Afternoon Gents,
Thought i would share where i have put my UHF radio. I am quite keen to keep the interior of the vehicle clean and reasonably standard to keep it looking sharp but also to keep prying eyes from the gear i have in the car. I also only use a lot of this gear on the camping weekends and around town they are usually off, so it doesnt need to be accessible.
I had a large DIN UHF radio from a previous vehicle and although i looked at an upgrade, i simply decided to stick with my good old reliable radio that has never let me down, and i could keep the $$ for something else. So i opted to install my UHF in the glovebox, where the service books are kept, it fits perfectly in here, sits flush on a bit of foam and double sided velcro. i have the hand piece off until i need it when it simply runs out of the glove box and sits on the 4WD gear lever.
To allow easy hearing i installed an external speaker in the passengers side footwell.
Obtaining power from in that area is a sinch as i can run a cable from the dual battery directly through firewall.
As for an aerial, i have not yet put on a bull bar (it will be an ARB delux when i save the coin!) and i am not keen in the brackets the extend from the bonnet line. After heaps of researh i decided on a glass mounted whip aerial, looks exactly like a mobile phone aerial. As i usually only ever use the UHF for car to car, the reception has never been an issue. I purchased the kit for about $65 and it comes with two Aerials, a one foot, and a three foot. Although the range is not as good as a bull bar mounted one, it works perfectly until i get the bullbar, and looks great too.
If anyone can enlighten me on how to upload photos i will post some photos. [/img]
Thought i would share where i have put my UHF radio. I am quite keen to keep the interior of the vehicle clean and reasonably standard to keep it looking sharp but also to keep prying eyes from the gear i have in the car. I also only use a lot of this gear on the camping weekends and around town they are usually off, so it doesnt need to be accessible.
I had a large DIN UHF radio from a previous vehicle and although i looked at an upgrade, i simply decided to stick with my good old reliable radio that has never let me down, and i could keep the $$ for something else. So i opted to install my UHF in the glovebox, where the service books are kept, it fits perfectly in here, sits flush on a bit of foam and double sided velcro. i have the hand piece off until i need it when it simply runs out of the glove box and sits on the 4WD gear lever.
To allow easy hearing i installed an external speaker in the passengers side footwell.
Obtaining power from in that area is a sinch as i can run a cable from the dual battery directly through firewall.
As for an aerial, i have not yet put on a bull bar (it will be an ARB delux when i save the coin!) and i am not keen in the brackets the extend from the bonnet line. After heaps of researh i decided on a glass mounted whip aerial, looks exactly like a mobile phone aerial. As i usually only ever use the UHF for car to car, the reception has never been an issue. I purchased the kit for about $65 and it comes with two Aerials, a one foot, and a three foot. Although the range is not as good as a bull bar mounted one, it works perfectly until i get the bullbar, and looks great too.
If anyone can enlighten me on how to upload photos i will post some photos. [/img]
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