[Elecraft] Mobile high power

[Jim Brown]

On 5/6/2019 12:43 PM, Barry Baines via Elecraft wrote:
> Are there currently any new make/model ‘ham friendly' vehicles that would be appropriate to install amateur radio equipment such as VHF/UHF mobile rigs?

I've never had RFI issue with VHF/UHF gear  in any car that I've owned. 
Max power I've run was 50W.

> I currently drive a 2006 Volvo XC70 wagon with 457,000 miles

The Volvo S80 that I sold in 2006 was very ham-friendly. No RFI issues, 
and relatively quiet.

As others have noted, power for HF gear

On 5/6/2019 12:40 PM, Edward R Cole wrote:

> Typical police/ambulance radios ran 110w MOT stuff.  Some commercial 
> ran 25-50w with smaller footprint sized radios.  Nearly all is either 
> high-band VHF 150-174 MHz) or UHF (450+).  All were wired with neg 
> tied to the chassis.

Yes, but in those days, there was a lot less electronics in vehicles to 
generate noise, and VHF/UHF is VERY different based on wavelength. What 
we got away with 30 years ago for VHF/UHF is bad practice for HF today. 
I agree completely with all of N8SBE's advice.