bluescat
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- 2001 X Sport 4X4
Spare equipment
So how can you tell what a firestick is? I have a couple of CB's and antennas sitting around the garage. Two of the antennas are the fiberglass variety, a skinny blue one (5') and a thicker orange one (4'). I also have a metal one with the drip edge clamp that I'm going to try to attach to the roof rails. It has a collapse feature, you push in a button and you can move it from the straight up to the horizontal position. Is this one any good? Will it work ok on the side rail of the roof rack as opposed to the middle? I don't have any crossbars yet, Ford's too cheap to give you them nowadays. Also does the ground have to make contact with the vehicle skin for ground purposes?
I think the spare radios are still good if anyone can use them. One's a Pace 144 and the other is a Pearce-Simpson Tiger 40. Since I need removeable/invisible I got a Midland 75-822 handheld w/weather that comes with a 6 cell battery pack that slips off and in it's place you slide a unit that supplies power from the 12V access outlet as well as the coax connecter. It turns it into the same kinda rig as the Cobra except it is an all in one. I also got a Cobra HH 46WX Babe Winkleman unit so I 'd have two portables for camping/farm and I found out that the battery packs on the Cobra and Midland units are interchangeable. Looks like the same outfit makes both units but I heard the Midland unit is better. FYI
[Edited by bluescat on 09-29-2000 at 05:41 AM]
So how can you tell what a firestick is? I have a couple of CB's and antennas sitting around the garage. Two of the antennas are the fiberglass variety, a skinny blue one (5') and a thicker orange one (4'). I also have a metal one with the drip edge clamp that I'm going to try to attach to the roof rails. It has a collapse feature, you push in a button and you can move it from the straight up to the horizontal position. Is this one any good? Will it work ok on the side rail of the roof rack as opposed to the middle? I don't have any crossbars yet, Ford's too cheap to give you them nowadays. Also does the ground have to make contact with the vehicle skin for ground purposes?
I think the spare radios are still good if anyone can use them. One's a Pace 144 and the other is a Pearce-Simpson Tiger 40. Since I need removeable/invisible I got a Midland 75-822 handheld w/weather that comes with a 6 cell battery pack that slips off and in it's place you slide a unit that supplies power from the 12V access outlet as well as the coax connecter. It turns it into the same kinda rig as the Cobra except it is an all in one. I also got a Cobra HH 46WX Babe Winkleman unit so I 'd have two portables for camping/farm and I found out that the battery packs on the Cobra and Midland units are interchangeable. Looks like the same outfit makes both units but I heard the Midland unit is better. FYI
[Edited by bluescat on 09-29-2000 at 05:41 AM]