Anyone here own a CB radio?

[jonheese]

Reverse polarity diode. Change it. Costs a buck for two at radio shack. Its near the power input. Two points to unsolder. Not too hard. First time soldering and I didn't mess anything up, and I had a crappy iron and shaky hands.

Fixed.

 

[expy916]

Thanks man, only got me a fine tenth grade edumacation

 

[-DVP-]

Actually thought about one for the orange car. Wound need to figure out where to put the antenna.

 

[JRA2000TL]

I'm going to put mine in the 95 for the convention road trip. I'll just stick the magnetic antenna on the center/rear of the trunk near the rear windshield; then just run the wire through the car. I don't want to hard wire the CB in my car though.

 

[expy916]

For a genII, a FireStick second gen dodge hood mount works perfectly to mount off the back of the car, on the plastic between the plates and taillights. On the GenI, I wasnt able to do it. I made a bracket that used the two upper license plate screws.(For these, you would need to ground the mount) Im planning on putting it on the trunk, but I dont feel like drilling into it. For the most part, with the exception of the Wilson 1000 and 5000, mag bases arent that great.

 

[StreetlightSHO]

I just have a magnetic mount with the wiring routed into the trunk by the windshield. No drilling involved.

 

[expy916]

Same way my friend has it now on the 94, except his mag base has a fiberglass whip, a bit taller than the roofline. Getting a wilson 1000 tomorrow!

 

[StreetlightSHO]

Same way my friend has it now on the 94, except his mag base has a fiberglass whip, a bit taller than the roofline. Getting a wilson 1000 tomorrow!

Sweet

 

[-DVP-]

My issue is the trunk really doesnt like to support weight anymore, and the flexing the waving of the antenna will cause isn't reall preferred either.




I guess I could just throw it on the roof.

 

[expy916]

Slap a wilson 1000 on the roof then!

 

[-DVP-]

People still actually use CB's?

I mean really?

They wont let me use those radios you have for some reason...

 

[JRA2000TL]

I keep hoping I can pull into a truck stop and hear the "lot lizards" advertising, so I can have a good laugh; but that hasn't happened yet. Every now and then you can hear funny conversations going on.