Where to take a president Washington for alignment? Southeast.

Just ordered this radio the other night for my new company truck at work, was running a cobra 29ltd before. Will I notice that much a difference? Also how many truckers sit on sideband and would it be upper or lower? Sorry I’m a noob lol.

Good afternoon everyone. I recently was given as a birthday present a Cobra 19 Mini and a Scosche magnetic cb antenna 22 inch. It seems like the Cobra is working fantastic but I'm not picking up any signal at all. Is there something I'm missing? I've tried the Cb with another antenna and it picked up signal from my house. So I was wondering if there is a step I'm missing on hooking up the antenna with the cb or did I set up the antenna wrong even? First time Cb user here to add. Thank you for all your help and for wasting time reading this.

Anybody! Just want one radio check and I’ll wait another 40 years for another one. LOL

What is the handheld walkie-talkie thing that George Noory always pitches on his show? Anyone familiar with it?

I have had this 29LTD for a long time now. It hasn't worked in years and I just pulled it out to see if I cant get it running. I plugged it into my bench power supply and set it to 12v DC and it will only pull 5v and seems to want to just take max amps but I have amperage limited. I pulled and checked the reverse polarity diode and it was fine so I reinstalled that. With the power switch off I have 12v at the plug but as soon as I turn power on the voltage drops to 5v. I have pulled a few components around the board and found that no matter what I remove I get 5v. I'm about to remove the AF Amp chip as I found it was getting super hot however it is also on a heatsync. I am at a lost. No display, no audio no nothing. I also found some smd components on the bottom of the board so I'm wondering if it's been modified.

Anyone have any ideas?

Sorry I don't even know what to title this and I do apologize in advance due to the fact that I am new to the radio game and still learning about the frequencies and trying to get a grasp on everything so I have a president Lincoln 2 plus I am running an inside unfortunately in an apartment with the antenna being on the back patio I know obviously not optimal so yesterday while trying to tune my antenna with the SWR meter which by the way was unsuccessful the antenna I had the whip couldn't be trimmed but I had good receiving yesterday and after all day of trying to tune/ trim "I dont know proper term " my antenna so this morning when I go to my CB radio I can barely hear anything but static now and on channel 38 a bunch of local guys get on there and chat and now I can't hear them so I don't know could I potentially of hurt my radio while hitting the transmit button because the SWR was high I don't know man I apologize I'm doing research I'm watching YouTube videos I'm trying

Also side note can you swear in this subreddit apparently in the ham radio subreddit you cannot use any profanity I got a post removed for " a hole "

Hey guys I am just getting into cb radios and I was wondering since I’m going on a road trip to Mexico and I was wondering if my CB radio from the US would work all the way to my destination down the south of Mexico when I get in trouble in Mexico if I use my CB radio do I have to change channels when I get to Mexico I mean we using it because we’re taking two vehicles and it would be easier to communicate via CB radios any help would be very greatly appreciated thank you for your time

What to do with excess cable? Loop it? Should the length be only as long as needed with no excess? What is the theory and everyone's experience?

I work with trucks every once in a while. When I do, a CB would be lovely for me to have. It’s been recommended to me that I buy a portable cb with a mag mount antenna. I will be in close proximity to the people I would need to talk to, at most 1-2 miles away.

I’m not allowed to modify my vehicle in any way, so the setup needs to be removable. I’m slightly concerned about the strength of the magnet mounts. I’ve seen some that are rated for ~55 mph, but not sure how strong they really are.

Any recommendations? Thanks guys

Has anyone attempted or completed a headset conversion for the AT6666? I'm looking to create an adapter to convert the PTT and Mic pins (not the channel buttons) to an aviation headset style headset microphone, and then pipe the audio from the SPK OUT port to the ear cups. I drive a fairly loud truck, and I like to run the window open, and when I'm working mobile I struggle to hear my external speaker 2ft from my head.

IDEAL CONFIG:

PTT on a pedal by my foot on the dead pedal
- Would be a simple contact switch (i have an old guitar pedal I might use)
- Would likely use a standard 3.5mm pinout and resolder it
- Could also set up a PTT on my shift knob, the headset itself, or something stupid like the wheel

Audio out to the ear cups
- Would likely only run one ear
- Would maintain the 3.5mm jack from the rear of the radio
- Would make an adapter to the av-headset

Microphone on the headset
- Want it in front of my face
- AV headsets are typically alright sounding
- The AT6666 uses an electret microphone, as do most modern AV headsets

This is a stupidly niche project but I can't run 10/11/12 meters from my dorm room easily and I love my mobile setup, so I figured it'd be a fun little electronics project. It's totally useless to most people but I'm bored so hit me with ideas. Any thoughts on best way to do it are appreciated. If anyone's done it to their radio (of any type) I'd love to see it.

Just installed my first CB, I got the radio for $25 on offerup And rest on amazon

https://youtu.be/6R-WJo5naM8?si=Y-F3_hqoN0vDr9wi

I really like the look of this old guy. I have so many others with so many bells & whistles. Just for educational sake anyone know about these old timers? Are they any decent?

Hello all I’m am in search of an antenna that I could use both at home in my apartment. When outside on a stand possibly easy to carry. I don’t have a vehicle there’s a ton of traffic an chatter around me. What’s some good ideas.

Today I was going to throw a air fryer out and in the dumpster together with some old batteries, I found this little cute thing. So I took it home and cleaned it up a little and i heard someone talk, so i suppose it works fine and just a fun find 😊

Hi everybody. Frustrated beginner with newbie questions.

I have an old Uniden BCT8 scanner I dug out recently to see what I could listen to. Back in the day I only ever listened to the trunked police stuff, but everything is digital and encrypted here now. Back then, I didn't even understand what the other bands were or what they were used for.

I've been listening to the CB & ham bands and been able to receive a bunch of stuff on the scanner that made me curious so I decided to pick up a cb to check out and start learning.

Picked up a President McKinley 1 and Pyramid 12v power supply, and have been having a hard time getting it to work properly.

Attached to the same antenna setup, I receive so much more and clearer on my old scanner than the new CB. The CB is super noisy, with a constant sputtering that sounds like interference. Except the weather channel, lol that one is super clear.

My swrs are all messed up so I know my antennas not right so I haven't even attempted to transmit, but hooked up to scanner with same antenna I still hear so much more. (Firestick dipole mounted on pole in yard)

Do scanners receive differently than CB's? Does the antenna suck? Where should I be looking to make this work? What am I misunderstanding? Any advice?

Thanks for your help.

I have had CB radio for a year or two and I have no luck with it. I never hear anyone actually talking. The only thing I hear is a bunch of pre recorded conversations and sound effects from shows. I even moved much more north for college and get the same results. Do I need a weaker antenna?