[Heathkit] Heathkit Digest, Vol 81, Issue 17

[Adrian Flynn]

In other words buy a retired squad car and use their existing power leads
and antenna cable runs.
73
Adrian KF7DYU

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 11:03 AM, rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net> wrote:

> I would "think" that this would become a BIG "issue" with regard to the
> Ford Crown Victoria models that the Police Departments and Taxi
> Companies use!
>
> They all run 45W or more radio equipment.
>
> The State Police in Virginia even run a repeater out of the trunk for
> their handheld radios.
>
> So something is being done to allow for this.
>
> Caveat:  The State Police AND the Federal Government Law Enforcement DO
> HAVE their radio equipment installed BY Ford, and programmed PRIOR to
> delivery.
>
> Bob - N0DGN
>
> On 10/31/2010 1:47 PM, G3OOU at aol.com wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I vaguely recall seeing references to a maximum field strength figure
> from
> > an on-board transmitter which I think equated to around 10W so it be
> worth
> > asking Ford what their cars will stand and whether this figure is
> actually
> > validated or not.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > Bob F Burns
>
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