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11-01-2018, 08:27 PM | #2 | |
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Honda lost a class action suit by owners. Honda now sells Rodent Tape that is just like 3M ''E tape'' [or common electrical tape] except it has a mousie emoji with an X over it every few inches and is laced with capsicum. [Red pepper]. Instead of $3.00 a roll, it's $45. With my luck, here in Southern AZ, I'd get packrats who'd bite into it and say: ,,Muy sabrosa. i Los hilos de cobre con sabor picante!''
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Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days?
I run a general lee in my mack, good radio
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12-31-2018, 02:37 AM | #4 |
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Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days?
It seems the easiest way to get a Public Address system is to get a CB so I may put one both in my car and my truck.
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01-18-2020, 05:22 PM | #5 |
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Reading you 5 by 5.
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Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days?
I just wanted an AM\FM radio, found this at a garage sale for free...not sure if the cb part works or not, I didn’t install the microphone. The radio works fine though, and it’s a cool piece...
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01-19-2020, 10:49 AM | #7 |
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Nice radio.
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[QUOTE=Abomb;8662040]I just wanted an AM\FM radio, found this at a garage sale for free...not sure if the cb part works or not, I didn’t install the microphone. The radio works fine though, and it’s a cool piece...
I have one of these and it worked great in the late 70’s but took it out of truck in the 1984 . I still have it and was thinking about having it restored because it fits in the radio cut out and it’s pretty cool besides. |
01-21-2020, 12:44 AM | #9 |
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Just a reminder to anyone who's rusty on radio fundamentals or new to the deal -- Do Not transmit or even key the mike, without a proper antenna [or a 52 Ohm dummy load] attached to the radio. An unbalanced load can fry the final stage in the transmitter.
This used to be fixable, but with newer technology being microcircuited, and older technicians less available, it's pretty much a good way to scrap your rig. Careful.
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01-21-2020, 09:47 AM | #10 |
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Gee, maybe I should take one of my old Johnson Messenger II Blackface tube radios and set it up for Mobile. I could use the one that was used for police back then. It would double as a heater. LOL
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01-21-2020, 02:42 PM | #11 |
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I have a Blackface rig myself. On long drives you can keep yourself awake by the sready buzz of the on-board oscillating inverter.
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They really are still great radios. I have a 2M ham radio in my daily driver now and an HF radio in the house, but it all started with a Johnson blackface putting out 23W and then a linear amp. Fun times, good memories, just like the old trucks
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01-21-2020, 06:38 PM | #13 |
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Even barefoot, the Johnson Messenger II put out 5 watts after the final. Then the FCC stepped in and mandated that CB transceivers should be at 5W in/3.5W out. But radios already sold were grandfathered in. Same with the Messenger I [Whitefaces], same circuits, simpler front -- 5 Xtals.
My Blackface once belonged to an aircraft engineer's son, whose Dad looked at it one evening, and tinkering overnight, rigged a bypass slideswitch on the side that cut out a limiting resistor and let the full output potential of 10W loose. With a 1/4 wave whip and a solid Chevy steel frame for a ground, I never needed a linear. I used to run a HyGain Hustler break-over mast with a loaded-coil short whip on top. Then the stub load coil broke. I tried a red Shakespeare stick, but the AZ Dept of Public Safety [Highway Patrol in these parts] pulled me over and said my antenna combo was at an illegal height. [>13'] I have a shorter stub now but I need to tune in the SWR for optimum output. Threes and eights. Orange Sunshine's clear.
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I did not run the radio mobile. But I had a 5/8 wave antenna on my roof (Sigma 5/8) and running any power, was able to talk when I wanted. I was very courteous but when bullies got on the air, I would key up and have my say. LOL. I was young and stupid back then. It's a shame 10M is dead right now. It is very similar to 11M (CB) for skip when the conditions are right. Anyway, back to the original thread, my truck is pretty much unmolested, but if I can find a cheap radio from 1968, I just might put one in for funm
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I'm not running a museum truck. If a newer technology, like 40 Channels is usable, I'll have that. [8-Track always did suck. I prefer cassettes.]
I used to run a Radio Shack TRC-421 solid state radio mobil in the Orange Stepside with the previously-mentioned antenna configuration. I had a '67 K/10 Suburban and ran a solid state Messenger 4175 thru a fibreglas 1/4 wave whip on a ball mount on the passenger side rear. When I bought my '71 GMC Jimmy in 1995, I got a new SSB rig from Radio Shack, and some dual short whip ''rabbit ears'' to mount on the mirrors outboard. That never got installed. The dual stubs didn't fit my mirrors. I got a cell phone. The SSB went into storage, NIB, and was forgotten. A few years ago, I found it again and ran it temporarily in my '92 Subaru with a magnetic stubby. Not the same world I had left though. I still have a 5/8 RS ground plane on my roof. I tried the SSB with it, but no intelligent life is out there anymore. Well, 'intelligence' is a relative thing in this context. It used to be teeming with semi-intelligent life, but they've gone extinct, I fear... OVER
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Yes, the only think I hear when I turn on the CB now is the crazy guys down south running 50,000 watts! They are not the same. I don't hear truckers at all. Last road trip I was on, I set the 2M on scan and heard a lot of the truckers on there. They know where all the repeaters are along the way, use those. Also there is DMR and they use that with a hot spot. It's a different world for sure. I miss the simplicity. Probably turning into a grumpy old man which is why I love my truck!
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This is too funny. I checked my email and saw you responded to my 15 x 8 wheel question. And then I went looking for CB radio threads and Google brought me here. I picked up a GM radio a few weeks back that finally arrived today.
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Wow that is nice
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Never really thought about truckers not using CB radios like they used to
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Just re-read the whole thread from the very start. Still pretty cool with content and seems more folks are using CBs more than I had thought.
Happy Dan, if wanting a period correct CB for the late 60s I have one listed in 67-72 parts forum. I believe from 68 or 69. It is an old Amphenol 3 channel unit, definitely has that vintage look to it. It powers up but no idea if it actually works. It fulfills one requirement for you, it's cheap, LOL. Ironhorse, clear and 10-10 on the side.
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My truck is nowhere near done but, I'll be running my old man's Johnson Messenger 123A CB radio with a Johnson external speaker. It doesn't work and the mic cord is really stretched out hopefully someone can restore this one to working condition and, hopefully I can get the cord fixed so I don't have to hang my mic over the rear view mirror, like my old man did when it was in his 76 Ramcharger.
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When ratchetjawing, you had the Mic in one hand, the wheel in the other, and eyes on the road.
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Pretty interesting video for those of you that might be interested in maintaining your 'ol 23 channel vintage look while adding some modern capabilities. Here is a link to Troy's Radio Service, mentioned in the video as the mfgr of the kit. The upgrade adds all kinds of stuff - including channel scanning. For you preppers, it even adds the ability to tune to HAM freqs...
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