bornandraisedLV
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I will be making the drive from Las Vegas to Minneapolis mid to late February in a 26' uhaul towing my Toyota Highlander and then 3 weeks later flying back to Las Vegas and making the drive back to Minneapolis in my wife's Forde Edge.
I am sold on the idea of getting a CB for the following reasons: constant weather updates, contact with the outside world when there is no cell reception and just to help pass the time if I happen to come across some conversation.
With all of this being said I want to make sure that the following set up will be adequate and universal for both the uhaul and the SUV and finally ending up being used on the Highlander for random road trips.
CB unit I am looking at the Uniden bearcat 980ssb. I like that it has weather and am starting to read up on the ssb aspect to see if it interests me as much as I think it will. I will have to power it via a 12v adapter for now, is there a noise reduction filter I can put between the power and cb to reduce engine noise?
Antenna I am looking at a 4' Firestik(R) II FS Series Tunable Tip CB Antenna - 900 Watts Black FS-4BK using a 5" magnet and a spring. For the uhaul I'm not sure if I can pop it up on the roof or if I should just put it on the passenger side hood. For my suv's I will put it center roof. I was originally just going to get a little wil but I'm reading good things about the firesticks.
Will also grab a swr meter to try and get the antenna tuned in as best as possible.
I think that about covers it. I think I just want a little reassurance that this set up in theory will work as I have very little experience.
Any feedback or suggestions would be great!
Thanks!
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I am sold on the idea of getting a CB for the following reasons: constant weather updates, contact with the outside world when there is no cell reception and just to help pass the time if I happen to come across some conversation.
With all of this being said I want to make sure that the following set up will be adequate and universal for both the uhaul and the SUV and finally ending up being used on the Highlander for random road trips.
CB unit I am looking at the Uniden bearcat 980ssb. I like that it has weather and am starting to read up on the ssb aspect to see if it interests me as much as I think it will. I will have to power it via a 12v adapter for now, is there a noise reduction filter I can put between the power and cb to reduce engine noise?
Antenna I am looking at a 4' Firestik(R) II FS Series Tunable Tip CB Antenna - 900 Watts Black FS-4BK using a 5" magnet and a spring. For the uhaul I'm not sure if I can pop it up on the roof or if I should just put it on the passenger side hood. For my suv's I will put it center roof. I was originally just going to get a little wil but I'm reading good things about the firesticks.
Will also grab a swr meter to try and get the antenna tuned in as best as possible.
I think that about covers it. I think I just want a little reassurance that this set up in theory will work as I have very little experience.
Any feedback or suggestions would be great!
Thanks!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk