2011 Tahoe PPV Install

[WX4EMT]

Originally Posted by KarNutt

It's the detent pin that rattles.

Don't be fooled the whole thing is vibrating. Bracing it with the rubber "door stop" pads helps a lot but to really address the problem you will need to add thickness to the neoprene pads located on the faceplate near the gas strut. This makes you close the mount against the pressure of the neoprene and takes the slack out of the hinge and putting constant pressure on the articulating portion of the mount. This keeps the detent pin pressed firmly against the locking hole and reduces a lot of the rattle.

Believe it or not: keeping your tires balanced helps the vibration pattern as well. The folks at Firestone hate me! Lifetime alignment, rotating and balancing so I do it at every oil change!

[KarNutt]

Originally Posted by WX4EMT

Don't be fooled the whole thing is vibrating. Bracing it with the rubber "door stop" pads helps a lot but to really address the problem you will need to add thickness to the neoprene pads located on the faceplate near the gas strut. This makes you close the mount against the pressure of the neoprene and takes the slack out of the hinge and putting constant pressure on the articulating portion of the mount. This keeps the detent pin pressed firmly against the locking hole and reduces a lot of the rattle.

Yes, I see what you mean. I just happened to figure this out myself last night before reading your response.I took a look at the action of the mount opening and closing it after reading your previous comments. Thanks for all these tips.

I've added some velcro strips as a temporary method of making the metal tab thicker, where it contacts the two neoprene bump stops. I want to see if I can thicken up the joint there so there is less wiggle room, as you've suggested. If that works well then I'll figure out a more permanent solution to do so.

[scottyhetzel]

Originally Posted by WX4EMT

That is correct along with dual batteries.

Hi, are you planning an idle enhancer for More amps or a smaller pulley ? I know 600 Rpm does not charge well. What about the ugly streamlight solar roof charger ?

[WX4EMT]

Originally Posted by scottyhetzel

Hi, are you planning an idle enhancer for More amps or a smaller pulley ? I know 600 Rpm does not charge well. What about the ugly streamlight solar roof charger ?

No plans to change anything and no plans to install solar panels. When the truck sits for a day or two I simply plug up the shoreline and keep the batteries topped off with a 2 amp float charge. I have tried very hard to keep my power budget down so standard idle charges everything nicely. Unfortunately the price of gasoline means that using the Tahoe as a generator is not an economical solution. Ultimately you must be wise as the serpent and gentle as the dove when trying to strike a balance between expenditure and utility.

[Spankymedic7]

Originally Posted by WX4EMT

My apologies if I come off sounding terse. Nothing personal, and the comment was in no way directed AT you, just a pre-emptive strike. The worst flaming I ever had in my life was here in RR concerning storm chasers with lights. I now fully expect to go to a special corner of hell reserved for baby killers, serial murderers and storm chasers with warning light setups. I just wanted to establish up front that I am not the "Sheriff Beauford T. Justice in high speed pursuit of the storm" type.

Funny you say that. Sometime last summer while on my way to work, I see this SUV with amber strobe lights flashing away, sort of just trolling around the neighborhood. I do the typical gaper's block stare as I drive by (finally identifying him as some sort of storm chaser), and continue on my way. About 5 minutes (and at LEAST 4 miles) later, I see the same vehicle in my rear view mirror...closing in on me quickly. Now, I've been in the EMS profession for 22 years, and know full well what IS a valid emergency vehicle and what is NOT. This guy was NOT. As he comes hard and fast on my rear bumper (as if he was expecting me to "pull to the right"), I just continue to drive on as I had been. Seeing that I was NOT going to pull over for him and get out of his way, he hastily jerks his vehicle into the next lane, steps on the gas, and glares at me as he passes...all the while doing about 80 mph (no joke, he was really moving!), and his amber strobes still blinking away.

The funny thing is that, about another mile or so down the road, I saw a squad car parked, presumably doing radar enforcement. Boy, I've never seen a vehicle do 80-to-55 mph so quickly before in my life...amber lights turned off and all. I guess the thunderstorm wasn't so pressing after all.

Unfortunately there are storm spotters out there who assume that, with a few amber strobes and a couple of antennae on the vehicle, they have the same traffic privileges that emergency personnel do...and those are the folks that ruin it for everyone else.

As for your vehicle set up, WX4EMT, I am VERY impressed! Rock on, brother...rock on.

[WX4EMT]

Thank you Spanky, as I've stated before my blinky dinks are for responding to emergencies in the area(s) where I am duly authorized. That is not to say I haven't used them to warn traffic of hazards when I come upon wrecks, washouts or obstructions.

The best chasers I ever met were all parked well off the roadway visiting with other storm chasers LONG before the severe weather got to them,

[k9bandit]

hello I just got a chev tahoe ppv it was a state police car I love it it has the holes for the ant. and just waiting for warmer weather and a center console for my radios I work as a security k9 officer so the tahoe is great for it My ? is how do I take the head liner down I have the dog gage in there already will send pic. soon what would console would I use this in new to me putting radios in a car or truck thank any help would be great

[dixie729]

Originally Posted by k9bandit

hello I just got a chev tahoe ppv it was a state police car I love it it has the holes for the ant. and just waiting for warmer weather and a center console for my radios I work as a security k9 officer so the tahoe is great for it My ? is how do I take the head liner down I have the dog gage in there already will send pic. soon what would console would I use this in new to me putting radios in a car or truck thank any help would be great

You would most likely have to take cage out to drop the headliner, depending on the type of cage. It won't be fun or easy by any means. I deal with them quite a bit at work.
Havis and Jotto Desk make some good consoles, deal a lot with those too.

