SSB CB Usage?
#131
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Re: SSB CB Usage?
On 5 Dec 2006 17:06:03 -0800, "Chris Maness"
<Christopher.Maness@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any opinions on the Cobra 18 WX ST II Mobile CB?
>
>I went ahead and bought one. It seems ok, the recieve seems to pick up
>alot of white noise. Worse than the Navaho. I bought it at TA so I
>can return it within 45 days. I think I like the Navaho's reciever
>better, but the case is huge for the Jeep. Man, the new Jeeps leave
>you NO options for mounting. I am considering mounting it across the
>role bars, but I'm woried that it's going to be right in a theif's
>face. (like, steal me!)
If it's right in their faces, possibly, but CB's haven't been
high-theft items in years. If a drugie can't get at least 50 bucks
for something, he doesn't usually bother with it, and you haven't been
able to fence a CB for near that in close to 20 years.
Dan
>
>Chris Maness
>KQ6UP
<Christopher.Maness@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any opinions on the Cobra 18 WX ST II Mobile CB?
>
>I went ahead and bought one. It seems ok, the recieve seems to pick up
>alot of white noise. Worse than the Navaho. I bought it at TA so I
>can return it within 45 days. I think I like the Navaho's reciever
>better, but the case is huge for the Jeep. Man, the new Jeeps leave
>you NO options for mounting. I am considering mounting it across the
>role bars, but I'm woried that it's going to be right in a theif's
>face. (like, steal me!)
If it's right in their faces, possibly, but CB's haven't been
high-theft items in years. If a drugie can't get at least 50 bucks
for something, he doesn't usually bother with it, and you haven't been
able to fence a CB for near that in close to 20 years.
Dan
>
>Chris Maness
>KQ6UP
#132
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Re: SSB CB Usage?
On 5 Dec 2006 17:06:03 -0800, "Chris Maness"
<Christopher.Maness@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any opinions on the Cobra 18 WX ST II Mobile CB?
>
>I went ahead and bought one. It seems ok, the recieve seems to pick up
>alot of white noise. Worse than the Navaho. I bought it at TA so I
>can return it within 45 days. I think I like the Navaho's reciever
>better, but the case is huge for the Jeep. Man, the new Jeeps leave
>you NO options for mounting. I am considering mounting it across the
>role bars, but I'm woried that it's going to be right in a theif's
>face. (like, steal me!)
If it's right in their faces, possibly, but CB's haven't been
high-theft items in years. If a drugie can't get at least 50 bucks
for something, he doesn't usually bother with it, and you haven't been
able to fence a CB for near that in close to 20 years.
Dan
>
>Chris Maness
>KQ6UP
<Christopher.Maness@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any opinions on the Cobra 18 WX ST II Mobile CB?
>
>I went ahead and bought one. It seems ok, the recieve seems to pick up
>alot of white noise. Worse than the Navaho. I bought it at TA so I
>can return it within 45 days. I think I like the Navaho's reciever
>better, but the case is huge for the Jeep. Man, the new Jeeps leave
>you NO options for mounting. I am considering mounting it across the
>role bars, but I'm woried that it's going to be right in a theif's
>face. (like, steal me!)
If it's right in their faces, possibly, but CB's haven't been
high-theft items in years. If a drugie can't get at least 50 bucks
for something, he doesn't usually bother with it, and you haven't been
able to fence a CB for near that in close to 20 years.
Dan
>
>Chris Maness
>KQ6UP
#133
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Re: SSB CB Usage?
On 5 Dec 2006 17:06:03 -0800, "Chris Maness"
<Christopher.Maness@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any opinions on the Cobra 18 WX ST II Mobile CB?
>
>I went ahead and bought one. It seems ok, the recieve seems to pick up
>alot of white noise. Worse than the Navaho. I bought it at TA so I
>can return it within 45 days. I think I like the Navaho's reciever
>better, but the case is huge for the Jeep. Man, the new Jeeps leave
>you NO options for mounting. I am considering mounting it across the
>role bars, but I'm woried that it's going to be right in a theif's
>face. (like, steal me!)
