I know a lot of folks have jumped ship and gone to 10 meter, but let's talk about the good ole CB radio mounted in your personal vehicle or your own CMV. What are you packin! Feel free to post some pics. How long have you been around CB's? I'll start out with my experiences and newest set up. I'll avoid sharing what's in my employers rigs as they're just budget radios for communicating on and off highway as well as job sites with co-workers. As a child my first interactions were in family vehicles in the late 70's. They were pretty much used them for family convoy road trips. The airways were busy and the content was never dull. Sometimes for kicks we'd sneak out to the truck or car and talk smack to truckers just to get a reaction. In the early 90s we use to play CB tag in our pick up trucks around Newport and Toledo. As an adult I obtained my Class-A in 1999 and the CB came in handy for it's intended use but the chatter by this point was mostly disgruntled long haul drivers crying the blues about getting tickets, hours of operation regulations, and their horrible employers. Then there were base station lunatics trying to smash everybody within range. At this point I only turned it on when I wanted to get lane updates in traffic. 99% of the time it was turned off. Now, running log trucks or rock trucks it's a must have tool and that is what sparked my interest to put a radio back in my personal vehicle again. From what I'm experiencing these days, CB radio is pretty much dead on the west coast interstates but it's very active off road. My newest radio is a Cobra 29 LX Max that's been tuned and peaked. I run it with a tuned 4' Firestick II antenna and Fire Flex/Fire Ring coaxial kit. I have my antenna mounted above my front drivers side fender. I'm not blowing anybody's windows out but I'm pushing a conservative 25 watts. I purchased my radio last month direct from Cobra and the pertinent accessories from Amazon. I will be adding an external speaker this week.
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