My 04 F-150, not much but it's mine

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wv8mat

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I have a 2004 Ford F-150 , I don't have a lot in the truck but it works just fine for me. Before we see the pic's please note I am a vol firefighter / EMT-Basic along with being a ham so don't go nuts over the siren.

I have a Radio Shack HTX-242 for 2m
I have a Kenwood Tk-860gh for 440 ham and my county Public Safety Freq
And Last a Gall's T-160 Siren

Antennas

I have a PCTEL NMO VHF Antenna
I have a Motorola UHF NMO Antenna

Not much but I don't need much for what I do.
Not Pictured is my Motorola XTS-2500 UHF used for County and Stated P25 Digital Trunking / Local Ham Repeaters / Convent. UHF repeaters for my county
 

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gewecke

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Just curious, why the cowl mount and not roof mounts?
Cowl mounts tend to give a directional lobe off the rear on transmit.

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n9zas
 

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Fine looking setup, have you ever thought of moving one of the antennas to the other side of the hood?
 

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I chose the finder for 2 reasons, 1 I have plans to ad 2 more antennas and wanted the uniform look and 2 my wife said no haha

I have plans to add 2 antennas to other side of hood, 1 vhf for my ht and APRSdroid setup and 1 for UHF for when I have my P25 Digital Trunking Motorola XTS 2500 with me.
 

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It looks good to me, and if it works for you, then it's a perfect setup. Not all members here have a massive radio setup in their vehicles. If it makes you happy....that's all that matters. Thanks for posting.

Russell
 

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Looks nice.....only thing i would do is exchange those 3/4 mounts for the "sealed" ones.....last much longer i use them all the time on fender mounts,..,.makes for less issues....
 
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