I’m after a cb starter kit. Something like this thunderpole.co.uk/cb_radio_p … river.html nothing too pricey as it’s only to chat when there are a few of us running together, which seems to be most of the time.
Newport - Wales ? - Glasgow . No idea about where the cheapest would be but you will be driving past Lymm truckstop . you can check out their stuff by clicking this link -http://www.lorrybits.com/ it will give you an idea of prices . Bought a bit of stuff from them over the years and never had any problems and always found them helpfull.
Do what I did join your local radio ham club get your amature licence,there are repeaters all over the uk and the range is massive good fun and alot ham users in the uk and not so many wallys on the air !
Ive got a Maxon cm10 which i bought for thunderpole a couple of years back, its cheap and cheerful but does the job for me, leave it on channel 19 and you get callouts in holdups or just random nutjobs wanting to chat
dkdavid1102:
Do what I did join your local radio ham club get your amature licence,there are repeaters all over the uk and the range is massive good fun and alot ham users in the uk and not so many wallys on the air !
And then you can come to our radio rally at Wakefield tomorrow, and buy all things amateur.
You could pop into the CDC place at the truckers rest on the a5. Junction 12 of m6. I bought my cb from a CDC place a few years back, they still do the same one for about the same price. Somthing like 70 quid for a 40 channel cb with mic and about an extra 15-20 quid for a mag mount ariel. The make is a moon raker. Hope this helps matey.
Don’t bother with handhelds as they get very hot after prolonged use.
If you must use a handheld, then in order to use it mobile, it would be advisable to take the battery pack off in order for the radio to breathe. If you don’t, that’s when they get hot. Obviously you’ll need to have it plugged into 12v for power.
Better off doing what I suggested above, and that’s a board with the radio on which is easily transferable between vehicles.
The downside of removing your battery and running it direct of the main supply is that any peaks or surges would go straight to the guts of the CB instead of being absorbed by the battery, this in turn could cause overheating and/or failure, warming of a battery during charging is quite normal The idea of a normal set screwed down on a board is a good one though complete with external speaker and power pack if used if not a bit unwieldly and possibly weighty.
