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    Quote Originally Posted by K7SGJ View Post
    I see what you did there with the disclaimer.
    You can always add pills, so long as you don't get caught.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
    You can always add pills, so long as you don't get caught.
    I tried that. I stuck 8 aspirin in my Roadtalker 40, and all I got was a headache, which is all I get when I listen to 11 M.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
    All CB rigs are 4 watts max, per FCC regs.
    Did not know that. But if thats the case, I'll just put one of my Boafengs in the new Jeep.


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    Quote Originally Posted by K9CCH View Post
    Did not know that. But if thats the case, I'll just put one of my Boafengs in the new Jeep.

    I just keep a 40 channel 4 watt handheld in the console. The last time I used it was when I took a couple of tons of cardboard to the recyclers. They used channel 5 to talk to people to let them know when they had the vehicle weight and could leave the scales. Otherwise, you had to go inside and tie up the scales which tended to piss off others.
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    Also, there is this microphone, I have one.

    http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-006492
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    of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman



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    I more or less wanted something compact and all in one. Since I took the FT2800M out if the white Jeep I'm thinking about NOT installing it in the new Jeep. It's just big and I hate it sticking out everywhere.


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    Quote Originally Posted by K9CCH View Post
    I more or less wanted something compact and all in one. Since I took the FT2800M out if the white Jeep I'm thinking about NOT installing it in the new Jeep. It's just big and I hate it sticking out everywhere.
    Take a look at the FT-90.. Someone I used to be friends with has one and they are TINY... 50 watts on VHF, 35 on UHF.. I wouldn't talk on them on high power very long though, as there is almost no heatsink to speak of... The radio itself was roughly the size of my Wouxun HT at the time if I remember right..
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    Quote Originally Posted by K7SGJ View Post
    I just keep a 40 channel 4 watt handheld in the console. The last time I used it was when I took a couple of tons of cardboard to the recyclers. They used channel 5 to talk to people to let them know when they had the vehicle weight and could leave the scales. Otherwise, you had to go inside and tie up the scales which tended to piss off others.
    Oh Gawd....Friedmans!!! The only reason I keep my CB is the built-in EAS receiver.
    Encrypt everything. Even if you have nothing to hide. It increases the noise floor.

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    Quote Originally Posted by K9CCH View Post
    I more or less wanted something compact and all in one. Since I took the FT2800M out if the white Jeep I'm thinking about NOT installing it in the new Jeep. It's just big and I hate it sticking out everywhere.
    Chris....if the faceplate detaches, you can remote mount the radio....Just use CAT5 cable between the body and head of the radio.
    Encrypt everything. Even if you have nothing to hide. It increases the noise floor.

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    Quote Originally Posted by W7XF View Post
    Chris....if the faceplate detaches, you can remote mount the radio....Just use CAT5 cable between the body and head of the radio.
    This is what I would do, too. In fact, that's what I did with the FT 857D. All I have up front is the control head, mic, and a small speaker. The radio itself is under the rear seat. I just double sided foam taped the head to the dash, and it has been fine since I put it in a couple of years ago. Just about all the manufacturers make some kind of radio with a remote mountable head. I also have an FT-8900 that would work that way, too, but I keep it in the house since it would be redundant in the truck. I'm sure Kenwood and the others have something that would work for you.
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