Cobra® 37ST Compact Handheld CB Radio

I had purchased this radio about 7 years ago, along with the HHWXST Model. The HHWXST Model has ten weather stations Built in to it, and also has an automatic scan feature. These Hand Held CBs are the best on the market! They have the maximum wattage allowed by Law which is 4 watts. I have used the 37ST Model with just the rubber antenae that it comes with, and was amazed at how far my Brother and I could Communicate! We were talking with Great transmitting and reception for about 4 kilometers. We lived in the country and we drove that distance apart from each on the dirt roads to do the test. When we hit the 5 kilometer mark, we started getting trouble transmitting any further. However, we could EASILY hear the truckers on our radios, coming from the 401 highway that was ten miles North of our location! I lived in a Mobile home on my brothers farm and I purchased a magnetic based antenae for my radios, so I could Listen to the truckers coming from the 401. When I set the magnetic based antennae up on the roof of my mobile home, I was surprised to find that it had a metallic roof underneath the surface tar! I simply slapped the magnetic base antennae on the roof, and ran the cable down into the den in the mobile home, ( I drilled a hole in the wall) and Holy smokes! I was blown away to find that I could listen to the truckers that were travelling up to 35 Kilometers away! I knew this because they would often say what bridge or turn off, that they were approaching, while talking to the other truckers. I tried talking to them, but thought that I wouldn't have any luck..because as I said earlier, we could only talk or transmit for about 5 kilometers with the ordinary short rubber antenaes, but Geez! I was surprised when a trucker answered me! As I said, we lived ten miles south of the 401! the trucker talked to me for a while too! He was just as surprised as I was, to find out that a little "hand held" model could transmit that far! He talked to me, and I talked to him, until he hit the Melbourne turnoff, I was starting to break up then, which was about twenty five kilometers from where I was! I told my brother about it the next day, and he told me that even though the hand held oly has 4 watts, that this is the exact wattage that a mobile CB unit comes with too! So he said it only makes sense that with a good antennae, that I could indeed transmit that far! I wholeheartedly recommend these CB's. Cobra has been manufacturing the best Cb's for a long time now. The "Sound tracker" button that you see on their radios isn't just for looks either! it really does help to bring in the signal in a nice clear rich sound! Well,...what are you guys waiting for? go get one! you won't regret it! They don't come any better! Have a great day guys!

I wanted to purchase this product a week earlier but 3 Canadian Tire Stores could not find it in there stock room even though their computers said they had them in stock. But the following week I stopped off at the Canadian Tire Store on Danforth Road and it was on clearance for $57.49, so I bought it right away. It has more features then I thought and it was the higher end model from Cobra the HH38WXST which includes the listed features plus 10 Weatherband channels (7 US and 3 Canadian). I had 9 NiMH "AA" batteries for it plus a compatible 13.8v 300mAh DC AC Adapter to recharge the batteries while inside the radio. It works great, and next week I am buying a larger telescoping antenna for it from another store for more range. But I fully recommend it because of the Brand Name, quality and features and good price I paid.

In store this is actually the 38 WX ST. More or less it is the same one as described on the site. Now the real review: great handheld, much easier to have in a car then installing a full cb (especially when there is no room in my KJ). Range wise - it can reach a good 1-2 km. First day I turned it on I got someone using it and they were meeting up at a gas station about 1km away. However, in comparisson to a non handheld, the non (with bigger antenna) is much better. I used this on the last Jeep run and could hear most of the other guys on the trail, but max is 2km range I got in the woods. All in all its a great thing to have, but would need a larger antenna for a better range. (Note: when placing this next to my sirius sat reciever - my reception doubles) 9 double AA batteries is the only bad thing on it (the 38 WX ST) ... pair them up with the engergizer rechargeable ones and your good to go...