[ICOM] New car. New 2/440 radio?

[Larry Shumway]

I normally don't get involved in these threads but couldn't keep quiet on
this one.
I've been a Ham for more than 30 years.  

I own 3 Icom IC208s
One in my 2003 Trailblazer
One in my XYL's 2006 Cobalt
One in my motor home.  
All are remote mounted
Yes you must run a separate cable for the mic and speaker.
A simple  cat5 network cable and double female RJ 45 make a great mic
extension...and cheap.
All 3 cables (remote, mic and speaker) are wrapped with the cable loom
available at the Shack, Home Depot, Office Depot, etc.

Over the years I've had all kinds of remote mounted radio gear.
Most of which required a large black cable more than an inch in diameter.
A cable of 1/2 inch diameter is nothing.

What's the problem ?

 
73 Larry, N5DHY




The inmates are in control of the asylum...

 
 



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Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 2:54 PM
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Subject: [ICOM] New car. New 2/440 radio?



I recently acquired a small SUV which I'd like to equip with a  2M/440 MHz
transceiver with remotable mount control head.  (Cars seem to be getting
smaller & smaller with no front cabin space to mount even a compact
transceiver.) 

Not having a local Ham Radio store, I'm checking specification on the
internet.  It appears to me that all transceivers with remotable control
head require that the microphone be plugged into the RF deck, not the
control head.  This would mean a 10'~13' microphone cable extension in
parallel with the remote face control line extending from the instrument
panel to the rear cargo area where I am able to mount the RF deck.

To me, this configuration appears insane! 

Please tell me that I'm mis-reading advertisements/spec sheets and that ICOM
does make a remotable radio with microphone jack in the control head.  The
control heads for mobile radios had microphone jacks in the 1950's, as
evidenced by old movies I've seen.  I can't imagine that we've moved this
far backwards in technology in 60 years.

73,  Blair K3YD
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