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Tim
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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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revcore
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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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stuzzy
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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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Interceptor
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| personally atm i'd go for the uniden UH-013 |
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yobboford
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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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Interceptor
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| Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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| the 3600 has been out for 3-4 months |
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Definitely UHF (that's what we use on FM cruises  )
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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Disco Frank
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| Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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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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yobboford
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| tx 3200 if you want a small good radio. |
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xpression
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| Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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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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Andrew J
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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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bowsaw
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| Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 9:17 am Post subject: |
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| If your only in the city, UHF, out in the sticks, with no repeaters, 27mhz. |
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Tim
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| Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 11:40 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the info guys.....much appreciated  |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Get an Icom IC-400Pro UHF. They're really good quality and retail for approx $450ea. |
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Interceptor
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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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Disco Frank
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:57 am Post subject: |
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| bowsaw wrote: | | If your only in the city, UHF, out in the sticks, with no repeaters, 27mhz. |
neil i got me a am cb but i need one for crusies! and treh handhelds SUX |
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bowsaw
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| Disco Frank wrote: | | bowsaw wrote: | | If your only in the city, UHF, out in the sticks, with no repeaters, 27mhz. |
neil i got me a am cb but i need one for crusies! and treh handhelds SUX |
Yeah, i talking SSB, not poxy old AM, AM is s**t for long distance, i talk to melb, cairns, tassie, america once, on LSB. |
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| We put a gme in our new farm ute the other day fuken nice unit too a lot better finished then the uniden uh013 which i have in the car. In the ute we stuck the unit on the wall behind the seat aerial on the cabrail and the face is just under the ash tray sorta thing. gme make a good aerial too like on our house we have a 6' maybe but longe aeral and the one on the ute which is about 12"picks up people when scanning that the one in the house don't. |
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bowsaw
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| Disco Frank wrote: | | whats the diff? |
HUGE, Single Side Band, has upper and lower, so effectively you have 120 channels, this is a simplified explanation, when the conditiond are good, you bounce the radio waves off the atmosphere, and they rebound around the country/world. You mat not be able to talk to someone down the street on SSB, but thats what AM is for. But you can never talk to UHF , impossible. I use SSB for going bush here, where there is no repeaters, got one for sale if ya want, but if you only use it on cruises, get a UHF. |
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