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Got me a CB

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 1:30 am
by twiss
Thought I'd buy myself a Christmas present, and it arrived today :D

Apologies for the poor picture quality and the current state of my dashboard haha

Didn't have much room to put it anywhere else...
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Made sure to leave room down the side for the bonnet release!
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PA speaker under the bonnet for shouting "Zur mis zobb ta nofs!" at people (get out of the f-ing way)
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.... and a nice antenna that doesn't quite fit in the work car park
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Re: Got me a CB

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:20 am
by ROBBIE
Looks very blue and makes the rest of the dash look very unloved

Re: Got me a CB

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:54 pm
by donkeychomp
Watch that aerial Twiss...it could really hurt someone...I had one the same and tied it back with a little clip...and then one day whilst filling up the clip gave up and the fucking aerial hit me in the face....told you they can hurt lol! I now have a smaller one!

Re: Got me a CB

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 10:22 pm
by turbo-tom
Is that the CB wear you can monitor two different channels?

Re: Got me a CB

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 12:49 am
by twiss
donkeychomp wrote:Watch that aerial Twiss...it could really hurt someone...I had one the same and tied it back with a little clip...and then one day whilst filling up the clip gave up and the fucking aerial hit me in the face....told you they can hurt lol! I now have a smaller one!
This is a 1.5m springer, I had a 1.6m whip on before and if you caught it on something it would swing back violently in the other direction, this one just wobbles around on the spring, much better than it was before. You need a big antenna really for cb as it's a comparatively long wavelength. The best length is 108" but don't get that even with the spring. My signal reflection ratio is pretty perfect, never managed to get it that good with a short antenna

Tom, lots of them have dual watch. It flicks between two channels. I've been out with it on scan (scrolls through the channels) and not found anybody yet! Bought it for between car comms though instead of talking to weirdos!

You can get vhf/uhf radios which are quite cheap in handheld format, but not compatible... and the 5-0 use vhf/uhf ;)

The pa speaker is quite amusing haha

Re: Got me a CB

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 10:47 am
by dan_2k_uk
twiss wrote:
Didn't have much room to put it anywhere else...
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Made sure to leave room down the side for the bonnet release!
Should have got one that fits where the ashtray is. ;)

Re: Got me a CB

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 12:57 pm
by twiss
Unfortunately the tiny ones are really basic... and besides I need my ashtray... for ash!
Also stops me filling the glovebox with shit that flies out when you go over some bumps!

Happy standby ill looking after Chrimbo mate :P

Re: Got me a CB

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 6:30 pm
by Anton
twiss wrote:Bought it for between car comms though instead of talking to weirdos!
You don't want to talk to weirdos, yet you come in here...?

Re: Got me a CB

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:39 pm
by twiss
I'll make an exception for you anton.... :hahaha:

Re: Got me a CB

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 5:52 pm
by Anton
It's appreciated, bud.

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