Radios with the weather bands

Hey....what are your thoughts/experiences on the radios with the weather bands?

I live about in tornado alley and have considered buying another WX radio. The last one I had was a Uniden PC68LTW and was "ok". Most of the truckers knew by hearing me on it that it wasn't a big radio.

However I think I want to purchase an older model Cobra 25 WX, the ones that had the side mic plug and the 4 big knobs on the front....like the one at the bottom. (see pic)

Anyone have any experiences with them? Do they have good modulation and such? Because I've heard they don't due to the WX board, though i don't know how that could be.

Thanks!

 

Well I don't drive a semi. But I do drive a truck....a pick up truck that is. And also I do some traveling every once in awhile that consists of driving thru different states and going as far as 1k miles. Also as mentioned I do live in Missouri which is just outside tornado alley, so we do get a great deal of t-storms and tornadoes here.

So I was thinking one of these would be a good way to keep tabs on the weather if i am out and about.

That's what I was thinking......I have heard that having a weather board inside causes the radio to not get out as well and so forth but really I don't see why/how.

Someone tried to say it had something to do with the WX board sucking up power but how? I know it has to feed off of the 12VDC input but I couldn't see it using that much power.

Also if I'm not mistaken I believe isn't the WX board totally independent from the CB radio circuit board?

Heck I figured if I really wanted the best of almost all worlds, to run a linear with a WX type radio. If only they made a SSB CB radio with WX I'd be on cloud 9.

 

Most weather radios by themselves are big and bulky. With a CB it's more compact.