Ok. My turn. Don't. Just don't. Unless you are a glutton for punishnent. 90% of the time, cb's are used to set up hookers or drug deals. The other 10%, you will hear them talking about your womans tits or legs as you pass them. (We all do it, but now you can hear it) and if you have kids in the car, don't even turn it on.
If that didn't bother you, the cobra 29 is kinna the industry standard. Avoid anything with a lighted faceplate, even the cobras. A plain jane 29, with a 15 dollar peak and tune will get you anywhere u are likely to go. Throw the mic away, they all suck. Even the high dollar units come with 5 dollar mics. Astatic is your friend, road king as well. Shop hard, u can find a new 29 for 59-69 bucks. Mic for 29, cheap fiberglass antenna for 20(they work the best, the wilsons are a waste of money)and a few bucks for assorted stuff. Don't bother with magnet mounts, the grounds suck, and they WILL blow off, no matter what the package claims.
And if ya like it, you can go up from there. Ranger 2950/70's, connex, magnum, texas star, on and on. My main unit was a magnum s3, with a connex 3300hp backup. These were absolute blowtorches, dead-key about 4 watts, swinging 60. That's major modulation.
Both these powerful(and very expensive) units sat turned off the last two years I was otr. You can only hear"shutup stupid" "I aint got no panties on" "where's the wild women at?" Or some jackass throwin a 500 watt dead-key so many times before you get sick of it. One of those dead-key assholes made the mistake of being seen. I have reason to believe a pair of dikes were used on his antenna wire while he was keyed-up with a high dollar linear amplifier. That driver was applauded and honked at on his way back to m...his truck.
I sold those radios last month for 200 each. And I was happy to take the loss
