CB Radio Installation

[JBHorne]

I want to add a CB radio and need ideas.

I would like to have a robust radio such as the Cobra 29WXNWST with PA functionality, but cannot figure out where I would mount it.

DTT: You don't have CB do you? I really like your remote headunit yaesu.

My only real option at this point is the Cobra 75WXST, which is an all-in-one microphone, but it doesn't have PA functionality.

Any ideas on where to mount a bigger radio, but still have a clean appearance?

Thanks!


EDIT: DTT: I have the same 75-822 CB as you, actually. Didn't know that

 

[LandCruisers4Life]

I have this radio- Cobra 29WXNWST

Although it works fine for a CB radio, the Night Watch function took a crap on me and I have barely used the radio. I am going to take it apart when I get time and see if I can repair it.

CBs are almost worthless in the back country unless you are using them for Cruiser to Cruiser talking - really. I can recall many times being out in the middle of nowhere and I can hear the truckers with all their highly illegal radios reaching out to me, but can I reach them? NO, because the CB is legally limited to a measely 4 Watts which isn't jack.

I suggest going to have a look at HAM 2M radio, which I myself am going to get into. On MUD, you can see where some have gotten as much as a 90 mile range, and a mountain range between the two people transmitting. That is AWESOME, especially for anyone in distress, which is one of the reasons to have a radio anyway.

 

[JBHorne]

I have this radio- Cobra 29WXNWST

Although it works fine for a CB radio, the Night Watch function took a crap on me and I have barely used the radio. I am going to take it apart when I get time and see if I can repair it.

CBs are almost worthless in the back country unless you are using them for Cruiser to Cruiser talking - really. I can recall many times being out in the middle of nowhere and I can hear the truckers with all their highly illegal radios reaching out to me, but can I reach them? NO, because the CB is legally limited to a measely 4 Watts which isn't jack.

I suggest going to have a look at HAM 2M radio, which I myself am going to get into. On MUD, you can see where some have gotten as much as a 90 mile range, and a mountain range between the two people transmitting. That is AWESOME, especially for anyone in distress, which is one of the reasons to have a radio anyway.

Can you take a picture of where you installed it?

Thanks!

 

[dtt255]

Yes of course I have a CB also....for vehicle to vehicle comms when in the back roads.

Let me try to find the tread with the install I did....

Wait a sec.....that is the one where I CRASHED my door!! Thanks for the memories

https://forum.ih8mud.com/200-series-cruisers/238424-i-am-such-idiot-no-seriously-i-am-2.html

The interior install is here:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/200-series-cruisers/238284-newest-mods-additional-12v-receptacle-cb-antenna-dash-hookup.html

 

[JBHorne]

Yes of course I have a CB also....for vehicle to vehicle comms when in the back roads.

Let me try to find the tread with the install I did....

Wait a sec.....that is the one where I CRASHED my door!! Thanks for the memories

https://forum.ih8mud.com/200-series-cruisers/238424-i-am-such-idiot-no-seriously-i-am-2.html

The interior install is here:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/200-series...al-12v-receptacle-cb-antenna-dash-hookup.html

Yeah, I found your posts right after I posted this thread a while ago. Thanks!

But you also run amateur as well. What's your use/range on those? What bands do you operate on?

I want to put in a CB, ICOM HAM, and a police scanner for the fun of it

 

[LandCruisers4Life]

Can you take a picture of where you installed it?

Thanks!

It's easier just to visualize it. My CB is sitting on the floor in my back seat area.... haha. I never installed it because I didn't know where to put it. So I just set it on the rear floor, thinking maybe I might make a little cabinet behind the center console sometime to put it in. (No more kid riding in the back, he's old enough he has his own truck now).

 

[dtt255]

It's easier just to visualize it. My CB is sitting on the floor in my back seat area.... haha. I never installed it because I didn't know where to put it. So I just set it on the rear floor, thinking maybe I might make a little cabinet behind the center console sometime to put it in. (No more kid riding in the back, he's old enough he has his own truck now).

LOL....I still need car seats and boosters!