cb radio

[headhunter257]

i read some where that some of the bronco 2s came with a cb radio true not true what model can you still get them cuz if i were to make a stock bronco 2 with the cb radio that be cool no ?

 

[4.0B2]

Would be cool, but I've never heard of that...

 

[Surrey]

never heard of it, but check on here...

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24562

If it existed, its probably talked about on that thread.

 

[--weezl--]

not sure about b2's but i dated a girl who had a random cb mic hanging underneath her dash with a big ford logo on it, she was driving a lincoln from the late 70's early 80's? forget the model, nice car... had all the dials built into the mic, the wire went up under the dash and disappeared... she said she was talking to truckers on it one day...

this isn't quite it, but is very similar... i remember the LCD screen, but not the scan buttons, i just remember a couple wheels like this one has

 

[8879ford]

interesting...so what are cb's good for? Im thinkin bout puttin one in both my trucks, but only for 2 reasons. One is so if my girlfreind uses one of the trucks, i can talk to her in the other. The 2nd reason is cause i used to love the dukes of hazzard...haha, and i always thought havin a cd would be just cool. But really, what do you do with them if your not a trucker?

 

[elpoffroad]

Smokey and the Bandit made me love cb's

 

[RDC]

I found this http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/838683-am-fm-8-track-cb-radio.html , but if you want a cb radio to talk to someone with get a new one because those are so outdated and low on power you wouldn't be able to talk very far at all, if you want to make it a show truck all original this may help you. I used to be big in the cb radio stuff a long time ago but they are so out of date and the range on them aren't good for more than 2-5 miles depending on weather/terrain/ and power equipment you use with it.

 

[Nathan123]

I remember a full size bronco (late 70's early 80's) that was for sale on ebay and it listed the orginal factory cb radio as an option. It was one with all the controls on the mic though. Never heard of one in a bii though.

 

[Surrey]

cb radios are hardly better than walkie takes these days.lol

 

[sjr53]

Back in the mid 70's, CB radios became common and at times was fun to be on the air. Then a long sun spot cycle made them to noisey to keep them turned on. Then most lost interest here in the northern states because of all the skip signals from mexico pushing a "9" on the meter. Some nights the skip would change and you could talk to someone 500 miles away for a few minutes & then that signal would fade away and new signals would come in. Currently, my base antenna has failed and I don't know how well a CB works. At best I could get 25 miles from my base radio and 10 miles between mobiles. I'll have to see if I can fix my base antenna and see if anybody is on the air around here. It's too cold to climb my 45 foot tower and bring the antenna down for repair. It is a "Super Scanner" from antenna specialists that must be 25 years old now. I hope it is repairable. I'm way off subject now.

I have seen, installed, & repaired AM/FM/CB/Cassette radios back then but don't recall working with one from the late 80's. CB's weren't common by then. My work had moved on to private 2ways in farm vehicles. Electronics were much more expensive back then. It cost over $100 for cheap CB. The business band radios were $800 to $2000 each. Now they are as cheap as $350 & CB's are as low as $30.

I think my new medicine has made me hyperactive tonight. I'm done

 

[4.0B2]

cb radio's are NOTHING compared to amateur ham radio!!

 

[--weezl--]

ham is the way to go now... i'm in the process of getting a ham license so i can put a vhf radio in my truck, i've already got a uhf handheld and a cb in the truck... cb i bought for 4x4ing, and for the bonneyville salt flats, where everything is broadcast over cb and fm (same channel) down side is anyone who wanted to, could pick up the CB and it would be repeated over the FM station everyone was listening to...

when i'm in the bush, my UHF and/or CB are my main method of communication with other wheelers... though this may change with our group's new ham licenses when we get them

 

[sjr53]

I forgot to renew my HAM technician license, so now all my VHF & UHF equipment is pilled up in my basement shop. Nobody I know is interested in installing 2ways in their vehicles so I should sell it all off on Ebay before the 2013 FCC law outlaws +/-5Khz modulation on the Business Band and makes the radios only good for Ham radio use. I will be putting up a UHF repeater this year with a phone patch like I used back in the 80"s to extend my home phone number to a mobile or portable. I'm sure I can find an unused UHF channel around here. I've got a killer base antenna for UHF that had shipping damage & is now repaired. I should get a 25 mile radius from my tower. Maybe more.

 

[Jason]

Cell phones are where it's at. The CB is obsolete.

 

[tecwizrd]

CB's are a valuable tool for tuck drivers even today. I have a Connex 3300 high power in my 4x4 with a Texas Star 600 watt amplifier(Linear) to push the signal out to about 20 miles on a good day. A quality 102" whip and a good radio make all the difference in what you can do with a CB. Cell phones need towers to work. Once you leave the main roads, cell phones may become useless.

 

[--weezl--]

agreed, radios are exceptionally important... i'm looking at getting a 75w vhf radio right now... the areas we 4x4 in don't have cell reception, so we are stuck out there if something happens... last time i was out, we got stuck in 4 feet of snow for several hours, then ran into other problems as soon as we got out, such as flat tires, engines over heating, trail disappearing completely under drifts of snow... out run lasted an extra 7 hours, and people at home were worried because we didn't come home... i was expecting to be home by 5-6, i got home at 2am, luckly no one was waiting for me to get home, but some people i was out with have families or pets that depend on them...

cb's are very good because they are cheap, you can get a setup for a vehicle for well under 100$ i got my first setup about 2 years ago for under 50... still use the same radio, though i have upgraded the antenna since then