Mikey Gribble
EF5
I was looking into getting a few CB radios for communicating from car to car while chasing. I tried talking to the guy at Radio Shack, but he was pretty clueless on it. What kind of range can you expect? Is there any sort of amplifer you can get to boost your signal? And is there any brand or specific antenna that is well known for being high quality?
I have people tag along quite often and it would be great if I could keep in touch with them to notify them of upcoming turns and stuff like that. Also with the tour deal going on we may have two cars (if I ever manage to get a respectable amount of business) and then it would be a must.
I know ham radios are the way to go, but I really don't want to go take that class and I will have different drivers a lot of times so I won't have people that are certified to use ham radios anyway, so that isn't an option.
Any help would be greatly appreciated because I'm looking at getting some in the next couple weeks. I was just going to buy the handheld batter powered ones they have at Radio Shack unless somebody has any objections to that. I've always had really good luck with everything I've bought from there and the guy told me that handheld model I was looking at had the maximum output allowed so it should work just as well as any other. I'm sure the antenna and amplifers if they have them are what really matter, but I know nothing about that. Thanks in advance for any help.
I have people tag along quite often and it would be great if I could keep in touch with them to notify them of upcoming turns and stuff like that. Also with the tour deal going on we may have two cars (if I ever manage to get a respectable amount of business) and then it would be a must.
I know ham radios are the way to go, but I really don't want to go take that class and I will have different drivers a lot of times so I won't have people that are certified to use ham radios anyway, so that isn't an option.
Any help would be greatly appreciated because I'm looking at getting some in the next couple weeks. I was just going to buy the handheld batter powered ones they have at Radio Shack unless somebody has any objections to that. I've always had really good luck with everything I've bought from there and the guy told me that handheld model I was looking at had the maximum output allowed so it should work just as well as any other. I'm sure the antenna and amplifers if they have them are what really matter, but I know nothing about that. Thanks in advance for any help.