Choosing the Best CB Radio

Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by Basic13, Jun 21, 2009.

  1. WA4GCH

    WA4GCH Road Train Member

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    Buy from a good shop like sparky or copper ....
     
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  3. outerspacehillbilly

    outerspacehillbilly "Instigator of the Legend"

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    Yep you'll never go wrong dealing with Al at Sparky's. Never dealt with copper but have heard lots of good about them also.
     
  4. killroy

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    As has been said get a Cobra 29. Look on line at Sparky's CB Shack. He will set you up with a radio that will talk and last you years. Also order 18 feet of good coax, and a Wilson trucker 2000 antenna from him. If that USA truck even has any antennas on it they are junk and so is the factory coax.

    That 48-T will be great for your jeep, and from what the receipt said it is ready to go for 11 meters. Just make SURE you run the 8 ga. wire from the + & - on the battery to the radio. Get top of the line coax, and for a jeep I would go to Rat Shack for 25 bucks and get a 102" steel whip with the barrel spring. They are practically indestructible. And as far as burning up someone else's radio, Won't happen not enough power.
    If you do decide you want to sell it send me a PM.
     
  5. MUSTANGGT

    MUSTANGGT Road Train Member

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    Got this Galaxy 66 at Clays in '00 and has been trouble free. Had same Turner RK56 mic since '88, only changed cord.
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  6. clantonman1983

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    I got a couple of questions.

    I drive a chevrolet Colorado. a little smaller truck, plus I drive a manual, so I have a gear shift in the floor. so, room is taken up for my radio. I have a Galaxy 44V. I love the radio but honestly, it's just too big to fit correctly in my truck and not look clunky and badly put together. (I keep it under my dash in line with the air condition controls). so, I have been considering getting a smaller radio to better fit inside my vehicle. I don't care about talking a hundred miles away, but I do enjoy being able to get out on channel 19 fairly well, as well as at night, be able to talk to other base stations on the higher channels (some of which are in neighboring counties). I can do this partly because I also have a Palomar 275 pushing the radio.

    Do you guys know of a smaller radio, that's easy to fit inside a small single cab truck like mine, that is fairly cheap that I can push with a linear and still get out decently? I know by downgrading, I probably won't get out as much as before but i would think that by still using my amp, i will still be able to talk fine.

    radios I was thinking about were:

    Cobra 25
    Cobra 19
    or any other radio similar to those two.
     
  7. Carolina Thunder

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  8. 112racing

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    sparkys cb shop has a cobra 25ltd with a rfx 75 final that puts out a 120 watts that is a smaller radio and comes with a skythumper noise canceling microphone for $180 bucks another 30 will get you echo
     
  9. WA4GCH

    WA4GCH Road Train Member

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    I run a 257 on 10 meters it's not a bad radio at all ...
     
  10. clantonman1983

    clantonman1983 Light Load Member

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    can someone explain to me how the difference is made by downgrading from a galaxy 44v with a palomar to a smaller radio like a cobra 25 or even a cobra 19 when you still have the amp pushing it? I know it makes a difference but I don't really understand how.
     
  11. Turbo-T

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    The 19's are said to not have much modulation.

    Also I've been told you can't get much more modulation out of them, and a Cobra 25 you can get a little more than a 19.

    Swing is king on an AM radio so they say.

    But hey I have a stock Cobra 19 GTL from 1979. :biggrin_2559: Would love to have her tuned up and ran behind a big ol pill box....and stomp them General Lee/Connex/Stryker/Galaxys. But she ain't got a mic gain. :biggrin_25513:
     
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