Welp, after 253,000Km and years of meddling around trying to fit 10lbs of stuff into a 5lbs sack, I think the 'Nox is finally in it's final configuration. Which is funny cause it's not even my main vehicle anymore, just my solo roadtrip rig. The remote heads are mounted on a Lido gooseneck seat rail mount, with the bodies mounted under the passenger seat. The SDS200 goes in the compartment under the laptop and is run off ProScan on said laptop. Power is run off a fused terminal block, which draws directly from the battery, and all equipment is properly chassis grounded. Passenger side airbag is disabled.
Radios:
FT-857D
FT-8800R
HomePatrol-II
SDS-200
XTS5000
Antennas are a Larsen NMO150B tuned to the AAR/RAC band filtered through a very narrow 160-162MHz preselector and boosted by a VHF preamp into the FT-8800R, a Laird WPD136M6C-001 150/450/700-900, and a Comet SSB-2NMO 2m/70cm. For HF I use the ATAS-120A on a K400 mount on the hatchback, but I leave it off unless I'm using it.
The numberpad keyboard is specifically for ease of entering frequencies into Unitrunker and notes one handed instead of having to swing the laptop around every time.
It's definitely not perfect, but it's clean as can be in a Equinox with this much stuff, it's safe, and it works.
Radios:
FT-857D
FT-8800R
HomePatrol-II
SDS-200
XTS5000
Antennas are a Larsen NMO150B tuned to the AAR/RAC band filtered through a very narrow 160-162MHz preselector and boosted by a VHF preamp into the FT-8800R, a Laird WPD136M6C-001 150/450/700-900, and a Comet SSB-2NMO 2m/70cm. For HF I use the ATAS-120A on a K400 mount on the hatchback, but I leave it off unless I'm using it.
The numberpad keyboard is specifically for ease of entering frequencies into Unitrunker and notes one handed instead of having to swing the laptop around every time.
It's definitely not perfect, but it's clean as can be in a Equinox with this much stuff, it's safe, and it works.
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