What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
Radio works great for communicating with trucks while loading feed products. Works fine in close range, about half a mile. Better antenna than the rubber ducky antenna it comes with.
Rechargeable nimh/nicd aa batteries are nice, keeps you from having to carry around 9 spare batteries.
Cons
The technology for cb is pretty oldschool given, but this thing is a dinosaur, my old radioshack scanner from the mid 90's feels like a block of precision steel compared to this thing. Drove for 3600 kms on the transcanada and didn't hear one voice on... Read More
Highlights
Quality
Works well and with an aftermarket telescoping antenna has good range
Very nicely made and works great especially with a good antenna!
Using that power supply, the carrier goes up to about 4 watts into a 50 ohm load, vs about 2 watts on ni-mh batteries.
Once i start transmitting, or have lots of activity on it, this is reduced to about 3 to 4 hours.
Price
A nice inexpensive cb to keep in touch while on the road.
I replaced the stock rubber duck with a $20 extendable 3.
The whole set-up: radio, batteries and long antenna was less than $120.
Had to but it from local electronics shop for $5.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Reception is very limited in forest and hilly areas
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Someone suggested to a hook it with vehicle mounted cb antenna
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However this unit is a bit cumbersome to use while driving
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I will buy a vehicle mounted cbgmrs radio and keep this for camp use only
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I bought it from amazon warehouse deals and this unit did not come with cigarette lighter adaptor
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Had to but it from local electronics shop for 5
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Overall it is a good unit but i would not use it while driving due to size usability and limited range
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If youre expecting to blast a clear signal to someone 3 miles away that you have no clear line of sight to youll be disappointed
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