Dakzuki wrote:
They are popular with the off road/ rock crawling crowd as you can use it in the vehicle with a "real" antenna powered off the vehicle or use it outside with the battery pack. I considered it as I don't want to have another box to mount in the cab of the RV. I ended up with one of these. Almost all of the electronics are in the hand set. The antenna and 12V power go to a smaller box that's easy to mount and the hand set cord connects to it via a pigtail. I have no need to carry a CB around with me outside the RV so the Cobra was better suited. People with rag tops like both the Midland and Cobra as you can stash the radio out of sight (or take it out of the vehicle). Mine is sitting on a table awaiting installation (next project) with a Firestik NGP 5/8 wave antenna.
That's what I have including the Firestick NGP. I have yet to hear anything useful on mine. I'm thinking since I already have that unit installed, I'll buy a handheld for a couple of bucks on eBay, and have a walkie-talkie for my wife and I to use to help backing up and what not.
Eric