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I had a procopper mount in a 92 1500 blazer.

http://home.columbus.rr.com/garlei/imag ... _radio.jpg

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I have a little UHF gr300 up and running. Right now it has a simple IDer/controller on it. I would like to add a more feature rich controller but would like to keep the same form factor. Is there any easy off the shelf RIC sized boxes I can get to put my own controller in? I would really hate to scr...

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Lets also keep in mind that line-of-sight on the coastline and over the water is very uninhibited. There is no terrain or obstructions to get in the way. So if you put your 100 watt transmitter on a 6 or 10db gain antenna 180ft up in the air on the coast, it is going to go pretty far. True Line of ...

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How can any handheld-handheld radio talk more than about 7 miles. A handheld held at 6ft high has about 3.5 miles before the horizon drops off. assuming no obstructions and another HT at 6ft could hear that singal 3.5 out, that gives you 7 miles max range. You would need to be about 100ft up to make...

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QST ran an article about using linear actuators to raise and lower a HF vertical mounted on top of a motor home. They used a lever action so the pull would move the antenna vertical.

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not the exact vehicle but another chevy.

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Have any console template drawings?

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Can the Pyramid SVR-200U Vehicular Repeater be programmed into the ham bands? The software will not directly allow it, but is there a codeplug or work around? Any option to program this into the ham bands?

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Anyone have any info n the radio.the161.net radio information board.
It dropped off line last month.

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If your just trying to work local repeaters and locals simplex location is of minimal issue. most police depth side mount there VHF low and live with the directionality it gives

Who you trying to work?

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60A wrote:
gws wrote: If its your truck why cant you drill holes?
Maybe it's a lease vehicle?

Why cant you put a hole in a lease vehicle?

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First off. I am installing this on my personal truck. I am not able to drill holes in the vehicle so the typical nmo mounts that I have always used in the past are out of the question.

If its your truck why cant you drill holes?

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Seems like it would get pretty hot in the NM sun on the dash.

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What is the seat configuration? The pro-copper would be tight unless your removing the center console. How much and what gear you plan on installing?

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NO NO NO NO... Your asking for trouble in an accident. The velcro will not stand up to an accident and your equipment will go flying off, Most likley right at your head!!!!

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I see you ran power from the AUX battery location. How did you get power into the cabin of the truck from that side of the engine compartment?

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http://www.bdenterprises.com/products/ appears to have gone out of business. I know they dropped the ba1 item last fall. The compnay was a small 1-2 man company. Looks like the fleet product will do what you need at a price similar to the ba1.

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Vertex does make a "dual band" commerical mobile. its really 2 single band moble with a single controlling head. Much the same way kenwood tk-x30 and x80 series can be used dual band.

I can only assume thats the way he is getting dual band out of vertex.

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what overhead console did you use?

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Dont forget an antenna mount back on the spare tire area.

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Will, What part 95 subsection did you see the part 90 allowment. I know its been standard that the Bureo's allowing part 90 radio's, but the last time I checked the part 95 federal registry the only referance to part 90 was a transitional warning to not cause interference when GMRS was orginally car...

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while the common convention is that any part 90 radio is legal on GMRS. The rules DONT say that. Only specificly certified part 95 parts are legal on GMRS.

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The fuel pump on the full size chey's are often a good source of "ignition" noise. A pain to correct but usually the problem.

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Here is another one http://www.bdenterprises.com/products/

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A local ham with a liberty built a frame around the rear tire carrier and moutned his antennas there.

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The overhead console looks nice. You said it was custom, did you build it? What materials? Any pix of the building process?

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I can't think of too many times you'd pull over facing traffic so you need front lights. Drive down a country road one evening and you will why forward lights are good. With the road just wide enough for a couple of cars to pass and most people driving in the middle of the road. LIGHTS fore and aft...

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Take a look around, Strobes are being put on EVERYTHING. Lawn care companies have stobes on there vehicles that might be parked near the street, anything city, county, state or federal has strobes and often lights. Heck take a look at Police vehicles, Just how many light can you put on one vehicle!!...

