Miata Mailing List: December 1998, Message #290

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I have a Midland Hand-held unit with an external Radio Shack speaker velcroed to the small area of carpet between the seats.  Plugs into cig lighter. This way I can easily transfer the setup to other cars if desired.

Use a mag mount whip ant. which give sufficient range (2-3miles) for outings.  I bought the unit on the net from a CB Dealer on Colorado.  Total cost was about $150.  If you go handheld, the small ant that comes attached to the unit is insufficient for outings.  

Regards,

Scott Brown
Black 95 (Now in storage) :( 


I use a small (1-1/4 X 4-1/4 X 6-1/2) Radio Shack CB. I glued some
> velcro strips on the back and it sticks nicely on the side of the
> tunnel. Easy to put in and easy to remove (I also use it in our
> motorhome). I installed a power supply from the battery to under the
> passenger seat. The antenna lead is also routed under the seat. At
> present I use a trunk lip mounted CB antenna (no holes to drill--others
> use magnetic mount). I do think that a Jeff Anderson coupler would have
> been a better choice. We also have a handheld CB but it does not have as
> good a range as the other.
>                             
>  From:
>         "Nathan Ramsey" <nramsey@hevanet.com>
>  Subject:
>         CB radio help
>  Date:
>         Wed, 2 Dec 1998 00:30:47 -0500
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hello again,
> 
> I may be joining our local chapter (Mt. Hood) of MCA and realize I need
> a
> CB.  I would like to know what the rest of the group is doing on drives
> without hand signals.  Now the question, what do you all have?  I don't
> really what one I have to mount in the dash.  I've heard of ones that
> mount
> under a seat or where ever, but have a mike/speaker with all the
> controls on
> it.  That way when I leave the car I can chuck it under the seat and
> nobody
> will know I have one.  Any brand recommendations?  Anybody try any of
> the
> COMPLETELY hand held models?  Also, what does one of Jeff Anderson's CB
> antenna splitters go for?  Am I correct in the assumption that this lets
> you
> use your radio antenna for the CB?
> 
> Thanks for any and all help you can give!
> 
> Nathan Ramsey
> '91 Silver Base
> Portland, OR
> OR tags "PSN 4RD"
> nramsey@hevanet.com
> www.geocities.com/motorcity/pit/5226/index.html
> 
> 
> 



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