CB guy Northwest Indiana?

Flying J at the Crome shop at Lake Station IN

 

i've used him 3 times without issue. he set up my radio / linear on my last tractor and it worked great. i could run without the linear on the road and never had anyone say anything bad about sound quality (kept the conex board on low reverb and the mic gain to just where it wasn't overmodulating). in chicago near where 94/290 meet and those idiots like wheelchair willie rant 24/7 from his 4,500 watt base station, i could pop up to 200 watts and get over him. on the sideband, i could max out and talk to the wife in indy most of the time just fine.


remember, a good radio is only half of the deal. buy a quality antenna and make sure it has a good ground.


and please........... don't run a bunch of power to talk to the guy ahead of you on i-65.

almost forgot . there's steelrod at the 201 on i-65 on the other side of the petro. the entrance to his place is the entrance to the k.f.c. and the hotel. go to the lot behind the building to the house trailer. steelrod is a cranky old guy, but pretty good at radio work. DO NOT GO TO THE THIEVES UP ON 80/94 in gary!!!!

 

Yes and yes I have a 29 to drop off there when I get back on the road.

 

That guy came up to me at the Love's over by there in his red pickup truck and tried to hock $20 from me. I didn't need any of his services, and I don't appreciate anyone trying to persuade me to buy anything. To me, that's real shifty behavior. Otherwise, he seemed to really know what he was talking about as far as CB radios. I just didn't need any of his services.

 

As long as the antenna is tuned properly you will have no problem if your under the power handling limits of an antenna, going over the limit would probably lead to trouble.

 

I-65 exit 201 Steelrods.
I-69 exit 78 Key CB.

Both very good shops. Key is small but they do a ton of warranty work for Stryker. Good guys.

Just for future reference.