CB radio advice

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anyone got a mike ?

thunderpole are doing some good starter kits as are 4x4cb or whatever they call emselves

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bit late now, Yella

did yer buy that un fer a tenner

Treworgey 90 said:

The best way to get a SWR of less than 1.5:1 in a landrover is to mount the twig in the centre of the roof, with a foot square sheet of steel or copper under the base of the mount, then run a thick wire from the steel / copper sheet down to the chassis.

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Disco's is alright cos they've got steel roofs.

redhand said:

Disco's is alright cos they've got steel roofs.

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aye, but I was talkin about Landrovers......

Ooh ya mean trattas.

a more expensive antenna would be better made and matched up for the fequency band

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It sounds like the advertising guys have got to you.

Whilst you're picking up your more expensive antenna buy some swr grease too, and perhaps some bleed-beads for that troublesome breakthrough.

so wot cb wud yu recomend then guys?

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If you're picking one up second hand and it's only for use in a vehicle I don't suppose it matters what it is so long as it's an FM UK set.

If you're buying new then Maycom EM27 is about the best of the bunch on price/performance.

yella said:

did yer buy that un fer a tenner

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yup - so I hope yu know ya stuff, Yella

cept it woz £20 with carriage

Ere Yella ya ain't pulled that old "lets talk someone into buying summat that dunt work" trick agin have ya??

nuffink surprises me about Yella

I just got 2 x Maxon 40chnl Cert/EU Hand held cbs (new in the box) from ebay for £20 each. I figure Cert/EU 40 is less used therfore less ****s playing ****e music at you when your trying to talk to your fellow laners!

yella said:

stay away from uniden, they have a different motherboard in em

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that president veep used the same board as uniden, cause basically it is the same radio as the uniden 100 ( search uniden 100 )
it looks exactly the same
yes it does, go and bloody look and you'll see they look exactly the bloody same, cause guess what, they are the same radio, duhhh...has it sunk in yet, yella told you to stay away from uniden but youve just bought one...duhhhh....

and the cobra 146/148 plus a host of other top end radios still use the same uniden board, so yeah, there really crap boards in them radios eh yella

and that veep was actually an am rig which are illegal

midland are allright but uniden have a superior board with better componentry, thats why sideband radios like the cobras and superstars used em

but if you wanna go and buy ****ty radios that dont do squat then listen to the idiots on here and not to me as i seem to know what i'm talking about with over 15 years testing and using them

FFS Dick1.7mm you really know how to make friends don't you. I don't know your a website designer with no website and an electronics genius who washes cars part time for a living. and we should listen to you because???

DK17 said:

try getting 2 uniden 100's off ebay, and an swr reading of 1.5 is pretty much standard, you can get it lower but then you'd have to spend about £40 on an aerial, but for what you need just get a couple of cheap magmounts.

and for anyone that thinks i dont know what im talking about like some people do, here is a list of cb equipment i have used in the last 20 years.

ham international jumbo
president madison
yeasu ft 757 gx
president lincoln
harrier cbx
harvard h407
lafayette
uniden 200

im due to get a new ranger 2950 soon as i get a bit more money sorted

now go and google and you'll see what im talking about....

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im not here to make friends, im just tryin to help out but clearly no one reads my posts.

and i didnt say i was an electronics genius, ive just used a lot of good equipment in the past, and yes, i have a uniden 100, they're good radios

ffs dik ed is there nothing you dont excel in, first web design, then car washing, now cb radio's. the reason i said dont but a uniden is because they arent as common as the cybernet board which makes obtaining spares fer em harder ter find. anyway, you are now saying you have a uniden 100, not on yer list is it, or did you just remember you had it after daft bought that one. ffs if someone on here bought a pound of dog **** you would have had one given yer

DK17 said:

that president veep used the same board as uniden, cause basically it is the same radio as the uniden 100 ( search uniden 100 )
it looks exactly the same
yes it does, go and bloody look and you'll see they look exactly the bloody same, cause guess what, they are the same radio, duhhh...has it sunk in yet, yella told you to stay away from uniden but youve just bought one...duhhhh....

and the cobra 146/148 plus a host of other top end radios still use the same uniden board, so yeah, there really crap boards in them radios eh yella
and that veep was actually an am rig which are illegal
midland are allright but uniden have a superior board with better componentry, thats why sideband radios like the cobras and superstars used em
but if you wanna go and buy ****ty radios that dont do squat then listen to the idiots on here and not to me as i seem to know what i'm talking about with over 15 years testing and using them

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so the Veep is the same as the Uniden which is the same board as other top end radios which is illegal and ****ty and dont do squat.

would yu mind explaining?

ffs daft, yer askin a lot there