The fact it doesn’t have SSB is a dealbreaker for me. You would think they would have sideband on what’s supposed to be their top of the line unit. I would buy one in a heartbeat if it had SSB.
I've had this unit a little over a year. It stopped powering up last week 😮 I know my connector has power so the problem is in the unit. Can't wait to get it back running
Hey Dave! Being a 38 year retired (2015) veteran OTR truck driver I have the Bearcat 355N and the Bearcat 800 BCT7. Running down the big road I prefer the 800 BCT7, as, it’s already programmed for each state [local, state, DOT, etc]…and, I also like the flashing red alert for when it detects the law enforcement cars…works real good coupled with my Cobra radar detector. I don’t use either one much at home bc of the limited range with the plugin antenna like you showed in the video. Always enjoy your videos! Stay safe as I wave from Houston, Texas! ~Jim~
Enter your zip code for the proximity around you, and the gps will alert you to near by police activity and will switch to the area your driving in which is a really cool feature, too bad it dont have ssb sideband
In the 70's I really enjoy talking to about 10 to 15 people every night on my CB radio, which only had 23 channels at the time... I even had a CB radio in my car. So 50 years later I wanted to see if anyone was still using CB today. I bought the Uniden Bearcat 980SB and the Sirio Gain-Master antenna two year ago and was so disappoionted!! I only spoke to about three people in one year. So I took down my antenna and put away my radio. Maybe today people are using GMRS Radios, Ham radios or could it be simply the cell phone that did away with the CB. 73's
CB radios are so much fun and it really is a dying art. I wish more people were into them. Used to be some really good cb shops around and I have some phenomenal radios, still, but there hasn't been any reason to put them in the truck because nobody really uses them anymore. The first radio I ever owned was a 13 Channel royce. My grandfather had a three-channel Motorola because he was a deputy sheriff in southern Kansas and I really wish I had that radio. It was freaking huge. I ran a 23 Channel Robyn and a 23 Channel Victor for a few years until I got my first 40 channel Cobra 148 GTL. It's an old five pin radio. I still have all these radios but it makes me sad that I really can't do much with them anymore
The CB radio was on par with any standard CB these days. A good solid antenna set up would go a long ways. In times past I've actually got better performance out of a quality setup than a tuned radio
