Antenna and Radio Locations
Well gang, some of these pic of my antenna locations, radios, radio and equipment mounting locations have been posted before, and some are new, but hopefully they will provide some ideas which you can use for your applications.
The Ist jpg is of the cabin equipment stack: Top left, Garmin GPS. Top Center, remote Control Head for a Kenwood TM-742 Ham Tri-bBand, VHF, UHF w, 2M, 220 MHz, 440 Mhz bands. Below the heater controls, is the remote control head for an Alinco DX70, HF 160 thru 10 meter, + 6 Meter 100 Watt Ham radio. Below the Alinco head is an inside / outside thermometer, below that is the Cobra CB w/ weather band radio. The switch panel below that is for various exterior lights and accessories. To the right, is a 'Clearspeech" Digital sound processing speaker for the Alinco HF. The console is custom (by me).
Next shot is a closeup. Note: the Hei-Sound Mic on the left for the Alinco HF, and the Kenwood Mic w/ dtmf keypad on the right id for the VHF / UHF The mic hung sideways on the left is for the Cobra CB. The Alinco head is where the ashtray used to be. I don't smoke, so it was waste space, but made a great mounting location.
#3 jpg is the Alinco DX-70 HF and Kenwood TM-742 tri-band radios mounted on the "Filler" floor panels that fold up behind the rear passenger seat backs, and fill in the floor when the rear seats are folded down.
#4 jpg, close up of the DX70 mounted, #5 seat folded and "Filler" floor panel flat, The radios fit in the void left by the folded seat back. #5 is the left rear seat upright, with the Alinco DX-70 shown.
Antenna Mount locations are in #6. on the brushbar " Auzzie style", is a "Perth Outbacker" multi band HF antenna for the Alinco HF. ( I typically don't install this antenna on Off Road trips, but carry it under the back seat until needed. On the roof top is a Comet SBB-224 tri-band antenna for the Kenwood 742, a Wilson 1000 base loaded CB antenna, and on the rack is a 6 Meter antenna.
#7 is a close-up of the Outbacker HF antenna and mounting spring. This antenna could go other places, but I took a hint from the Australians who frequently mount their taller Ham or CB antennas on the front of their Bush Vehicles, so they can see if they're about to kill the expensive antenna on a low tree branch or other overhanging obstacle. Made a lot of sense to me, and beats the heck out of destroying a $300 - $400 antenna cause you couln't see that it was going to hit something overhead.
Since I run a '93 Ex, my radio / antenna mounting solutions apply mostly to the older vehicles, but maybe they will give you some ideas you can put to use.
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