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PJ, and now were back to the orginal question. WHERE to drill. I dont see anyplace safe to drill. Already have the optima ready, just need to get power inside.

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I have a single battery system. I am adding a second battery on the driver side for my Radio's. I need to get power from the second battery to the cabin.

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Jay G. wrote:Easiest way I found was remove the coolant overflow tank. there is a nice large area on the passenger side you can use to drill your own hole.

The 97 has airbags and control systems behind the overflow tank. THat were I usually would go in, but it looks a bit scary behind that part of the dash.

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Pj wrote:If the Tahoe is the same was as the burb, there are two 30 amp aux connectors off the fuseblock on the drivers side. That's what I am using right now. Pretty convienant.

Convient but not from the battery I am trying to connect to.

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What is the best way to get 12v power into the cab of a 97 tahoe from a driver side battery? There doesnt seem to be to many punch holes on the driver side.

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Check out http://www.bdenterprises.com/products/
They have a combiner that will take 6 speaker level inputs and produce an amplified single combined output.

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Nice looking conversion but a bit outside my price zone.

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One of the local VFD guys has a light bar and siren on a geo metro. Quite a site.

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what does the troy faceplates run?

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Sounds to me like a way to get someones fingers chopped off if you forget about it and go to check the oil. Add some more batteries and set an alarm, but dont start the vehicle.

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Hmm, Change the names. does it seem this trademark issue has gotten out of hand. I buy a scrapped out chevy truck. I legally own the heap. I buy legally parts to restore it, some directly from chevy, some from a junk yard and some parts from a 3rd party vendor. I rebuild the car. Now chevy comes and...

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the tk-840's will not meet freq tolerance requirements for a GMRS repeater.

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I have looked through the archives but the word console is pretty popular term in the vehicle install fourm.

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Help. Within the last year someone posted a photo of a chevy/GM overhead console with some custom switches installed in either the eyeglass case holder or the the garage door opener pocket. I think it was a S-10 maybe s-10 blazer. I would like to find that photo again. Anyone remember it? Anyone hav...

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maybe I am "hamsexy" too.. I had a 16ft whip on my blazer. A bit much mobile, but it can be broken down to smaller sizes when tryly mobile. http://home.columbus.rr.com/garlei/images/bigwhip.jpg Yeah, probably not a good idea pumping 100 watts from a whip inches from your head! Speaking of ...

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I dont know of any ball mount that can be installled soley from the outside. IN addition to 3 bolts, nuts and washers to put on you have to connect the lead wire or coax to the mount. I see you were using a saw to cut out part of the inside of the bed. Aren't ball mounts made so they can be installe...

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sglass, I did a similar install on by old blazer and tahoe. I see you mounted the 706 on the floor. Did you ever look at putting in on the overhead console? THe 706 head fits nicely on most older GM overhead consoles without rear heat. http://home.columbus.rr.com/garlei/images/radio%20from%20drivers...

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without that FCC id number there pretty much worthless in the US unless your a ham.

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I got the X-lite software phone work. Had a quick call with john and made one call out on the PSTN line. Nice sounding audio once I got the settings correct. Little old PII laptop seems to hand things well.
Gary N8EMR

228-Gary (4279)

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Here is a thread that shows photo's of my 706 mounted in my tahoe.

http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.p ... highlight=

Here is a link to photo's of my 93 full size blaser with buckets and 4x4

http://www.k2bj.com/MOTM_archive/0009MOTM.htm

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First thing to remember is just because it loads up and you have a good SWR it may not be a good antenna. A 6m dipole on 80m radiate worth a darn. Now the 706 issues. A Good ball mount on the side of truck gives you a good platform for antennas. A metal CB whip tuned with a ah-4 tuner will give you ...

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No passenger airbag issues to worry about? I would really hate to be in the passenger seat during an accident with or without an airbag.

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