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salans7

Factory CB Radio Antenna

Yep, it's an original NOS antenna for the early 80's trucks with the CB option.

NOS CB Antenna

Gary Lewis

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Cool! But then you'd need a NOS CB.

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1986F150Six

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Already sold for $199.00.

salans7

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1986F150Six wrote

Already sold for $199.00.

That doesn't surprise me one bit. lol.

grumpin

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salans7 wrote

1986F150Six wrote

Already sold for $199.00.

That doesn't surprise me one bit. lol.

Nope! I tried to get a factory CB for a Kawasaki Voyager I used to have, $400-500 if remember right. Way too much for me!

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

salans7

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I once bought the Mic for pretty cheap, but finding the box, the seat bracket, the antenna, the splitter, and the wiring proved to be next to impossible so I sold it for a small profit and gave up on the idea of a factory CB.

Steve83

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Gary Lewis wrote

...you'd need a NOS CB.

It should work with any CB.

But not as well as a modern CB antenna (if it's mounted & tuned properly).

Vic Roma

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Is CB still popular?

1984 Bronco 351 Holley Sniper EFI, 3 Speed Ford Auto.
1986 Bronco 302 EFI, AOD, Eddie Bauer, with 3G alternator.

Steve83

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It only has to be popular to YOU and to whomever you wanna talk at.

It'll always have longer range & more reliability on the highway than a radar detector.

And it doesn't rely on cell towers or monthly payments to work.

grumpin

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Vic Roma wrote

Is CB still popular?

IMO, no. Hardly hear anyone anymore. Took it out of the vehicles I had them in. Got a Ham license, pretty quiet there too.

Could be me. Had one in every vehicle I have DD since I was 16. I think I still have my old license somewhere for CB’s. Used to talk to truckers, friends and whoever. Great for traffic and “bear” reports.

Might put one in again someday. I have 4 or 5 plus a base unit.

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

Vic Roma

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"Hardly hear anyone anymore."
That's what I thought, but I agree Steve83, that it is likely used for a small personal convoy (Rubber Duck...) than old-timey chatter.

Do you come across those parts still?

1984 Bronco 351 Holley Sniper EFI, 3 Speed Ford Auto.
1986 Bronco 302 EFI, AOD, Eddie Bauer, with 3G alternator.

salans7

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I have had one in every one of my trucks and still have one in my Ranger. The only traffic I pull is mainly strange folks using code words to acquire illicit things. And then there's Channel 6...….

I mainly use mine to communicate between the ranch trucks when I'm working in the field, and also for weather updates while I'm driving since I refuse to use my phone while driving.

Steve83

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salans7 wrote

And then there's Channel 6...

What's special about 6? Is that the Lot Lizard channel?

salans7

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Channel 6 is known as the "Superbowl". It's basically a bunch of jack wagons with high powered equipment trying to over-power each other. Very annoying and non-stop.

grumpin

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I guess this CB talk got to me. Threw a CB in my truck today!

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

salans7

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I hope yours has a weather feature or you have more traffic than I do here in Central Florida. Mine never cracks a sound most of the time I'm on the road.

grumpin

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No weather on this one. Cobra 148GTL, SSB. Yeah it’s quiet most of the time. I did get a radio check pretty quick though.

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

Gary Lewis

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grumpin wrote

I did get a radio check pretty quick though.

I'm reminded of the response we used to give when someone asked for a radio check: "I've got mine."

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grumpin

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Gary Lewis wrote

grumpin wrote

I did get a radio check pretty quick though.

I'm reminded of the response we used to give when someone asked for a radio check: "I've got mine."

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

Frank Wyatt

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As far as ch. 6 goes, unless you got power behind your radio you may as well stay on the porch. I have gotten out on 6 before my self, as well as talked all over the world into several different countries. The furthest I have talked on my base station is a station about 165 miles from Melbourne, Australia.

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