If it's right in their faces, possibly, but CB's haven't been
high-theft items in years. If a drugie can't get at least 50 bucks
for something, he doesn't usually bother with it, and you haven't been
able to fence a CB for near that in close to 20 years.
Dan
>
>Chris Maness
>KQ6UP
<Christopher.Maness@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any opinions on the Cobra 18 WX ST II Mobile CB?
>
>I went ahead and bought one. It seems ok, the recieve seems to pick up
>alot of white noise. Worse than the Navaho. I bought it at TA so I
>can return it within 45 days. I think I like the Navaho's reciever
>better, but the case is huge for the Jeep. Man, the new Jeeps leave
>you NO options for mounting. I am considering mounting it across the
>role bars, but I'm woried that it's going to be right in a theif's
>face. (like, steal me!)
If it's right in their faces, possibly, but CB's haven't been
high-theft items in years. If a drugie can't get at least 50 bucks
for something, he doesn't usually bother with it, and you haven't been
able to fence a CB for near that in close to 20 years.
Dan
>
>Chris Maness
>KQ6UP
#134
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Re: SSB CB Usage?
On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:51:27 -0800, Outatime <user@example.net> wrote:
>Chris Maness wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any opinions on the Cobra 18 WX ST II Mobile CB?
>
>Cobra products are the pitts; they've gone downhill in a big way in the
>last decade; none of the truckers I know even own one anymore.
>
>Anyone who is serious about communication on the road runs Uniden,
>Galaxy or Ranger. (Galaxy uses Ranger mainboards and are of extremely
>good quality on a budget.)
I've been using my Uniden PC-122 on a hump mount in my Jeep for some
16 years, with an Antenna Specialists 108" stainless steel whip
antenna (that was also on my '65 Scout). I had it "peaked" and the
squelch "tightened", but it has never missed a lick. I used to belong
to a local SSB club. In town, I keep the antenna pulled forward in a
"gutter clip" that Radio Shack quit carrying about 4 years ago. Even
pulled down like that, it still far outperforms any shorter antenna
I've ever used (center loaded, and even top loaded) regardless of
where they were mounted on the vehicle (including the middle of the
roof on the Scout). By that, I mean not only better range both ways,
but also dramatically less noise.
Dan
>
>Every Cobra I've ever bought in the last 10 years died within 6 months.
> I won't waste my money on one anymore.
>Chris Maness wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any opinions on the Cobra 18 WX ST II Mobile CB?
>
>Cobra products are the pitts; they've gone downhill in a big way in the
>last decade; none of the truckers I know even own one anymore.
>
>Anyone who is serious about communication on the road runs Uniden,
>Galaxy or Ranger. (Galaxy uses Ranger mainboards and are of extremely
>good quality on a budget.)
I've been using my Uniden PC-122 on a hump mount in my Jeep for some
16 years, with an Antenna Specialists 108" stainless steel whip
antenna (that was also on my '65 Scout). I had it "peaked" and the
squelch "tightened", but it has never missed a lick. I used to belong
to a local SSB club. In town, I keep the antenna pulled forward in a
"gutter clip" that Radio Shack quit carrying about 4 years ago. Even
pulled down like that, it still far outperforms any shorter antenna
I've ever used (center loaded, and even top loaded) regardless of
where they were mounted on the vehicle (including the middle of the
roof on the Scout). By that, I mean not only better range both ways,
but also dramatically less noise.
Dan
>
>Every Cobra I've ever bought in the last 10 years died within 6 months.
> I won't waste my money on one anymore.
#135
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Re: SSB CB Usage?
On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:51:27 -0800, Outatime <user@example.net> wrote:
>Chris Maness wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any opinions on the Cobra 18 WX ST II Mobile CB?
>
>Cobra products are the pitts; they've gone downhill in a big way in the
>last decade; none of the truckers I know even own one anymore.
