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  • stuckylad
    DK Veteran
    • Jun 2008
    • 991

    #1

    c.b.

    thinking of getting a c.b. for my van,just a cheapie from flea bay to have a laff,havent used one for years,so anyone reccomend a half decent one? cheers in advance
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  • chroma
    V.I.P. Member
    • Feb 2009
    • 1976

    #2
    Same as always get a Cobra one thats modded to SSB too.
    If not go for something like a Cobra 148 where modding is a piece of piss and theres plenty of support

    Not been on the band in a long time the scene has died a hell of a lot since back in the day and a lot of users made the shift to SSB due to its superior DXing without any real need for a burner or the like on the conventional band.

    Make sure and pick up a SWR meter too and tune your aerial as best you can, id hold off tuning fully till you find a channel/band that's well populated and then just tune it right up to that frequency (Do this on the low wattage setting so you dont harrass everyone else on the channel)
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    • stuckylad
      DK Veteran
      • Jun 2008
      • 991

      #3
      Originally posted by chroma
      Same as always get a Cobra one thats modded to SSB too.
      If not go for something like a Cobra 148 where modding is a piece of piss and theres plenty of support

      Not been on the band in a long time the scene has died a hell of a lot since back in the day and a lot of users made the shift to SSB due to its superior DXing without any real need for a burner or the like on the conventional band.

      Make sure and pick up a SWR meter too and tune your aerial as best you can, id hold off tuning fully till you find a channel/band that's well populated and then just tune it right up to that frequency (Do this on the low wattage setting so you dont harrass everyone else on the channel)
      cheers chroma,starting to come back to me now,its just gonna be for a bit of a laugh,had one too many years ago when it kicked off and heard some right characters on it,then it started getting a lot of bangers on it so didn't bother with it,so will have another bash just for the nostalga
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