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Currently serving my oldest son on his Dodge 5500.
He let his buddy convince him that the 10k-1-27 looked ridiculous so I gave him one of my 4.5' skipshooters.
Still insisting that his Cobra 29 NW is sufficient, despite regular complaints that there isn't much radio traffic and that no one ever answers him (smh).
I hear grown men make this same statement with different words.
My setup is good enough for what I need. Except I don't use it much because (insert excuse as to why it's not good enough).
slowmover
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“Can fool a man more easily than convince him he’s been fooled”, applies to non-DSP CB re “experience”.
“I know what it is!”
(Nope. You don’t).
Dirty DC, Crap Coax, Awful Antenna just contribute.
C29 out of alignment and without an extension speaker completes the typical basis of, “experience”.
I’m glad he has one. That’s hardest step.
There were times I could hardly stand my boy in his late teens & early twenties. Didn’t take it personally as the age we are in only worsened normal tendencies. That went away after Quantico!!
I now think NMO30 + W640 + spring the easiest sell. In this feminized era (as how they feel about it rules all else). Sure does simplify the majority of install. Saves that feelingz energy for RFI.
Just remember when you caravan together to keep talking to those who’ve gone out of YOUR range.
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“I know what it is!”
(Nope. You don’t).
Dirty DC, Crap Coax, Awful Antenna just contribute.
C29 out of alignment and without an extension speaker completes the typical basis of, “experience”.
I’m glad he has one. That’s hardest step.
There were times I could hardly stand my boy in his late teens & early twenties. Didn’t take it personally as the age we are in only worsened normal tendencies. That went away after Quantico!!
I now think NMO30 + W640 + spring the easiest sell. In this feminized era (as how they feel about it rules all else). Sure does simplify the majority of install. Saves that feelingz energy for RFI.
Just remember when you caravan together to keep talking to those who’ve gone out of YOUR range.
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slowmover
Active Member
In big truck I’d key up if I saw that SS on a pickup passing me. That’s the right spring, etc. Might be a good radio in there.
“Let’s see if it’ll do five miles” (Whoops)
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slowmover
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1. Thanksgiving Driving Is Deadlier Than Any Other Major Holiday
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- 8% of all annual car accident injuries occur during Thanksgiving week alone. (Source: National Safety Council)
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slowmover
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Therefore, an NMO mount as the minimum on your roof:
There are no “accidents”.
This level of stupidity is breathtaking.
99% predictable.
The benighted think the Interstate is akin to their metro freeways. It isn’t. These aren’t short trips.
There’s no left lane ROW (legal only to pass, not overtake), and running faster with constant passing is the mark of stupidity.
Nothing is gained . . with everything to lose.
Radio is to avoid the secondary & tertiary accidents as they occur in on-rushing traffic. To exit early (take a break?) and/or to route one’s self around (if that’s feasible).
100-million sub-normal IQ additions over the past 50-years (immigration and “no maintenance required cars”) means unskilled & contemptuous mental ghetto-ites are on the road with you.
No respect for others much less the law.
I worked the holidays for over a decade.
Stay alone, always, and the problems become more clear. Use the radio, don’t wait for others.
“Best Mobile” means a higher response rate.
Or be a herd animal . . and get picked off.
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There are no “accidents”.
This level of stupidity is breathtaking.
99% predictable.
The benighted think the Interstate is akin to their metro freeways. It isn’t. These aren’t short trips.
There’s no left lane ROW (legal only to pass, not overtake), and running faster with constant passing is the mark of stupidity.
Nothing is gained . . with everything to lose.
Radio is to avoid the secondary & tertiary accidents as they occur in on-rushing traffic. To exit early (take a break?) and/or to route one’s self around (if that’s feasible).
100-million sub-normal IQ additions over the past 50-years (immigration and “no maintenance required cars”) means unskilled & contemptuous mental ghetto-ites are on the road with you.
No respect for others much less the law.
I worked the holidays for over a decade.
Stay alone, always, and the problems become more clear. Use the radio, don’t wait for others.
“Best Mobile” means a higher response rate.
Or be a herd animal . . and get picked off.
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