Cb Radios

[Basti]

hey all. with the midnight cruise coming up i need to get myself a cb. i need a cheapish functional one. dont wanna ebay cos id rather see it b4 i buy. what do y'all reccomend and where can i get one from.

btw i did search, but there isnt much recent. there was a GB a coupla years back. who wants do run another one?

[GTR_STEALTH]

Cant go wrong with a Uniden hand held. They got the lil mini ones at Dick Smith for about 50 bucks last time i checked. The only shit thing with those ones is that you dont have the option of plugging in an external mic. The next size/model up from these are pretty good, but i think they're nearly double the price.

[XR6BT1]

checkout Jaycar, got mine from there for like $25 and works a treat

[AGE]

These are the one i have.

http://www.uniden.com.au/AUSTRALIA/p_uh043sx2_index.asp

IMO It's best to get CB's with rechargable batteries.

[femno]

Yeah whats good and cheap? (not much these days i know..) Also attending the midnight cruise and jus want smething to do the job.

[Basti]

hey mat you wanna go halvies on a double pack? one of us can buy the thing and bring it to the crooze and the other just bring your share of the moolah.

if you're up for it its just a matter of finding a set thats cheaper this way

[femno]

I might actually be able to borrow one off a mate, but well see how that turns out...it sounds like a good idea. Will let you know closer to the date, i guess its only a matter of going to the shop and grabbing a set...

[R31Nismoid]

IF your looking for them

Aim for ones with 1watt--> 2watt

Otherwise you'll find as soon as you get into twisty areas, you wont be able to even pickup a car 300-400 meters infront of you.

If memory serves me correcy my CB is 1.5 watt

Similar to this

http://www.uniden.com.au/AUSTRALIA/p_uh044dp_index.asp

And as Age said, rechargeable batteries are a must. I made the mistake years ago of not doing it.

And after a few cruises you need batteries as they dont seem to last all that long

[SKY031]

haha....

2 watts "quad power".

sounds scary.

It would be handy if they had the insight to make the antennas on the handhelds removable so that a decent antenna could be hooked up without having to mangle the radio to do it.

[eMsta]

this was the one that i was looking at just this morning - tandy has them for $60 odd.....

http://www.uniden.com.au/AUSTRALIA/p_uh036sx_index.asp