shrimpwagon asked:
My father just got a 5th wheel and is going to really start traveling the country. I thought it would be cool to give him a CB radio. He seems like he would like it. I just don’t know what all I need besides a radio. Doing a little research, I see that the high-end Uniden and Cobra seems nice although the radio alone is about $100. What else is required? For example: an antenna, power source, mounting brackets? Any help would be great. Thank you so much.
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Needed… C.B. Radio… Antenna… S.W.R Meter… Cobra and Uniden Both Suck… Go with Galaxy…
You can get what you need ate any truckstop or ‘RadioShack’
Best thing to do is go to a pawn shop find an old school radio..that works..Midland is a good one.. old radio shack are good..Any truck stop will have the antenna kit…Wilson in my opinion is the best antenna ever..don’t worry about S.W,R, .. Standing Wave Ratio..Any modern antenna will be set to about about 20,000MHz…..channel 19 is 27.185Mhz…… Hook it up and go to talking…..
Both Cobra and Uniden are good radios for what you are looking for. If you can, try to get a “WX” model so it will have the weather bands built into it for safety. Radio Shack can help getting a proper antenna. Power comes from 2 wires. In most cases, you can buy an adapter to attach to the wires to plug it directly into a 12v power source just like your cell phone. If the guy at the Shack is really good he will have you bring the rig back once the radio is installed and check to make sure the antenna is properly set up(SWR-Standing Wave Ratio). The mounting hardware will come with the radio when you buy it. Mount the unit in a location that will be easy to see, reach, and hear.