Question #25: CB/Ham Radio Operators

You need this on the hood too.

pastorwug said:

Rugged Radio UHF race/ham radio. Great install kit and instructions here on FRF, took me most of a Saturday.
Forget the CB. Waste of time unless you want a bunch of total idiots barking at you for their "#1 Son."

I can walk you through it if you need help.
Most offroad adventures require a Race radio now anyways.

50 watts, unbeatable.

Until some sideband, 600 watt CB guy tells you that his idea is the best - though highly illegal.

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Pictures?

https://www.fordraptorforum.com/thr...h-cover-still-operational.68921/#post-1369084

I have several pictures on this thread

Oldfart said:

Were you the "Rubber Duck" or the "Love Machine"?

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Neither. I was too busy driving my Dad to drinking, driving my hot rod Lincoln.

Buy the kit from @jwpres , you will be happy.

Real nice guy in Arizona.

I've been happy with a Yaesu FT-8800R/E Dual band radio. Radio is mounted on the floor under the back seat. Removable radio head is mounted on a flexible stalk attached to the passenger seat floor mount. Antenna is mounted to the bed cage. Power and antenna wires pass through a vent between the back of the cab and bed. Remote speaker fit perfectly where the center headrest was in the back seat. Back window can be opened and the speaker flipped over so you can listen outside the cab. This made for a no-new-holes in the truck install. Can be removed and you'd never know it was there.

911 Crazy said:

"They even had a bear in the air!".

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I got caught by one in the late '80's. They were up in a light plane and radioed down to patrol cars. I don't know if they still do that or not?

pastorwug said:

Rugged Radio VHF race/ham radio. Great install kit and instructions here on FRF, took me most of a Saturday.
Forget the CB. Waste of time unless you want a bunch of total idiots barking at you for their "#1 Son."

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That's what made me park my cb years ago. Every 2 minutes someone was doing a time check, or a radio check, just to hear themselves talk. What's the #1 son mean? I never heard that one.

All this CB talk got me thinking...
what if Burt drove a Raptor?

911 Crazy said:

So ya'll think I'm bad here. Just wait till you hear ol' bucketmouth on the CB! Any who, I'm curious to see where and how you've mounted your CB and/or Ham Radios and antennas. I'm working on my Ham license now. So;

1) What rig are you running?
2) What antenna are you running?
3) How/where did you mount the unit and antenna?

There is so much equipment out there and direction pointing would help. My last set up was Cobra SSB/AM with a Wilson magnetic mount antenna.

Thanks

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If you can't figure this out on your own you don't deserve a transmit key...

Congrats on going for your ham ticket! much more fun with a band for any condition.
No radios in the Raptor yet or planned but, my Wrangler has 6m thru 80m at a 100 watts plus vhf and uhf