i have an ooooooold CB. from the 90's. Maybe even 80's. Its my dad's old one i found in his garage the other day. it has the magnetic antenna mount you can throw on top of a car and have it stick there at 70+ mph. it's got a whole bunch of channels, and it looks seriously like a brick. the P.T.T. button is in the middle, and its orange. spans the radio from left to right and is about half an inch tall.

i'll post pictures up later, dont have my camera with me right now.

anyone know (off the description) if it'll work? i know the description blows, but if this works fine, i have no need to buy a new one which means more money for other stuff

also, do short wave radios work with CB's? as long as your own the same channel right?

 

It should work fine. You might meter the antenna as the old magnetic antennas frequently didn't get a good ground. But the radio probably works as well as it ever did. Good score.

 

Dude, I just installed my CB over the mirror last week. I got this radio back in '88. I had the magnetic mount antenna also. For the Jeep I purchased a TerraFlex antenna mount for th spare tire, got a Quick Disconnect and a 3' Firestick antenna. Works great!. I also set the wiring up on the CB to a small 2 wire plug for the power and ground. I can disconnect the antenna from the radio and unplug the power wire and toss the radio in the glove box. Out of sight out of mind.

 

I'd test it before trying to install it.
Power supplies are cheep ask at the radio shop how you should connect it.

SW (Short Wave) isn't channelized like a CB radio, it depends on the SW being able to receive the signal the CB is sending. The SW would need to receive on the 11 meter band and you would need to find the frequency the CB is sending on. Most short wave radios are recievers not transevers.

If by SW you mean ham radio, no.
To use the amateur radio (ham) bands you must have a license.

 

Why by a power supply when you can lift up the hood and hook a couple wires to the battery?