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Fellow trucker

Welcome fellow trucker to the fun yet insane world of CBing 8).(hope u pulled out life insurance) :gdlf Although I can't really point u too a specific radio(THERE ALL OVER THE PLACE-RRUUNNN) :twisted: :twisted: ; they all have there ups & downs :twsted :twsted . RF gain, 12w SSB; Power mic, Crome look, NW, Weather band, So forth & so on. What I'd suggest is to see what Is reliable & conveniant for U. But u most not forget the Antenna too. A good quality radio is worthless if u don't have the right antenna to go with it. Truth in example, I had a radioshack TRC-447 CB hooked up to a run of the mill ANT. that came with the truck. Did really poorly with my SWR readings 2.5-3.0 Could only get as far out as maybe 2.5 miles On the other end I had a cheap $30 Midland 1001z radio hooked up to a Lil' Will magnet mount on my 4wheeler(personal car for those none trucker types) Was cut down till I got a good SWR of 1.2 Believe it or not that cheap liitle radio sounded louder and better then that $120 TRC-447; & even got a distance of 6 miles out off it. The point I'm trying to make is what U feel comfortable buying, both radio & Ant. I'm sure there are other's out their who will suggest some radios & Ant for U.

Me personnally I have A Cobra 148 GTL set up to a Wilson 5000 on my truck.

Get great swr readings 1.2-1.7
Distance 6 maybe 7 miles on AM; Don't know in SSB, no 1 around to test it out with.
But I've had work done on it to improve clarity and Power.
U did not here this from me but I'm in the process of Amping up my distance if u know what I mean.

Warm wishes & happy CBing

<blockquote data-quote="gohusan" data-source="post: 83312" data-attributes="member: 383">Fellow truckerWelcome fellow trucker to the fun yet insane world of CBing 8).(hope u pulled out life insurance) :gdlf&nbsp; Although I can&#039;t really point u too a specific radio(THERE ALL OVER THE PLACE-RRUUNNN) :twisted:&nbsp; :twisted: ; they all have there ups &amp; downs :twsted&nbsp; :twsted . RF gain, 12w SSB; Power mic, Crome look, NW, Weather band, So forth &amp; so on. What I&#039;d suggest is to see what Is reliable &amp; conveniant for U. But u most not forget the Antenna too. A good quality radio is worthless if u don&#039;t have the right antenna to go with it. Truth in example, I had a radioshack TRC-447 CB hooked up to a run of the mill ANT. that came with the truck. Did really poorly with my SWR readings 2.5-3.0 Could only get as far out as maybe 2.5 miles <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f622.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cry:" title="Crying&nbsp; &nbsp; :cry:"&nbsp; data-smilie="17"data-shortname=":cry:" /> On the other end I had a cheap $30 Midland 1001z radio&nbsp; hooked up to a Lil&#039; Will magnet mount on my 4wheeler(personal car for those none trucker types) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick Out Tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :P"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" /> Was cut down till I got a good SWR of 1.2 Believe it or not that cheap liitle radio sounded louder and better then that $120 TRC-447; &amp; even got a distance of 6 miles out off it. The point I&#039;m trying to make is what U feel comfortable buying, both radio &amp; Ant. I&#039;m sure there are other&#039;s out their who will suggest some radios &amp; Ant for U. Me personnally I have A Cobra 148 GTL set up to a Wilson 5000 on my truck.&nbsp;Get great swr readings 1.2-1.7 <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> &nbsp; Distance 6 maybe 7 miles on AM; Don&#039;t know in SSB, no 1 around to test it out with. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f622.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cry:" title="Crying&nbsp; &nbsp; :cry:"&nbsp; data-smilie="17"data-shortname=":cry:" /> But I&#039;ve had work done on it to improve clarity and Power.U did not here this from me but I&#039;m in the process of Amping up my distance if u know what I mean. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":wink:" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; :wink:"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=":wink:" /> Warm wishes &amp; happy CBing <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="gohusan, post: 83312, member: 383"] [b]Fellow trucker[/b] Welcome fellow trucker to the fun yet insane world of CBing 8).(hope u pulled out life insurance) :gdlf Although I can't really point u too a specific radio(THERE ALL OVER THE PLACE-RRUUNNN) :twisted: :twisted: ; they all have there ups & downs :twsted :twsted . RF gain, 12w SSB; Power mic, Crome look, NW, Weather band, So forth & so on. What I'd suggest is to see what Is reliable & conveniant for U. But u most not forget the Antenna too. A good quality radio is worthless if u don't have the right antenna to go with it. Truth in example, I had a radioshack TRC-447 CB hooked up to a run of the mill ANT. that came with the truck. Did really poorly with my SWR readings 2.5-3.0 Could only get as far out as maybe 2.5 miles :cry: On the other end I had a cheap $30 Midland 1001z radio hooked up to a Lil' Will magnet mount on my 4wheeler(personal car for those none trucker types) :P Was cut down till I got a good SWR of 1.2 Believe it or not that cheap liitle radio sounded louder and better then that $120 TRC-447; & even got a distance of 6 miles out off it. The point I'm trying to make is what U feel comfortable buying, both radio & Ant. I'm sure there are other's out their who will suggest some radios & Ant for U. Me personnally I have A Cobra 148 GTL set up to a Wilson 5000 on my truck. Get great swr readings 1.2-1.7 :D Distance 6 maybe 7 miles on AM; Don't know in SSB, no 1 around to test it out with. :cry: But I've had work done on it to improve clarity and Power. U did not here this from me but I'm in the process of Amping up my distance if u know what I mean. :wink: Warm wishes & happy CBing :D [/QUOTE]

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