Dual Band / Ham / 2-Way / Amateur Radio Install (and FRS/GMRS mod)

[BigJ]

PS: Yesterday, I ended up "ragchewing" (that's ham-speak for "talking with" ) with a guy down in Australia about offroading and Raptor stuffs. Was very cool to share Raptor info, and hear how they offroad down under.

 

[The Tank]

Why didn't you hard wire in the power supply?

 

[BigJ]

A few reasons:
1) I was running late for an appointment and I wanted to see the radio work
2) I had the cheapie adapter on the shelf (which I have since replaced with a sealed unit, by the way)
3) I wasn't 100% sure I was keeping this radio in this truck.

Like I said I most likely will eventually hardwire it in. But truthfully I'm more than happy with the sealed cig adapter at this point; its fused properly, is solid as a rock, its simple and its quickly removable/transferable.

 

[fillmoreranger]

So... After some time... How is it all working out? Especially the antenna setup...

 

[BigJ]

Still working well! The only hiccup was when my puppy decided chew the wire leading from the radio to the head unit. That had the effect of shorting out the radio so it was unusable. iComm fixed it under warranty though and when I got it back I rerouted that wire thru the center console, out of puppy range.

And the antenna mount is still solid as a rock. I occasionally check it and so far haven't even needed to tighten it.

I'm overall really happy with how this turned out.

 

[BigJ]

This came up in conversation recently, so I figured I'd bump it up since I don't think the FRF crowd got to see it.

This is still working really well. I use it every time we go out.

 

[Squatting Dog]

Definately going to follow your example when loading up my 2012 SCrew.
Very nicely done BigJ

 

[BigJ]

Cool deal GJ! Don't hesitate to get ahold of me with any questions. Happy to help if I can.

 

[Rat]

Still working well! The only hiccup was when my puppy decided chew the wire leading from the radio to the head unit. out of puppy range.

And the antenna mount is still solid as a ****. I occasionally check it and so far haven't even needed to tighten it.

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Did puppy crap out the wires ? Just sayin ?

Tee hee hee I f-in with ya
Good informative technical thread, Much appreciated, keep up the good work. We need some more "how to's"

 

[Squatting Dog]

Did puppy crap out the wires ? Just sayin ?

Tee hee hee I f-in with ya
Good informative technical thread, Much appreciated, keep up the good work. We need some more "how to's"

I am working on a whole series of technical write ups, Rat. Starting with a clean slate 2012, and about 20k worth of mods.