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Mudderoy

03-24-2009, 01:04 AM

What do you use? If mounted, show how. Anyone use a scanner?

Melissa

03-25-2009, 01:34 AM

Here is my communication set up. It's all I got besides wireless internet. I do not have a land line, but I do have a hand scanner :hmmmm2:...................................... in a box somewhere.

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/melreese83/HPIM0408.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/melreese83/HPIM0409.jpg

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Melissa

03-25-2009, 01:36 AM

Wow, just noticed I really need to dust my keyboard :eek:

Mudderoy

03-25-2009, 07:53 AM

Keep in mind, and since you guys deal with ice and snow you may already know this, during an emergency cell phones CAN be of little use.

Cell phones work on a repeater type technology in as much as they require a sophisticated electronic communications relay station to be located very near by.

These communications relay stations hand you off as you travel from one CELL to the next. There are NO provisions for your cell phone to work without this communications relay station.

If the power, or antennas go out during an emergency at the cell station nearest you, you now have a nice light instead of a communications device.

Spend the less than $100 and get a CB. This basic point to point communications can let you know what is going on close by and get you help, however keep in mind that people could be using the CB to help themselves in a time of emergency, so you need to weigh your situation with how bad it could be if certain BAD people got involved.

Melissa

03-25-2009, 07:12 PM

I keep looking at CB's and I do plan on getting one this summer, around here cell service is bad anyways I get service in heppner, but then I have to travel at least 50 miles befor I get it again

Mudderoy

03-25-2009, 07:21 PM

I recommend Uniden/Cobra. You can get two, and just use a 12 volt power supply for the house. Nice thing is doing that you can move it from your house to another vehicle if needed. When you go to get one I can give you some ideas as to what to get.

Melissa

03-25-2009, 07:27 PM

Thanks, I'll be sure to give you a shout when I'm on the hunt.

xjjeepthing

03-25-2009, 07:45 PM

Right now I have a cheaper Midland CB. Want to go to a better Cobra with weather band. Also want a GPS unit and maybe a Scanner. I was thinking in Indiana scanners were illegal unless your fire,ems or police.

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s44/xjjeepthing/My%20jeep/e806.jpg

firehawk

03-25-2009, 09:00 PM

Here's mine.:rotfl2:

It's a pretty expensive setup. Three gold crowns, and one root canal!:D

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a155/kbharbison/Backbone.jpg

WoW...that's one ugly SOB!:o

Melissa

03-25-2009, 09:19 PM

Here's mine.:rotfl2:

It's a pretty expensive setup. Three gold crowns, and one root canal!:D

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a155/kbharbison/Backbone.jpg

That was good! :smiley-laughing021:

BlueXJ

04-09-2009, 02:28 PM

Where is the squelch knob???

DETOURS

04-09-2009, 08:52 PM

BWAHAHAAAAAA......theres some funny stuff......

I still use a wall unit...........

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f136/corncrawler/The_Call_by_nena_suicide.jpg

BlueXJ

04-09-2009, 11:12 PM

I like that wall unit. The last one I had you needed to keep feeding it quarters. Does yours need quarters?

_StationWagon_

04-10-2009, 03:08 PM

Click to see my setup (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/85/242673796_2c165d960f.jpg)...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/85/242673796_2c165d960f.jpg

There's cool add ons like matching cruising speed & longer string ...Works for me ... :cheerleader:

DETOURS

04-10-2009, 07:34 PM

I like that wall unit. The last one I had you needed to keep feeding it quarters. Does yours need quarters?

We only feed quarters into the bed.....

and....dropped cell phone calls are still a pain in the a$$!
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hey look........is that Mudd's XJ in there?

firehawk

04-10-2009, 08:46 PM

We only feed quarters into the bed.....

Ahhhh....Magic Fingers!:)

THAT'S not pink.....Hummm.....:eek:

muddeprived

04-11-2009, 05:30 AM

I'm trying to find this wall phone you guys are talking about.......:smiley-bounce015:

Here's my communication device(s)

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e73/muddeprived/DSCF5852.jpg

no phones, no cb's, no cells, no "on-the-wall-next-to-a-hot-chick" phones. It's just my hands. Of course 90% of the people out there do not understand me unless their ears are broken like mine.

Mudderoy

04-11-2009, 11:59 AM

We only feed quarters into the bed.....

and....dropped cell phone calls are still a pain in the a$$!
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hey look........is that Mudd's XJ in there?

Uhhhh I think that's a brake light.

BlueXJ

04-11-2009, 01:24 PM

DETOURS

04-11-2009, 09:09 PM

Dang Chris......You must enjoy the internet, my buddies wife was born deaf, she does alot of texting, verbally gets by pretty good....great lip reader!

