Routing Power for Ham Radio

[Fordfan88]

Anyone with these running a jumper / bonding from the bracket to the frame?

I just installed one and it isn't performing quite as good as the hood lip mount I was using, so thinking reduced ground plane is issue. Still very usable just a little more static and less range it seems.

That’s good to know, I haven’t installed it yet. Which hood lip mount were you using? Looking to install my radio soon. I just moved and haven’t unpacked the shack and I miss being on the air.

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[mootruck98]

That’s good to know, I haven’t installed it yet. Which hood lip mount were you using? Looking to install my radio soon. I just moved and haven’t unpacked the shack and I miss being on the air.

Nothing fancy, just the nmo lip mount from midland I had laying around from a GMRS kit.

 

[JackFlack]

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I'll have to do the rest with the radio later - I have control and mic cables on order, so once those arrive, I can finish the install. For now, the radio is working, it just still looks ugly!

So did you ever finish the install? I would love to see where you located your radio body.

 

[ChrisD]

So did you ever finish the install? I would love to see where you located your radio body.

Oh, hey! I did, actually - I originally mounted it just in front of the cargo area light, but I've since added in a Diabolical cargo enclosure (great enclosure, by the way) and have it mounted to the frame of the enclosure.

It rattled a bit at first, but I fixed the rattle with a little bit of dynamat and some duct tape because duct tape fixes all.

 

[ChrisD]

Seriously, there are just very few good places back there for mounting a radio unless you install something else and mount to it. I spent a lot of time just trying to figure out a good place and well, this is what I wound up with.

 

[JackFlack]

Yah, I understand. I'm considering mounting it behind the driver's side panel in the rear. Between the tail light area and the wheel well there is a space that it fits into. Here I'm test mounting the bracket. I know it will fit since I held the whole assembly in the area. Kind of tight and so I'm a bit worried about heat. Not sure if this will be the final location, but I'm sure considering it.

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