That might not be such a good idea. Your radio will generate ALOT of heat during a good rag chew with your fellow Hams. Under the dash can generate too much heat for the radio, and restricited air flow around the rig won't allow it to have adequate cooling, you could run into serious problems.
You can mount the radio under the seats (popular choice) and hide the cables under the floor matting/door sills.
Or, you can mount the rig in the back and run the cables forward.
I have the D-700 and I put my radio under the driver's seat, ran the wires under the floor/sill and mounted the control head under the driver's side air vent on the dash. Looks good and clean.
I put the body under the pass seat and the head unit on the dash in front of the compass thing...
blairsite.com/Gallery for pics of my interior
Works great, easy to see while driving and easy to reach controls
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Re: Mounting Yaesu 7800 Radio
hello... i just mounted a yaesu 8900 unit with the remote kit....i mounted the main radio body in the left rear of the fj...tied into the power wiring going to the interv..heavy duty black and white wiring going to the intrv.....12vdc....the down side to this is the interv switch has to be on to power unit....got my mag mount antenna...stuck it to the rear of the gobi rack... ran coax around back door thru the grommet/boot to get it inside......ran the remote cabling up the driver side to mount the head unit vertical just below the a/c outlet.....RR
I like your setup but only need to mount one small 7800 radio. Can you modify your try to accecpt just one radio? I want to mount the tray to the seat using existing bolts instead of having to screw into the seat or floor.
Did you mount directly to the floor or did you make a mount?
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Radio previously said:
That might not be such a good idea. Your radio will generate ALOT of heat during a good rag chew with your fellow Hams. Under the dash can generate too much heat for the radio, and restricited air flow around the rig won't allow it to have adequate cooling, you could run into serious problems.
You can mount the radio under the seats (popular choice) and hide the cables under the floor matting/door sills.
Or, you can mount the rig in the back and run the cables forward.
I have the D-700 and I put my radio under the driver's seat, ran the wires under the floor/sill and mounted the control head under the driver's side air vent on the dash. Looks good and clean.
I like your setup but only need to mount one small 7800 radio. Can you modify your try to accecpt just one radio? I want to mount the tray to the seat using existing bolts instead of having to screw into the seat or floor.
Sure it is just a plain field you can drill how ever many holes wherever you want. The tray bolts to the seat frame and puts the radio(s) about 3 inches off the floor. I wanted at least some possibility of keeping them out of a little water and it also allows me to hear the built in speaker on the 875 just fine.
Sure it is just a plain field you can drill how ever many holes wherever you want. The tray bolts to the seat frame and puts the radio(s) about 3 inches off the floor. I wanted at least some possibility of keeping them out of a little water and it also allows me to hear the built in speaker on the 875 just fine.
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