CB Shops around Dallas

[SBPhilli]

I have a Cobra 19DX IV and was wondering about getting it 'peaked and tuned' and will be in the Dallas area for about the next month. If anyone could recomend a 'quality' shop to do the work while I'm down there. I will be driving a Kenworth T2000 and will be adding my own antenna onn the back grab rail on the the drivers side back of the cab.

Thanks in advance,
Steve :D

[Uturn2001]

Personally I would not worry about spending the money to get a $40 radio peaked and tuned. Not saying there is anything wrong with your radio, only that it seems a little overkill to put another $15-$20 into an inexpensive unit.

[LSMR]

I'd suggest moving up to a cobra 29 and spending the money on getting it tuned right away.

If you do get your 19 peaked & tuned let me know how it works.I have that model in my pick up.

[SBPhilli]

I figured I might be better off with a 29 but this is what I have right now.
The last radio I had was a little $35 Midland. Had that one 'peaked and tuned' and it wound up kicking some serious a**. Couldn't believe the difference it made. Was hoping that it might work the same on this Cobra. Would like to eventually save up and get a 148 or even go with a Galaxy or a Connex. For right now I think I'll stay with what I've got and work up from there.

Thanks,
Steve :D

[Capt._Chaos]

My spare radio is a Cobra 19 (one of the older ones that had the 5-pin "barrel" mic plug on it). I paid $10 for it at a pawn shop in 1995, and had it peaked & tuned, along with doing what the CB shop suggested and using just one antenna and one coax- works GREAT after all these years!

My main radio is a Uniden Grant XL that I've had since 1997. It's been peaked & tuned, and has a Connex board with talk-back, and a "Trash-King 56" (Road King with a looong cord for "stirrin' 'da pot" from in the bunk to PO the "rambos" in West Memphis when I'm brave enough to park there).

[SBPhilli]

Capt., that's what that Midland of mine did. I had it when I was in an old('89) IH COE Eagle. Had co-phased, tuned dual whips on it and could talk to the house from about 20mi. out with my back to them. Really ticked me off when they broke in and stole it and my 'bird dog' from a lot in AR :vmad: . Wasn't a 'RAMBO' but used to raise cain with them just for the fun of it :harhar: .
Don't know if I'll find one that I like as much as that one but it's worth a shot. Hope to see you out there soon.

Thanks,
Steve :D

[Jimbo]

Personally I would not worry about spending the money to get a $40 radio peaked and tuned. Not saying there is anything wrong with your radio, only that it seems a little overkill to put another $15-$20 into an inexpensive unit.

I have to disagree with you here, though I would have agreed before I got my $40 radio worked on. I had a 148 GTL once, and it blew out. I bought one of those $45 cobra radios, just to get me home. Later, just for laughs, I took the cigarett pack sized radio into a radio shop to see if they would work on it.

To put it mildly, that little $45 piece of junk now is said to talk like a $300 Galaxy radio. If I had not seen this myself, I would not have believed it. The secret is to have the dead-key signal strength low, and have the modulation from the microphone drive the signal up to about 10 watts. Instead of having your voice mixed in with a strong signal, it makes the signal you are putting out 95% voice.

I have a radio that I have to get back into the truck. After that, I'll show it off at the Petro in Bordentown, NJ some time.

[Wrongway]

To put it mildly, that little $45 piece of junk now is said to talk like a $300 Galaxy radio. Or you could say...the $300 Galaxy is a piece of junk because it only talks as good as a $45 radio.

The secret is to have the dead-key signal strength low, and have the modulation from the microphone drive the signal up to about 10 watts. Instead of having your voice mixed in with a strong signal, it makes the signal you are putting out 95% voice. Why not just go the last 5% and make it a really big radio with 100% voice?