CB Radio?

[C-bass]

hey i was wondering if anyone has a CB radio and if its anygood for long trips... i plan on taking my car to kentucky to visit my dad and his family whats everyone opinion on what to take. and if anyones got anything useful if they feel generous enough to let me borrow it for a long weekend maybe?

(i dont know if this is the appropriate thread for this. so sorry troll for the inconvenience if its not)

[DropTopChevy]

It's good if you bring a map or GPS to find alternate route when you find out there is traffic ahead. Truckers talk lessons may be necessary. My parents take a CB radio with them when they go to Georgia every year.

[den9]

i had one in my truck, i want another one since mine broke. its pretty fun sometimes and could be useful if u want to know where the cops are hiding (truckers let everyone know when they pass one) u will listen to a bunch of hicks with annoying accents talkin about weird stuff.

either way it could be entertaining on a long trip, and the best part about having one is getting the pa speaker hooked up, its pretty fun yellin at bad drivers and mascots dancing on the corner of the road. u can pick one up for about a 100 bucks with an antenna, and if u want, when your done using it you can box it back up and return it to the store and tell them u didnt like it. just dont get a handheld one, they suck.

[C-bass]

ha thanks guys yea i would want one for the cops and keep me entertained on the road... me and my buddy could have a good time on that thing. and as far as hicks talking nonsense... my dad lives in Kentucky ive seen/herd it all lol its funny. where can you pick one up at?

[Instigator1225]

for what your doing go to radio shack and pick up there 85 dollar one
and a magnetic mounted antenna. itll help in the long run... a radar detector doesn hurt either..... but then again.. my laser tech laser jammer and my trunking digi scanner never hurt either lol.

[C-bass]

yea i have a radar detector but some times it doest work and the CB helps with like the traffic like they said and itll be fun lol. yea i didnt know if like radio shack had them or like circut city. thanks man ill go check them out.

[den9]

radio shack has them, if you plan on using this thing more than once id pick up something decent, a big ass whip antenna looks goofy but will also help. theres a store in levittown that specialized in cb's and what not, u should check them out, but radio shack works good too. just dont mess with the truckers too much, they get upset pretty easily when u eff around too much.

[C-bass]

yea my dad was telling me that he got thrown off the road by 2 truckers... couldnt do much because they pretty much own the road.

[den9]

yeah u dont wanna mess with those meth heads, they can be useful

[Instigator1225]

lol

me and my girlfriend(at the time) were going to tennesse to visit my grandparents...shes passed out in the passenger seat of my formula...t-tops off.. windows down... jsut cruising..well i was playing with the cb trying to listen for cops since i hadnt seen one in about 2 hours.. i figured id run into one soon..channel 19=general channel/gossip central.....squirrel hunting is a truckers favorite game.....

... cruising down 71 i get listening to a convo about some chicks shorts being up a little to high and there all in an uproar on where the cars at..yadda yadda yadda...well as i am coming up on a line of trucks somone happenes to say " hey what kinda car were they in again?" ...response ...word for word i **** you not.. "there in a red transmaro with the t tops off loud exhaust and big old slicks on the damn thing"...... " AWWW hell i think i see them"

click..... i was like u gotta be ****ing kidding me... well i rolled up to the first truck who validated he was looking in my car... well he said "man i bet that bitch has some strong legs.."(pics coming in the nws thread tommarow) home boy almost **** him self when i looked at him and nodded...and then grabbed my mic and was like "yes she does"

good group of guys..

most truckers are pretty cool as long as your not a d bag.....they also will sell **** out of there trucks at truck stops... my buddy managed to get a plasma for like half the cost that they didnt take off the truck at an off load.

[frosti108]

^ lmao!

10-4 shes got a camel toe alrite over an out

[Instigator1225]

lol should seen that coming.

[i like rice]

http://www.claysradioshop.com/cobraradio-all.htm

[TooFizzle]

Originally Posted by Instigator1225

lol

me and my girlfriend(at the time) were going to tennesse to visit my grandparents...shes passed out in the passenger seat of my formula...t-tops off.. windows down... jsut cruising..well i was playing with the cb trying to listen for cops since i hadnt seen one in about 2 hours.. i figured id run into one soon..channel 19=general channel/gossip central.....squirrel hunting is a truckers favorite game.....

... cruising down 71 i get listening to a convo about some chicks shorts being up a little to high and there all in an uproar on where the cars at..yadda yadda yadda...well as i am coming up on a line of trucks somone happenes to say " hey what kinda car were they in again?" ...response ...word for word i **** you not.. "there in a red transmaro with the t tops off loud exhaust and big old slicks on the damn thing"...... " AWWW hell i think i see them"

click..... i was like u gotta be ****ing kidding me... well i rolled up to the first truck who validated he was looking in my car... well he said "man i bet that bitch has some strong legs.."(pics coming in the nws thread tommarow) home boy almost **** him self when i looked at him and nodded...and then grabbed my mic and was like "yes she does"

good group of guys..

most truckers are pretty cool as long as your not a d bag.....they also will sell **** out of there trucks at truck stops... my buddy managed to get a plasma for like half the cost that they didnt take off the truck at an off load.

I lol'd.

[lownslow95]

I would think they are good to have. Me and DropTopChevy used his parents before on our way down to South Philly and heard some funny ass **** the truckers were all talking about. But they are useful if you know their is any trafic ahead, and to see if their is any way around it (if you don't have gps).

[screamingchicken]

yeah, they're fun. I just bought one like this http://www.claysradioshop.com/cobra29ltd.htm used off my friend. Much better than the walmart cobra I had before, and I can even get the penn state weather report on it. I'd say go for it, I've heard some pretty interesting things on CB's over the past few years I've had one. Just make sure you get a good antenna (buy one online or at a truckstop, stay away from magnet mounts) and mount it as high as you can. My old pickup had a whip antenna mounted on the roof and got a range of 15 miles. Oh yeah, definitely invest in a PA speaker, they're so much fun they should be illegal. Try parking in a grocery store parking lot and speaking to people walking around, lol.