Spotter/Chase Vehicle Install

[Andrew Geil]

While certainly not as detailed as David's thread, here's my pitiful attempt at an install. It's nice, because if I ever go chasing and spend the night somewhere, I can just unbolt the console from it's base and take the whole radio set in with me. Very nice profile, out of the way.

It's a dual band ham rig on the bottom, and a Icom VHF for spotting on top.

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[Ben Engle]

Originally posted by Andrew Geil

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Nice touch!!!! One of those places that I visited at least once a day besides here :D

[John Erwin]

A nice clean installation Andrew!

Is that rack pre-fabbed or homemade?

[Andrew Geil]

It's premade by Gamber-Johnson, model SM-212. You can usually find it between 30-45 dollars. It's nice because you can fit anything on it, unlike most consoles where you need a specific faceplate for a specific radio.

[Ben Pinette]

Looks good Andrew! Gotta love the Hamsexy reference :lol:

[Caleb Lawrence]

Andrew, that looks like a great mount. Very nice installation. I remember Galls had a really nice one at one time, before they discontinued it, that you could mount up to 4 different-sized radios on it; because they had adjustable, sliding mounts similar to that one. I've been looking ever since for a similar model for that versatility, and I think you may have provided me with a viable solution.

[Andrew Geil]

They're all made by the same company in the end. Just depends who was sold to who and who owned the patent rights and what not on it. Gamber-Johnson currently has it. :)

I picked mine up at sirennet.com. Good price; but crappy customer service. Took about a week to direct ship from the manufactuer.

[Gary Stofer]

Looks good, I have the TM-V7A also. Be careful with the mic, it seems to die over time especially if you're rough with it. I have no idea why mine crapped out.

[Andrew Geil]

I will be taking it out this week at some point to install a new UHF radio (to replace the Kenwood). When I do that, I'll take some good shots of the way the brackets work.

-APG