CB Radio

Post by **mike** » Wed Jun 11, 2003 10:43 am

Hi all,

I know this is an age old question. What CB should I buy. I had one in my old landrover but forget what it was. Do I get an Rf,AM or UHF one?? :?:

what do the majority of people have? I went to Dick smiths today to have a look and walked out in a big confused state :oops:

Mike

Rangerat · Post by **Rangerat** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 11:30 am

Mike

Most people seem to use the good old AM CB.
I have an UNIDEN AM CB from dick smith and it works fine.

Rat

Bodge · Post by **Bodge** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 11:05 am

Just to show off - I have both

I would say it depends who you wheel with and where you are from...

The Auckland region clubs mostly have AM CB's whereas the Welly clubs are on A-Band [from the old taxis] which is a good higher powered alternative...

Having said that more and more people are using hand held PRS radios... which is a pain in the arse for us AM CB users - left out of the conversation again.....

PRS is getting cheaper all the time - If I was starting again I would go PRS... there you go - I can get off the fence

Post by **mike** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 5:53 pm

Since I'm doing most of my job hunting around Auckland area I'll go with the AM CB.

Went into Tait mobile radios today and asked. 500 smackaroos for a full installation and if I did it my self I would blow the unit up! 8O

That dick smith electronics one is looking real good? Did the aerial come with it?

Mike

Zukin · Post by **Zukin** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 11:44 pm

What sort of dollars are the DSE ones??

I think I saw them advertised for around $289

Post by **mike** » Sat Jun 14, 2003 8:28 pm

What are the DSE ones ? But anyway to late I visted Mr smith today and made a small purchase of an AM CB and antenne.

Who would I go to and get the aerial tuned?

Mike

Bodge · Post by **Bodge** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 3:32 pm

I am sure it will work much better tuned - but I never have had mine done and it still goes fine....

You need a SWOR meter and a radio geek.... Never managed to find one...

Rangerat · Post by **Rangerat** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 8:27 am

Same here, never tuned it and it works fine.
As bodge said, geek stuff (to hard)
Just make sure everything is well earthed.

Rat

Bodge · Post by **Bodge** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 11:55 am

Positioning of the aerial is probably the other thing - nice big ground plane really helps...

simono · Post by **simono** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 2:04 pm

If you are looking for CB's. The place to go is Trade-me.co.nz.

I have just replaced my old GME unit with a spunky little Uniden one that cost me $170.

Just got to finish wiring the UHF in and I'll be away and racing listening to anyone