Melissa

04-11-2009, 10:42 PM

lol, you all are a little off :smiley-laughing021:

Mudderoy

04-11-2009, 10:45 PM

There was a cute deaf girl in college. She read lips also. My friend and I would cover out mouths and talk about her. Really wound her up. :smiley-laughing021:

BlueXJ

04-11-2009, 11:27 PM

lol, you all are a little off :smiley-laughing021:

Thanks I thought we were alot off. You must think higher of us than I do!!!

muddeprived

04-11-2009, 11:32 PM

Dang Chris......You must enjoy the internet, my buddies wife was born deaf, she does alot of texting, verbally gets by pretty good....great lip reader!

small world huh? i wasn't born deaf, but lost my hearing when i was 17. i can speak well and like your bro's wife, i can also lip read well. my dad always suggested that i join the military as a spy and gather info by lip reading people cuz i do it during televised sports games and stuff like that. in college, i would occasionally catch the other coach's plans from the other side of the court and we won a few ball games by countering what they had planned ;)

DETOURS

04-12-2009, 07:57 AM

You've got mail!!! :smiley-scared002: Check your email!!!

muddeprived

04-12-2009, 09:40 AM

You've got mail!!! :smiley-scared002: Check your email!!!

Nice save! :smiley-gen165: I was just about to start it.....next week.

:thumbsup:

DETOURS

04-13-2009, 06:32 PM

I woulda called......but, you know.........:o

(the stuff I wake up thinking about.........nobody cares.......):boohoo:

AJ99

07-07-2009, 12:37 AM

I think we are all off... look what we like to drive lol... WHO DOES THAT???

tbone

12-08-2009, 03:23 AM

Some where this topic got lost :confused:

Silly Willy

12-13-2009, 12:48 AM

This topic was lost before it was even started. I must say I really like the wall phone though.

LandOps

09-22-2011, 11:03 PM

Here's the Land Ops Jeep Radio Setup LINK

See Radio Communications Page (http://landops.com/outbackcommunication.htm)

92warwagon

11-24-2012, 10:33 PM

perfect!

JeepinOutfitters

12-31-2012, 01:47 PM

Cobra 75WXST with Firestick fender mount and K20 antenna. Complete write-up is at http://jeepin.com/features/cobra75

http://jeepin.com/images/features/cobra75/cobra08.jpg

http://jeepin.com/images/features/cobra75/cobra05.jpg

prerunner1982

01-22-2013, 12:55 PM

Here is my "new" set up.... well only where the radio is mounted. Antenna mount is still the same.

The radio does not interfere with the trans or tcase shifters and is within easy reach while driving as my hand is usually on the shifter.

camping350

02-16-2013, 07:24 PM

Here is mine Connex CB and Kenwood Dual Band HAM radio.

prerunner1982

02-17-2013, 02:21 PM

How about the antenna set up Camping350?

Rustbucket

05-12-2013, 01:06 PM

I've got a small uniden cb radio and a Wilson flex antenna. I'm hoping to get an amateur radio license in the near future, I'd rather have the range that those offer instead of the 1-5 miles the cb can reach out
http://i42.tinypic.com/s6r51z.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/bitddx.jpg

Minihammermatt

09-09-2013, 02:35 PM

My setup is a Uniden Bearcat 980ssb with a fire stick whip

Mudderoy

09-09-2013, 07:51 PM

Never makes a turn faster than 5 mph! :bacondance:

http://irvoslin.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/hamradios.jpg

:link: (http://irvoslin.wordpress.com/2013/02/16/the-joys-of-eavesdropping/)

:patriot:

Minihammermatt

09-09-2013, 08:15 PM

Never makes a turn faster than 5 mph! :bacondance:

http://irvoslin.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/hamradios.jpg

:link: (http://irvoslin.wordpress.com/2013/02/16/the-joys-of-eavesdropping/)

:patriot:

Mobile NSA truck?

Mudderoy

09-09-2013, 08:20 PM

Mobile NSA truck?

Tooo messy, an individual, a GLOW IN THE DARK individual! :spongebob:

nickyg

09-09-2013, 09:08 PM

Wonder what's in the bag?

graverobberjk

09-17-2013, 09:09 AM

Im looking at a cobra right now myself...I really need one, not only for the trail but for my voulenteer work also

NW99XJ

09-17-2013, 10:37 AM

My super reliable point to point communications system.
It does require a decent line of sight to work properly,
....and the range is somewhat limited,
....but the technology has been around for quite some time,
....and replacement parts are easy to come by!

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r166/Funnyoldlife/tin-can-telephone.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/Funnyoldlife/media/tin-can-telephone.jpg.html)

ekaybe

11-24-2013, 09:31 PM

http://zagg-blog.s3.amazonaws.com/community/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/motorola-bag-phone.jpg

ETXXJ89

01-17-2014, 09:19 PM

no pics because I haven't put it in yet but I have a Cobra 29 LTD classic with a 250 watt linear upgrade/ receive Upgrade with an acoustic mike. I was gonna put the Galaxy 99 in the jeep but decided its better to stay in the big truck for now. advantages of being a trucker. I have 3 or 4 radios just laying around :) would be interested in getting a HAM radio if it didn't cost so much to get into.

autotech98

10-18-2014, 08:14 AM

Found an old texas instruments(radio shack) handheld cb has the car kit and case and it works.oh and it was 1$ at a yard sale....:)

downsy

12-12-2014, 06:33 PM

no pics because I haven't put it in yet but I have a Cobra 29 LTD classic with a 250 watt linear upgrade/ receive Upgrade with an acoustic mike.

