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1. CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: bn1@pacbell.net
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 19:36:03 -0800
The restoration of my '53 Austin-Healey will soon be finished and it'll be time to go touring again. I plan on putting a CB in it but haven't bought one since the "Convoy" days of the '70's. Has anyo
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00063.html (7,452 bytes)

2. Re: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 10:37:38 -0500
Although I haven't kept up on the technology... One brand/model that usually gets recommended on the Miata list, the remote mount Cobra 75 WXST (with weather channels) - price ranges from around $90
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00068.html (8,994 bytes)

3. Re: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: "Rex Burkheimer - WM" <rex@txol.net>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:15:59 -0600
So why, after all these years, do you now want a CB? And would it be 6-volt, positive ground? Rex Burkheimer /// /// shop-talk@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00070.html (7,874 bytes)

4. Re: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: Erik Quackenbush <erik@midwestfilter.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 15:23:22 -0600
Our Triumph club (Illinois Sports Owners Association) uses CB radios to keep in touch on long drives to and from events. This past summer I think there about 10 CB equipped cars in the group went fro
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00073.html (8,155 bytes)

5. Re: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 14:25:19 -0800
Don't you guys have cell phones? /// /// shop-talk@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@autox.team.net /// with nothing in it but /// /// unsubscribe
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00075.html (7,640 bytes)

6. RE: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 15:02:48 -0800
Don't know about where you drive, but I've driven through lots of places that don't have cell phone coverage. In fact, I'm sitting in one right now, less than 30 miles from downtown Los Angeles. Rand
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00076.html (7,922 bytes)

7. Re: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: LBC286@aol.com
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 08:41:55 EST
- - - - - - - - - - - My son used to be big into CB, but he says that it is dropping off in popularity. He didn't mount one in his new (new? 1980) pickup. I would probably just buy a 5 watt walkie ta
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00077.html (8,781 bytes)

8. Re: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: Erik Quackenbush <erik@midwestfilter.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 09:26:55 -0600
Of course! The first two items in the standard Triumph tool kit are a cell phone and a credit card. ;{) CB gives us the equivalent of 10 way conference calling without using air minutes or incurring
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00078.html (8,423 bytes)

9. RE: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 14:17:43 -0500
Heck, when we got our daughter a cell phone it worked everywhere except at home. We live in the "low" spot in the neighborhood, and the rise in the land going up the block appears to be enough to blo
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00080.html (9,218 bytes)

10. Re: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: William Hook <wghook@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 13:23:37 -0700
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/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00081.html (10,869 bytes)

11. RE: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 13:43:07 -0800
Another alternative, although it adds to the overall price, is to use a converter to power the CB. For example http://www.jcwhitney.com/product.jhtml?CATID=5126&BQ=jcw2 Randall /// /// shop-talk@aut
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00082.html (8,414 bytes)

12. RE: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 20:13:59 -0500
However, don't most CB radios use the metal case as a common ground? Then if you mount the metal bracket to a metal car, you have just created a short circuit... Or am I missing something? I once (in
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00083.html (8,976 bytes)

13. RE: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 18:15:18 -0800
Yes, and if not the case, then almost always the base of the antenna. With care, you can run it isolated (like your block of wood), but the performance won't be as good. Had friend almost burn up hi
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00084.html (9,677 bytes)

14. Re: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: Ronald Olds <tr6@pipeline.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 07:28:43 -0600
With the right cell service you do not pay roaming charges in analog only service areas or any where else Ron Olds /// /// shop-talk@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text m
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00085.html (8,632 bytes)

15. RE: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 09:28:09 -0500
Well sure... I all makes sense now that I'm older and smarter... But like I said, then, I was young and stupid... 8-) It was 30 years ago, I was only 18, and it was my first car. And it wasn't like t
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00086.html (8,850 bytes)

16. Re: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: LBC286@aol.com
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 10:15:11 EST
- - - - - - - - - - - I mentioned walkie-talkies because they don't require installation, and because the original poster mentioned a tour in an Austin Healey. To me, a tour in a Healey means hood-do
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00087.html (8,363 bytes)

17. Re: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: Randall <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 07:26:56 -0800
Perhaps I should've added that the only reason I didn't have the same problem with my TR3A as my friend did with his MGA, is because I had a magnetic-mount CB antenna (borrowed from my Dad, along wit
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00088.html (7,806 bytes)

18. Re: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 10:46:23 -0500
I would think that you are right, but the list that I've heard not to use walkie-talkies was the Miata list. Also hood (top) down, and they have said that in convoys of 20 cars, the guys in the front
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00089.html (8,976 bytes)

19. Re: CB Radios. (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 11:29:24 -0500
There is a hybred that does work well though, that's the personal radio's. The walkie talkie of old did/does have lousy range. But the personal radio is a eunich CB, having a range of typically a few
/html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00092.html (8,672 bytes)

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