Yaesu FTM-400DR in my 2013 RTL/Nav. Please see the end of this post as I have a question re: antenna routing.
Salient points:
- Radio mounted on the forward face of the console, speaker side out, antenna and power towards the driver's side.
- Head mounted on a seat-base gooseneck mount.
- Mic mount screwed in to the very solid but removable knock-out tab between the seat heater switches. I will replace this at trade in time. This is the only drilling I had to do!
- Head direct-wired to the battery, run through the existing firewall harness grommet, fused at the battery, #10 wire hot and ground.
- Antenna is a glass mount at the rear window. left side. The glass is tinted and I am getting a high match but < 3:1 and am planning on finding a place for a NMO mount somewhere.
Salient points:
- Radio mounted on the forward face of the console, speaker side out, antenna and power towards the driver's side.
- Head mounted on a seat-base gooseneck mount.
- Mic mount screwed in to the very solid but removable knock-out tab between the seat heater switches. I will replace this at trade in time. This is the only drilling I had to do!
- Head direct-wired to the battery, run through the existing firewall harness grommet, fused at the battery, #10 wire hot and ground.
- Antenna is a glass mount at the rear window. left side. The glass is tinted and I am getting a high match but < 3:1 and am planning on finding a place for a NMO mount somewhere.