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Nice truck, body look great.
How is the CB and the CB Antenna System working out ?
Thanks, for a 93' its in great shape! but its blue and fading which is fine for now. Within a year it will be undergoing a dramatic color change and scheme, perhaps even get to swap out the rear for a Norweld rear UTE tray, seen here Norweld Aluminum Tray w/Canopy
Then I can transfer the "Flip-Pac" over to an extra-cab project I want to do with it.
As for the CB, works great so far. Out in the open I get out farther than some of the people in my groups than I can hear back. Still haven't determined whether or not that is an issue on my end (receiving) or on their end of transmitting.
A good friend of mine from Sweden, here on a school visa whom has taken an almost comical take to wheeling and off-roading. He is using a old school Cobra 29 classic with a Fire stick off the side of the rear of his 1G Nissan Xterra, and sometimes when he is behind me a distance, he doesn't get out as well but I come in like gang-busters. His vehicle seems to be more biased to the rear than equal. It is better now that we took an SWR meter to it and calibrated it better.
I do use the CB with a couple groups I frequent with, the GMRS 2-way with some closer niche friends, and eventually I'll get my icom 5100 H.A.M. unit in there.. CB doesnt seem to be the "thing" anymore like it was back in the 80-90's even. My father was really into it back then himself, base and mobile wise.
That iCOM 5100 Unit has a detachable face feature if you will that allows for remote installations, its replacing the rear view mirror in the near future on a modified mirror mount and RAM mount setup.
from outside, still looks like a rear view mirror.
Last edited on Fri Jan 26th, 2018 02:59 pm by Undrstm8ed
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