>
>Anyone who is serious about communication on the road runs Uniden,
>Galaxy or Ranger. (Galaxy uses Ranger mainboards and are of extremely
>good quality on a budget.)
I've been using my Uniden PC-122 on a hump mount in my Jeep for some
16 years, with an Antenna Specialists 108" stainless steel whip
antenna (that was also on my '65 Scout). I had it "peaked" and the
squelch "tightened", but it has never missed a lick. I used to belong
to a local SSB club. In town, I keep the antenna pulled forward in a
"gutter clip" that Radio Shack quit carrying about 4 years ago. Even
pulled down like that, it still far outperforms any shorter antenna
I've ever used (center loaded, and even top loaded) regardless of
where they were mounted on the vehicle (including the middle of the
roof on the Scout). By that, I mean not only better range both ways,
but also dramatically less noise.
Dan
>
>Every Cobra I've ever bought in the last 10 years died within 6 months.
> I won't waste my money on one anymore.
>Chris Maness wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any opinions on the Cobra 18 WX ST II Mobile CB?
>
>Cobra products are the pitts; they've gone downhill in a big way in the
>last decade; none of the truckers I know even own one anymore.
>
>Anyone who is serious about communication on the road runs Uniden,
>Galaxy or Ranger. (Galaxy uses Ranger mainboards and are of extremely
>good quality on a budget.)
I've been using my Uniden PC-122 on a hump mount in my Jeep for some
16 years, with an Antenna Specialists 108" stainless steel whip
antenna (that was also on my '65 Scout). I had it "peaked" and the
squelch "tightened", but it has never missed a lick. I used to belong
to a local SSB club. In town, I keep the antenna pulled forward in a
"gutter clip" that Radio Shack quit carrying about 4 years ago. Even
pulled down like that, it still far outperforms any shorter antenna
I've ever used (center loaded, and even top loaded) regardless of
where they were mounted on the vehicle (including the middle of the
roof on the Scout). By that, I mean not only better range both ways,
but also dramatically less noise.
Dan
>
>Every Cobra I've ever bought in the last 10 years died within 6 months.
> I won't waste my money on one anymore.
#136
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Re: SSB CB Usage?
On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:51:27 -0800, Outatime <user@example.net> wrote:
>Chris Maness wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any opinions on the Cobra 18 WX ST II Mobile CB?
>
>Cobra products are the pitts; they've gone downhill in a big way in the
>last decade; none of the truckers I know even own one anymore.
>
>Anyone who is serious about communication on the road runs Uniden,
>Galaxy or Ranger. (Galaxy uses Ranger mainboards and are of extremely
>good quality on a budget.)
I've been using my Uniden PC-122 on a hump mount in my Jeep for some
16 years, with an Antenna Specialists 108" stainless steel whip
antenna (that was also on my '65 Scout). I had it "peaked" and the
squelch "tightened", but it has never missed a lick. I used to belong
to a local SSB club. In town, I keep the antenna pulled forward in a
"gutter clip" that Radio Shack quit carrying about 4 years ago. Even
pulled down like that, it still far outperforms any shorter antenna
I've ever used (center loaded, and even top loaded) regardless of
where they were mounted on the vehicle (including the middle of the
roof on the Scout). By that, I mean not only better range both ways,
but also dramatically less noise.
Dan
>
>Every Cobra I've ever bought in the last 10 years died within 6 months.
> I won't waste my money on one anymore.
>Chris Maness wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any opinions on the Cobra 18 WX ST II Mobile CB?
>
>Cobra products are the pitts; they've gone downhill in a big way in the
>last decade; none of the truckers I know even own one anymore.
>
>Anyone who is serious about communication on the road runs Uniden,
>Galaxy or Ranger. (Galaxy uses Ranger mainboards and are of extremely
>good quality on a budget.)
