HAM Radio power hookup
I am in the middle of adding an HF radio and scanner to my 2m/440 setup. I will have all 3 on once in a while but will only transmit on 1 at a time. Right now I have 12g wire running from a 15amp circ...
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I ran separate 4AWG cables from the battery terminals back to a spot under the back seat of my Super Cab truck. I fused this line on the firewall close to the battery terminal with a 60AMP Blue Sea Covered FUSE BLOCK.
I terminated the 4AWG cables into a BLUE SEA 6-postion 12VDC SUB PANEL with ATC fuses mounted on the floor under the rear seat area..
Here I run the radio provided 12VDC Cables to each of two way ham radio units. I have one 2M/440 50WATT dual band FM radio and a ICOM 706 radio setup.
From the two radios I ran my remote cables to the dash area of the truck. I used KENWOOD KES-5 mobile speakers.
Antennas come into the supercab back seat thru the rear door jam...
I have two 2m/440 dual band antennas mounted on the rear door lip on each side of the truck. I also have a TARHEEL LIL TARTHEEL screwdriver antenna on the drivers side of the rear bed about a foot back from the rear window. This is mounted on the bed rail.
All worked out great but I still have RFI noise I can't seem to cure being picked up on the HF frequencies of the ICOM 706. Some places it is pretty bad... Good luck with your setup RFI noise wise...
Roy Ken
I terminated the 4AWG cables into a BLUE SEA 6-postion 12VDC SUB PANEL with ATC fuses mounted on the floor under the rear seat area..
Here I run the radio provided 12VDC Cables to each of two way ham radio units. I have one 2M/440 50WATT dual band FM radio and a ICOM 706 radio setup.
From the two radios I ran my remote cables to the dash area of the truck. I used KENWOOD KES-5 mobile speakers.
Antennas come into the supercab back seat thru the rear door jam...
I have two 2m/440 dual band antennas mounted on the rear door lip on each side of the truck. I also have a TARHEEL LIL TARTHEEL screwdriver antenna on the drivers side of the rear bed about a foot back from the rear window. This is mounted on the bed rail.
All worked out great but I still have RFI noise I can't seem to cure being picked up on the HF frequencies of the ICOM 706. Some places it is pretty bad... Good luck with your setup RFI noise wise...
Roy Ken
