Midland 75-785 Handheld CB Radio | List Price: $69.99
Discount Price: $28.00
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Brand: Midland
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - 40 channels
- 7 watts input/4 watts output
- Automatic noise/gain control
- High/low power switch
- Lighter socket adaptor
Hand Held CB [Posted on 2008-06-05]
Even driving on the freeway with trucks around me no one could pick me up. I could only hear talk from a few hundred feet away.
Great price but weak power even with external antenna [Posted on 2008-06-24]
This is a reasonable product for the price. I liked that I could power it with the included car adapter without any batteries required. With the small attached antenna, it seems the range from inside a car is probably only a few hundred yards. So I bought a magnetic roof mounted antenna at Radio Shack for $35 (I later saw one at a truck stop for $20), plus a $5 adapter to convert the normal CB antenna plug to the smaller plug on the Midland. This improved reception, I'm estimating to about a mile radius (my estimate is based on conversations I hear from truckers in the opposite direction on the freeway; at 60 mph (so about 120 mph differential speed), a conversation comes in and then fades out in about 1 minute total. But a 1 mile radius is still pretty pitiful for a CB, you really don't hear much of the chatter even on a busy truck freeway like the I-10 between California and Arizona. And transmission seemed even weaker; I couldn't get anybody from the opposite direction to hear me, but rather only people a few hundred yards in the same direction. So in short, if you want something to chat with a caravan buddy, two of these would likely work fine and are a great price (and you don't have to mess with batteries like with many newer handheld two-way radios). Add an antenna if you want the bare minimum ability to communicate with truckers. For anything more, you have to lay down more bucks for a much more powerful CB radio that can blast a signal and can pick up signals much farther away.
For those who buy a CB for their kids to have fun on family road trips, be aware that some truckers have really really foul mouths (I have a very high tolerance for those things, and even I think some of the things a few drivers say are just downright gross). It can still be fun, but be ready to turn down the volume!
Not Obsolete [Posted on 2008-07-08]
This comes in handy when traveling. Mobile phones still have their limtations. But with Citizens band radios you have no limits.
ok for some things [Posted on 2008-07-31]
they look great but our two way GMRS radios get better range then the cbs
Midland Radio [Posted on 2008-08-30]
This unit works well in open areas. But if you are inside a car or house, it won't transmit effectively.
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