2018 F350 CB Antenna Front Bumper Mount
2018 F350 CB Antenna Front Bumper Mount Photos Finally finished up installing my CB radio in our 2018 F350. Antenna location would have been a lot easier without the truck camper in the bed....
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There is alot involved in tuning a CB radio if you know what your doing..Most don't and there are shops that will rip you off..
There are many well known modifications that can be done to many radios. These modifications involve changing resistor values, adding resistors, or even replacing the stock final transistor with an aftermarket transistor.
These more complex tune ups are going to be more expensive but they can result in a radio with better receive, louder modulation and increased output wattage.
I always ran Cobra CB's because I think there the best..My job when driving truck was talking to my fellow drivers to avoid trouble on old narrow logging roads in the mountains and Cobra's just did a better job than the others.
CB radios can be spendy to set up right but when it is your livelihood and not just a hobby,the extra range and clarity could save your life way back in...
Your stock Cobra 29 LTD classic may have an peak output from the factory of around 12 watts if you're lucky. After a very good tune from a shop that particular radio will max out around 25-30 watts.
You can have someone replace the finals and do some other modifications and maybe it will do 40-50 watts. But now you're talking $50 or more just for the work done to the radio. If the original cost of the radio was $80 you've now invested $130 to have a radio that will do 40 watts. That may not be the smartest decision when there are dual final export radios available on the market for only $30-50 more that come factory designed to do 30 watts without any modifications.
There are also small amplifiers available for sale that can give you 100 watts of output for less than $60.
Yes both the export radios and amplifiers are illegal, but so is having a CB radio that will do more than 4 watts.
There are many well known modifications that can be done to many radios. These modifications involve changing resistor values, adding resistors, or even replacing the stock final transistor with an aftermarket transistor.
These more complex tune ups are going to be more expensive but they can result in a radio with better receive, louder modulation and increased output wattage.
I always ran Cobra CB's because I think there the best..My job when driving truck was talking to my fellow drivers to avoid trouble on old narrow logging roads in the mountains and Cobra's just did a better job than the others.
CB radios can be spendy to set up right but when it is your livelihood and not just a hobby,the extra range and clarity could save your life way back in...
Your stock Cobra 29 LTD classic may have an peak output from the factory of around 12 watts if you're lucky. After a very good tune from a shop that particular radio will max out around 25-30 watts.
You can have someone replace the finals and do some other modifications and maybe it will do 40-50 watts. But now you're talking $50 or more just for the work done to the radio. If the original cost of the radio was $80 you've now invested $130 to have a radio that will do 40 watts. That may not be the smartest decision when there are dual final export radios available on the market for only $30-50 more that come factory designed to do 30 watts without any modifications.
There are also small amplifiers available for sale that can give you 100 watts of output for less than $60.
Yes both the export radios and amplifiers are illegal, but so is having a CB radio that will do more than 4 watts.
