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RoyB
Sep 05, 2013Explorer II
I run the ICOM 706MKII with a TARHEEL HF screwdriver LIL-TARHEEL and two Comet SBB-7 top rear door mount 2M/440 on each side of the F150 truck for the ICOM VHF/UHF portion and another Kenwood 2m/440 rig in my console. I use two of those Kenwood KES-5 mobile speakers mounted in my drivers door side pocket. All sounds great right next to my knees... My LIL TARHEEL screwdriver didn't work all that well mounted to the top of the bed rail up close to the rear window. I added a pretty good flat braided ground strap to it its connector and grounded down at the frame which helped alot.
My remote ICOM head and the other 2m/440 remote head are mounted at a angle in on of the BLACK DESIGNER SPECIALTY three gang switch plates (LOWES). Got it velcroed at an angle down where the bottom of the upright truck console meets the console between the two captain seats in the truck. Perfect spot for my radio control heads.. My two remote microphones are hanging on the console between the two captain seats next to my right leg... Must be a good install as no complaints for mommabear yet. Also no holes in the roof on this install hehe...
I am tore plum up however from radio RFI coming from the trucks electronics on some of my favorite bands... Never have attemped to solve that noise yet... The FUEL TANK sender will be the first RFI mod I will do...
I have a nice small console mounted FWD/REVERSE RF power meter for the ICOM and my screwdriver tunes up great on the HF bands from indoor remote tuning switch...
Always another project to get things like you want them. I used to get to listen to all of the local POLICE/RESCUE SQUAD frequencies but most of them in VIRGINIA now has gone to the digital mode... All I hear now is a loud BRRRRR when they transmit... geesch... Those scanners cost $400-$500 so I guess I won't be doing that anymore...
Roy Ken
My remote ICOM head and the other 2m/440 remote head are mounted at a angle in on of the BLACK DESIGNER SPECIALTY three gang switch plates (LOWES). Got it velcroed at an angle down where the bottom of the upright truck console meets the console between the two captain seats in the truck. Perfect spot for my radio control heads.. My two remote microphones are hanging on the console between the two captain seats next to my right leg... Must be a good install as no complaints for mommabear yet. Also no holes in the roof on this install hehe...
I am tore plum up however from radio RFI coming from the trucks electronics on some of my favorite bands... Never have attemped to solve that noise yet... The FUEL TANK sender will be the first RFI mod I will do...
I have a nice small console mounted FWD/REVERSE RF power meter for the ICOM and my screwdriver tunes up great on the HF bands from indoor remote tuning switch...
Always another project to get things like you want them. I used to get to listen to all of the local POLICE/RESCUE SQUAD frequencies but most of them in VIRGINIA now has gone to the digital mode... All I hear now is a loud BRRRRR when they transmit... geesch... Those scanners cost $400-$500 so I guess I won't be doing that anymore...
Roy Ken
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