something different?...

[whiteastro]

I already have and utilize the "blister pack" radios (22ch frs/gmrs). They work great between me and my ground crew. However dump truck drivers and equipment operators use CB 99% of the time. Therein stands my dilemma, and as you're probably well aware, hand held radios of any service (cb, frs, gmrs, murs, business bands, even ham bands) are extremely restricted when they are used inside of a metal vehicle. CB is the industry standard for road construction where gmrs is the industry standard for temporary traffic control.



Maybe I was mistaken in thinking I would actually find people who knew something about antennas, this being a cb antenna forum and all. Thanks for your input.

There is plenty of hand held CBs that have External antenna ports on them so if your in a vehicle you can hook it to a external antenna and cigarette lighter plugs. That is the way my GE 40 channel hand held is. GE makes a emergency CB in a kit that has a mag mount antenna right in the kit, Check eBay!