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ok got meself one of them cb talky box thingies, its a barracuda, they any good? also never plugged anything like this in am i right in thinking i put the red wire to the fuse box and the black wire on the bodywork somewhere to earth it?
 
Red to any fairly decent power source, No idea how many amps it pulls but can't be more than 1-2 amps. Black to ground.

I prefer to run power straight from the battery to reduce any possible electronic noise received on the CB. But should be fine done as above.
I had to run one for other radios that draw more power.

Where abouts you planning on mounting it, The small cubby hole infront of the gearstick makes a perfect place.

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yep got one of them twig things with magmount to go on the roof, its only a small one tho, might have to get a bigger one at a later date.

ok , assuming your aerial is pre swrd .... go ahead as fez suggested , used a personally ive used a cigarette lighter adapter with a fuse in line , but only because im lazy and wanted a quick release to take it out , cos of theivin sods around here
 
If you do it that way stick a fuse close to the battery on the + side (red).

A 3 or 5 Amp fuse should be ok provided that the cable is strong enough.


A few months ago I got my Amstrad 901 out, but on the return trip from Cannock to Oxford I copied 1 mobile CBer.

1 - 9 for a 10 - 13 southbound micky 40 got me no response.
Has the lingo changed?

Not used it since, does anyone still use CB on the road?
 
A 3 or 5 Amp fuse should be ok provided that the cable is strong enough.


A few months ago I got my Amstrad 901 out, but on the return trip from Cannock to Oxford I copied 1 mobile CBer.

1 - 9 for a 10 - 13 southbound micky 40 got me no response.
Has the lingo changed?

Not used it since, does anyone still use CB on the road?


not many use cb these days , its bliss . no idiots ( well not many ) ......still truckers about with rigs tho .... i use mine all the time when on a journey
 
loads of people on sideband though , which is illegal , and i dont know anything about it , its just a rumour ive heard ...... ideal for dx or distance conversations to various countries though , or so ive heard :augie
 
not many use cb these days , its bliss . no idiots ( well not many ) ......still truckers about with rigs tho .... i use mine all the time when on a journey

Before we had the kids in the early 80's I used the cb radio a lot, even had a licence. Later on, the language on the CB was too strong when the kids were in the car, and idiots were trying to be radio DJ's transmitting music on the breaking channels 14 and 19 so the CB went to the big box in the sky, well the loft.
I did find it useful for traffic conditions as the information was always local and up to date.:thumb2
 
try ch 19 , but probably not many on these days , thats why its ideal for green laning ..... no interuptions not like the old days

just call 19 for a roger ..... someone might come back to you and say roger , then you know its working
 
not many use cb these days , its bliss . no idiots ( well not many ) ......still truckers about with rigs tho .... i use mine all the time when on a journey


Got 1 in my truck :thumbs

With the mobile phone & web it killed cb off for many as it was a quick free way to comunicate :clap
 

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