I recently installed an Icom F5021 VHF Mobile radio in our brand new 2018 Honda Pioneer 1000-5. The radio sounds great when the ATV is turned off. However when the ATV is running there is horrible electrical noise in the background. The noise is so significant that it is causing the CTCSS Tone to cut out and and it will not open the receivers on other radios. I believe the noise is coming directly from the Alternator. I have the radio wired hot directly to the battery and the ground going to the battery as well as to the frame.
I just put a brand new Browning 15A Noise Filter in line with the radio. However it really didn't help the noise all that much. Anyone have any experience with wiring a radio into an ATV/UTV/Motocycle that has significant electrical noise? What is the best way to mitigate this problem?
I just put a brand new Browning 15A Noise Filter in line with the radio. However it really didn't help the noise all that much. Anyone have any experience with wiring a radio into an ATV/UTV/Motocycle that has significant electrical noise? What is the best way to mitigate this problem?