CB hookup

[Shooterj2003]

I’m planning to hookup a cb in my frontier , my choices are my old ltd 29, my cobra 19 or the new kid on the block the Cobra 75,the big decision is based on space and the new kid has it all , but I own the others -several 29’s from my work days with Yellow frieght,I’ve lots of respect for 29’s but as I said space is at a premium with Frontiers , the 19 can be squeezed in but there is no squeezing with the 75 so my mind is made , I see there is a glass mount antennae and I’m not familiar with them or thier ability’s I’m used to metal to metal and things like the wilson 1000 I want avoid magnetic mounts because it’s my paint and I care about paint now!the glass mounts seemed small and this may have an affect on abilities and range can I have some clues on if this is right thinking.I never was a cb guru I just had CB shops set me up, At Yellow we mostly used homemade sound boxes from toolboxes with a sound system and CB built in for portability from truck to truck .They would strap down on the passenger side and the antennae would vise grip to the mirror mount outside for the most part they worked good.how is the best way to hookup this truck , wiring will be run direct to the battery with a fuse and avoid all connections to vehicle wiring

 

[slowmover]

Some formatting of post would be appreciated. (One thought blurs into another).


This thread is a recommended course for best high performance CB radio:

Best Mobile 2025

A general: what should I recommend to friends who want high performance in Citizen Band? Let’s ballpark it at $500 entry. Will last longer than the time they own the automobile. Seatbelts, Concealed Carry, and CITIZEN BAND. This thread aimed at YOU, not the guy who knows even less. However...

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1). Things changed a couple of years ago. The radios you mention aren’t what are wanted any longer. I’d not go without SSB for when it’s wanted. AM/SSB. The QT80 radio is small. Has the needed Noise Reduction Circuitry (DSP) that makes all the difference in Hear, and Get Heard. The performance difference is unreal.

— Do an online search of how others have mounted radios in your vehicle brand/M-Y.


2). A WILSON 1000 or 5000 permanent-mount, roof center, is fine. Maybe not as durable long-term as the NMO advised, but a few hundred OVERSIZED pilot car operators do fine with them.

3). Clean power from BATT (fuse POS only, not NEG). Attach NEG to closest ground point.

4). DRIVER EXTREME DRX-901 Extrnsion speaker wakes up the performance angle. With the radio type recommended a Hi-Fi speaker makes CB what it always wanted to be.

Best audio is a system whereby speaker location is part of the solution (above and behind left ear; rarely ever stuck on dash facing operator; this is Good down to Bad) so time spent planning and doing layout as with all the rest is where the majority of time gets spent on an installation.

Words spoken on-air are just clues. Rapport is a strongly intuitive sense which is paramount. Speaker quality and location matter greatly.


Now, . . anyone without experience of what DSP enables — and best systems provide — has no idea of what Citizen Band can do (thirty years experience doesn’t matter).

— With whatever components you use, take the time to get Antenna system “best” as that’s the one matters most. Upgrade as you go.

Just don’t wait too long as trade war may make things more difficult (impossible?) to acquire.

The thread linked is the best approach, IMO.

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