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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 10:13 am 
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O.K I know it's probably been covered but............I'm thinking about putting a c.b into my car, and i'm not sure what type to get
any help would be appreciated. thanx

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 10:28 am 
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Get a UHF for sure....I've got an AM CB in my car and it's good but UHF is the way to go these days.

GME make some really decent stuff.

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 4:40 pm 
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yeah go the uhf and if u do gme do make good units i got a gme tx3200 i think the model is and a 6 foot ariel i was in geelong and picked up people from melbourne somewhere was pretty funny but u wont need a 6 foot arieal its on the 4x4 an fj40 landcruiser

gme have a new model out were the face and unit are seprate but conected by cable but it looks preety good they r gooing for 500 bucks with small arial at moment
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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 5:10 pm 
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personally atm i'd go for the uniden UH-013

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 6:10 pm 
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if you can wait for them to come out GME is about to release its up spec unit of the 3400, i think it is the tx3600, remote face with 99 recieve channels also, user programmable.

definetly go for a uhf.

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 6:13 pm 
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the 3600 has been out for 3-4 months

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 8:49 pm 
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Definitely UHF (that's what we use on FM cruises :D )
I have a UH-013. Very good unit. It's a UHF with built-in scanner, and has a remote-mount face.

UHF radios are available through Fordmods (though the shop's not up yet...). Once you've decided which unit you want, it would be worth it to PM Waggin and ask if you could possibly order one through him, while the shop's not up.

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 9:49 pm 
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yer i want auhf as well
BUT i want basic ie 40 channel and autoscan and thats it non of this fancy s**t
basically a in car version of the handhelds any ideas?

 

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tx 3200 if you want a small good radio.

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 10:18 pm 
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mm yes must get one of these soon... how much is a UHF/Scanner worth these days
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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 10:54 pm 
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There nice and expensive, and two years ago we got ourselves a uniden uh-011. Tis a bit larger than most on the market as it is a bit old, but its not too bad.

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 10:17 am 
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If your only in the city, UHF, out in the sticks, with no repeaters, 27mhz.
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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 12:40 pm 
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Thanks for the info guys.....much appreciated :)

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 1:01 pm 
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Get an Icom IC-400Pro UHF. They're really good quality and retail for approx $450ea.
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the icom is a good unit, but unless you want to transmit on private channels (and have the relavent licences/authorisations to transmit on those frequencies) it's not worth it...... i looked at getting am ICOM, but i'm gonna be getting the uniden instead

 

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