tomorrow im going to get my tool box and im gonna get a cobra cb radio and probly a 102" whip from radio shack. now what else is needed to wire up the radio to get it working? and what does it take to wire up a pa? thanks in advance. now the whip i like tall ones that are at center of toolbox any one with pics please show and tell what kind it is and where you got it. thanks in advance.

 

You gotta get the Radio, Whip, Whip mount, and maybe a little extra wire. I cant remeber how much came with my radio. It pretty much needs to connect to a power source and a ground. You should beable to find a PA That has a long wire that should just plug into the back of the CB. I got mine from West Marine for 15 bucks.

 

how well does that cobra work nettershakes? thats the one i was looking at.

 

It works great. Obviously not as good as the big money ones but all my buddies have the same one and it works great. I had a smaller antenna before and I could really tell the difference when i got the 102.

 

also i always see rednecks who put tennis ***** mid way up atenna does that serve any purpose?

 

I have no idea
Maybe to stop it from hitting the truck when offroad
Mine has never hit though. The toolbox helps that.

 

so today i went and got my toolbox (uws low profile) and my whip (102inch) got both installed. getting a Cobra 19 from walmart this weekend. i was reading you need to use a rf meter to set up the radio. how do you do this? thanks

 

I have noidea what the meter is. I just plugged it in and it works. Maybe that makes it work a little better or something. Not sure.

 

Someone once told me that if you hook an amp up to your cb, that you can key up and talk into it, and the car next to you can hear it on their radio. Is this true. He said it was very illegal though.

 

Not sure. But it would be pretty hilarious. Have the car start talking to them.

 

I really want a cb, cant justify it enough though, but if I could do this. I would order one this week.

 

The SWR meter is used to tune the radio and antenna combo to its peak efficiency. If this is not done you will most likely be buying a new radio in the not to distant future. You want to get channel 1 and 40 to an SWR of 2 or below for the best performance.

 

I could be wrong but im perty certain there is no need to tune a 102" whip.

 

Any one that I have ever talked to about antenna installs said that they had to be tuned to the mounting location on the vehicle and the radio its installed on. I may have been fed a line of BS but I have had quiet a few CB's and tuned every one and never had a problem.

 

It helps to have them tuned. I have never tuned mine and I have had 5 different antenna combos on two different trucks and havent had any problems or any need to have them tuned. I dont know anyone who has tuned one so I am not sure how much it helps but it cant hurt.