David Jr wrote:
skywarn wrote:
if you looking for a "legal" 4 watt radio, then radio shack would be your best bet... however, if you looking for a "import" radio ie: RCI, Ranger, Galaxy, or amps, Foot warmers, Texas Stars, Black Widows, etc... then they are the place to go
Foot Warmers? Texas Stars? What are they? (pardon my ignorance)

"secret stuff"
Thats the response youll get if you ask anyone running it! They are brand names of "underground" amps you can by law "buy, sell, or trade" BUT you cannot own, be in position of, or install any of them...
FCC states that any radio that has been moded (on the 11 meter band, ie C.B.) is sub. to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. All cb's must be no stronger than 4 watts, and cannot be opened for any reason as stated by FCC part 95 subpart D.
so how does all this work? well its like a car stereo, your cb is tunned to output 15 watts, which goes into a 50 watt modulator (Black Widow) which then goes into an Amp, leats say a Texas Star DV440V... thats 440 watts of power just from that one box, however its modded as well as the radio and the modulator, so at this point you pushing close to 600 watts!!
now i bet you asking "what can one do with all that power??" Well im gald you asked!
you can set off every car alarm in the mall parking lot, you can set off every store alarm as you drive by, any store or dealership that has a PA system... you can talk all over that. You can "fry" the take out order window at micky d's, kill a person with a pace maker, do some real damage at a Hospital etc...talk to other cb'ers in Europe, run from the FCC and hope not to get cought...
OR
you can goto radio shack buy the "ham radio study guide" and be a good child and do things the legel way. (I had to go the way... the judge said so...

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and of course its not as easy to set this all up either... i had to run 9 Die Hard Batts, 4 220 amp Alt, under my hood, and a lot of wire... and pray that nothing cought fire!
LOL guess i went on longer than i thought... did i answer your question?
