fwb_1234 10+ year member
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I've been wanting to buy and install a CB radio so I can hear the truckers while I'm on the road, just so I can do something to pass the time. So, I don't need 20 miles of reception and transmission range.
My concerns are these:
I want to buy the antenna listed below which is "magnetic mount" which I would then mount to the top of my Mazda 6. How exactly is this done. The only pictures I have seen of this antenna mounted are clean. No wires go back into the car, which suggests that they drilled a hole in the car. I don't want to do that.
Of course I only saw it installed on a replica car, so they may just have cut off the wire.
Even if I don't have to drill a hole, I'm worried that they wire is going to be too thick to run around some of the hidy-places in my car. Also, it might be ugly on top.
Antenna:
http://www.amazon.com/Cobra-A1500-Base-Loaded-Magnet-Mount-Antenna/dp/B00005N5X2/ref=pd_cp_e_0?pf_rd_p=413863501&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00005N5X1&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0E28615AWBM0K2FWHEH3
Radio:
http://www.amazon.com/Cobra-19-40-Channel-Compact-Radio/dp/B00083KUVS
-or-
http://www.amazon.com/Midland-1001Z-2-Way-CB-Radio/dp/B00024DIDK/ref=pd_cp_e_2?pf_rd_p=413863501&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00005N5X1&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0E28615AWBM0K2FWHEH3
Also, any other suggestions are welcome.
My concerns are these:
I want to buy the antenna listed below which is "magnetic mount" which I would then mount to the top of my Mazda 6. How exactly is this done. The only pictures I have seen of this antenna mounted are clean. No wires go back into the car, which suggests that they drilled a hole in the car. I don't want to do that.
Of course I only saw it installed on a replica car, so they may just have cut off the wire.
Even if I don't have to drill a hole, I'm worried that they wire is going to be too thick to run around some of the hidy-places in my car. Also, it might be ugly on top.
Antenna:
http://www.amazon.com/Cobra-A1500-Base-Loaded-Magnet-Mount-Antenna/dp/B00005N5X2/ref=pd_cp_e_0?pf_rd_p=413863501&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00005N5X1&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0E28615AWBM0K2FWHEH3
Radio:
http://www.amazon.com/Cobra-19-40-Channel-Compact-Radio/dp/B00083KUVS
-or-
http://www.amazon.com/Midland-1001Z-2-Way-CB-Radio/dp/B00024DIDK/ref=pd_cp_e_2?pf_rd_p=413863501&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00005N5X1&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0E28615AWBM0K2FWHEH3
Also, any other suggestions are welcome.