KJ6HCB
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After several months of hunting for a new work vehicle that would meet my needs, I located a 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe PPV in the state of Oregon. After riding the train 22 hours North, taking a taxi 3 miles to the vehicle yard and then driving the 800 miles home straight through in 12 hours, myself and Tahoe are back home and ready to start a build out.
Ive spent the last day cleaning the exterior of the vehicle - clay-bared the paint surfaces, a medium and fine cutting polish followed by a wax and sealant of the paint. Almost all "ghosting" from the logos are gone and the paint really looks great. I cleaned up the Go-Rhino front push-bar by removing the side headlight panels just leaving the center section.
Next up will be to strip out the interior of front and rear seats for cleaning, A/B/C/D pillars and headliner to remove existing antenna mounts, drill new holes and install new mounts.
Current plans for antennas:
VHF Lowband
VHF Air
(2) VHF High
(2) UHF
800 Mhz
(2) LTE
WiFi
(2) GPS
XM
All antennas are going to be Antenex/Laird Phantom or Phantom Elites, except for 1/4 wave for VHF Low and something for VHF Air.
Radios are mostly Motorola CDM1250s and 1550s, MCS2000, Icom Air and possibly one or two XTLs. Most remote mount.
Radios are going in a Havis Shields console along with Macbook Pro computer mount.
Lighting is going to be mostly Whelen - LED spotlight, Vertex LED hideaways in the front/rear OEM lights, IONs on the front/side push bumper and in the rear side windows. Dominator LINZ6 8 head arrowstick in the back window. 2 linear Slimlighters bottom of rear window I think, Dominator LINZ6 4 head somewhere, maybe front window. Dual mode LINZ6 Tahoe specific foglights in the front bumper that have the white driving mode as well as warning. 30" Ridgid LED lightbar on front push bumper.
Besides the center console which Ill be ordering new, I have all the equipment ready to go. Rear cargo area has a Truck Vault installed that will be staying.
Im sure there is a ton more but I wanted to get a build thread started here. Ill keep this thread updated as progress is made, hope to have the build completed within 2 weeks or so.
Ive spent the last day cleaning the exterior of the vehicle - clay-bared the paint surfaces, a medium and fine cutting polish followed by a wax and sealant of the paint. Almost all "ghosting" from the logos are gone and the paint really looks great. I cleaned up the Go-Rhino front push-bar by removing the side headlight panels just leaving the center section.
Next up will be to strip out the interior of front and rear seats for cleaning, A/B/C/D pillars and headliner to remove existing antenna mounts, drill new holes and install new mounts.
Current plans for antennas:
VHF Lowband
VHF Air
(2) VHF High
(2) UHF
800 Mhz
(2) LTE
WiFi
(2) GPS
XM
All antennas are going to be Antenex/Laird Phantom or Phantom Elites, except for 1/4 wave for VHF Low and something for VHF Air.
Radios are mostly Motorola CDM1250s and 1550s, MCS2000, Icom Air and possibly one or two XTLs. Most remote mount.
Radios are going in a Havis Shields console along with Macbook Pro computer mount.
Lighting is going to be mostly Whelen - LED spotlight, Vertex LED hideaways in the front/rear OEM lights, IONs on the front/side push bumper and in the rear side windows. Dominator LINZ6 8 head arrowstick in the back window. 2 linear Slimlighters bottom of rear window I think, Dominator LINZ6 4 head somewhere, maybe front window. Dual mode LINZ6 Tahoe specific foglights in the front bumper that have the white driving mode as well as warning. 30" Ridgid LED lightbar on front push bumper.
Besides the center console which Ill be ordering new, I have all the equipment ready to go. Rear cargo area has a Truck Vault installed that will be staying.
Im sure there is a ton more but I wanted to get a build thread started here. Ill keep this thread updated as progress is made, hope to have the build completed within 2 weeks or so.