I've been using my Uniden PC-122 on a hump mount in my Jeep for some
16 years, with an Antenna Specialists 108" stainless steel whip
antenna (that was also on my '65 Scout). I had it "peaked" and the
squelch "tightened", but it has never missed a lick. I used to belong
to a local SSB club. In town, I keep the antenna pulled forward in a
"gutter clip" that Radio Shack quit carrying about 4 years ago. Even
pulled down like that, it still far outperforms any shorter antenna
I've ever used (center loaded, and even top loaded) regardless of
where they were mounted on the vehicle (including the middle of the
roof on the Scout). By that, I mean not only better range both ways,
but also dramatically less noise.
Dan
>
>Every Cobra I've ever bought in the last 10 years died within 6 months.
> I won't waste my money on one anymore.
#137
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Re: SSB CB Usage?
Hootowl wrote:
> I've been using my Uniden PC-122 on a hump mount in my Jeep for some
> 16 years, with an Antenna Specialists 108" stainless steel whip
> antenna (that was also on my '65 Scout). I had it "peaked" and the
> squelch "tightened", but it has never missed a lick. I used to belong
> to a local SSB club. In town, I keep the antenna pulled forward in a
> "gutter clip" that Radio Shack quit carrying about 4 years ago. Even
> pulled down like that, it still far outperforms any shorter antenna
> I've ever used (center loaded, and even top loaded) regardless of
> where they were mounted on the vehicle (including the middle of the
> roof on the Scout). By that, I mean not only better range both ways,
> but also dramatically less noise.
Wow, that brings back memories. 108'ers were pretty popular in the
70's; I'm surprised they still sell them. Even with the gutter clip
bend, the full-wave stainless whip kicks ***.
I knew a guy who wired one of these up to his AM/FM stereo. He couldn't
believe the reception; claims he got stations from all across the USA,
even in the daytime.
Unidens are great, durable radios. I ran a 68XL with the red LED
display for years. My tractor was stolen from the yard one weekend, and
when the stripped carcass was found 5 mi. N of Mexicali a few days
later, I was disappointed to find they had also stolen the friggin' CB.
Bleh...all thieves must hang.
> I've been using my Uniden PC-122 on a hump mount in my Jeep for some
> 16 years, with an Antenna Specialists 108" stainless steel whip
> antenna (that was also on my '65 Scout). I had it "peaked" and the
> squelch "tightened", but it has never missed a lick. I used to belong
> to a local SSB club. In town, I keep the antenna pulled forward in a
> "gutter clip" that Radio Shack quit carrying about 4 years ago. Even
> pulled down like that, it still far outperforms any shorter antenna
> I've ever used (center loaded, and even top loaded) regardless of
> where they were mounted on the vehicle (including the middle of the
> roof on the Scout). By that, I mean not only better range both ways,
> but also dramatically less noise.
Wow, that brings back memories. 108'ers were pretty popular in the
70's; I'm surprised they still sell them. Even with the gutter clip
bend, the full-wave stainless whip kicks ***.
I knew a guy who wired one of these up to his AM/FM stereo. He couldn't
believe the reception; claims he got stations from all across the USA,
even in the daytime.
Unidens are great, durable radios. I ran a 68XL with the red LED
display for years. My tractor was stolen from the yard one weekend, and
when the stripped carcass was found 5 mi. N of Mexicali a few days
later, I was disappointed to find they had also stolen the friggin' CB.
Bleh...all thieves must hang.
#138
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Re: SSB CB Usage?
Hootowl wrote:
> I've been using my Uniden PC-122 on a hump mount in my Jeep for some
> 16 years, with an Antenna Specialists 108" stainless steel whip
> antenna (that was also on my '65 Scout). I had it "peaked" and the
> squelch "tightened", but it has never missed a lick. I used to belong
> to a local SSB club. In town, I keep the antenna pulled forward in a
> "gutter clip" that Radio Shack quit carrying about 4 years ago. Even
> pulled down like that, it still far outperforms any shorter antenna
> I've ever used (center loaded, and even top loaded) regardless of
> where they were mounted on the vehicle (including the middle of the
> roof on the Scout). By that, I mean not only better range both ways,
> but also dramatically less noise.
