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my wife used a PC122 and a pro-520 for years and was initially resistant to installing a new full-size chassis radio in her new suv, wanted a little extra power but didn't want to deal with all the extra wiring, batteries, etc... to run an amp again. iirc, you were looking for something with a...

+1 more for the 102" whip, if you can live w/ the height and hitting a lot of things with it.

i remember trying to put together a kit when i was in grade school. my mother came by and asked me if i knew what i was doing - i replied "why start now?" me = :D mother = :glare:

ah, ya beat me to it... "why not?" was my first thought...

at least in HI, it's pretty much internet ordering if you want anything other than a base model cobra cb or wilson or k40 antenna. to the best of my knowledge, there's only one shop left on oahu, and they specialize in marine and military comm gear - the cb part of their business was like a...

yup. his new site only sells cb radio stuff and 10m stuff now (but no longer advertised as capable of transmitting on the cb bands, even though it's much the same gear).

ayup. kinda gives away how old i am, though...

IIRC, most r/c air channels are FM channels. In the past, the r/c car guys are supposed to stay on am channels to avoid interference, but with the 2.4 GHz radios and channel scanning, etc... they can all peacefully co-exist and enjoy the benefits of 2.4 GHz. My son and I have been using 2.4...

i guess when people used 'em like fighting sticks, they weren't as noticeable, but now that they're trendy, people are using them as daily driver antennas. a couple people drive around with two of 'em on their roofs, like they're going to a keydown. in the land of parking garages...

seems to be a bit more antennas around here locally, but the trend is definitely towards the coilys. used to be the whips, then the hot ticket was the Wil 5k, now the big guys are all switching to the coil antennas. maybe i'm just noticing them more because the coilys are so much more...

not sure about how much power it would take to actually damage a radio, but i've been next to high powered mobiles that actually bleed over my radio, even when it's not turned on. i've heard people bleeding over car stereos before, but a couple of times being near someone shooting skip...

just had a bit of a thought - what if uniden made them to look like car stereos so they would look like they fit right in w/ other in-dash stereos? i.e., they made them DIN-sized so they could fit into OEM DIN dash openings, and they wouldn't look out of place? they have front-mounted mike...

wow. just.... wow.

found an old 575 my friend modded many years ago. changed out the 9v to a different type of battery, removed the screen, and did a couple of other things to it. never thought about repainting it, though. might go down to ranger city one thur nite and see if i can trade some of my old...