CB Radio Talk

This is going to be a slow build unless I happen across a pile of loot. The truck is a little 2.4 so, i'll never be a big gun with her.
Anyways here is my old 2950, the only mod is talkback and channeled.
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got some 0ga.running parallel to the second batt. and the little baby 1x2
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Not much room for how I travel now but here is the 2nd. batt. install, with my inverter I use to charge my camera batteries while on the road. The battery is in front of a 48 QT. electric cooler for now, so it's a tight fit on the passenger side.
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My dirty girl.

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My next step is replace the engine bay battery, that one is pretty much gone now and a good puck with a puck plate.I should be able to pick up the battery this week along with quality terminals.
My near future steps are to install a second alt. and 3rd batt. once the second alt. is in i'll reroute the 0ga to it making a separate dedicated amp circuit.I've done 2 alt. installs before from my audio days in vw's . I remember running across a 240 amp alt. that came off a GM ambulance a few years back so I'm hoping that is a good application for me and something I can find?
well enough gabbin for now any advice or imput is welcome. I'm just trying to prep her for a straight 8 for now with some room to grow.

Yesterday I replaced the engine bay battery, and today I add a yellow top to make it 3 batteries in parallel now.
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Just gal i still have some 0ga. left.
Made some calls about alts.. I have been looking into the GM ad-cs-144 case that will have the gm ab-244 internals as a 240 amp alt.
They also said they have a external variable voltage pot switch goes up to 20V.
So, for a total of $600 bones I would get the 240 amp, an OEM (cs-144 I want as a low 105 amp backup if something happens to the HO alt and it needs serviced) alt, a separate variable voltage regulator(up to 20V), a pig tail for the OEM cs-144 that i could tap into my stock harness if ever needed, mounting brackets,and a V pulley. Im hopin im in the right direction om this one. My draw should be around 108 amps - with potential peaks to 141 amps.??

Well the prep i am doing is for a straight 8.
*UPDATE* last night I picked up a clean virgin 2970dx, I couldn't resist the price and especially considering the condition. so I'm kinda stuck on thinkin bout using that to drive a straight 8 ....... Problem is I believe the 70 would be on the weak side to drive an 8 and the 1x2 is a lil much... SO, most likely I'll use a 2 @ 2290 into the 8. Yeah, yeah I know pics,pics,pics. I'll post some up soon. It's been a rough week so far.

Finally got some headliner material. The original had seen better days anyways. I knew I'd be drilling a hole in the roof anyways, so I waited to pick up material until I beefed up the roof a little for mounting larger antennas. I'd like to put some kind of trim cap between the 90 and headliner just to have a cleaner install to it .
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Not so sure I like this, but the rg8 is kinda thick to tuck behind trim panels.I'm gonna have to take off the d pillar trim panel completely to see if I can come up with something cleaner.
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Picked up and installed some decent 0/1ga. rings, the old ones I had on the ends for ground were crap and thin.
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It may be some time before I can buy an alternator, I think I have a bent valve in one of my bikes. Hoping to tear it down this weekend or at least get a good start.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Awesome set up ! you mentioned running and ambulance alternator. Was it difficult to modify / fabricate that to your mobile ? Do you plan to hide that amp? Maybe i am paranoid but i am always paranoid to display my box in the open...being pir@!te and all.

No, i'm still on a stock alt., I was just remembering runnin across a gm ambulance alt. a few years ago. But the company I am considering buying the 2nd alt. from says they have the brackets for my truck.Amp? What amp? Oh, that thing that is hooked to my 10 meter that I monitor....That's a pre amp lol. J/K, yeah I just don't really wanna mount it anywhere yet since I don't know if i'm gonna keep that one.