This is what I am planning up right now.
I have a 1992 Buick Regal, and there is NO room in there to mount a standard CB radio, it has a center console!
I am a Tech Licensee, and a CB user.
There are a few things I want.
-NO RF in the interior, call coax/transmitters must be in trunk.
- A CLEAN INSTALL, as few wires in the interior as possible.
Right now I am planning on using two NMO, hole-thru-trunk lid antennas.
-A 440/144/50 MHz tri-bander(for ham max 200 watts)
-a Larsen 27-30 Mhz antenna(max 200 watts)
I got two setups in mind:
Setup#1
Ham radio: FT-8900R 10M/6M/2M/440 Mobile(with remote head) using a CR627B 6M/2M/440 Antenna
Ten Meters/CB: a Cobra 75WXST hand held CB w/ two extension cables and mount the "box" in the trunk, (X-Force amplifier set for 200 watts max) and run it to the Larsen 27 MHz antenna (no frequency expansion, and no SSB on ten meters!)
This setup I will only have three wires into the interior, the Cobra control cable, the cable for the ham radio head unit, and a cable for a communications speaker.
Option #2
Buy a Yaesu FT-857D, mod for the expansion. Run THREE antennas on trunk lid.
have the 144/440 output go to a dual band antenna, have the 50MHz/HF out go to a Diamond duplexer(MX610) then the 6 meter feed goes to a 6 meter antenna and the HF feed goes to a X-force amp and runs 200 watts to a 27-29 MHz Larsen antenna.
This setup will have two wires to the interior, the control head and the speaker wire. It also is the most expensive!!
Is there a better way to do this? I want basically to run FM at 50 watts, at 50 MHz and above, run 40 channel CB AM at 200 watts and I would like my SSB privileges on 10 meters as well, but not required.
All RF must be contained in trunk, and this is a problem as there are no detachable/remote head Export radios out there!
Suggestions on my best move, the X-force amp/CB/ham radio will be bolted to the bottom of the cowl in the trunk, powered by 4 gauge from battery.
I have a 1992 Buick Regal, and there is NO room in there to mount a standard CB radio, it has a center console!
I am a Tech Licensee, and a CB user.
There are a few things I want.
-NO RF in the interior, call coax/transmitters must be in trunk.
- A CLEAN INSTALL, as few wires in the interior as possible.
Right now I am planning on using two NMO, hole-thru-trunk lid antennas.
-A 440/144/50 MHz tri-bander(for ham max 200 watts)
-a Larsen 27-30 Mhz antenna(max 200 watts)
I got two setups in mind:
Setup#1
Ham radio: FT-8900R 10M/6M/2M/440 Mobile(with remote head) using a CR627B 6M/2M/440 Antenna
Ten Meters/CB: a Cobra 75WXST hand held CB w/ two extension cables and mount the "box" in the trunk, (X-Force amplifier set for 200 watts max) and run it to the Larsen 27 MHz antenna (no frequency expansion, and no SSB on ten meters!)
This setup I will only have three wires into the interior, the Cobra control cable, the cable for the ham radio head unit, and a cable for a communications speaker.
Option #2
Buy a Yaesu FT-857D, mod for the expansion. Run THREE antennas on trunk lid.
have the 144/440 output go to a dual band antenna, have the 50MHz/HF out go to a Diamond duplexer(MX610) then the 6 meter feed goes to a 6 meter antenna and the HF feed goes to a X-force amp and runs 200 watts to a 27-29 MHz Larsen antenna.
This setup will have two wires to the interior, the control head and the speaker wire. It also is the most expensive!!
Is there a better way to do this? I want basically to run FM at 50 watts, at 50 MHz and above, run 40 channel CB AM at 200 watts and I would like my SSB privileges on 10 meters as well, but not required.
All RF must be contained in trunk, and this is a problem as there are no detachable/remote head Export radios out there!
Suggestions on my best move, the X-force amp/CB/ham radio will be bolted to the bottom of the cowl in the trunk, powered by 4 gauge from battery.