It looks great.
To the OP, it looks great.
Better than some of the zip tie/fuse tap/cigarette lighter/bubble gum installs we've seen here before.(And there have been some seriously professional and proper installs here too)
Those look like professional grade plunger-type suction cups that are trusted for thousands of industrial/auto type applications. Why, whenever someone posts a pic of their windshield-mounted radio, does there have to be a barrage of warnings about "flying deadly projectile scanners"?
The are probably hundreds of thousands of radar detectors, diesel programmers, rear view camera monitors, OBD readers, and not to mention LED and strobe dash lights being sold and used every day by LEOs, FD's, tow trucks, and EMS personnel and the general public. When my kids were small, we had velcro mounted DVD players mounted to the headrests so they could catch up on the latest Spongebob episodes. These are all mounted by suction cup to windshields. Shoot, RAM has a whole system for mounting mobile devices, and suction cup window mounts are an integral part of that system. Have you felt the heft and seen the size of some of the LED/strobe dash and rear window warning systems out there? At least his radio is mounted. I have a Motorola Saber...sitting in a cupholder...loose...waiting to impale me.... Seriously. Have any of you driven to work with a scalding hot cup of coffee on your morning commute? Oh, the horrors...
If the OP ever gets in a situation where his scanner becomes a flying object of death(God forbid),I'm sure he has more to worry about. Yes, one post is sufficient to warn the possible newbie. We're trying to attract all we can to the hobby and the constant "flying scanner of death" gets old. Wal-Mart sticky back Velco=NO. Professional window mounts=YES.
My take? Would I personally mount it there? Probably not. Does it look and function well for the OP? Probably. He can see the display well, and didn't have to rework his dash/stereo/climate control to get his hobby mobile.
I say rock on and be safe.You mounted your radio on the same surface that Ford Motor Company thought that a glass, plastic, and metal filled heavy device known as a rear view mirror was appropriate...the front windshield.