Anyone running CB's in their truck these days?

['68OrangeSunshine]

Interesting set up. How well does it get out?

[body bolt]

With that 36" antenna I get good reports on the open road but not so well around town. Audio is good. I'm not much of a yakker anyway. The radio puts out over 4 watts and SWR is very low. I have a few other radios that I hang under the dash but I don't like leaving them in the truck. I did add Bluetooth to this radio and threw some cheapo KLH speakers under the seat. It sounds pretty good to my ears.

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

Interesting set up. How well does it get out?

['68OrangeSunshine]

Damn, Jocko, that is the neatest thing since sliced bread.
Forty years ago I would have been all over that. I did dream of such a thing...

I wonder what they could do with a Johnson Messenger I? It is a tube type rig. About the size of a mailbox, and only has 5 channels [with 10 crystals]. But a VFO and a cleaner DC power supply would be an improvement.
On transmit you sounded like Voice Of America. Real broadcast quality.
How much do they want for one?

[jocko]

I had to stare at the site for a while to figure out I needed to click on "Click for U.S.A site" (duh)... (so here is a direct link)
$75 for the kit
$175 for the kit and install (you send them your radio)

['68OrangeSunshine]

Not bad either way.
I may put a rig back in my mobile.

[LT7A]

This is a great thread! CG, I'll have my ears on next time I drive through Monroe, will call out and see if you copy. I'll bet there are lots of us that like the '60s, '70s, and '80s trucks with the accessories from that time. So maybe, just maybe, the more of us that put CBS in our rigs and turn them on when we're out and about will find each other and can have a little resurgence in CB usage.I bought one of my trucks from a guy who used to drive, and there is a unit attached under the CB that I believe in is intended to boost the signal. He said it was illegal and cost about $2,500 at the time. You never know exactly what you're being told, and I told him that if he wanted to take it out of the truck, it was okay. But he sent it all home with me.

[body bolt]

I've got a radio with a bad VCO block. The choice is make a new replacement VCO block or try one of these DDS-VFOs?. Decisions, decisions...