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West Sydney
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cb radios
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Mon, 05 September 2005 00:08
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where can i find a cheap cb radio???????
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I Supported Toymods
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Casula
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January 2005
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Re: cb radios
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Mon, 05 September 2005 00:11
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Check out E-Bay they come up there all the time.
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Location:
Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: cb radios
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Mon, 05 September 2005 00:58
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| trdcmy wrote on Mon, 05 September 2005 10:08 |
where can i find a cheap cb radio???????
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strathfield car radios, i think i picked mine up for 19 bucks.
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Location:
ghetto area 2745
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November 2003
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Re: cb radios
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Mon, 05 September 2005 01:52
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breaker breaker this is the bear in the air 
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Location:
Tassie
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October 2003
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Re: cb radios
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Tue, 06 September 2005 02:59
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"this is craaaazy cooter callin lost sheep, you got your ears on now come on"
I wanted one sooooooo bad but none of my friends would buy one.
grrrrr
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Location:
Sydney
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September 2003
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Re: cb radios
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Tue, 06 September 2005 03:03
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| trdcmy wrote on Mon, 05 September 2005 10:08 |
where can i find a cheap cb radio???????
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do you mean hand held?.
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Location:
Auckland NZ
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August 2005
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Re: cb radios
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Tue, 06 September 2005 03:18
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Do you want an AM CB radio? Or a UHF radio?
Be careful to get the right thing. Otherwise if your mates have the other, you won't be able to communicate with them. AM CBs are harder to find now, but suspect there are plenty on ebay etc.
Dave
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Location:
Central Coast, NSW
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February 2005
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Re: cb radios
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Tue, 06 September 2005 04:07
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99% of people will have cheap handheld UHF radios though
for cruising, anyway... thats all youll ever need too!
ground control to major tom
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Location:
Newcastle
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July 2003
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Re: cb radios
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Tue, 06 September 2005 04:15
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*wrong* if you go anywhere with the mr2 club you will vbery quickly learn that they all use AM.. thanks dave 
uniden make a nice one i was looking at for myself to replace my current UHF handheld. it is a half DIN size and does both AM and UHF... cant remember the model number but have a look on their sire. retails for around $300
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Location:
Sydney
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September 2003
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Re: cb radios
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Tue, 06 September 2005 04:16
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oh the fun we had with the cb's on the way upto the toyota nationals 2004 .....  .
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Location:
Central Coast, NSW
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February 2005
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Re: cb radios
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Tue, 06 September 2005 04:59
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if they use AM radio does that mean i could tune my radio in to listen to their AM transmissions?
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Location:
Newcastle
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July 2003
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Re: cb radios
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Tue, 06 September 2005 05:05
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no.
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Location:
Central Coast, NSW
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February 2005
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Re: cb radios
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Tue, 06 September 2005 05:08
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| toof wrote on Tue, 06 September 2005 15:05 |
no.
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They would both be on the AM wavelength though, would they not?
Come on, no need to shut me down with a one word "no" like that, I'm not trying to be smart here. I'm genuinely curious.
Oh and while your MR2 club may use AM, you would have to agree with me that the more widely accepted option as far as short range radio communication goes for cruises would be UHF radio....
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Location:
Newcastle
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July 2003
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Re: cb radios
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Tue, 06 September 2005 05:48
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sorry to be blunt
yesh i agree most people have the UHF the mr2 club seem to be the oddity.
the AM CB radio's use 27Mhz iirc (someone correct me) where your car stereo AM radio uses arounf the 1.1-1.3Mhz area.
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Location:
Central Coast, NSW
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February 2005
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Re: cb radios
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Tue, 06 September 2005 06:06
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ah, i see. and the lower the frequency the further the range, is it not?
It would make sense that AM radio would have a reserved frequency anyway and that radio recievers would only pick them up.
My bad! 
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Location:
Sydney
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September 2003
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Re: cb radios
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Tue, 06 September 2005 06:23
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im pretty sure you can get fined now, for holding the cb radio similar to a mobile.
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Location:
Central Coast, NSW
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February 2005
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Re: cb radios
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Tue, 06 September 2005 06:31
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i clip mine onto my sunshade in front of me, then just reach up and press the button
or when i was using a vox one, just use VOX.
but then you cant listen to the radio.
damn.
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Location:
Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: cb radios
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Tue, 06 September 2005 06:35
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CB's are hours of amusement when on a cruise, or when you live near a freeway like me. Someone with an AM one fucked my radiocontrolled car though, it started jumping backwards and forwards and then died, it ran on 27Mhz ahhhh.
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
July 2003
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Location:
Canberra
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April 2003
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Re: cb radios
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Tue, 06 September 2005 13:22
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haha big anteneas on an aw11, that would like quite amusing, almost as much as roof racks
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Location:
Auckland NZ
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August 2005
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Re: cb radios
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Wed, 07 September 2005 02:05
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Yeah, the NSW MR2 club uses AM. We started using them probably before UHF became pretty popular with the hand-held models.
We got put onto them by the MX5 club, and have not looked back since. They add so much fun to a cruise as some people here have already explained.
We get pretty good range out of them. Certainly enough so that the front and back car can communicate - even when there are over 20 cars spread out. The range isn't as great in hilly or windy roads, but good enough for our purposes.
Yes, we are different now in that most people do use UHF (even MR2 club in VIC), however being different is part of MR2 ownership 
Dave
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Location:
Newcastle
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July 2003
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Re: cb radios
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Wed, 07 September 2005 02:09
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heheh indeed
i have to get an AM one. everyone &*other* then the mr2 club i go anywhere with has uhf. hence why im keen to get the dual mode unit.
wiso: you should see the antennas on the mr2's its quite ammusing actually. dont really need anything that huge though i guess.
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Location:
Auckland NZ
Registered:
August 2005
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Re: cb radios
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Wed, 07 September 2005 02:21
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No... but size DOES matter
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