This rig, is legal to use virtually everywhere in the world through easily selectable modes. It can even operate on AM where legal. If you are planning on off roading in outside the UK, particularly if you want to communicate with other teams - this is a must.

The rig is supplied with a good quality microphone. It has a PA output (very useful for communicating with non radio equipped people while winching). It has a bright, clear LED display which is still visible in sunlight.

Although this rig does not have as many flashing lights and gizmos as some, it is built to do what a CB is supposed to - let you communicate easily.

We have one of these in the X-Eng van and in our 110.

The Team ME-4 is an exceptionally good value rig. It has a more traditional configuration than the Intek above with the speaker mounted underneath. This suits under-dash mounting.

Having said that, we do stock a DIN mounting for it to go in the same hole as a car radio.

The radio is solidly built with a bright, sunlight visible LED channel display. Don't let the size put you off - the radio is packed with features including channel select on the microphone (useful for hide-away installations), auto squelch, scanning, dual watch and most importantly, it has above average transmit and receive performance.

The rig is 80 Channel so is legal to use in western Europe and the UK.

At these prices, is it worth taking a chance on a second hand rig?

Like the rigs above, we have restricted our selection to what actually works off road!

As you might expect, the longer the antenna, the better it will perform.

A simple base loaded whip will give better long term reliability than some of the more fancy designs.

These antennas are designed to work with a ground plane. There are antennas out there which are designed to work without a ground plane - but, in general these will not work as well in this application.

Fortunately, most off road vehicles provide an ideal ground plane. Roofs, bonnets and roll cages work very well. A ground plane antenna mounted on the gutter, roof or cage will work better than a non ground plane antenna mounted somewhere else.

The Trucker 80 has the best performace of all the short antennas. It is ideal for demanding applications where a longer whip may be damaged by trees etc.

It is 89cm in length with a Stainless Steel whip.

The SWR of this antenna is pre-tuned and will work well as soon as it is installed.

If out and out range is what you need - this is the one for you.

Ideal for convoy leaders, marshalling and safety. It is 155cm long which is enough to pull in really weak stations.

The SWR of this antenna is pre-tuned and will work well as soon as it is installed.

This mount works well on Defender, Discovery and Range Rovers - particularly shiny ones which don't need any extra holes in the roof!

This could have been designed for Defenders!

It provides a highly robust solution to mounting the antenna on the back of your truck.