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Wife drove the truck on a long trip recently and grumbled about my Kenwood ham radio remote head, so I relocated it.
The sunglasses thing wasn't getting used, and it turned out that the KW head fit nicely in there with some slight trimming of the sunglass door.
The little damper thing that slows the door opening is apparently overwhelmed by the heavier head unit, so it sorta flops open, but other than that it works very well.
The mic is in the slider drawer compartment below the HVAC controls.
The audio is via a analog to digital USB stick which plugs in the same little drawer. Works very well so far. The left "side" of the KW comes out the left side of the stereo and the right audio through the right side of the stereo, so I can tell which audio Im hearing without looking at the head unit.
Wife drove the truck on a long trip recently and grumbled about my Kenwood ham radio remote head, so I relocated it.
The sunglasses thing wasn't getting used, and it turned out that the KW head fit nicely in there with some slight trimming of the sunglass door.
The little damper thing that slows the door opening is apparently overwhelmed by the heavier head unit, so it sorta flops open, but other than that it works very well.
The mic is in the slider drawer compartment below the HVAC controls.
The audio is via a analog to digital USB stick which plugs in the same little drawer. Works very well so far. The left "side" of the KW comes out the left side of the stereo and the right audio through the right side of the stereo, so I can tell which audio Im hearing without looking at the head unit.
Out of curiosity and nowadays, what’s the use or point of a ham radio in a passenger vehicle / truck.
Out of curiosity and nowadays, what’s the use or point of a ham radio in a passenger vehicle / truck.
Talk to my friends on the air, get weather reports, practice for emergency coms...The fact that you ask such a question means that probably no matter what I say, it still wont make sense to you. This post is not about the relative value of ham radio, its about an install that I hope is helpful to someone else trying to figure out how to get their rig setup in their new PSD.
I just sold my Kenwood 710 and bought a Yaesu FT400. My 2018 STX came with a center seat; & headrest I'll never use.
I mounted both head units on the metal bracket that was in the headrest. I stripped the foam, flipped it 180 degrees and it holds the head unit just fine.
It looks like your rig has a console.
I war-gamed the idea of mounting the head unit to one of those flexible extensions that attach to the front bolt of the passenger seat..
My radio is mounted in the vault under the center seat, propped open for ventillation 1" with foam bocks.
I chose a lip mount for the antenna, on the edge of the hood, in front of the driver.
The main unit is mounted via a bracket I made which replaces the wretched screw-jack behind the rear passenger seat. I carry a bottle jack instead which fits nicely under the rear seat. The bracket that holds the Kenwood main unit will also hold a remote CB eventually. When I ran the KW wiring I also ran a cat6 cable for the future CB remote. There seems to be plenty of air circulation thus far to cool the transmitter.
Wife drove the truck on a long trip recently and grumbled about my Kenwood ham radio remote head, so I relocated it.
The sunglass is thing wasn't getting used, and it turned out that the KW head fit nicely in there with some slight trimming of the sunglass door.
The little damper thing that slows the door opening is apparently overwhelmed by the heavier head unit, so it sorta flops open, but other than that it works very well.
The mic is in the slider drawer compartment below the HVAC controls.
The audio is via a analog to digital USB stick which plugs in the same little drawer. Works very well so far. The left "side" of the KW comes out the left side of the stereo and the right audio through the right side of the stereo, so I can tell which audio Im hearing without looking at the head unit.
I agree with the last couple of guys 'alabamatoy' - I haven't had a mobile rig since my 2007 Ford Ranger because it had a bench seat and I built a nice console for my equipment (both HF and VHF/UHF)! I really miss it and love your setup...
During a major disaster locally, county or nationally...your cell phone wont work...The only communications will be HAM radio...maybe CB radio.....Its a survival thing and thinking ahead.
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