The wireless handset to transceiver combo that is the new 75 All Road, all-weather CB from Cobra offers new features in a small package. It's definitely outside the bounds of what over-the-road truckers have become accustomed to for CB technology through the years, and in the video at the top, Cobra parent company Cedar Electronics VP Mark Karnes walks us through the various features built into the dual-mode AM/FM and wireless-capable handset. Channel, volume, and settings adjustments are made right on the handset, and it also serves the traditional microphone function.
That is, unless the slim transceiver/handset combo is paired with a bluetooth headset. Cobra worked particularly closely on development of the bluetooth connection with the BlueParrott company. Paired with any of BlueParrott's push-to-talk multi-device-capable bluetooth headsets released over the last half decade and more, Karnes and BlueParrott's David Jaques emphasize, the unit creates a seamless pairing for over-the-air push-to-talk, with the ability to still take and receive calls through the phone.
Other bluetooth headsets can pair with the unit as well, with the addition of an optional push-to-talk button capable of mounting on the steering wheel or elsewhere within arm's reach. Built-in digital signal processing, furthermore, can be toggled off and on and adjusted for both incoming and outgoing signals to clean up the quality of the transmission, Karnes notes.
The 75 All Road retails at Cobra.com for $199.95, at participating TA and Petro Travel Centers as of early April this year, and in other travel center chains starting in July. The optional push-to-talk button and accessory antennas, mounts and other adds are also available for purchase online. Cobra's new CB radio also boasts classic features that owner-operators have come to expect from the brand, including an easy-to-view light-blue LCD display, VOX for voice-operated communication, instant channels 9/19, 10-channel NOAA Weather Alerts, and more.
Read this story at the release of the unit at the 2023 Mid-America Trucking Show for more.
