Do You Need A CB?

yeah likewise just a misunderstanding both ways no big deal to me it happens !!!

 

I dunno I've got a crappie trk. it's a crapcadia probably the worst trk. out here to run a cb and antenna on-----I've got ground straps/ground wires running everywhere.. and phar rites too need to order more of the bigger phar rites though..... ya do the best you can with these trks. and hope for the best results possible......

 

Bingo ! I'm not going to devalue a radio with a mod to be able to talk on a CB band. It's more sensible in my opinion to just purchase a CB. Use the 857 for what it was designed to do.

 

It almost seems like that modification would increase its resale value

 

things that make ya go hmmmmm ?????

 

It does not devalue it, the age of the radio does that.

 

bummer man

 

Another thing I thought of on my drive back home this morning, used ham radios are inflated with their resale value, I can't see the Icom 7000 I have being worth as much as I paid for it 7 years later but it is. I just saw one being sold for $975, I seen another on ebay for $1400 and another still for what I paid for mine - $1100. These should be around the $400 range by now.

 

Well if you happen to stumble across an Icom 7000 for $400 and you decide you don't want it feel free to let me know and I'll be more than happy to pick it up

 

I see Icom 706 MK2G's on ebay running $650.00 and more about 1/2 what I paid around 1999. When you can buy the newest improved similar radios for 800.00 to 1000.00 on sale it doesn't seem like much of a bargain.