Don't see the point personally with the peak and tune.
The setup I have right now is simple as simple can be.
Stock Cobra 29LTD. My model doesn't even have the night-watch or weather channels. The radio in the truck takes care of the weather channels. Connected to a Firestyk antenna. Via generic co-ax. The only thing I'd add to my set up is better quality co-ax. Though that maybe over kill.
Before I switched antenna(bought the firestyk last week) Barely could get out or even receive anything much more then a mile. Since the swap, Talked to a a guy and kept track of mile markers, and was losing him when we were almost 5.5-6 miles apart.
Total cost
Radio $85 (used my road miles to offset cost)
Antenna $20
total out of pocket cost
$105
personally I think my radio sounds better then most of the big rig echo/talk back/roger beep/sound effect/over modulated radios you hear on the road. And I get out nearly as far as they do.. sounding better in the process :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
you could have the best radio in the world, but will only work as good as the antenna you've got. Don't neeed anything super expensive. Check out
http://www.firestik.com/ they have tons of info. If you feel like you need a billy big rigger radio after you get a decent antenna, knock your self out, but would just be a waste of money.