Here is my Wife’s Honda Accord. I promised her that I wouldn’t turn it into a mobile ham shack, so I tried my best to hide everything. I had an FT-7900 sitting around, not being used, so I thought I’d see if the control head would fit in the storage box in the center console. I did not like the way it would have to be fit inside, so I tried the sunglasses holder. Success! It fit and was still able to be closed. I did have to remove the black sponge material, as it was just too thick for the control head to completely clear the top. I just didn't want anything putting pressure on the radio knobs.
So, I started taking everything apart for the install.
Here is the sunglasses holder out of the car in the closed position.
Here it is in the open position.
Here is the control head test fit inside the holder.
Control head bracket mounted.
Control head mounted.
Control head mounted & sunglasses holder closed.
I decided to put the mic in the center console storage area.
I couldn’t find the 6 pin jack that I wanted to use, so I just used what I could find locally. This was the only location that I could put this type of mount. Anywhere else would not allow the door to function.
Radio chassis mounted under the back dash.
NMO mount being installed. Sorry, the camera kept focusing on the tree…
NMO installed.
Antenna mounted.
Sunglasses holder closed.
Sunglasses holder & control head working.
Storage console closed.
Storage area with mic.
Storage area – Mic in use.
So, I started taking everything apart for the install.
Here is the sunglasses holder out of the car in the closed position.
Here it is in the open position.
Here is the control head test fit inside the holder.
Control head bracket mounted.
Control head mounted.
Control head mounted & sunglasses holder closed.
I decided to put the mic in the center console storage area.
I couldn’t find the 6 pin jack that I wanted to use, so I just used what I could find locally. This was the only location that I could put this type of mount. Anywhere else would not allow the door to function.
Radio chassis mounted under the back dash.
NMO mount being installed. Sorry, the camera kept focusing on the tree…
NMO installed.
Antenna mounted.
Sunglasses holder closed.
Sunglasses holder & control head working.
Storage console closed.
Storage area with mic.
Storage area – Mic in use.