[bushpilot]

finally bit the bullet & installed a CB.

One of my requirements was that the CB had to have Weather Band capabilities.

I settled on the new Uniden 980ssb - its not a real powerful unit but its got some nice features (other than the annoying button beep, which turns out NOT to be so bad).

I dont expect to talk much on this thing - we really want it for "emergencies" and to figure out whats going on in traffic (back ups etc)...more than once we've been STOPPED in traffic and wondered how bad it was or how long the back up might be.

the nice thing about this uniden is that the weather bands can be set to "scan" and ALERT...so even if your in "CB" mode the Weather Radio will "ALARM" if there is a weather alert condition.

the Uniden 880 & 980(SSB) are smaller than most units (only 6 inches deep).

the PO of our coach had mounted the rear view monitor where ive mounted the cb (and driven some screws into the plate/blank) so i have (temporarily) used some automotive carpet to cover the screw hole/damage...i will likely recover it w/ some gray suede later.



more photos of the unit in the over head will follow.