Need a strong handheld CB

they usually have the BNC style antenna socket, but you can get adapters for or build a cable to convert them.

 

SMA or BNC are standard on 99% of ht's ....

 

Have a look at some of these oldie-talkies, may bring back a memory or two. A couple even have a center loaded whip for that BIG signal.

http://www.bunkerofdoom.com/CBHT/index.html

Any hand held CB with 3-5 watts is going to eat AA batteries by the case. Thank goodness for modern rechargeables.

 

Most CB handhelds use a BNC type connector, BNC to SO-239 adapters are easily found,

 

I have owned most of them ..... The TRC-219 or a early model I had with me at Ft.Knox in 1969 ... good radio mine lasted almost 20 years.

As you can see I love ht's ....

 

Thanx Mad dog. Unless there's a reason why I shouldn't, I think I may just invest in a walkie talkie style CB and just run an external Wilson antenna to feed it. I believe it was said the walkie talkie style CB's also come with a cigg lighter power?

 

Get one that is a short jumper cable they do make a bnc/so230 adapter but it will dammage your ht .... and yes many come with a lighter style plug ...

 

I have the cobra st38 I think is the number. They don't work so well in the truck or car. I bought the coax adaptor from radioshack and hooked it to the out side antenna. It did make it alot better but honestly I would not spend the money to buy and handheld cb for car or truck use. I ran mine pluged in to the cig lighter and its was just too aukwerd to use in a car with ether the rubber duck antenna or the coax hooked to it.

 

cobra makes a all in on cb that use and outside antenna you may want to look into. I hear they are popular for people out 4 wheeling in the country on trails.

 

The other way to do this is to make a "breadboard mount" of a mobile CB. Take a chunk of nice plywood that you can sand and paint or stain, then mount a CB's mobile bracket, mic hangup, and external speaker if you want, to the plywood. Make up a cigarette lighter cord from the stock power cable; you can run up to about 7 amps without much voltage drop.
I even routed a handle hole in the ones I've built for commercial two-way radios, sorta like an Ibanez J.E.M. guitar. Keep it in the trunk or the house with a magmount antenna for when you'll need it for a trip. Then set the breadboard on the front seat, or on the floor with the front of the radio facing up towards you. A couple of bungies or small beanbags can help hold the board steady on the floor. Run the magmount's cable out either the passenger side door, or under the front seat to a rear door and up to the roof.

Now you've got a full-powered, full-featured mobile CB with no holes and about a one-minute install time, and it won't have lots of loose wires in the way. Even the mic can slide into its mic hanger on the board when you're not talking. You can reach out without looking, find the mic, and pull it out of its hanger and up to your mouth easily. And if the radio is one you're already familiar with, you can adjust volume and such just as easily.
No batteries to replace, quick install and removal, and no performance compromises.
Just a thought (I have them so seldem that I try to write them down during their fleeting visits to my mind).
-- Handlebar --