Is there any kind of "help the newbie" type guide on verifying that radios have NOT been modified?
I've picked up a pair of Cobra 29LTD Classics (one nightwatch, one non-NW) over the past few months (yes, I abandoned the idea of converting a 10m radio), with the intention of putting one in my 4x4 trail toy. The only times I use CB is either on a trail run, as between exhaust noise and tire noise, any kind of radio would be completely useless on the highway to me (even with several hundred watts going into my stereo speakers, I can still barely hear them on the drive to/from the trails...yes, my rig is LOUD
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That said, both of these radios came from long haul truckers, so I'm betting there's a good chance of them having some sort of mods that will be useless at best, but more likely annoying to the rest of my group. I don't have a need to go miles on these things, or whatever other gizmos the truckers use.
If I open up the radios, components cut out would be obvious of course, but replaced components may not be so obvious. Obviously not every possible thing that someone could have done could be noted, but is there some kind of "these are the most popular things typically done" kind of things out there that I could check for?
I've picked up a pair of Cobra 29LTD Classics (one nightwatch, one non-NW) over the past few months (yes, I abandoned the idea of converting a 10m radio), with the intention of putting one in my 4x4 trail toy. The only times I use CB is either on a trail run, as between exhaust noise and tire noise, any kind of radio would be completely useless on the highway to me (even with several hundred watts going into my stereo speakers, I can still barely hear them on the drive to/from the trails...yes, my rig is LOUD
)That said, both of these radios came from long haul truckers, so I'm betting there's a good chance of them having some sort of mods that will be useless at best, but more likely annoying to the rest of my group. I don't have a need to go miles on these things, or whatever other gizmos the truckers use.
If I open up the radios, components cut out would be obvious of course, but replaced components may not be so obvious. Obviously not every possible thing that someone could have done could be noted, but is there some kind of "these are the most popular things typically done" kind of things out there that I could check for?
