CB Radios....how many people have them? and alternatives

[poppypiesdad]

what you can do is check shops , retail price ,
then check ebay for new second hand prices
then check gumtree for desperate / knocked off gear ( but gumtree never buy distance and take cash to pick it up )

jamie

[metatron]

i have never used CB and cant afford initial costs etc.

Check out gumtree and car boots , they arn't so expensive as you imagine (for cb's)

http://www.gumtree.com/search?q=cb+radi ... tegory=all

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksi ... &_from=R40


Jamie

good idea, just having a look now, is one in Warwickshire - but i have no idea of value or other costs....
edit: and thanks

I tend to be of the mind that £30 or less for a radio is a fair price, a lot of the time it will come with an antenna for that. All you need is a radio, a 12V power supply (as in a car battery or old scavenged PC power supply) and an antenna. £35 should cover the complete cost of a set up.

[essgee23]

ok, thanks for that

will give it some thought, im quite likeing the amazon link i put on here, mght start with something like that for now and maybe evolve

[moocher]

could one be run off a leisure battery as well,inline fuse etc.

[metatron]

could one be run off a leisure battery as well,inline fuse etc.

if it spits out 12v it would work.

[survivor_steve]

hi, i think this is a good idea, years ago we had a handheld cb that took 8 aa batteries in it if i recall right, what kind of distance and price secondhand are they? this is to the cb experts, all the best steve

[RockingDad]

Thanks for the thoughts. Has anyone any knowledge on the mototrola, military radio aspect?

Also for those who might want to see.... here is my install:









If anyone needs help with an install i'm happy to help. I've got an SWR meter etc to be able to test etc.

RockingDad

[tom2tom]

I have a CB in my van. Just can't work it yet

Also nice pics!

[metatron]

Thanks for the thoughts. Has anyone any knowledge on the mototrola, military radio aspect?

Also for those who might want to see.... here is my install:


If anyone needs help with an install i'm happy to help. I've got an SWR meter etc to be able to test etc.

RockingDad

I have a small collection of military radio's, the newer ones are encrypted, and some do frequency-hopping which I managed to track via a very expensive (borrowed) spectrum analyser (120k worth) its using 256-bit AES. It would be a pain in the arse to crack and extremely expensive to do so.

Which mototrola one do you have?

[RockingDad]

I have the possibility of a couple of motorola gp340's but have a set of four cobra pmr radios as well. Just wondered if the 340 could be turned into a cb