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congratulations!!

that had my hungover brain very muddled!!

is this a suitable aerial for a hgv cab roof?

toying with the idea of getting one, but in the pics the mount looks quite small?

any ideas?

you would be very surprised at the amount of truckers who have a cb switched on and won't speak if you ask them for anything ie police speed checks/roadworks/traffice jams.

yet if you have a pretend huff and say something like 'oh well take it easy watch out for vosa in the next layby', they ...

york 863.....i still use a york 861 from time to time. nought fancy just on off volume squelch!!!

stampman has it in one!! i only use am on a few roads....notably the A75!!!

it might be illegal but has kept my licence on a few times!!

thanks folks

i'm in a lorry, and surely i don't post on the OTHER forum....

what were YOU doing there????

i am using two cbs in my cab...one am and one fm...i know i can buy a new fancy dual band one but the old ones work fine!!

problem is that i only have one aerial and i have to keep swapping the lead from one set to the other..

is there any product that allows you switch aerials??

ever helpful my man!

just finished my job...had to strip old cbs out my MAN, left everything tidy!!

now got some cold bottles...

are burners fairly easy to wire in?

one of my pet hates are people with echo mics who have the echo set on!!

tried a thunderpole power mic today and that was working ok.

new wagon on monday...07 plate r series scania. never wired cb in one these, do they come pre wired?

cheers andy

that will lead on to my next question...burners?? what and how!!

i work in the woods so having a very strong signal would be a huge benefit to me!!

is it possible for an everyday joe bloggs to uprate from 4watts?

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... id=4642484

think this is the cb in question.

would it be compatible with the am used in ireland (or in south west scotland) ?

stampman wrote:sorry got carried away



when the transistors get warm they shut down

forgiven for getting carried away lol

any cure for my transistors warming up??

stampman wrote:sounds like a heat problem driver or final could be either or both

a what??? lol