This forum is dedicated to helping people with questions about installing radio equipment in vehicles. This can include antenna installs, electrical wiring questions/problems, and mounting systems. Pictures of installs are welcome.
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comm2
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by comm2 » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:17 am
Nice, looks loomed and tied up good. How well can you operate and see the scanner screen when driving?
crazyboy
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by crazyboy » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:11 am
Well its not my car but the person who drives it doesn't seem to have a problem.
Dsycutter
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by Dsycutter » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:13 pm
really neat work
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crazyboy
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by crazyboy » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:24 pm
Thanks for the complements guys. I'm only a young teen too!
kb0nly
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by kb0nly » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:41 pm
Nice job! Clean and neat... May just be a scanner in this case but keep up the good work!
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007
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What radios do you own?: W7 FPP lowband MaraTrac w/AES
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by 007 » Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:48 am
Split loom and a non-geeky black scanner antenna....very nice install.
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Pj
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What radios do you own?: X9000 thru APX
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by Pj » Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:43 am
Stick shifts are never fun.
Not too shabby. Auto focus needs a little attention though
Lowband radio. The original and non-complicated wide area interoperable communications system
kb0nly
AKA: The Computer Doctor
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by kb0nly » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:40 am
A manual trans always makes it hard to mount stuff in a nice location. Can't agree more with that!
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crazyboy
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by crazyboy » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:02 am
Pj wrote: Stick shifts are never fun.
Not too shabby. Auto focus needs a little attention though
Yea we were having some camera problems. That wasn't really any where else to mount it besides the side of the console.
Thanks everyone for the comments.
K5MAR
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by K5MAR » Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:20 pm
What kind of antenna is that?
Mark S.
K5MAR
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by K5MAR » Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:41 pm
Thanks!
Mark S.
nmfire10
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by nmfire10 » Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:22 am
Split-loom is every installers best friend. It has this magic ability to turn something that would otherwise look like crap into a work of art. I buy it in bulk from Waytek! And then my other pet peeve is antenna color. I love black antennas. So your installation of a scanner with wireloom and a black antenna is great in my book!
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kb3jkp
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by kb3jkp » Sun Jan 29, 2006 4:43 pm
NICE....
but uhhh.. why not an "on-glass" cellular lookalike? or drill a hole??
I can understand not wanting to drill the holes, thats where the "on-glass" antenna comes in.....
not knocking your install at all.. I think it looks great...
just questioning the antenna....and the cost compared to a glass mount....
crazyboy
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by crazyboy » Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:02 pm
I hate on-glass antennas. And with this antenna I have the ability to upgrade mounts later on. (aka drill the hole)
kb3jkp wrote: NICE....
but uhhh.. why not an "on-glass" cellular lookalike? or drill a hole??
I can understand not wanting to drill the holes, thats where the "on-glass" antenna comes in.....
not knocking your install at all.. I think it looks great...
just questioning the antenna....and the cost compared to a glass mount....
nmfire10
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by nmfire10 » Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:23 am
I've never met an on-glass antenna that I liked. A trunk lip mount like that is a lot better than a glass mount.
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thebigphish
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by thebigphish » Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:04 am
and trunk lips are easily moved...as compared to the scrape it off the car and throw it in the trash on glass ones.