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HomeOffice ProductsEducational SuppliesClassroom Social Studies SuppliesCobra Electronics Corporation Radio Handheld Cb 40 Channels, Hh 38 Wx St |
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46 of 46 found the following review helpful:
 Cobra HH38WXST Aug 03, 2006
By C. J. Shepard
Handheld CBs are the most useful of all two way radios. Although a CB handheld's range is not equal to a GMRS radio, but greater than an FRS unit, more people use CB than GMRS and FRS combined, especially while on the road, so assistance is within easy reach. And no license is required like a GMRS. To boost your range while in a car, use an external antenna. This will make your range equal to a mobile CB, plus make recieving signals far easier; making this radio a viable alternative to a permenant mount mobile that is difficult to move from car-to-car. The NOAA weather reciever is a great feature. With 7 NOAA and 3 International (Canadian) channels, weather info can be had anywhere with this radio. I recommend this radio to all CB'ers, especially hunters and fisherman who communicate with buddies while outdoors.
44 of 47 found the following review helpful:
Cobra HH38WXST Hand Held CB Mar 03, 2006
By Bass Fisherman
We have two of these, we keep one in my wife's car and the other in mine. Our main use is to monitor traffic back-ups (delays) on the Interstate. For this purpose, it works great.
For more regular use, I would recommend getting the external (magnet-base) antennae. This significantly boosts both the reception and transmission. I carry one of these antennaes in my trunk for longer trips. There are not many choices out there for hand-held CBs -- Based on what's out there, this seems like a good choice.
19 of 19 found the following review helpful:
Very functional hand-held CB Jan 12, 2007
By Alfred
We had to take a long roadtrip during some questionable weather. I wanted to have a CB in the minivan so I could listen to truckers, learn about traffic problems, and hear about road conditions. Also, I wanted a weather radio. This unit had the features I desired. It was quickly delivered and worked fine out-of-the-box. I used the included 12v adapter and kept it powered up during the whole trip. I used a roof mounted Cobra antenna (A1500) coupled to this radio via a BNC-to-Standard adapter. Because I didn't know what language I'd hear over the CB, I also got a earphone/microphone combination that plugs into this handheld. This setup worked great on the trip. Range wasn't wonderful - probably about a mile or so. But I did not have the equipment to set the SWR of the antenna so I wasn't too surprised. (An internal SWR meter would have earned this 5 stars.) Would I get it again? Yes, the setup worked out fine for us. Truckers could hear me fine (if within range) and I could hear them. It was nice listening to weather radio also.
13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Identical to the ROAD TRIP model but lacks magnetic antenna Feb 19, 2010
By Jagadeesh K. Venugopal
This CB Radio is identical to the model sold as the "HH Road Trip". For a dollar more, the latter model also includes a magnetic rooftop antenna with coax cable. The radios are the same, down to the model number inside the package, the manual, and the FCC type certification.
I think Amazon should tell users that the HH Road Trip includes an antenna for the same cost, and is the same product. Otherwise, they should reduce the price of this package to account for the lack of a magnetic mount antenna.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
WX works great. AA & 12v are the way to go. Jan 11, 2007
By Paul
"Otter"
Got the radio as an emergency item. The WX stations pickup and sound very clear with the included antenna. Glad that the device uses AA. Readily available, many recharging options for AA. Also works off 12v, tested that. Reception with the CB seemed to work fine as well and it does scan. As another reviewer said ( I'm an ex HAM radio technician), the antenna is the key for a radio. If you're worried about reception or transmitting, get something like a roof mounted magnetic antenna for your car. You don't have to mount it until you need it. If you're clever, you can use a spool of wire for this ( I did that for my previous CB and it worked fairly well, but had to tune the antenna first by progressively cutting small amounts off until it worked like I wanted). Haven't tested transmitting with it, but I'm sure it works. If I have problems, I'll head for higher ground and try to retransmit. Cheers!
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