[NCham] Mobile installations

[Ron Lawrence]

>Has anyone installed a 45 or 50 watt vhf/uhf mobile on a late model
>Toyota Camry??  I am wondering if the 2003 Camry is compatible with
>such a radio installation with the antenna located on the left rear
>quarter panel...........
>

I would advise contacting Toyota about it, at one time
they had a 10 watt limit before it voided your warrenty.

At the VERY least I would locate the ECM (computer) on the
car and route your power feeds and coax as far away as possible.
Use #10 wire direct to the battery, a good hard ground from the
radio to the chassis and the same at the antenna mount.

Good luck, I've heard of folks 2 meter radios killing the 
Toyota ECMs with one keydown.

73. Ron


--
C.R."Ron" Lawrence, KC4YOY

Antique Radio Collector & Historian,
Visit my radio collection, -Radio Heaven- 
http://www.radioheaven.homestead.com/displayroom.html

Email: kc4yoy@trellis.net
Snail mail: POBox 3015 Matthews, NC 28106
704-289-1166 (home), 704-516-8819 (cell phone)

CC-AWA web page at,
http://www.cc-awa.org

--