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Originally Posted by Cd
If you are concerned about aero, it sure wouldn't hurt to lose that huge antenna on your roof  |
Sorry that CB Radio is mighty powerful, and the antenna is a class leader and made of copper with a silver coating. My test so far show NO difference in my mileage with it on or off. It's like a knife when I drive, it cuts through the wind and bends backwards. To me such a sight is beautiful! In these parts a CB radio is almost as common as a cell phone when on the interstate. I can be herd 20 miles away with my system through mountains, but before I had it worked on I could only get out about a mile because these mountains stop your signal from going very far. It's the next best thing to On Star and a Cell Phone WITHOUT THE MONTHLY BILL! ALL DRIVERS SHOULD HAVE ONE.
I could write a book on the CB slang and all the advantages on using one on long drives. Cell phones are nice, but you normally can not just pick it up and talk to the driver that just went past you. The CB is like part of me.
Also I think it helps the local police recognize me. haha.. I'm the only Cobalt XFE in this county as far as I know, AND after dark I drive in EOC often, with a bright GPS, a Valentine One radar direction detector, Supped up CB Radio with the obvious 7 foot antenna on top. Some people see me in their mirrors and slow down (guess I must be a cop, eh?) and when police are behind me they don't follow me for very long any more. I honestly think they know exactly where I live, my age and everything. And I think their target are young twenty-somethings going to the big school here that are partying and driving, so they sometimes seem to think I'm a kid but they seem to recognize my gear on.in the car and normally they just move on looking for the trouble maker they originally thought I was. It's a small city I live near, it does not take long to recognize who drives what. But I just have to laugh sometimes because I'm sure the police sitting in speed traps must get a laugh out of my tiny car with the 7 foot antenna every time they see it. Once I had a cop directly behind me on my bumper in a good mood see my fancy radar detector and he started turning on his radar gun on and off until I see him in the mirror and he grinned and flashed his brights at me. I guess there ok in my book, and the state boys can be reached on a cb just as fast as a cell phone here often times, I have had to do it before! lol