What is the difference in buying cb radios

You'll be running factory antennas, so just pickup a basic cobra or something similar. If you want to install better gear start from the ground up with a full installation.

If you try to run 100 watts into an integrated antenna system you'll get to watch your 400$ radio burn up in a day.

Not a lot of people even leave their CB on anymore, and most shippers/receivers I've been to in the past year prefer to just call you on your cell when they're ready.

 

Buy a Cobra 25 or 29.

 

How many channels do you get on a 25 or 29 cobra

 

Was that an actual question or an attempted joke?
40 channels, no ssb

 

I have bought Cobra radios all my life. Last week at the junkyard I got a used Uniden 68, it is the best radio ever. Its got a really nice noise blocker on it that Cobra doesnt offer.
Get a Uniden for less than $100, maybe $75 is all you'll need

 

They should call that thing a signal blocker button

 

Crazy, to actually answer your question, there really isn't a big difference with the radio's, it is not worth spending big bucks for a super trucker radio, stick to simple. Mentioned are cobras, there are unidens and being frank, any CB will work, even those 23 channel jobs. Got to add some 23 channel radios are actually made better and designed better than a lot of super trucker junk.

Now what the trick is lies in the antenna, trucks for the most part coming out of the factory for the last 20 years have had issues with antennas and this has to be fixed before worrying about the radio.

Hope that helps.

 

I like it because I can flip a switch to block out a lot of noise, rather than dial a knob.

 

I started off with like a 30 dollar Cobra 19. A very basic radio. But it was MY FIRST radio and it's almost like having a hold of your first love together somewhere away from nosy parents and busy body siblings and friends...

When that wore off and I learned it's limitations I eventually adopted the Uniden pc76xl as my personal radio. It offers a way to match to whatever antennas that might be on the truck via the SWR and Squelch to discard noise and static. It did not unfortunately have single side band which is useful from time to time for privacy.