Originally Posted by TwoBitt

Colt,
You can have it tuned if you want, it should work good new. I myself live in WV and would like to talk to my buddies (going the other direction) for more than a min. so I had my 29 worked on. bigger finals, talk back, tubro board, peak and tuned.I had a guy in Montgomery Al. do the work (SNOWMAN) He is great and has great prices!(he talks skip on CH 6 at 14,000 watts thats right boys and girls I said 14,000 watts)
Make sure you use a 18' cable and a good antenna. I use the grey or clear cable with gold wire in it and a Francis (now being made by Diesel) antenna, the francis antenna is good right out of the package. Just make sure you have a good ground for both antenna and the radio.

BTW. I have a 25 in my pick up with a 102 whip and it talks better than my 29 with the same work done to it.

Originally Posted by TwoBitt

I don't know to much about his system, he has a 4000W linear powering his 14000 W unit and I think he built everything himself.
If your driving past ex 11 on I-85 near Montgomery Al durning the day and take it to CH 1 and snowman is loading trucks at a sand and gravel pit there.Talk to him on CH 6 at night.
TwoBitt

Originally Posted by scania

Sorry Colt guess I really didn't answer that question right.
No you don't have to get it tuned right out of the box,I also have a Cobra 29 and the SWR meters on these radios are not very accurate on there.
Whenever you get your antenna it's best to let a professional do a SWR on it,once you see how it's done you can buy your own meter at Radio Shack or truck stops.
Getting your SWR as low as you can is the whole key to having a good system,what kinda antenna do you have?

Originally Posted by driver1989

Cobra 29 is a good radio , I have a 1991 29 , 18 foot coax , run it through the passenger window , to a single antena , palamar 300 Lineer , and a talk back speaker . Galaxy parts in the radio , it sounds big enough and real clear. I use a swr meter that you can buy at fly j,s , easy to follow directions . You don,t need all that stuff , but you know you do. hehe

Originally Posted by kc0iv

Originally Posted by jegzus

14000 watts is really nothing when you are talking about guys who are really into CB as a hobby. A friend of mine in FL has a 35000 watt suburban. He runs it on AC power supplied by 3 AC alternators just for the tube amp, then has 1 DC alternator to power the truck and another DC alternator to power the 2x8 transistor amp that drives the tube amp.

His setup including the price of the truck and everything in it only cost him about 30,000 to do. And even he is a mudduck compared to a lot of guys out there. Just food for thought.

Originally Posted by kc0iv

Stop and think for a moment. 35000 watts required a AC alternator bigger than most home stand by generators. As an example take the GUARDIAN 13kW http://www.guardiangenerators.com/Pr...RDIAN13kW.aspx I requires a Generac 992cc OHVI® industrial engine just to supply 13kW. You are talking about having three of these mounted in an auto. If you have a 454 mounted in the suburban almost 40% of it's power would be required just to supply the AC alternators.

Look at: http://www.ssbtractor.com/PTO_generators.html Notice the size of just the AC alternator. Or go down you your local Home Depot and look at the size of of the AC alternator on one of their 8000 watt generators. Then remember you are talking about mounting at least four of these to get around 35000 watts.

kc0iv