Cuztom350

Post your CB radio set ups. I know someone out there had one on an IS. Let's see where you put the antennas and radio.

Bichon

I'm equally interested in seeing the results of anyone who has replaced their rear view camera with a setup for taking daguerreotypes.

Seriously, I do recall from my childhood that it was fun to be entertained by trucker banter on a long interstate trips, and if I felt the desire to relive those moments I'd probably go with a temporary magnet mount antenna on the roof, and just plug the radio into the 12V outlet and toss it on the seat. I guess that those who enjoy camping outside the range of cell coverage might use CB enough to want to permanently install one in their car. But since I rarely get that far off the beaten path even on long trips, I go new-school with crowd-sourced smartphone apps like trapster to get real-time info on speed traps and traffic delays.

carlos3366

10-4 smokey

Cuztom350

Lol, 10-4. So anybody out there? I've searched and searched but never found a thread

13IS250C

Breaker breaker 1 9, you got your ears on?

I thought those went out in the 70's

carlos3366

hand held one a walmart for about 40.00 usd. it would be fun to have one, but i don't know if truckers still use them. i see lots of cb radio parts for sale at q-trip or trucker gas stations here in TX.

IS350AWD

While CBs are fun, amateur radio is better! Especially when you can get a mobile setup.

Cuztom350

What's the difference. Never heard of that. But CB radios are made for cars, so an install would be pretty straight forward.

IS350AWD

Amateur radio (AKA ham radio) allows you to use repeaters (like a cell tower) to talk further as opposed to line of sight. It's more of a hobby as you have to take a test to get a license, but once you get it, it can be a lot of fun. You'd be talking on VHF and UHF bands, and if you decide to go even further, you can talk on HF (around the world).

Maybe a bit more complicated than what you guys are looking for.

Bichon

Back when I was a kid, getting even the lowest level of ham license required a test demonstrating proficiency both sending and receiving Morse code. Being raised in an age when everyone had a telephone, the requirement to learn to operate a telegraph seemed pretty ridiculous, which is why I never get into the hobby.

IS350AWD

True, but the Morse Code requirement has been gone for some time now.

markjustus

Had one in my old 87 cressida back in high school. Lol 40 dollar cb radio from walamart and a 40 dollar loudspeaker I wired under the hood for annoying the general public

510to808

lmao my dad had one in his ranchero back in the day, all we got today is bluetooth and apss, no need for cb radio

tex2670

They still make CB radios?

Cuztom350

Just did a 5 hour drive and annoyingly my CB didn't come in yet, but there were a lot of cops on the highways and I'm sure it would have been helpful to have the CB and listen to the truckers