donny612
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What I'd like to know is why even when the cb radio manufacturers release "New" radios it seems that they are mostly a remake of radios that were made 30+ years ago. Why can't one of these manufacturers really re-do a radio with a remote head and smaller footprint instead of rehashing the same old dinosaurs that have been around since the 70's and 80's. Have y'all ever opened up the case on one of the cobra radios? For all the real estate inside the radio there is surprisingly very little there in the way of components. By comparison almost all ham 2 meter radios are tiny by comparison and most have remote head/radio mounting capability and generally their pricing is acceptable as well. You can't tell me that cb's can't be made the same way??
The good cb radios are now just simply too large to do a satisfactory job of mounting in today's cars without looking stupid and out of place. Why is it that Kenwood, Yaesu, Icom and others can manufacture their 2 meter radios small and with remote head setups??? Something for Cobra etc. to think about. This is why I'm selling off my cb equipment and getting out of cb all together. If someone would make a similar cb radio like the Yaesu's 2 meter/440 radios I'd buy one in a heartbeat.
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The good cb radios are now just simply too large to do a satisfactory job of mounting in today's cars without looking stupid and out of place. Why is it that Kenwood, Yaesu, Icom and others can manufacture their 2 meter radios small and with remote head setups??? Something for Cobra etc. to think about. This is why I'm selling off my cb equipment and getting out of cb all together. If someone would make a similar cb radio like the Yaesu's 2 meter/440 radios I'd buy one in a heartbeat.
(Apologize for the rant)