Wow, that brings back memories. 108'ers were pretty popular in the
70's; I'm surprised they still sell them. Even with the gutter clip
bend, the full-wave stainless whip kicks ***.
I knew a guy who wired one of these up to his AM/FM stereo. He couldn't
believe the reception; claims he got stations from all across the USA,
even in the daytime.
Unidens are great, durable radios. I ran a 68XL with the red LED
display for years. My tractor was stolen from the yard one weekend, and
when the stripped carcass was found 5 mi. N of Mexicali a few days
later, I was disappointed to find they had also stolen the friggin' CB.
Bleh...all thieves must hang.
> I've been using my Uniden PC-122 on a hump mount in my Jeep for some
> 16 years, with an Antenna Specialists 108" stainless steel whip
> antenna (that was also on my '65 Scout). I had it "peaked" and the
> squelch "tightened", but it has never missed a lick. I used to belong
> to a local SSB club. In town, I keep the antenna pulled forward in a
> "gutter clip" that Radio Shack quit carrying about 4 years ago. Even
> pulled down like that, it still far outperforms any shorter antenna
> I've ever used (center loaded, and even top loaded) regardless of
> where they were mounted on the vehicle (including the middle of the
> roof on the Scout). By that, I mean not only better range both ways,
> but also dramatically less noise.
Wow, that brings back memories. 108'ers were pretty popular in the
70's; I'm surprised they still sell them. Even with the gutter clip
bend, the full-wave stainless whip kicks ***.
I knew a guy who wired one of these up to his AM/FM stereo. He couldn't
believe the reception; claims he got stations from all across the USA,
even in the daytime.
Unidens are great, durable radios. I ran a 68XL with the red LED
display for years. My tractor was stolen from the yard one weekend, and
when the stripped carcass was found 5 mi. N of Mexicali a few days
later, I was disappointed to find they had also stolen the friggin' CB.
Bleh...all thieves must hang.
#139
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Re: SSB CB Usage?
Hootowl wrote:
> I've been using my Uniden PC-122 on a hump mount in my Jeep for some
> 16 years, with an Antenna Specialists 108" stainless steel whip
> antenna (that was also on my '65 Scout). I had it "peaked" and the
> squelch "tightened", but it has never missed a lick. I used to belong
> to a local SSB club. In town, I keep the antenna pulled forward in a
> "gutter clip" that Radio Shack quit carrying about 4 years ago. Even
> pulled down like that, it still far outperforms any shorter antenna
> I've ever used (center loaded, and even top loaded) regardless of
> where they were mounted on the vehicle (including the middle of the
> roof on the Scout). By that, I mean not only better range both ways,
> but also dramatically less noise.
Wow, that brings back memories. 108'ers were pretty popular in the
70's; I'm surprised they still sell them. Even with the gutter clip
bend, the full-wave stainless whip kicks ***.
I knew a guy who wired one of these up to his AM/FM stereo. He couldn't
believe the reception; claims he got stations from all across the USA,
even in the daytime.
Unidens are great, durable radios. I ran a 68XL with the red LED
display for years. My tractor was stolen from the yard one weekend, and
when the stripped carcass was found 5 mi. N of Mexicali a few days
later, I was disappointed to find they had also stolen the friggin' CB.
Bleh...all thieves must hang.
> I've been using my Uniden PC-122 on a hump mount in my Jeep for some
> 16 years, with an Antenna Specialists 108" stainless steel whip
> antenna (that was also on my '65 Scout). I had it "peaked" and the
> squelch "tightened", but it has never missed a lick. I used to belong
> to a local SSB club. In town, I keep the antenna pulled forward in a
> "gutter clip" that Radio Shack quit carrying about 4 years ago. Even
> pulled down like that, it still far outperforms any shorter antenna
> I've ever used (center loaded, and even top loaded) regardless of
> where they were mounted on the vehicle (including the middle of the
> roof on the Scout). By that, I mean not only better range both ways,
> but also dramatically less noise.
