Hey All,

Well, after spending countless hours trying to figure out how to mount two radios in the Jeep, here is what I came up with:





I was going to go with 1" x 1" steel stock, but it was too pricey. (Also, to make it fit the thumbscrews, I would need to make tabs on the end which would be weaker than the rest, so it defeats the purpose of the steel.)

What I used was shelving bar stock I bought at a HW store for $6, and I covered it with foam pipe insulation for $2. I added a center brace to stiffen it a bit and it works well. The area above the radios and the center brace were later covered as well.

More Pictures, sorry about the quality, but you get the idea:







Mounted is my Yaesu FT-270RH 2 Meter rig, and my RadioShack CB (which works incredibly well).

Not pictured are two mag-mount antennas (Radioshack and a Larsen 5/8) on the front bumper - one left, one right - on a Shrock Mid-Width.

This looks much better in real life than pictures.


Hope that helps someone.

 

Looks good man but, how did you attach it to the roll bar?

 

Can you post some more pictures of this?

Thanks,
Steve

 

Ask and ye shall receive. See above. ...JMM

 

THANKS MAN

 

I do like this set up. Are the radios removable to prevent them from being stolen? If not this would be the only bad part of the setup. I trust no one.

 

The Yaesu has a snap-in mount and can be taken out easily. The CB does not, but you can not really see the radios up there from outside of the Jeep. From the front, they are completely hidden.

The only downside to this setup is I hit my head on them when I get in the Jeep -I need to slow down a bit on entrance and I'm OK. ...JMM

 

Good to here with the right mount it's all good. Bad to here about your head. My wife tells me it's the toughest part on my body because she claims she can never get thru to it.

 

Not a dumb question. 2-Meters is like CB except 1) you need an FCC license to use it 2) it has better range - point-to point of up to 10+ miles, and 3) you can use repeaters to go even further. With the right setup, you can use it all over the world.

In essence, if you are in a spot CB does not work, you can use 2-Meter.

 

Do you think this would work with a hard top?