phillmobile
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Hi these are a few pictures of my van which is not a mobile command centre nor am i zombie hunting or responding to anything.
Antennas; from rear small glass mount is for uhf gm300 which i use as a crossband repeat of my tk-7180
rear sloping antenna is for the scanner, started life as a fm antenna and go butchered to be resonant at 80 and 160 mhz, next is a dual band whip for the tm-v71
next is a sirio 400hypower cb antenna
thena 3db vhf 160mhz (tk-7180)
then at the front a qtr wave at 144.800mhz for APRS (european freq)
APRS is a icom f110 and a argent tracker 2 with a garmin nuvi 350, the antenna has a diplexer on it and is shared with a uhf gp300 16 channel which is under the rear seat just for scanning local repeaters which frees up the ubc800xlt to get on with other things, i just have a switch on the speaker to turn it off sound as it comes on with ignition and is located between seats as shown below, i think its a good idea as i have a bucket full of gp300 and its cheaper than buying another scanner. you may also notice the mic at the rear of the console this is for APRS voice alert, 136.5hz in the uk, not that i ahve ever heard anyone but bob you will be glad to know at least i am doing it.
car phone handset not wired to anything at this time.
Cb radio is a old murphy which does not suffer from ignition noise like all the new stuff, converted ch9 switch to ch19 so can switch between 14 and 19 ( both calling in uk) with out having to look at the radio.
Handset for tk-7180 on side of console, and mic for tm-v71 on side of seat
Centre console, kenwood audio, ubc800xlt (note the gps antenna not yet finished) and a tk-7180
Above mirror, tm-v71e and garmin nuvi 350 for APRS
I the rear on one of the wheel arch covers i have installed 2 chargers from old kenwood chargers for tk-250/tk-350 the holders are real old but the charger boards are out of new ones that could run at 12v, the top switches, left unused yet and right hand one is for the kenwood and motoroal chargers and the twin cig light socket. Below is a small switch with allows me to turn the APRS system on without ignition and digipeat too, i have had this on all night and only droped 0.5v. Also some banna posts not wired up yet and a speakon connector for my bass cab when its in and then the speaker for the APRS voice alert just got to find the bracket haha.
a bit of wiring 3 radios in there, did have ft857 in there but in shack now so theres a uhf gm300, tm-v71 and a icom f110 for aprs plus tracker 2 all crammed in there
Just got a maglight on the other side as the fuel tank pipe is behind the wood
Any questions from across the pond.
Antennas; from rear small glass mount is for uhf gm300 which i use as a crossband repeat of my tk-7180
rear sloping antenna is for the scanner, started life as a fm antenna and go butchered to be resonant at 80 and 160 mhz, next is a dual band whip for the tm-v71
next is a sirio 400hypower cb antenna
thena 3db vhf 160mhz (tk-7180)
then at the front a qtr wave at 144.800mhz for APRS (european freq)
APRS is a icom f110 and a argent tracker 2 with a garmin nuvi 350, the antenna has a diplexer on it and is shared with a uhf gp300 16 channel which is under the rear seat just for scanning local repeaters which frees up the ubc800xlt to get on with other things, i just have a switch on the speaker to turn it off sound as it comes on with ignition and is located between seats as shown below, i think its a good idea as i have a bucket full of gp300 and its cheaper than buying another scanner. you may also notice the mic at the rear of the console this is for APRS voice alert, 136.5hz in the uk, not that i ahve ever heard anyone but bob you will be glad to know at least i am doing it.
car phone handset not wired to anything at this time.
Cb radio is a old murphy which does not suffer from ignition noise like all the new stuff, converted ch9 switch to ch19 so can switch between 14 and 19 ( both calling in uk) with out having to look at the radio.
Handset for tk-7180 on side of console, and mic for tm-v71 on side of seat
Centre console, kenwood audio, ubc800xlt (note the gps antenna not yet finished) and a tk-7180
Above mirror, tm-v71e and garmin nuvi 350 for APRS
I the rear on one of the wheel arch covers i have installed 2 chargers from old kenwood chargers for tk-250/tk-350 the holders are real old but the charger boards are out of new ones that could run at 12v, the top switches, left unused yet and right hand one is for the kenwood and motoroal chargers and the twin cig light socket. Below is a small switch with allows me to turn the APRS system on without ignition and digipeat too, i have had this on all night and only droped 0.5v. Also some banna posts not wired up yet and a speakon connector for my bass cab when its in and then the speaker for the APRS voice alert just got to find the bracket haha.
a bit of wiring 3 radios in there, did have ft857 in there but in shack now so theres a uhf gm300, tm-v71 and a icom f110 for aprs plus tracker 2 all crammed in there
Just got a maglight on the other side as the fuel tank pipe is behind the wood
Any questions from across the pond.
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