Wow, that brings back memories. 108'ers were pretty popular in the
70's; I'm surprised they still sell them. Even with the gutter clip
bend, the full-wave stainless whip kicks ***.
I knew a guy who wired one of these up to his AM/FM stereo. He couldn't
believe the reception; claims he got stations from all across the USA,
even in the daytime.
Unidens are great, durable radios. I ran a 68XL with the red LED
display for years. My tractor was stolen from the yard one weekend, and
when the stripped carcass was found 5 mi. N of Mexicali a few days
later, I was disappointed to find they had also stolen the friggin' CB.
Bleh...all thieves must hang.
#140
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Re: SSB CB Usage?
On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:16:07 -0800, Outatime <user@example.net> wrote:
>Hootowl wrote:
>
>> I've been using my Uniden PC-122 on a hump mount in my Jeep for some
>> 16 years, with an Antenna Specialists 108" stainless steel whip
>> antenna (that was also on my '65 Scout). I had it "peaked" and the
>> squelch "tightened", but it has never missed a lick. I used to belong
>> to a local SSB club. In town, I keep the antenna pulled forward in a
>> "gutter clip" that Radio Shack quit carrying about 4 years ago. Even
>> pulled down like that, it still far outperforms any shorter antenna
>> I've ever used (center loaded, and even top loaded) regardless of
>> where they were mounted on the vehicle (including the middle of the
>> roof on the Scout). By that, I mean not only better range both ways,
>> but also dramatically less noise.
>
>Wow, that brings back memories. 108'ers were pretty popular in the
>70's; I'm surprised they still sell them. Even with the gutter clip
>bend, the full-wave stainless whip kicks ***.
Actually, that's (9 feet) a 1/4-wave whip. A full-wave CB antenna
would be 36 feet long. Telephone pole, anybody?
>
>I knew a guy who wired one of these up to his AM/FM stereo. He couldn't
>believe the reception; claims he got stations from all across the USA,
>even in the daytime.
>
>Unidens are great, durable radios. I ran a 68XL with the red LED
>display for years. My tractor was stolen from the yard one weekend, and
>when the stripped carcass was found 5 mi. N of Mexicali a few days
>later, I was disappointed to find they had also stolen the friggin' CB.
> Bleh...all thieves must hang.
>Hootowl wrote:
>
>> I've been using my Uniden PC-122 on a hump mount in my Jeep for some
>> 16 years, with an Antenna Specialists 108" stainless steel whip
>> antenna (that was also on my '65 Scout). I had it "peaked" and the
>> squelch "tightened", but it has never missed a lick. I used to belong
>> to a local SSB club. In town, I keep the antenna pulled forward in a
>> "gutter clip" that Radio Shack quit carrying about 4 years ago. Even
>> pulled down like that, it still far outperforms any shorter antenna
>> I've ever used (center loaded, and even top loaded) regardless of
>> where they were mounted on the vehicle (including the middle of the
>> roof on the Scout). By that, I mean not only better range both ways,
>> but also dramatically less noise.
>
>Wow, that brings back memories. 108'ers were pretty popular in the
>70's; I'm surprised they still sell them. Even with the gutter clip
>bend, the full-wave stainless whip kicks ***.
Actually, that's (9 feet) a 1/4-wave whip. A full-wave CB antenna
would be 36 feet long. Telephone pole, anybody?
>
>I knew a guy who wired one of these up to his AM/FM stereo. He couldn't
>believe the reception; claims he got stations from all across the USA,
>even in the daytime.
>
>Unidens are great, durable radios. I ran a 68XL with the red LED
>display for years. My tractor was stolen from the yard one weekend, and
>when the stripped carcass was found 5 mi. N of Mexicali a few days
>later, I was disappointed to find they had also stolen the friggin' CB.
> Bleh...all thieves must hang.