I was wondering how much room was under the coin tray under all the controls for the radio. It'd be neat to take that out and mount a cb radio tilted up a little bit right there. btw is there anyway to get a good signal without having a 20foot antenna bc theres no way im gonna do that lol. ive just been using a handheld lately.

I don't know how much room is under the console but you can use one of these to turn your radio antenna into a CB antenna CB secret antenna (http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/showCustom-0/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2001446/c-10101/Nty-1/p-2001446/Ntx-mode+matchallpartial/N-10101/tf-Browse/s-10101/Ntk-AllTextSearchGroup?Ntt=secret%20antenna) . I don't know how well they work because I have never personaly used one. Keeping a look out for the cops eh? :beer:

yeah, Great ways, Just a standard 3ft CB antenna works perfect.

I wonder if i could do dual antennas and mount them inside the track that I got on my roof rails...Think that would work..

IMO I don't think it would work that well, but I'm not an expert on CB reception so it could work great for all I know.

It could work... Try 2 antennas, tell me how it works...

I was wondering how much room was under the coin tray under all the controls for the radio. It'd be neat to take that out and mount a cb radio tilted up a little bit right there. btw is there anyway to get a good signal without having a 20foot antenna bc theres no way im gonna do that lol. ive just been using a handheld lately.
I was lurking through these old posts & if you want the best antenna on the market for a mobile unit,....get a Wilson 1000 magnetic mount ant. I've run these things for years and nothing beats them! They all so have a 500 & the "Little Will". Go to their website & look around. Cost of the 1000 is around 80 bucks.

Copperhead, got a website? :confused: :roll:

Sorry i'll correct myself

www.wilsonantenna.com

dual anttenas are more trouble than they are worth. you have to get the swr's right on both of them not worth it in a car. Best thing to do is use a metal whip on the back bumper about 5ft IMO.

I gave up on the cb because it was just about worthless during the day due to the illegal skip shooters shouting out to each other. Which back in the day made it useless for emergencies...oh well now we have cellular....

I've talked on the CB since 1983 and still enjoy it to this day. I have numerous freinds I talk to locally but it makes one heck of a radar detector on the freeway! (ch19) If you have any questions about what your looking to do for a CB set up please feel free to PM me. This is one area I know I can be of some help.

This thread made me remember CB radios back in the day...your van wasn't custom unless you had at least one whip antenna (two was better!!!) with a tennis ball on it to keep it from banging the body...
Honestly I would have no idea about current antennas, but I am sure there are better options than we had in the 70's...Good luck !!!

I had a roof mounted 3 foot firestick on my 81 Camaro, that when stationary I would switch with a 7 foot firestick. One time I forgot about it and when I moved, the stick bent back on the spring and whacked my trunk:nuts:

If they still made units with sideband I 'd consider getting another rig.:thumb:

Sideband radios are still very much available.

sorry sideband :confused: :roll:

sorry sideband :confused: :roll:

Think marine radio. That should get you in the ballpark.

If you could look at the signal generated by the average CB radio it could be
described as having three layers. The two outside layers are the Single
Side Bands (SSB) and the middle is the carrier wave. When the microphone is
keyed on an AM CB radio a carrier wave is emitted from the radio, this
carrier is there whether you talk or not just wasting power. On a side band
radio, the carrier and one of the side bands is eliminated thus concentrating
more power into a narrower signal. These side bands are referred to as the
upper side band (USB) and the lower side band (LSB). Some CB radios are
capable of side band communication but, are still restricted to the 40
channels of the radio. Even with this limitation a CB equipped for side band
in effect, gives you 80 side band channels and 40 AM channels to choose from.
Within the CB band, most side band communication is on the LSB of channels
35-40. Outside the CB band, many people use the frequency 27.5550 USB as a
long distance call frequency. This frequency is located in the so-called
"freeband" which extends from 27.4150 to 27.9990, this frequency band is an
area of spectrum which is used very little by the primary users. Much of the
best side band long distance communication takes place in this area.

Think marine radio. That should get you in the ballpark.

What he said.^^^^^^^Well put.

I'm more than likely going to be getting my HAM radio license early next year. Start a new hobbie and see how much more money I can spend.:nuts:

but it makes one heck of a radar detector on the freeway! (ch19) .
Know what you mean. Those truckers know where every Bear on the road are located but once in awhile I've a driver who didn't see one coming and became bear meat.