02-28-2018, 05:58 PM | #151 | |
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I will be buying off Amazon, here's why. It's what I would get anyway, new radio in the box. CB shop at Castaic Junction is Gone. The two truck supply shops, and these places have everything, just sale out of box, no help, just box with a new radio. So I will help myself. If the radio performs so poorly I have to get it tuned, I will look into getting instructions and doing it myself. I will need to borrow or buy a meter for SWR, but that will be it. I will not call on the Ham radio outlet again. In looking back he should have been more ready to help. I like to give little shops business. But you can't complain about losing business to Amazon if you give the same customer service = none or don't bother me! Plus, I have you to help me... best help on the net is here! I'm going to get it all assembled and see what I got! I need to start somewhere and get the ball rolling and see how I do with it. Thanks for all your help! j
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Nice selection. No Remote 4 Ohm Speaker? PA Horn is good. I had a cheap Radio Shack one, about 3'' deep and 5'' diameter, mounted on radiator wall inside grille. In 'listen mode' I could copy the mail from outside the truck. In PA mode I could make wrangler noises at stray dogies that got on the highway in the remoter stretches of Arizona. In the city you could insult people on the street. It was fun.
Not so sure about the Quick-disconnect gizmo. We always just ''Let it all hang out'' as far as radio gear. Someone might quick-disconnect your antenna on you when you're inside the quikie mart getting a big soda. Or you might quick-disconnect it yourself, forget to put it back on, then see a buddy on the road you want to give a shout to, and you transmit -- without the proper impedance on the line -- and fry your final transmitter stage.
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I decided on the Cobra 29 ltd classic. But, since I dragged my feet, the $85 radio on Amazon is not listed anymore, or the seller took it down and put it back up for more bucks. Now only Fry's has that price. No hurry though, I won't be able to start install for a couple weeks. I'm doing an alternator and battery upgrade at the same time. I put on a winch that needs amps. j
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03-01-2018, 01:35 AM | #155 | |
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Yeah, the etherial nature of the digital marketplace. I hesitated on an evilbay Messenger II going for peanuts for parts. Hey, I stil need parts. But I paid more important bills, and by the time the eagle could fly again, it was gone. Say la vie.
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03-09-2018, 04:18 PM | #156 |
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Any other CB fanatics
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Well, I have a radio and a big pile of accessories on my work bench. Looks like it will take me a couple days work. I need to make a mount bracket. The one that comes with the radio won't get it in the right spot. The stake mount won't work either. So I got a little bracket making to do. I'll post my setup when it's up and running.
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I had a Radio Shack TRC-421. If the mike plug was disconnected from the radio body, the transmitter was keyed [ON]. Plug it back in and the Mic went on with the Mic button, only. Without a 50 Ohm load this would burn up the final stage. Not sure if any other make or model does that, but beware.
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Radio Shack made some very good radios.
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Sadly, the Shack has gone hooves up in these parts, and their online catalog lists no CB radios.
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Finally got time to install my Cobra 29 CB this weekend. I mounted it close to me since it is down so low. There is enough room between the stick and the radio to mount under the heater controls because it's a 4x4. But I did not for two reasons. First it was too far away and low to fiddle with the knobs. Second, I didn't want it in front of the heater vent. When you look at the radio it would appear it's in the way of drivers feet or legs. Not at all, and it's easy to reach. I used 1/8" steel plate as a mounting platform under the dash. Also, the stake mount from Firestick sucked! I made my own out for 1/4" flat bar, it;s way sturdier.
Radio works great! Here's some pics! Also, Thanks for all the great help! You know who you are! Much Thanks guys! j 1/4" flat bar bent and mounted in stake hole with fire ring under mount. inside view Inside view 5' Firestick II antenna
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Love it! Can't wait to get mine installed. Any way you could show a close up of how the bracket you made for the radio attaches?
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Don't they make a cb/radio in one unit so you don't have to mount one under the dash?
