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Regular CB Worth Temporary Install?
- Thread starter rescuecomm
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slowmover
Active Member
Knoxville, TN
1) That stretch of IH-40 is an enormously busy truck route from K’ville to the split for IH-81.
2). There are several good CB shops.
3). There are several outstanding base station operators.
4). There are plenty of regulars on AM-19 talking things up.
Tennessee is the land of Goshen for radio in the South. The Carolina’s are pretty good as well. Lots of Interstate traffic splitting towards other routes.
But the road to Pigeon Forge is not a big truck road, per se. Not from TN, and not out of SC.
Backwoods locals may be on other than AM-19. A more modern radio with Scan capability would be preferable.
Line-of-Sight issues in & out of the National Park and similar terrain makes all radio more difficult.
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I have a CB in both my Jeeps and my work truck. I travel every week for work. In my work truck it varies but mostly near home I listen to the log trucks. On 95 and points north if its dead stopped traffic I'll hear guys talking about what lane to get into. Rest of time its quiet. We are in Pigeon Fordge/Gatlinburg every couple of months and will hear some chatter on the interstate. Mainly hear other jeepers near town and have talked to a few in the park fine. Yesterday while heading to lowes we passed a "wide load" dragging his lights on a back road and I called him to tell him. Worked fine. All my radios are the CMX series from uniden (handheld head) and there isn't much your gonna peak or tune on those....
Well just saying the Stryker 955 does work quite well.
Resuecomm, you are about ten miles from me, if you can set up your radio Temp I will show you how a unmodded Stryker sounds.
19 should be lit up on Hwy25 through TR tonight with the weather comming in. Going up and down the grade could be dicey.
KANE4109
Member
Christmas Day, 1976 my wife gave me a JC Penney Pinto and a KMart blister pack trunk lip mount antenna. In about a half hour the antenna was mounted, the coax was fed through the back seat area, under the carpet to come out under the dash.... the radio bracket was screwed to the bottom of the ash tray and the power was wired up into the dash somewhere.
I was good for years.... just like that!!!!!!!!!
I was good for years.... just like that!!!!!!!!!
rescuecomm
Member
Tomorrow evening, I will remove the 220 mobile and try the Cobra 25. It might work even after so many years. The VHF low slug for the Bird might indicate enough to adjust the antenna.
Just run it barefoot and let me know how we have comm. I will be comptech, pick a channel like 27. Les traffic and can hear.Guessing you are towards Talyors, I am in Dacusville, should be able to talk fine
I am on 27 right now if you want to try.
Why wait until tomorrow, fire it up!
Rescuecomm, 30 is lit up in this area right now.
Resuecom look now channle 30 is wide open and cran king
Check out 30 AM now, been going on for hours.
rescuecomm
Member
I have been busy and haven't worked on the radio. Sorry, also my internet is down and I'm doing this using my iPhone as a Hotspot.
Comon resueman, lets make a contact
Calling you now fire it up
Just do it!
jhooten
Member
Slow,
Leaving the legality discussion for another day The KL203 is only 100 watts out on a good day. That plate with the CB, amp, filters, all the interconnects just waiting to come loose, and misc stuff mounted on it why do you not just go with a "MARS" modded ham radio to keep it all neat and compact?
Leaving the legality discussion for another day The KL203 is only 100 watts out on a good day. That plate with the CB, amp, filters, all the interconnects just waiting to come loose, and misc stuff mounted on it why do you not just go with a "MARS" modded ham radio to keep it all neat and compact?
