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I got an external speaker but really don't need it. I mounted the connection box between the passenger seat and the center console. The Jeep is a little noisy but I can hear the radio just fine, even better than the external speaker.
From there i have plenty of cable with the radio to hang it just under the passenger side air vent. I have a cheap mag mount antenna on the roof and I'm pulling in conversations around ten miles away.Great, great, great purchase.The weather channel is handy too.I really like the "dual watch" capability which allows me to monitor two channels or I can scann through all 40.Buy this one. I drive a Jeep Liberty and lets just say they aren't known for their extra leg room or any other kind of room.
I got the 75 and it has been great. I really wanted to have a CB because of the nature of my work but felt limited due to space. I didn't want to stick a radio on the passenger side like everyone suggests because I knew it would be in my wife's way when she rides with me.
It may not be fancy but it gets the job done.I work with the Highway Patrol and they often put this unit in their cars.
Cobra has always produce excellent equipment. This one eliminated the need to mount the typical radio under the dash or eat up alot of other space.
I think the speaker volume is plenty loud, although if you drove something not as quiet (say a Wrangler, or something with big mud tires/loud exhaust), I would say go for an external speaker. Reception is great and people have no problem hearing me. I picked this up to put in my Grand Cherokee, and it works perfectly. Great CB for the ocasional CB'er.
The built in speaker is rather weak, we bought a Cobra S500 external speaker that sits on the shelf behind the driver seat and works very well. The volume and squelch controls are sometimes moved by accident when handling the unit. We removed the hanger stud on the back of the unit and put a piece of fuzzy velcro there, a mating piece of hook velcro on top of the console keeps the unit handy. We use the unit in a Corvette, and there is no convenient place to mount a regular CB; the Cobra solves that problem nicely. We had the local stereo shop install a cigarette lighter plug on the Cobra power cord so we just plug it into a lighter outlet. These units seem rather short-lived, ours are heavily used about 2 weeks per year but just sit in the car the rest of the time, two previous units both died at 3 years.Summary- not perfect, but the best solution available for our situation.
Everything lights up like it thinks it's working but there is no sound at all. After two weeks the radio no longer produces any sound. Handset is bulky and not comfortable to use. Speaker in handset sounded terrible while it worked. I hope I can just return this item for a refund
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