Amateur (HAM) Radio Installs...

[Tomdoc]

My Ham install in a Grenadier (link)

This a YT video made with my friend Callum (DX Commander) about my radio install in a 2 seater Grenadier.

 

[Bruce B]

The definitive mobile amateur radio resource is a site maintained by Alan Applegate, K0BG. If you gave questions read here first! I have installed several mobile HF stations using his advice and both were amazing things to use.

https://www.k0bg.com/

 

[JD Barnes]

thank you so much for posting! This is great!

 

[CrazyOldMan]

Folding Antenna

Not amateur “ham” radio, but the new folding mount from Midland allows me to rotate a 70 cm GMRS “Canyon Edge” antenna out of the way from its position atop the OEM rear ladder.

@Ovrland Bill - the bracket on the ladder - is that from Midland or did you do something yourself? I have the Leitner HD bars and was going to put a WeBoost antenna up top - but the rear bar is a bit forward (at the position of the rear-most grab rail bracket) - so it just means running cable about 10” forward. Ladder mount might be a better option - not sure

 

[Ovrland Bill]

@Ovrland Bill - the bracket on the ladder - is that from Midland or did you do something yourself? I have the Leitner HD bars and was going to put a WeBoost antenna up top - but the rear bar is a bit forward (at the position of the rear-most grab rail bracket) - so it just means running cable about 10” forward. Ladder mount might be a better option - not sure

Yes, the folding antenna mount was recently released by Midland Radio. I did learn that the antenna itself (Midland Canyon Edge, about 22” long) could, when folded all the way down to the ‘3 o’clock’ position, begin to oscillate in the airflow at freeway speeds enough for the tip to strike the back end of the roof. I am now storing the antenna at the 2 o’clock position (about 4” above the roof) and waiting for the next high speed drive to see how it behaves ‘in the wind’.