Cb,,,,Advice pleeeze

Hi, i've decided that i need a cb, so i can hear everybody slag me off lol, haven't a clue what i'm looking for tho, i've seen midland 38, 78 and 98 on flebay plus thunderpole T1000 and an intek M100 all about my price range (cheap). Any recommendations? apart from an aerial do i need anything else??? Cheers guys

Heavy Breather said:

Hi, i've decided that i need a cb, so i can hear everybody slag me off lol, haven't a clue what i'm looking for tho, i've seen midland 38, 78 and 98 on flebay plus thunderpole T1000 and an intek M100 all about my price range (cheap). Any recommendations? apart from an aerial do i need anything else??? Cheers guys

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Yeah you'll need somebody else with a CB or you'll have nobody to talk to

Andy Land said:

Heavy Breather said:

Hi, i've decided that i need a cb, so i can hear everybody slag me off lol, haven't a clue what i'm looking for tho, i've seen midland 38, 78 and 98 on flebay plus thunderpole T1000 and an intek M100 all about my price range (cheap). Any recommendations? apart from an aerial do i need anything else??? Cheers guys

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Yeah you'll need somebody else with a CB or you'll have nobody to talk to

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Snigger

SWR meter will be handy too

Andy Land said:

Yeah you'll need somebody else with a CB or you'll have nobody to talk to

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Never thought of that

Remind me again why i love this site!!!! Oh yeh, its the quality of the advice LOL

Heavy Breather said:

Never thought of that

Remind me again why i love this site!!!! Oh yeh, its the quality of the advice LOL

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It may be obvious but it's all good and honest!

Don't forget the cable to connect the antenna to the CB and make sure you get the little bracket to hang the mic up in a US cop type way

Andy Land said:

It may be obvious but it's all good and honest!

Don't forget the cable to connect the antenna to the CB and make sure you get the little bracket to hang the mic up in a US cop type way

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I think the mic bracket will come with the cb ......................
mine did anyway

You'll need a PL259 patch lead (£2.99 from Maplin) for your swr meter too unless you find some kind sole close to you who'll let you borrow theirs.

If your only going to be using it for chatting to other folks out with you green laning or at a pay n play, you wont need an all singing all dancing cb, just about any cheap one will do.
If on the other hand you want to chat to folks across the sea then you'll want a bit more power than a cheap cb can put out.
Same goes for the areial.
No point spending a fortune to chat to some one only a mile or two away from you.

Bromsgrove Defender said:

I think the mic bracket will come with the cb ......................
mine did anyway

You'll need a PL259 patch lead (£2.99 from Maplin) for your swr meter too unless you find some kind sole close to you who'll let you borrow theirs.

If your only going to be using it for chatting to other folks out with you green laning or at a pay n play, you wont need an all singing all dancing cb, just about any cheap one will do.
If on the other hand you want to chat to folks across the sea then you'll want a bit more power than a cheap cb can put out.
Same goes for the areial.
No point spending a fortune to chat to some one only a mile or two away from you.

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I was just about to tell him all that

Andy Land said:

I was just about to tell him all that

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and whats an AKD tvi filter???

A midland 38 ok then? seem to be a few on ebay

CB LOW PASS TVI FILTER - for TVI, RFI, TV INTERFERENCE | eBay UK

Try that!

Its only for off rd, so no distance involved except for when i get lost lol

Ok, your heads on the line now, just got a midland 38 with one of them filter things on ebay.
I now need an aerial, what sort?
A lead from that to the cb
A hanger
And someone with an SWR meter, don't know why tho?
And a patch lead

Andy Land said:

CB LOW PASS TVI FILTER - for TVI, RFI, TV INTERFERENCE | eBay UK

Try that!

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What d'ya want one of them for

Heavy Breather said:

Ok, your heads on the line now, just got a midland 38 with one of them filter things on ebay.
I now need an aerial, what sort?
A lead from that to the cb
A hanger
And someone with an SWR meter, don't know why tho?
And a patch lead

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You'll need an SWR meter or friend with one, to make sure the arial is tuned for want of a better expression.

Google will put you on the right track. I've got a copy of the procedure and why you need to do it somewhere pm me if you cant find the info.

Bromsgrove Defender said:

You'll need an SWR meter or friend with one, to make sure the arial is tuned for want of a better expression.

Google will put you on the right track. I've got a copy of the procedure and why you need to do it somewhere pm me if you cant find the info.

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Thanks Mr BD
I'm hoping to borrow one, maybe someone will volunteer to fit it and tune it in. i'm bleedin useless with anything like this

magnetic aerial or bolt on? and long or short?

Bromsgrove Defender said:

What d'ya want one of them for

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I haven't got a clue but he asked what one was!

Heavy Breather said:

Thanks Mr BD
I'm hoping to borrow one, maybe someone will volunteer to fit it and tune it in. i'm bleedin useless with anything like this

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Yeah hopefully.

I'd volunteer but your a bit too far away

Oh beware of aerials sold as SWR pre-tuned.
It's not that there is no such thing, it will have been pre-tuned but to what?
Your aerail needs a groundplane (i.e. Your vehicle or other big lump of metal) that is matched to it. Achieved by electrically shortening or lengthening the aerial.
So unless it's been pre-tuned on a landy like yours and mounted in the same way as you are going to mount yours it's "pre-tuning" will not be correct.

Andy Land said:

I haven't got a clue but he asked what one was!

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