No it's the icom ICV8000...my buddy has a yaesu that's about two years old. Why do ya ask?

 

In the pic, it looks a little bit like KC5LDK's old Yaesu. Nice little radio...

I am sticking on 11m for now. All I need to do is there. Might get a license again and get back on 2 and 10m where I used to hang out...

 

hitched gibson i put my cb on top of the dash where that mat is in the center, then just run the wire through the dash. bferrel why do you have 2 radios

 

Yeah I have it for hunting it gets a lot better range and has a lot more features. I like it.

I got the AM before I had the FM. Fact of the matter is...where we hunt some camps don't use FM and some don't use AM so if you come across someones dogs while runnin around you can get ahold of them out there. That and there's no phone service!!

 

Truck looks real good

 

i dont get it what do you mean AM, FM is one a CB and the other a ham or something

 

Yeah sorry that's what I call them. One operates on an AM band, like a CB. (low frequencies) The other operates on alot higher (and more) frequencies. The FM is considered a 2meter, while the AM is an 11meter. Two totally different radios.

The FM can be used as a HAM radio as long as you have your radio license. Then you can talk on what they call repeaters, which are simply put satellites and you can talk long distances. They use these in hurricane situations and other rescue/recovery situations.

I hope I explained that right. I didn't get it to use as a HAM radio. We in the woods have a channel that we use to communicate due to not having phones out there.

 

ok thats what i thought

 

Thanks!! Your truck is AWESOME...Thats what I'm shooting for, just will be years before I can afford it!!

Yeah sorry I didn't explain it the first time.

 

Very nice! I have been thinking about installing a CB in my truck and I really don't know the first thing about them. Any recommendations in brand of CD radio or type of antenna?

 

Also, what is the second radio that you have installed? Is that the "FM radio"? What is the difference between the CB radio and the FM radio?

 

Well, as far as a Radio goes it all depends on what you want and the features you want. The one I got is about 15 years old and does what I need it to. The newer version of mine is a Galaxy 44. They make them all the way from a $100 to well over $1000 depending on what you need. Galaxy, Superstar, Connex they all make great radios.

As for the antenna, on the pickup trucks you really can't go wrong with a steel whip. I have it mounted to my toolbox with a teardrop base. I will get some closer pics of it tomorrow. It was recommended to me after I used a Wilson 5000 for years on my Jeep. Remember I am/was running 6-700 watts at times. (not very often because it's mainly used as a backup radio.) But the steel whip can't be beat, it's just a matter of if you want it to bounce off of trees all day, keep you out of parking garages, and hit overpasses. (If you are lifted it will hit redlights )

 

Readup a couple of posts and I explained it to CANES. They're operated on different frequencies, mainly to communicate to people that have either radio.

 

ya the whips are nice. just be careful where you mount it cause they will bang your truck. when getting a radio the backlit feature is nice, i made the mistake of not getting it

 

Yeah mine hasn't hit yet, I try to avoid trees as much as possible. I think mines far enough back to where it would take a huge hit to get the truck.