ra7850
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Just finished installing this mount. Its quite stable and removable when necessary. Uniden BCT15X scanner, Ram cup mount, Ram 2 inch pedestal mount. Antenna is a NilJon with mag mount,. Next is to drill the hole in the trunk.
Just finished installing this mount. Its quite stable and removable when necessary. Uniden BCT15X scanner, Ram cup mount, Ram 2 inch pedestal mount. Antenna is a NilJon with mag mount,. Next is to drill the hole in the trunk.
Newer vehicles are really getting harder to put radio gear into. I think I will be keeping my old box body Suburban for a while.
Good job on the install.
Latest update. I decide to go a head and try out Larsen 150/450/800 tri-band antenna as well as an additional Uniden BCD996XT. I still haven't drilled the trunk for the antenna mount yet. Reception with the new antenna has improved on certain frequency ranges. I commute to my job daily and spend quite a bit of time in the car. I like listening for MilAir traffic and the old Nil-Jon antenna in the original picture had excellent reception in the MilAir UHF ranges. With all of the bad weather as of late I haven't heard much MilAir traffic during my daily commute so I'll have to see how that goes once the weather changes a bit for the better. Someone in one of the posts above asked about the details of the mount.
Here is the link and information for the RAM cup holder mount as well as the mounting arm. The bracket I used came with the scanner.
RAM-A-CAN
RAM-A-CAN™ II Universal Cup Holder Base - Product Number: RAP-299-3U
RAM 1" Diameter Ball Standard Length Double Socket Arm with Diamond Base
RAM 1" Diameter Ball Standard Length Double Socket Arm with Diamond Base Product Number: RAM-B-103-238U
Newer vehicles are really getting harder to put radio gear into. I think I will be keeping my old box body Suburban for a while.
Good job on the install.
FWIW, I've traded in two vehicles that had holes in them and got what I wanted for both of them. I made the dealers fully aware that they had plugged holes that were used for communications antennas and both times they simply said "OK". Going permanent allows for better sealing and less damage to the painted surface but to each their own. I know how daunting it can be to drill holes into something as valuable as your car!I am with the others .. good but not the antenna. And .. drilling that hole just cut a ton off your value of your car. I would have done a trunk lip mount with the Larsen antenna already mentioned.
I know how daunting it can be to drill holes into something as valuable as your car!
I traded my 2016 Hyundai Tucson and picked up a 2018 Hyundai Sonata Sport and have to figure out how to remount my stuff I have a home patrol ii and I was using the passenger side seat bolt with a flexible gooseneck.Have the same sonata but hybrid, how did ram a can work out, did it last, I found possible place to mount to dash left side in front of fuse box.