predator 10k + cobra 29 short range...

I would say thats about all you will get on the average. There is alot to factor in for range like the hills, trees, clouds.

 

Legally...You have about as good a set-up as you can get! Now if you want more, your going to have to go "Out-side the box" and get a Amp to get out farther...

I run the same set-up as what you have in my Suburban, and I can talk 30+ miles on a bad day(locally)...Difference is, I also run a 3000w+ Amp!

You can easily double your distance, and be twice as loud as you are now just by adding a small 2-pill Amp.

Illegal...Maybe. But so is Speeding, cheating on your Tax's, and parking in a handicap parking spot while you run into the local corner store to buy a Coke!

As for as a better radio go's, all the CB Radios that are what you would call "Legal" all do only 4w's max output, so trying a different radio is not going to change anything as long as your power output is the same...

As for the antenna...Predator 10K's is about as good as they come when it comes to coiled antenna's.

A 102" Whip would be the only antenna that has less loss, because it has no coil. But it won't make enough of a difference to notice when it comes to how far your getting out with a stock 4w radio...

Power is everything...

 

I just bought a kl203 from H&Y electronics for 49.00. Haven't tried it yet, I don't have a smaller radio to use it yet with but for the money its suppose to be the best. All the reviews I have read are nothing but good.

 

Maybe you can get away with that in Dallas. Maybe you can get away with it down here. But lots of towns down here let the Handicapped police their parking. Most cell phones have cameras now. Even city officials get popped. And wind up on the 6 o'clock news.

Some of us just park behind the offenders.

Edit: Here's one.

Ted

 

GI Joes CB Shop, XForce Amps, Davemade, Texas Star, eBay (sometimes)...Just Google around, you can find them all over the Internet...

If it were me, and just getting started in using Amps, I would go with something like a Texas Star 250 or 350...These don't use much power to run, and are built like Tanks. They can take more abuse than some of the Custom Amps if you don't have your set-up just perfect to start with.

You won't find Amps in most Truck Stops either...(unless it's someone in the parking lot selling one, and then it's "Buyer Beware" because lot's of these guys selling in the parking lots will be trying to un-load fry'ed-amps to to suckers)

Sparkys CB Shack sells Texas Stars and have decent pricing...Check their Web Site.

 

Here anyone can turn you in for parking in the spots...All you have to do is get their license plate number and turn them in...I was just trying to come up with another example of "Illegal"

One thing tho about the Handicap Parking places tho while were on the subject...Around here anyway, 90% of the people using the parking spots are no more handicap than I am...They just have a placard to hang on the rear view mirror because someone in their family does have a medical condition which allowed them to get the placard...So they take advantage of the system...I see it everyday, someone will park right up at the front door of a store, literally run in and buy a 6 pack of beer or cigarettes, and leave without so much as a second thought...

 

Yeah those people get to me too. I've got a bad back. It's not the distance from the front door that makes a good handicapped parking spot (well that's good for some). It's the width. Most places comply with the law making them wider than the usual teensy spots they force everyone to use. I need the width to get in and out of the vehicle.

They make normal spots so narrow so they can get one more car in for every what? every 10? I guess they think everybody drives a compact. Well compacts don't have big enough alternators.

I have handicapped plates on my Eldorado and a placard for the truck. I would have plates on the truck, too, but Texas allows only one set per owner.

BTW, I might lawfully park where I want to but I unlawfully run an amp.

And I think we're finally gettin' some rain!

Ted