CB Help and Shop Near Wilson, NC/I-95 Exit #121

Only one I can think of in your area is 8541 Electronics in Laurinburg North Carolina

 

Exit 105 Kenly Big Boy's has a cb shop. I was not satisfied with his answers to my questions so walked away. I have seen good reviews and bad reviews of his work so do a bit of research,

 

The superstar 121 is a single final( 1969 transistor) 10 meter export radio in which one band(probably band D) has been converted to operate on regular 11 meter cb fequencies, the power output should be 1 watt on low and 4 to 5 watts on high with a pep swing to 20 watts which is comparable to a cobra 29 and other single final cb radios. I would use the K40 attenna over the little Wil primarily because it can handle more power( rated at 1000 watts) and is taller which means it will receive and transmit better, and will be a better attenna if you do chose to hook up amplifier. What size amp do you have? The radio barefoot ( without amp) should have a range of 5 to 10 miles , if you plan on talking locally further than that then you may want to consider the amp, just boosting your power to 15 watts carrier and pep swing of 100 watts in most situations will increase your range to 20+ miles.

 

In addition not necessary to run radio to battery it should only draw about 2.5 amps and the cig lighter or aux power port will be rated somewhere between 15 an 30 amps, however running direct to battery sometimes can help eliminate electrical interference and alternator noise. As far as swr you can buy a swr meter at most truck stops ( they sell Astatic brand) 3 foot jumper coax and do it your self, just follow directions that come with meter or google it.

 

Looks like that radio has a built in swr meter if you dare trust the reading but it should be in the ball park, and also I earlier said band D would be 11 meter, but it looks like there are only 3 bands low,medium an high so my guess is medium band is 11 meter.

 

I have a Wilson 1000 magnetic on my Tahoe.
Both of my radios talk great on it and receive well.
If you run that Stinger amp have it matched to the radio.

When i set SWR on the Wilson it was easy....Only had to clip about a half inch off of it.
My 40 watt Galaxy runs off the cig plug just fine....I run a 5 amp fuse in the radio and it never blows it.

My 250 watt radio does fine on that same antenna also.

Look online for that antenna....about half price of the truck stops...

The 1000 is all you need....about 99 bucks at the truck stop.
62 bucks online...

http://www.neobits.com/weboost_880_...html?atc=gbp&gclid=CN3kt7qL7ssCFY8bgQodf5gLMw

 

Next exit below flying J is Big Boys, in addition to the cb shop out back they have a few antenna mounts in their own store that the flying J, Petro and others do not carry. You might take a look and see if there is anything to suit your application. Do your research if you decide to try the cb shop.

 

Edited post.....The 1000 is what I have...