New dual band ham radio install!
02-09-2019, 02:03 AM
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Might one ask for a daylight picture? Other than location I can't really see any details. Did you use a remote kit or is the entire radio in the console? My XLT doesn't have the center console.
Since purchasing my new 2018 on New Year's Eve I've been shopping for a transceiver. The Icom 2730A caught my eye as an attractive analog radio. Would like something with digital modes but there are 3 incompatible digital modes. Sort of like the Icom 5100 but its control head is huge. There is a Yaesu with color graphic control head I like much better. But darn it, 3 different incompatible digital modes so I'm installing my old Kenwood G707A. Most likely on the roof liner top center where some are installing "upfitter" switches.
Not wanting to hijack a thread but is there anything above the roof liner I need to avoid when drilling hole for NMO mount? Supercab door latch prevents me from dropping roof liner enough to see past the side curtain air bags to know if there are wires or struts under the roof I might hit when I drill the antenna hole. A well done hole in roof doesn't bother me and hasn't bothered buyers when I sold past vehicles. Buyer of my Prius loves the dual band antenna I left in the center of her roof. Not a ham, not even close!
Since purchasing my new 2018 on New Year's Eve I've been shopping for a transceiver. The Icom 2730A caught my eye as an attractive analog radio. Would like something with digital modes but there are 3 incompatible digital modes. Sort of like the Icom 5100 but its control head is huge. There is a Yaesu with color graphic control head I like much better. But darn it, 3 different incompatible digital modes so I'm installing my old Kenwood G707A. Most likely on the roof liner top center where some are installing "upfitter" switches.
Not wanting to hijack a thread but is there anything above the roof liner I need to avoid when drilling hole for NMO mount? Supercab door latch prevents me from dropping roof liner enough to see past the side curtain air bags to know if there are wires or struts under the roof I might hit when I drill the antenna hole. A well done hole in roof doesn't bother me and hasn't bothered buyers when I sold past vehicles. Buyer of my Prius loves the dual band antenna I left in the center of her roof. Not a ham, not even close!
This won't delight purists, but I had limitations on drilling my roof, due to my garage door height, so I used/modded this mount:
https://www.rightchannelradios.com/c...nna-mount-2015
02-11-2019, 07:08 PM
#22
Might one ask for a daylight picture? Other than location I can't really see any details. Did you use a remote kit or is the entire radio in the console? My XLT doesn't have the center console.
Since purchasing my new 2018 on New Year's Eve I've been shopping for a transceiver. The Icom 2730A caught my eye as an attractive analog radio. Would like something with digital modes but there are 3 incompatible digital modes. Sort of like the Icom 5100 but its control head is huge. There is a Yaesu with color graphic control head I like much better. But darn it, 3 different incompatible digital modes so I'm installing my old Kenwood G707A. Most likely on the roof liner top center where some are installing "upfitter" switches.
Not wanting to hijack a thread but is there anything above the roof liner I need to avoid when drilling hole for NMO mount? Supercab door latch prevents me from dropping roof liner enough to see past the side curtain air bags to know if there are wires or struts under the roof I might hit when I drill the antenna hole. A well done hole in roof doesn't bother me and hasn't bothered buyers when I sold past vehicles. Buyer of my Prius loves the dual band antenna I left in the center of her roof. Not a ham, not even close!
Since purchasing my new 2018 on New Year's Eve I've been shopping for a transceiver. The Icom 2730A caught my eye as an attractive analog radio. Would like something with digital modes but there are 3 incompatible digital modes. Sort of like the Icom 5100 but its control head is huge. There is a Yaesu with color graphic control head I like much better. But darn it, 3 different incompatible digital modes so I'm installing my old Kenwood G707A. Most likely on the roof liner top center where some are installing "upfitter" switches.
Not wanting to hijack a thread but is there anything above the roof liner I need to avoid when drilling hole for NMO mount? Supercab door latch prevents me from dropping roof liner enough to see past the side curtain air bags to know if there are wires or struts under the roof I might hit when I drill the antenna hole. A well done hole in roof doesn't bother me and hasn't bothered buyers when I sold past vehicles. Buyer of my Prius loves the dual band antenna I left in the center of her roof. Not a ham, not even close!
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