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Gettin' there.
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Did you see my pics further up stream? It's in an working great!
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Jeff - thanks for the pics and further description. Pictures are worth a thousand words!
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The factory didn’t make the combo platter until the squarebody era, and they don’t fit in 67-72 without a little cutting. Vettes, Trans Ams, Cadillacs had them as an option - probably many others as well. Cool units, just not ideal for a factory look in a 67-72. There are probably a few aftermarket ones available (Kraco comes to mind), but I haven’t seen one designed for the 67-72 dash opening.
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They did, and they may have been OK as an AM/FM but they weren't so great as 2-Way radios. Sorta underpowered. Good if you only wanted to call the REACT monitor on 9 to ask for help [back when there still was a REACT monitor] but not much good for QSO. DX-ing forget about it.
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Is there much CB traffic in the LA area? I used to live on the backslope of the Hollywood Hills and had great coverage of the Valley from my base. 17 was the local channel, but that was 50 years ago.
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No not much traffic, but I've learned to create traffic. People are out there. When I got my CB installed I though it wasn't receiving. I drove around and only heard static. I was very disappointed! Here's my first conversation. Oh, by the way, my call sign is "Urban Tortoise" Or "UT1". I gave myself that call sign as everyone passed me on the freeway Monday! Anyhow, I got annoyed there was no chatter, or that my radio might not be working correctly. I picked up the mic. Me: "Anyone out there?" Trucker: "No one out here!" Me: "I didn't think so! Keep on truckin'!" Trucker: "Thank You!!" That came in so clear, I was so happy. Now I have a had a couple short conversations with truckers. I just ask if anyones out there and they pop on and say hello. Guys I've chatted with so far are pretty cool. I'm not getting any crap about doing something wrong as far as radio etiquette. But I will morph into their ways as I expand my conversations. I'm still dipping my toe in the water, so to speak! I will try channel 15 and 17 today too. I've learned just because there's static doesn't mean no one is listening! j
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Well, you can tune out the static with the squelch knob, if you didn't know already. But too much squelch, and you lose sensitivity to DX signals.
Good to hear the rig is working. I would think that after some 50 years, channels would migrate and jargon would evolve. A lot of the old '70s ''CB Lingo'' [as published] would be archaic by now. Some of it, like the Ten Code, can't change, but Police and Emercency Services codes are different from the CB usage.
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When I left we just addressed each other by "Driver" or the carrier they were driving for except when you're pointing out a potential problem. "Driver, you know your left headlight's out right?" "Driver, you know your inside rear trailer re-flap is coming apart right?" "You're going to run out of flasher-fluid." (This is if they changed lanes and the signals didn't cancel.) Being generic doesn't pin-point a particular truck and make it too easy for DOT or a bear to single him/her out. Don't ask for a "Smokey Report"! Just listen. If there's a Smokey, DOT, or local around they'll already be chatting about him. Just my 2 cents worth.....
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I finally got my [long-lost, newly-found] NIB Radio Shack SSB/AM rig mounted in the '92 Subaru with a small mag mount as ears, and was tearing up I-10 for a gig in PHX. Around MP 184 [?] I saw the Highway Patrol stopped on the side, and tried out the rig with the traditional Smokey report: "Northbound Eye Ten, be advised, Bear on the side at MP 184, 1-8-4...'' I got a few ''Ten Rogers'', and ''Thanks'' from other units, then in less than a minute, that same white-and-blue Dept of Public Safety late model Ford Explorer was on my tail taking pictures. After about 90 seconds, long enough to run my plates, he pulled left and reset his position on the median, to clock the Southbound, I guess. So Bears got ears, now. I maintained radio silence after that. I did read on the website "Urban Dictionary'' that "Good Buddy" has acquired a non-traditional connotation nowadays.
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I have an older "Cobra" maybe??? I forget? Gotta get it mounted in.
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