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ok i have a cb but its not really all that powerfull. i have a 3 foot antenna on the roof of my truck. anybody have any ideas of a new cb i can get that isnt tooo expensive but still powerfull or maybe one of you guys might have a suggestion to boost the one i have now. If this thread doesnt belong here lemme know but i figured its off topic.

The So Cal Impreza Club forum I read sometimes was trying to get a huge group buy together on somekind of CB radios that had around a 20 mile range, so they could all just chat all day. Sounded like a neat idea, but it's like a $150 - 200 initial investment, right?

is that a mobil cb or a base cb?

mobile, i think.

i just wanna have better than a 2 mile range lol...it kinda sucks.

http://www.cobra.com/index.php?page=shop/flypage&product_id=12&id=1

That's the one my Dad uses in his semi, Great radio and great reception.

thats almost what i have...i think i have a step down of that one. mayb i just need a bigger antenna?

Yeah a new Antenna will help alot.

i have no idea what would be good though and that would also look good on an s10

Regular CB's are limited to 3 watts broadcasting power, although some people can up the power.

The best CB's are the 'sidebands' They have 80 additional channels as well as the 40 regular ones. They have a 30 mile range or more on sideband.

i was just looking at sideband radios and boy are they expensive.

The So Cal Impreza Club forum I read sometimes was trying to get a huge group buy together on somekind of CB radios that had around a 20 mile range, so they could all just chat all day. Sounded like a neat idea, but it's like a $150 - 200 initial investment, right?


if it's a small group of guys that want to talk .they should get some nextel radios

i have a nextel through my dads work....best thing ever :)

i have a nextel through my dads work....best thing ever :)I agree, Even better since they went coast-to-coast walkie talkie service.. Pretty much all I use. I never go over my minute's now :lol:

the only bad thing is when i go up north...they dont have nextel towers up there so i dont get service. :(

just don't put one of these on!!

http://asgard.kent.edu/ccc/n8lgp.antenna.car.jpg

and yes, that is a tv antenna :icon16:

haha im gonna do that!

i wonder if he gets the spanish channel :grinno:

i bought a police scanner yesterday...finally i can hear when the cops are comming.

do those actually work? im a little skeptical as to the legitimacy of those

yeah they work...the one i got has 1000 channels and i can hear police, fire, rescue, military, planes, boats, and city workers, and ham radio operators. basically if they use a radio, i can hear them.

They are also illegal...

no they arent..its illegal if you have the ones that you can talk back...but if you have just the reciever theyre not....at least not here

Well everything is Illegal in NY...

along with Cali

i have a decent little setup in my 1998 monte carlo(yea i know...)

im using a hustler brand antenna with the radioshack rippoff of the Cobra29. one of the first things i did so my voice can be heard out there with those "big boys" is take it down to a local CB shop and get it "turned up"

i can send a signal out almost 10 miles (depending on the skies and if i skip pretty good) i can recieve about 5-6 miles (once again depending on the skies and if i bounce the atmo.)

i dont think i spent more that 100$ on my whole setup and i think i reach out pretty good

It doesn't matter if they can transmit or not it is illegal in all 50 states if you have it in a vehicle.

yeah..i wasnt talking about havin it in a vehicle tho.

It doesn't matter if they can transmit or not it is illegal in all 50 states if you have it in a vehicle.

I was just looking at some laws and mobile scanners are actually legal in many states.

http://www.fordyce.org/scanning/scanning_info/scanlaws.html

Mobile scanners yes, but they cannot have police, fire, or ems frequencies in them if they are in a vehicle. It is an FCC regulation. I am a medic and obviously we carry radios for work. We have to get a permit with the FCC for our radios.

did you look at that site though....it says wisconsin residents dont need a permit. Its not like its a big deal though. im not gonna use it for illegal things so im not gonna worry about it! :)

I know it's not a big deal, and getting caught is like a snowball's chance in hell, but just saying.

yeah i kno what you mean...thanks for the info though! I looked at consumer reports on the scanner and they said the only bad part about it is that it is really hard to program.