The best of the best ????????

@rabbiporkchop, be straight up with the guy and hook him up with your "Homie", from the Rio Grand......

 

they don't make them anymore but you can find them for ten bucks on eBay

 

If guys are on a tight budget I don't recommend trying to contact Mark.
I just pointed him in the direction of a radio that would wipe out his budget.

 

It don't look like he is on budget, he wants "The Best if the Best" and we all know that does not mean he is looking for a budget. I would guess, one of marks radio and a tune is around $500.00 or so. Then he can pick a sirio 5k or whatever marks recommends and a Palomar sl41 for a mic. Roughly guess $700.00. How close am I ?

 

Depends on the radio. He could get an Anytone AT-6666 for $325 out the door from Mark all set up and ready to go.
I personally think this is the best value for the least amount of money.

 

Personally, I'm a fan of the Connex and General Lee. I'm not sure if that Ranger has surface mount technology, but some techs don't like working on them. I would consider a radio like a General Lee and a 4-600 watt amp, and you would talk all over when skip is rolling. A good antenna like a predator 10k dual coil, good coax and good grounding would have you 10-8. I was running my Connex 4300 hp yesterday and today barefoot doing about 80 watts and talked to Ohio and East Tennessee from central Mississippi on channel 28 easily, 500 plus miles. That being said, any ranger product is a quality product. The key is the antenna being setup right.

 

Forgot to mention, if you are running an export style radio like a Connex, ranger or galaxy, even a cobra, the Astatic 636L is a low price very good sounding microphone. It's noise canceling and has held up well for me since 2004.

 

N4 radios do not like the vibration in a big truck. It won't hold up. Especially if he's driving a Freightshaker truck. That N4 WILL WIPE OUT HIS WHOLE BUDGET. HE'LL HAVE NO $$$$ LEFT FOR A ANTENNA AND COAX. THAT N4 WOULD PROBABLY TAKE HIM 6/8 MONTHS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO OPERATE IT. ID BUY THE GENERAL LEE........

 

Price a N4 sometime it's about $650 before tax. That's at most all CB shops.