The cord lays against my leg which doesn't bother me. My knee has never touched the radio mounted there.

 

Aside from road usage, yes. Most 4x4 clubs REQUIRE a CB radio be in the vehicle and on during club runs. Usually on channel 16 (4x4, get it?).

They are far from obsolete actually. During Hurricane Rita, we used CBs fairly extensively to coordinate volunteer efforts (moving food / water / cots / etc... between shelters.)

 

Have used one in every vehicle I've ever had. It's saved me from more interstate 40 tickets than my "bird dogs" have by far.

 

i use mine like crazy, theres actually alot of people with them, if you look around on cars im sure you will see more cb antennas then you think

 

I'm thinkin bout movin my antenna back to the rear bumper. Anyone else done this??

 

ive seen it done quite a bit but it looks alittle werid actually.

 

Captain, I say you put the BackRack on again and mount it where you had it. I liked it alot im actually planning on doing it myself. I got the backrack already just need to fab up a bracket to where the Antenna will fold down if I need it to, for clearance after I lift.

 

has anyone tried the firestick connector that will allow your cb antenna to double as your stereo antenna?

http://www.walcottcb.com/index.php?cPath=155

 

how well does this one work, how much did it cost you? Thanks

 

ive got the same radio its 35 bucks at walmart and it does pretty good actually.


as far as the am/fm to cb antenna i havent tried it but i wont how well it will do. id like to hear about it before i invest in it.

 

thanks for the information, what kind of antenna do you have? I like a small one that is hardly noticeable so if i do decide to get a cb radio i might just try that antenna splitter.

 

I would but I hate the way the tool box brackets look just hangin out there on the bed rails. I called about getting the regular brackets and they wanted like $60 and I aint payin that.

Just get a gum drop mount and then you can just unscrew the antenna whenever you need to.

 

im running something simular to a little willie magnet mount, its about 35 bucks also, if you do try the antenna splitter let me know what type of range you get, when i ran my amp i was getting over 15 miles in range

 

i will let you know if i do it, wow 15 mile range aint bad at all