Radio Guy
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We all know the JT is a bit low on radio mounting space while being able to see the radio display and not give up something else. I've had a number of radios in my 21 Mojave and up to now have settled on three operating at the same time. An old Icom 706MK2G for HF and secondary for 2m/440 amateur, although it will also do GMRS and MURS, plus a Yaesu FTM-400DR as the primary 2m/440 amateur rig, and it will do GMRS and MURS, and a Harris XG-100M cop radio that covers 136-174/380-512-760-870MHz plus 30-50MHz receive and P25 digital as a police/CHP scanner and backup 2m/440/GMRS and MURS radio. The Icom and Yaesu radios mount under my rear seat with both control heads on a RAM mount sticking out the front of the center console above the shift lever and the Harris has a handheld control head/mic which is a great space saver in the JT.
I've had another radio for a couple of years mostly as a base station, an Anytone AT-578UVIII Plus that covers 2m amateur and VHF commercial, 440 amateur and UHF commercial and the 220 amateur band with DMR digital and works really well, but its front panel display is way too small to see at arms length and it does not have a removable control head. At least it didn't until recently when they came out with a wireless Bluetooth hand held control head/speaker mic. I recently got the wireless control head and its a fantastic solution for any cramped space mobile installation. You can stick the main radio under a front or rear seat and run power/antenna to it then forget about it. You then run the wireless control head with display, speaker and mic and clip that to your shirt or a sun visor or stick it anywhere since its smaller than a pack of cigarettes.
For now I'm testing the Anytone and wireless control head in my JT with the radio sitting behind the drivers seat and patched into the antenna that was plugged into the Yaesu. Its working really well and I will probably toss the Yaesu in favor of the Anytone and scale down the RAM mount holding my Icom HF/VHF/UHF rig.
The Anytone is not a cheap option with the radio costing around $400 and the wireless mic thing costing another $150 but the radio is a part 90 FCC type accepted commercial radio, which is somewhat legal for GMRS and it does amateur and other stuff plus DMR digital if your into that and there is no big radio to mount within reach or a speaker to mount or cables running around the cab. Its a great JT radio solution. And its a pretty high performing radio unlike some of the questionable VHF/UHF radios flooding the market.
Here is a picture of my radio currently mounted to a power supply with grab and go case and the new wireless control head thing.
I've had another radio for a couple of years mostly as a base station, an Anytone AT-578UVIII Plus that covers 2m amateur and VHF commercial, 440 amateur and UHF commercial and the 220 amateur band with DMR digital and works really well, but its front panel display is way too small to see at arms length and it does not have a removable control head. At least it didn't until recently when they came out with a wireless Bluetooth hand held control head/speaker mic. I recently got the wireless control head and its a fantastic solution for any cramped space mobile installation. You can stick the main radio under a front or rear seat and run power/antenna to it then forget about it. You then run the wireless control head with display, speaker and mic and clip that to your shirt or a sun visor or stick it anywhere since its smaller than a pack of cigarettes.
For now I'm testing the Anytone and wireless control head in my JT with the radio sitting behind the drivers seat and patched into the antenna that was plugged into the Yaesu. Its working really well and I will probably toss the Yaesu in favor of the Anytone and scale down the RAM mount holding my Icom HF/VHF/UHF rig.
The Anytone is not a cheap option with the radio costing around $400 and the wireless mic thing costing another $150 but the radio is a part 90 FCC type accepted commercial radio, which is somewhat legal for GMRS and it does amateur and other stuff plus DMR digital if your into that and there is no big radio to mount within reach or a speaker to mount or cables running around the cab. Its a great JT radio solution. And its a pretty high performing radio unlike some of the questionable VHF/UHF radios flooding the market.
Here is a picture of my radio currently mounted to a power supply with grab and go case and the new wireless control head thing.
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