Best CB?

On the older Cascadias that we had I used to store my wallet in that cubby when I was driving. It always came out quite warm when I would take my wallet back out!

JD

 

I usually put up my sun deflectors when parked and i have made a sun deflector that sits(slightly raised) on top of my radio when im rolling down the road but ill either have windows open or ac on..Lotsa air flow..

 

Keep in mind that no matter where you mount it,if it gets hot enough and no air flow,solder becomes some what liquified...
Then you might have that smokeing hot radio you always wanted..

 

Just to explain something to you guys, solder melts at 190°F and the way they are assembled, after initial assembly they are put on a belt which goes through an oven for a reflow. The temps sometimes hit temps of 300°.

 

What happened to the day you would walk into a cb shop buy the radio and they would take it out of box, make sure everything was kosher, put back in the box and you were on your way...

 

That's a great question. I've touched on that subject before on a different thread. You would buy the radio, install it, and just enjoyed using it. No need to spend extra $$$'s on a tech. Back in the day, most of the cb radios were made in the Philippines or Japan where they used quality parts. Yes the radios were expensive, but you get what you pay for. 40 years later, I've still used my EF Johnson 123A in the old Pete for awhile. Still a good sounding radio even though the capacitors should be replaced. Bling not included or needed with this radio.

 

I’ll second my bearcat display isn’t viewable anymore and the radio is only about 6 years old.

 

Sorry to hear that, 6 years isn't that old for a CB radio. I assume part of the display problem in these radios, is due to the extreme temperature variations in a mobile environment. Maybe these 980's would last a long time in a climate controlled base station environment. I think the real problem is poor quality displays that they use. I've got an old icom mobile radio that I bought back in 1989 from a friend. The radio and display works just fine after all these years.