[ICOM] 1998 E 300 Turbo Diesel Mercedes radio install

[Mort Arditti]

Eric,

I have an IC 706 MK 2G installed in my 2004 Honda Accord and do not have nay 
computer
problems or issues. Here is what I did.
1.  The radio is in the trunk.  For DC power from the battery to the trunk, 
I used two #10
dedicated wires fused near the battery.
2.  In the trunk, I have a LC filter.  The L came from a defective computer 
power supply. The
5 Volt in these supplies is rated at around 20 A. No problem with current 
rating. It is low
inductance, but seems to work.  The C consists of several hundred uf 
electrolytic in parallel
with 0.01 and 0.1 uF ceramic.  I use a total of 6 capacitors, one set at the 
DC input of L and
one set on the radio side. This keeps ant RF from being fed to or from the 
radio. All these parts
are in a plastic enclosure
3. The radio is mounted on rubber shock mounts on a 1/2" plywood base.  The 
radio is connected
through 1/2" braid to the car body near the  radio. Over the radio, there is 
a metal (steel) cover
which is also connected to the car body with braid.  The metal cover came 
from a 'dead' toaster
oven.
4. The antenna in mounted on the trunk lip and the mount is also grounded 
with a braid.
5. The radio's control head is on the dash.
6. Since the 706 gets warm, and probably hot in the trunk, I mounted a 3" 
fan approximately 1"
from the front of the radio. The fan is turned ON when the radio is ON. 
Looks at the rear
accessory connector. One pins has a 12 V output when the radio is ON.  I 
used this 12V to
turn ON a solid state switch which turns the fan ON.
7. This installation is approximately 3 years old and there are no problems 
with the cars computer.

I hope this helps.

Mort, KB6BSN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric" <n4hgz at bellsouth.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 6:34 PM
Subject: [ICOM] 1998 E 300 Turbo Diesel Mercedes radio install


>I just got a 1998 E 300 Turbo Diesel Mercedes and I would like to install 
>my Amateur Radio equipment in the car.   Does anyone have any 
>recommendations for this vehicle ?   I am concerned about RF getting into 
>the cars computer or other electronic systems.   I want to install my Icom 
>IC 706 MK 2 G and dual band 2m/440 rig.    I would appreciate any 
>suggestions that you might have for doing this.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Eric
>
> N4HGZ
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