ScannerBoots
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I took my wife's old car a year ago, (I bought her a new one, funny how they always wind up with the new car.) and just now got around to installing the radios.(Yeah I know)
The BCT15 went in the second DIN slot below the factory radio, which had a storage cubby in it since the car didn't have the factory CD player.
The Yaesu FT8800r control head was mounted in the overhead sunglass storage bin, the cover comes off and I mounted the head on a bracket I made from aluminum sheet.
I ran a mike extension cable from the control head through the center console and into the storage bin where it connects to the mic via a straight thru connector. When the car is parked I keep the mic in the storage bin, out of sight. The radio itself is mounted in the trunk under the rear window deck lid.
Both antennas use NMO hole mounts. The one on the trunk is a Larsen tri band and is for the scanner, its the same antenna our local SO uses on their patrol cars for their scanners, which are also BCT15's.
The antenna on the roof is an Austin 500c for the FT8800. I dipped the stainless steel whip in black Plastidip so the whole antenna would be black. (Sorry about the muddy cat prints all over the car, I haven't washed it because were expecting more rain.) If you look close you can see the two Midland speakers for the radios through the back window between the headrests and the stereo speakers.
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I am very happy with the outcome of this install.
The BCT15 went in the second DIN slot below the factory radio, which had a storage cubby in it since the car didn't have the factory CD player.
The Yaesu FT8800r control head was mounted in the overhead sunglass storage bin, the cover comes off and I mounted the head on a bracket I made from aluminum sheet.
I ran a mike extension cable from the control head through the center console and into the storage bin where it connects to the mic via a straight thru connector. When the car is parked I keep the mic in the storage bin, out of sight. The radio itself is mounted in the trunk under the rear window deck lid.
Both antennas use NMO hole mounts. The one on the trunk is a Larsen tri band and is for the scanner, its the same antenna our local SO uses on their patrol cars for their scanners, which are also BCT15's.
The antenna on the roof is an Austin 500c for the FT8800. I dipped the stainless steel whip in black Plastidip so the whole antenna would be black. (Sorry about the muddy cat prints all over the car, I haven't washed it because were expecting more rain.) If you look close you can see the two Midland speakers for the radios through the back window between the headrests and the stereo speakers.
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I am very happy with the outcome of this install.