you are getting 40 watts peak from a 6 watt signal you are over modulating. Anything greater than 16.9 peak watts the transmitter is being over modulate. In both cases that is with a tone wave signal. A voice signal will NOT show that much peak reading.

See: http://www.amforever.net/home3.html Transmitting -- Amplitude Modulation and also -- Some Facts of Modulation

Replacing the finals will have no effect on the receiver.

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