You'll have to excuse me, I have a ICOM 207H - the head and mic are separate so mounting with Velcro wasn't a problem for me!
Mike
Ahh, yeah, if that was the case, it would be easy. I've got LOTS of places I could mount it if I didn't have to worry about the cord of the Mic hanging in my way.
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i have a 2.5" x 2.5" piece of heavy duty velcro on that little angled spot right in front of the eBrake where i stick my HT - if you get good quality heavy duty velcro it works good, grabs hard.
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Black Diamond M/T,Custom XM Inno mount ,Bandi antenna mount/ Yaesu FT-7800r, 4 Piece Budbuilt Skids(still need the gas tank skid), OME 886/895, All-Pro upper and lower links, Procomp 7089, Procomp Extreme M/T's
What's the name of that mount? Where'd you get it?
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I like that! Frogeye, what did you use to mount that there? Just drill through the plastic? How solid is it? Does the mic cable get in the way?
All I did was drill two tiny holes and used the supplied nuts and bolts for the plate. It's very solid. The mic cable stays off to the left and isn't in my way.
Mounting capabilities and location is why I went with the ICOM-208H.
I've cleaned up the cabling since this photo was taken...
The Yaesu's mic has to connect to the remote head which is problematic for cable management. All the Icom's go back the radio which allows for a really clean install.
I put the external speaker under the rear seat on the drivers side facing forward, no photo but works very well.
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The trick is mount it low and then I also put rubber feet on the bottom of the radio face and the mount plate so it wouldn't rub on the dash. I've used this setup since I installed the radio and have been nothing but happy with it.
The only change I'm going the be making is I'm going to remote the mic to the center console.
Also if you haven't bought the remote kit yet, don't. You can order the nesting plate for the face for 5 bucks from the Yeasu parts department(i will look for the phone number, and the remote cable can be built with cat 5 and 2 6 pin RJ-25 connectors. I built my own remote mount kit for 30 buck with the mount. This would no different with a 8800 or 8900
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Black Diamond M/T,Custom XM Inno mount ,Bandi antenna mount/ Yaesu FT-7800r, 4 Piece Budbuilt Skids(still need the gas tank skid), OME 886/895, All-Pro upper and lower links, Procomp 7089, Procomp Extreme M/T's
The trick is mount it low and then I also put rubber feet on the bottom of the radio face and the mount plate so it wouldn't rub on the dash. I've used this setup since I installed the radio and have been nothing but happy with it.
The only change I'm going the be making is I'm going to remote the mic to the center console.
Also if you haven't bought the remote kit yet, don't. You can order the nesting plate for the face for 5 bucks from the Yeasu parts department(i will look for the phone number, and the remote cable can be built with cat 5 and 2 6 pin RJ-25 connectors. I built my own remote mount kit for 30 buck with the mount. This would no different with a 8800 or 8900
The remote kit came with the radio. Hamcity has them for $350 including the remote kit. I like the 8800 because it has the dual monitoring capability on a dual band radio.
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I have a question... are any of you using more then the Bandi mount for your antennas?
I have a ICOM 706... i need to mount two antennas... one for HF, on the Bandi mount.. I have a outback Perth Plus to go there... but i need a VHF antenna... is anyone mounting besides the rear bandi mount?
Is anyone trying a hood mount?
I actualy have a use for possiably a second VHF antenna.. I am involved with my township ema... help me out here guys.. i am sure i am not the only one with the need for two antennas..
Check out FJ Ollie's BugEater in the Members' rigs section of this forum. He's got bookoo antennas.
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Polar_Rescue previously said:
I have a question... are any of you using more then the Bandi mount for your antennas?
I have a ICOM 706... i need to mount two antennas... one for HF, on the Bandi mount.. I have a outback Perth Plus to go there... but i need a VHF antenna... is anyone mounting besides the rear bandi mount?
Is anyone trying a hood mount?
I actualy have a use for possiably a second VHF antenna.. I am involved with my township ema... help me out here guys.. i am sure i am not the only one with the need for two antennas..
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