Radios, The Snake, and YOU!

A great substitute for the cheap FRS radios has been found. I bought one of these from Lowes.com and tested it in my car and the lab at work. It is not quite the radio the Kenwoods are, but the Kenwoods are in limited supply. This radio is available for $99 (free shipping to store with Lowes as well). It runs the same power as the Kenwoods, but is WAY smaller and lighter.

It's only downfall is the TINY crappy speaker. You can overcome that by adding a quality external "CB" style speaker (you can get at any truck stop for $15-30). If you have an aftermarket AM/FM/CD player with an "AUX" jack, just buy an 1/8" (or 3.5mm) stereo to mono cable and plug the Midland into your AM/FM, set the AM/FM to "Aux" and you have six speakers to hear your Crossfire friends as you drive down the road with the top down at 80mph! How's THAT?

This radio mounts with Velcro strips (included) and plugs into your cigarette lighter. Current draw is minimal, you can put in a Y-adapter and also power your cellphone charger or other device with no problem.

Is this radio legal? The radio comes with channels 1-7 and 15-22. Use ONLY 1-7 unless you obtain a GMRS license. You are not legal on channels 15-22, also, those channels will often have repeaters on them that run HIGH power, you wont interfere them, but they WILL blast you off the channel. If you listen, you will hear a lot of professional sounding traffic and users will be giving out their call signs, if you dont have a call sign, stay off 15-22.

Presenting the MXT-105 by Midland. Comes complete with a TINY magnet mount antenna, and the radio itself is small as well:


Here is a link to an external CB/Scanner/Communications speaker that I did an engineering review on for management - we will now sell these under our brand name for $45 each.
Check out the Amazon price with the OEM's name on them:


No matter what you buy, You want a four to eight ohm speaker with a 1/8" plug (also known as a 3.5mm plug), as shown in this photo: