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W1DYJ's Mobile Installation

Reviewed: 4 October 2014

These are photos of my mobile installation -- a Yaesu FT-8800R in a 2009 Audi A4.

The Control Head is mounted on the center console, the speaker behind the steering wheel, and the transceiver in the trunk.

 

The A4

 


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As seen in CQ
August 2012

The transceiver is in the trunk, installed behind a side panel.

Left side panel closed
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Left side panel flipped downTrunk_Open.jpg (502366 bytes)
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Power cable (middle left) snaking
from transceiver to battery, and control/speaker cable (upper middle) snaking around the left back seat to the transceiver.
The car battery is in the trunk,
under the spare tire. The power
cables can be see to the left.

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The Control Head mounted on the center console. The homebrew mounting "Bracket" for the Control Head -- cut from three layers of poplar, shaped to match the top curve of the console, and attached with self-stick Velcro

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The speaker mounted behind the steering wheel. Close-up of the speaker showing the
"shaped to fit" plate of ½" poplar, also attached with self-stick Velcro

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