Kevin Absher - HTC Inspire 4G

[k9bandit]

Thank u would live near ct lol

[PJH]

Don't worry, there are a bunch of security types and ham types along with us legit fire/ems and other guys that tend to break and/or bend the rules.

I just get a kick with those who fly up behind me passing cars out then hang way back from me for miles when they realize what I have.

Originally Posted by Spankymedic7

Funny you say that. Sometime last summer while on my way to work, I see this SUV with amber strobe lights flashing away, sort of just trolling around the neighborhood. I do the typical gaper's block stare as I drive by (finally identifying him as some sort of storm chaser), and continue on my way. About 5 minutes (and at LEAST 4 miles) later, I see the same vehicle in my rear view mirror...closing in on me quickly. Now, I've been in the EMS profession for 22 years, and know full well what IS a valid emergency vehicle and what is NOT. This guy was NOT. As he comes hard and fast on my rear bumper (as if he was expecting me to "pull to the right"), I just continue to drive on as I had been. Seeing that I was NOT going to pull over for him and get out of his way, he hastily jerks his vehicle into the next lane, steps on the gas, and glares at me as he passes...all the while doing about 80 mph (no joke, he was really moving!), and his amber strobes still blinking away.

The funny thing is that, about another mile or so down the road, I saw a squad car parked, presumably doing radar enforcement. Boy, I've never seen a vehicle do 80-to-55 mph so quickly before in my life...amber lights turned off and all. I guess the thunderstorm wasn't so pressing after all.

Unfortunately there are storm spotters out there who assume that, with a few amber strobes and a couple of antennae on the vehicle, they have the same traffic privileges that emergency personnel do...and those are the folks that ruin it for everyone else.

As for your vehicle set up, WX4EMT, I am VERY impressed! Rock on, brother...rock on.

[PJH]

And I forgot the linky...

Hattiesburg Tornado RAW - John Sibley 2/10/13 - YouTube

[dixie729]

Originally Posted by k9bandit

Thank u would live near ct lol

Nope KY lol

Kevin Absher - HTC Inspire 4G

[WX4EMT]

I saw that video PJ, I do not want to comment, commend or condone. I simply want to state that it is not the way I do things. That is all.

Bandit, welcome to the thread! Unfortunately you will have to remove the puppy palace to get the headliner down. The screws you will have to remove are in the rear corners, the pillars at the front and back doors and all the upper side moldings. It is a long process but if you want it done right, do it right the first time.

Take my advice get some aluminized bubble type insulation and glue it up while you have the headliner down, It makes a WORLD of difference in temperature and noise levels. WELL worth the effort.!!!

[k9bandit]

Thank you

[ScanTN]

Originally Posted by WX4EMT

Take my advice get some aluminized bubble type insulation and glue it up while you have the headliner down, It makes a WORLD of difference in temperature and noise levels. WELL worth the effort.!!!

@WX4EMT Where did you get the insulation you put into yours? May need to get a hold of some for an install we're doing.

[WX4EMT]

Originally Posted by ScanTN

@WX4EMT Where did you get the insulation you put into yours? May need to get a hold of some for an install we're doing.

Lowes!

Shop M-D Building Products Silver Garage Single Door Insulation Kit at Lowes.com

I also cut some of this out to make a custom sunshade for the windshield.

[ScanTN]

Originally Posted by WX4EMT

Lowes!

Shop M-D Building Products Silver Garage Single Door Insulation Kit at Lowes.com

I also cut some of this out to make a custom sunshade for the windshield.

Thank you for the link!

[scottyhetzel]

Originally Posted by ScanTN

Thank you for the link!

Wha

Originally Posted by Cataddict

My new TM-V71A has one of those bar graph S-meters with only S9 marked with 8 bars below S9 and 4 bars above it, which makes sense. I'm attempting to calibrate coverage predictions produced by the program Radio Mobile with my S-meter readings. I realize the correlation will probably be crude at best, but it would give me some idea of coverage.

Has anybody characterized the S-meter "readings" for this radio with a calibrated signal source to see what each bar really represents in uV or dBm? I've searched the web extensively with no results.

It's a simple task, but I don't have access to a calibrated signal source or even a step attenuator to do it. The S-meter "standard" I think is 6 dB per S-unit under S9 and 10 dB per unit over S9. I don't think my meter behaves as such, but it really doesn't matter if I know in dBm or uV what each bar typically represents. I'm only interested in the 2 meter and 70 cm amateur frequencies.

Any help much appreciated.

What you need is dynamat extreme... Insulation and sound deadness. They sell large packs... Cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Easy to stick.

[WX4EMT]

Well KarNutt looks like you won the argument for the price vs features the GOR IBR600 looks the best. I have found a COR IBR600LE-PWD for the Verizon system with active GPS & LTE. The Franson GPS Gate will decipher the GPS string over the network and slice the stream to all the different programs like Street Atlas and GRLevel3. It's in the way. Now to plan out a GPS antenna, WiFi and two 3G/4G antenna system to take full advantage of the LTR system.

That's right, more holes to drill but at least the roof will finally be balanced.

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[k9bandit]

Hello just did my install waiting to order the console for the radio and scanner ant.are on the roof I did even need to move the k9 cage wow like the help will show the stuff when I get the console order can any one help me with pick one out to get havis is where I ordering it thank