You're running a 250 watt amplifier on your CB? :rolleyes: Part of the reason that the CB band is dying. Hard to talk to others in my area on 4 watts of power when there's guys blowing my radio out with 100s of watts

HAM radio license is like 15 bucks. A good 2 meter radio is 160ish. Cheaper than the 10,000 dollar fine the FCC could level against you for EACH infraction they can prove. But the chance of them catching you or even giving a crap is pretty much nil.

Anyway past that little rant

CB Radio is a Midland
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10857927_10205653296317832_3643692000313210376_n.j pg?oh=d2b32906b52463ac0a69b55e128d962e&oe=550519AD&__gda__=1425702075_f0bcab9d59ffc9b120a18fb02bc3e48 2

Antenna for that unit is a Firestik 3 footer on a fender mount with a spring between them.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/10868229_10205653295037800_2770176453717942839_n.j pg?oh=3892fd14a1dcbdc44c8dbdea823a3529&oe=554125F2&__gda__=1427391263_7b4075a749cc66c030cfd3b51c68f3b 9

Other radio is a cheapo Dual Band (2meter/70cm) mobile a Lexian VV-898 that only runs about 10 watts on high, very compact and takes up very little space. Gets the job done though. I'm thinking of replacing it with a Kenwood or Chinese made 2meter only radio with more power available. The 10 watts has only been a hindrance in one situation so I'm not in any hurry.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/9474_10205653296197829_3543865462636810389_n.jpg?o h=d73156b99b7871a091c4422870458963&oe=5545D16A&__gda__=1426872552_69b15c70c132ce6b8c4bcd94efd66a4 f

Antenna for this unit is a 1/4 wave dual band TRAM antenna on another fender mount on the passenger side
https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10392370_10205653294677791_4174467634027407747_n.j pg?oh=b3f8d727b094db5e2f65b82ed638c20e&oe=5500792E

Mudderoy

12-12-2014, 07:19 PM

I recently picked up a Uniden BCD996XJ off of Amazon for $294. It was a hard purchase. It has been years since I had a scanner and I wasn't sure if I'd really use it much.

Boy what a radio! I picked up a Motorola communications speaker for it and downloaded the free software "FreeScan" to program and control the scanner.

6681

6682

But if you just like the facts maam...

6683

downsy

12-12-2014, 08:48 PM

oooooo LCARS.....fancy ;)

prerunner1982

12-12-2014, 08:50 PM

I recently picked up a Uniden BCD996XJ off of Amazon for $294.

You mean BCD996XT.... I know, its only natural for a J to follow a X. :D

Nice radio, surprised you don't have a feed on Broadcastify (Radioreference.com feed site)

OldFaurt

12-12-2014, 09:30 PM

downsy

12-12-2014, 10:55 PM

nickyg

12-13-2014, 12:27 AM

Here is a cheap way to get on the air!
KG-UV899 for $59.00 (http://www.cheapham.com/wouxun-dual-band-ht-2-mtr-70cm-kg-uv899-new-model/)

Ok A website named cheapham.com is very misleading. I was expecting some good deals on some slightly damaged bacon.
I have been wrestling with the idea of going ham radio. (total access to the airwaves might be a dangerous thing for me).
You guys ain't helping with the struggle. so many choices for under a $100

Philxj4L

12-13-2014, 03:56 AM

Dang that's pricey ;) Baofeng is like 35 bucks haha :smiley-taunt002:

Amazon.com : Baofeng UV5R 136-174/400-480 MHz Dual-Band DTMF CTCSS DCS FM Ham Two-Way Radio (Black) : Frs Two Way Radios : Electronics (http://www.amazon.com/Baofeng-UV5R-136-174-400-480-Dual-Band/dp/B007H4VT7A/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1418446674&sr=1-1&keywords=baofeng+uv-5r)

Our 4x4 response group use these in PMR flavour. We're only licensed to 5w for the handheld sets, or 25w for vehicle sets. The handhelds are really good bits of kit, and cheap to buy. :)

xjzaped

12-13-2014, 01:32 PM

I've got a Motorola SM50 for a tracker hidden in the little cubbie in the back (wired into ignition) on a Larsen nmoq on the roof. A cobra 25ltd with a Larsen nmo27 (it'll tune 10m too) on a hood channel mount. And currently a anytone dual band (remote mounted under the back seat) with a comet ca2x4sr on the spare tire carrier.

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