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That takes me back ,I Used to get all over the world with a Tristar 777 and a bull whip bolted on top of a R series Scania but mine was a tin top and easy to bolt a mount to the deflector mount bar up top , May not help with your highline mounting but i never got out better than that 2002 plate ...

Antenna switcher is the best way to go , If you can leave both antennas on then you will need a Co Fased harness to run 2 antannas at the same time .

Hi Band channell 33 is the closest to channell 19 UK but still 2.75 khz off and the Major clarifier only swings around 2khz on recieve but dose not tune the transmit . Best bet would be to use that radio for sideband 27.555 which is channell 12 high band USB , And just buy a UK FM radio for 19uk .

If you have a metal bed frame they can sometimes make a good ground plane for a magnetic mobile antenna .

The Excaliber is the smallest antenna but tends to have poor range , The Boomarang would work better but is around 3 meters tall .
http://www.thunderpole.co.uk/base-cb-antennas.html
The old DV 27 on a Biscuit tin is probably your best bet . http://www.thunderpole.co.uk/medium-cb-antennas.html

Sounds like the recieve wire has broken tn the mic plug .

Do they say Uk 27/81 on them or do they say FCC . If FCC then they may be American frequency , Mid Band and could be AM rather than FM. Try your landy radio on EU channel 7 .

What model radios are they , They may be different frequencies .

Not shure if those 446 ers are still alive , The last post was jan 2012 .

If the radio dose not light up at all then check the fuse first then the protection diode { 1N4004 ) , If that checks out ok then check the on off switch is passing current through , If that checks out ok find the voltage regulators and check for input 13v and output 8v .
The 4wat output transistor ...

Best check with Thunderpoll though as im not shure if the Johnson has UK 40 .

The President Johnson 2 looks nice , Front speaker , 12 or 24 volt , http://www.thunderpole.co.uk/mobile-cbs.html

Sounds like a wire has come out in the mic plug .
Check the mic with a multy meter set to OHMS , 2 wires on the mic should show continuity for recieve and the other 2 should show continuity when the mic is keyed . If the mic plug has more than 4 connections then thunderpolls mic wiring page is the ...

New radios allways come with a inline fuse on the power lead so no need to buy a more expensive fused plug a unfused shoul suffice . If your motors do not have a USB socket then a double or multy cigaret adaptor may be a good option so you can charge the phone and still leave the CB pluged in .