Uniden makes the Road King.
The Road King rkcb classic is worth a look also. I have one and prefer it over my Cobra 29. It is pretty much the same as the Uniden 78ltx but...
He keeps repeating the sos over and over. I think he is in love with his own voice.
I think that propagation has changed to the eastern half of the country and muddick can no longer be heard.
The President Walker is a good radio also.
This is a good antenna. It covers some of 10 meters and all of 11, very wide banded. It is a heavy antenna and needs a heavy duty mount.
If it isn't borke don't fix it.
Don't forget it has to be nist certified or it is junk.
The clear rg8x road pro truck stop coax isn't too bad. It is double shielded. The connectors are the weak point. It will get you by until you can...
It probably is fuel line to insulate the antenna when it hits the back of the cab.
If you are not running an amp turn it fully clockwise.
A lot of that noise comes in through the antenna.
A 102 inch whip is broad banded. How can it not be efficient?
A 3 ft antenna is hard to tune anyway because it isn't very broad banded. With an inadequate ground plane I can see why you are having trouble....
Because the antenna mount bolts came loose you lost rf ground and the coax was radiating and causing the gauges to go nuts.
You won't gain anything by trying to get swr lower. Leave it alone.
Is the cb/PA switch on cb?
If you can solder it won't cost anything.
I have read on other forums that this doesn't work very well.
