KevinTheMule
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Here's a pic of my modest desk setup in my basemaint lair.
Right now, it's just my old BC-140 with a few local conventional dispatch channels, and my BC-246T, which I monitor everything else with via the RG6 that goes up to a Sputnik on the roof. Unfortunately, I don't have the ArcSoft running on my Dell pictured. It's running Vista and has no serial port, so I'm weighing my options. I do all the scanner programming on my other PC in the next room.
The desktop scanner stand is one I made from some random conveyor belt part I found laying in a scrap pile at work. I liked the shape, so I combined it with the top to an old broken knife sharpening stone I had and voila! It's like a welfare version of the ScannerStandMan!
The same day I found the cool gray plastic thingy, I ALSO found a scrap piece of stamped steel, also from a conveyor system that I thought I could turn into a neat mobile mount for my old Buick. When considering how to mount the scanner to the mounts/stands, I had the idea to take off the belt clip and reinstall the clip screws and use those as the mounting studs. On the desk stand I modified an old picture hanger with the Dremel to allow me to "hang" the scanner from the stand. It holds it pretty securely, yet allows for a quick release.
Here is the mobile mount...the top flange slides right into the trim on the console under the radio/air conditioning controls:
I fashioned "keyhole" type mounting slots for the scanner clip screws...it's quick to mount and holds securely. Here is a pic of the back, which shows how the belt clip screws engage the mount.
I'll snap a pic of the mobile mount in the Buick tomorow. I have yet to figure out a decent mounting option for my Durango.
-Kevin (I have a Dremel and I'm not afraid to use it!)
Right now, it's just my old BC-140 with a few local conventional dispatch channels, and my BC-246T, which I monitor everything else with via the RG6 that goes up to a Sputnik on the roof. Unfortunately, I don't have the ArcSoft running on my Dell pictured. It's running Vista and has no serial port, so I'm weighing my options. I do all the scanner programming on my other PC in the next room.
The desktop scanner stand is one I made from some random conveyor belt part I found laying in a scrap pile at work. I liked the shape, so I combined it with the top to an old broken knife sharpening stone I had and voila! It's like a welfare version of the ScannerStandMan!
The same day I found the cool gray plastic thingy, I ALSO found a scrap piece of stamped steel, also from a conveyor system that I thought I could turn into a neat mobile mount for my old Buick. When considering how to mount the scanner to the mounts/stands, I had the idea to take off the belt clip and reinstall the clip screws and use those as the mounting studs. On the desk stand I modified an old picture hanger with the Dremel to allow me to "hang" the scanner from the stand. It holds it pretty securely, yet allows for a quick release.
Here is the mobile mount...the top flange slides right into the trim on the console under the radio/air conditioning controls:
I fashioned "keyhole" type mounting slots for the scanner clip screws...it's quick to mount and holds securely. Here is a pic of the back, which shows how the belt clip screws engage the mount.
I'll snap a pic of the mobile mount in the Buick tomorow. I have yet to figure out a decent mounting option for my Durango.
-Kevin (I have a Dremel and I'm not afraid to use it!)
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