Hardie@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA (Maj. Douglas Hardie) (08/06/85)
Has anyone tried to mount a rig in a Ford van? I want to install a 2 mtr rig in a new van, but the logical place (radio location) has been eliminated by XYL. There is essentally no way to mount it under the dash near the driver withoug interfearing with driving, and the other side of the engine cover is too far away to see or use when driving. -- Doug WA6VVV
brian@sdcsvax.UUCP (Brian Kantor) (08/09/85)
In article <468@brl-tgr.ARPA> Hardie@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA (Maj. Douglas Hardie) writes: >Has anyone tried to mount a rig in a Ford van? I want to install a 2 >mtr rig in a new van, but the logical place (radio location) has been >eliminated by XYL. There is essentally no way to mount it under the >dash near the driver withoug interfearing with driving, and the other >side of the engine cover is too far away to see or use when driving. >-- Doug WA6VVV The two most common places to mount a radio in a van when I was in the commercial radio biz was either on the side of the van just aft of the driver's door at about head height (good if you have a built-in speaker to blast right into your ear) or in the middle of the ceiling between the two seats. Other places are strapped to a bracket aside the seatbelt anchors on either side of the driver's seat (the inboard side is better if you are occasionally going to be a passenger), or under the seat. If you have one of those wiz-bang synthesized radios that you have to keep looking at the panel all the time to figure out what you are doing, your choices are much more limited. The ceiling mount might well be the best - especially after you learn to read the frequency display in the rear-view mirror. Keeps the feedline short too. Brian Kantor, WB6CYT UC San Diego decvax\ brian@ucsd.arpa akgua >--- sdcsvax --- brian ucbvax/ Kantor@Nosc
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (08/12/85)
> Has anyone tried to mount a rig in a Ford van? I want to install a 2 > mtr rig in a new van, but the logical place (radio location) has been > eliminated by XYL. There is essentally no way to mount it under the > dash near the driver withoug interfearing with driving, and the other > side of the engine cover is too far away to see or use when driving. > Our Ford Van in the Fire deparment has the siren and radio controls bolted to the back of the engine cover between the two seats. -Ron