So i just stopped in RadioShack the other night while i was waiting for my Chinese food. and i happened to see that they have a cb radio for only $49....i thought about it and thought it could be kinda cool to have one....if i mounted it in my glove compartment that wouldnt be obvious out in the open...my only question is the antennae. would it be possible to pull down my radio antennae and run the cb radio in its place?
CB Radio?
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breaker breaker one nine good buddy you got the bandit come on....
I haven't seen a CB in a long time. Some of the ropers in school had them and would play a kind of hide and seek game. I think they used signal strength.
I'm sure you could replace your radio antenna with a CB antenna. It would take some work.
I haven't seen a CB in a long time. Some of the ropers in school had them and would play a kind of hide and seek game. I think they used signal strength.
I'm sure you could replace your radio antenna with a CB antenna. It would take some work.
there used to be an adapter to turn the factory antenna into a cb antenna, but i havent seen one in years. when i had a cb in my civic, i just mounted the antenna to my roof rack.... looked like a remote control car.. it was a hell of a lot of fun on road trips... they do make small glass mount antennas for the cb's as another option.
Heres how i used to have mine mounted:
Heres how i used to have mine mounted:
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thats kinda what i was thinkin of getting it for is road trips cuz i have a 4+ hour drive home from school every time...but if they arent useful then maybe i wont get one....but i thought for the price then it would be pretty easy
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1999stockaccord: is that a good unit? thats one of the ones im considering...but i couldnt tell if it had a speaker on it, did you have to buy another speaker?
cmon anybody?
They usually have their own speaker.
I wouldn't want all that distortion going through my car speakers
I wouldn't want all that distortion going through my car speakers
yeah the one i had was great, it has a built in speaker, but you can also get external ones and a pa speaker....
oooo PA could be fun
to get the best signal, u're gonna have to get one of those mast antennas (yes, the ones that sit up like 4 feet in the air)
you can get the temporary magnet mount ones that stick up maybe 2 feet, but reception wont be that great...but it'll work...
i had a cb/pa in my truck, it was pretty sweet....somehow on a clear day picked up a guy in California (i'm in VA) and had a chat.
you can get the temporary magnet mount ones that stick up maybe 2 feet, but reception wont be that great...but it'll work...
i had a cb/pa in my truck, it was pretty sweet....somehow on a clear day picked up a guy in California (i'm in VA) and had a chat.
wordTippinOver said:
i had a 4-5' fiberglass whip on my civic..
one of the many jobs i have had has been working at a truck stop...if there is a flying J or Truck stop america go in there....i have never seen so much stuff for CBs...they also might have someone in there that knows something about CBs...decent prices too...