Posted by T in NE on November 25, 2013 at 19:29:02 from (75.238.225.99):
In Reply to: School me on CB's posted by Fullers Farmalls on November 25, 2013 at 16:24:46:
What are you putting them in? Rememeber a magnet-mount is worthless in most heavy trucks today (aluminum skin) or on a fiberglass roof (like most tractors today).
I run a mildly tuned Cobra 29 and a well-tuned 29 WX ST NT. The night tracker is just a dimmer but I wouldn't own another radio without it unless it was going on something like a combine or grain cart. Weatherband is nice too, if you don't have another radio with it.
Guy who tuned them told me to run any Wilson, or an open-coil antenna. I use a Lil Wil.
When you tune the antenna, you have to adjust the length. Some guys unwittingly use the "cal" knob on their SWR meter and end up burning up the radio if it's too far out.
Find a CB shop. Walking into a truck stop and asking much about a CB radio will get you the Autozone parts guy deer-in-the-headlights look.
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