The Best CB and antennae combo that you can get over the counter?

Uniden 980.
Clays Radio SS Cascadia antenna bracket
7’ Skipshooter
RG8X coax

 

Gotta go with you on that basic set up slow..Not a uniden fan(no reason) but nice basic set up..

 

I've made a few 15 mile contacts and talked skip with the stock Cascadia antenna. Well, for the first few weeks on a new truck anyway. They tend to go bad easily. Maybe cheap coax with a thin center wire, or a cheap crimp on connector, or a combination of both. It doesn't seem to last very long.

Probably last long enough for you to take a "test drive" and see if it's something you want to put more money into or not.

 

15 mi on a stock internal ant.....You got a 1 in a million set up then..Dont change a thing..

 

It did work, but not for long. Something broke.

The therory works, but I think it was thrown out the window by ultra cheap hardware.

 

In my last two cascadias i put my analyzer on it and the #'s were just to wacky to work with..I havent even turned on the radio that came in the truck..

 

Yeah, they use a splitter so the CB antenna can be used for the AM/FM "music" radio. That's just a can of worms in itself. It might be acceptable for a stock CB not running power. But I think there was another part that failed even before the splitter became an issue.

I wonder how much they charged, included in the truck price, for that much garbage. :O

 

Lol they spent more $ building it than its worth,although a 15mi attempt was made..Wouldnt complain at all with that in a factory set up..