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Did you make or buy the plate? If you made it, bravo on the wire pass through holes, Allen head cap screws, rounded corners and brushed finish!

As threatened, I changed out my Harris XG-100M control head for a handheld control head mic, then put my Yaesu FTM-400XDR back in. Now my truck has more radio capability than I know what to do with including using up all four of my antenna mounts. The Yaesu 2m/70cm analog/Fusion digital and...

Different radio mfrs have different methods of mounting their heads. Some have threaded holes in the head, some come with an adapter plate, some are actually drilled to match a RAM mount foot, etc.

I use a RAM mount on the front face of the center console. I used to have a Yaesu FTM-400XDR and the old Icom 706MKIIG together on the same mount but this week the Yaesu has been replaced with a commercial Harris multiband radio with remote control head as shown. I just acquired a remote hand...

A 4 to 5w handheld into the same vehicle mounted antenna used with a 15w mobile radio will have nearly the same range as the mobile radio.

AM radios are kind of matched to the typical AM/FM 1m long whip including the coax. There are better antenna options but you would probably have to retune the input circuits in the radio to make good use of the better antenna. When I installed radios in the 70s and early 80s all factory and...

Its a very thin stainless steel whip, probably puts much less stress on the mount than a 2ft Firestick. In the mid 70s through 80s I was a professional 2-way radio installer and I've done about a thousand antenna installs. I say NMO on the hood is good, and it rhymes!

Many are rated at 200 watts. Larsen is a good brand and I have a couple of very broad band Laird 26.8 to 29.7MHz full coverage with no tuning and 200 watt rating. This antenna has a 67" long whip and is very efficient putting out a better signal than most other 4 to 5ft antennas. This is more of...

I've had NMO mounts on various vehicles for 10+ years with no paint damage. A good NMO mount should not hurt anything. A top of hood mounted antenna will work much better than a bumper mounted one, all other things equal.

I've found a few places that work great for a CB antenna, one is the hood using an NMO trunk lid mount near a hinge and on the inside upper bed wall above the rear tire. There are many base loaded NMO mount CB antennas available and they don't put any strain on the mount due to the lightweight...

A CB whip "wants" to see a 1/4 wave ground plane in all directions which is about 9ft radius or 18ft diameter. What we end up giving it on a truck roof, hood or top bed rail is a joke but they will usually tune up and work to some extent. An actual 6" radius ground plane will not work and...

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The remote head on my Harris XG-100M is about the size of a Motorola E5 and when I get a Harris handheld remote I'll probably put my FTM400 back in.

For an install I did in the bed I ran the coax down between the bed and cab then into the frame to the front of the vehicle then popped out and went up to an existing gromet on the drivers side firewall. I have also run up into a gromet under the rear seat where I have some remote radio stuff...

The Anytone D578UV III has an optional blueooth display mic that can also be used with an Ethernet cable. The optional display mic is the BT-01 and the radio can program amateur, commercial and GMRS frequencies in analog FM and DMR, although the radio is probably not FCC type accepted for GMRS...

It would end up Bubba Morelli or Guido Stump and their only offroading experience was on a Vespa.

I would not recommend inside the dash, not only is it terrible for reception with signals being blocked by metal and wiring, there is probably a lot of radio frequency interference generated by gauges and other electronic stuff. Do you take the rear top off? You could probably run an extension...

I've been doing GMRS since about 1978 and am happy to see it becoming popular with the off road crowd. Its a nice way to get reliable comms and you can make use of high end police/public service type radios that will provide a high level of performance. A lot of these high end radios can be had...

The HT1250 and most Motorola radios made over the last 30yrs have been made in Malaysia or other offshore places.

They are just roughly 2 watt FRS/GMRS radios and cost a little more than others due to the Jeep branding. They would be fine for offroading and talking to other vehicles in the group or keeping track of the kids at a swap meet, etc. You can get the same or better performance and quality for less...