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Bluecanary25
New member
Username: Bluecanary25
Post Number: 1
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - 10:39 pm: | 
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I want to take a mobile radio, solder extension wires so I can mount the faceplate & mic in the vehicle dash and hide the guts of the radio in the trunk. Sort of intermediate between standard CB and Cobra 75. Should I avoid radios with digital readouts? or am I just nuts/glutton for punishment? |
Yankee
Advanced Member
Username: Yankee
Post Number: 562
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 11:13 am: |
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Sometimes the whole radio can be mounted in the dash, I'm not saying your idea will not work, but it sounds like you may be asking for problems with the microphone circuit. Might be worth a try, plus you would have a one of a kind. I'll almost bet someone had tried this over the years. I know there are amateur transceivers that do this as well as maybe 1 or 2 CB radios. Although I've only heard about a remote head CB, but never seen one. |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 5793
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 3:36 pm: |
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Bluecanary25
Welcome to the Copper Forum!
Yes it can be done but a lot of work.
Someone posted in the last 2 or 3 weeks here in the forum about doing it and had maybe 80 jumper wires running from radio to dash. I think it was a 2950 radio.
Good Luck and keep us posted. 
Lon
Tech808
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Barracuda
Intermediate Member
Username: Barracuda
Post Number: 315
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 5:30 pm: |
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Or, make a new front panel with an LCD, etc and micro-controller that talks over a much smaller bundle of wires to another micro-controller that actually interfaces to the radio. If Yaesu, Icom, Kenwood, etc can do it so can we! Have contemplated doing this for a lark on my 959. Shouldn't be too hard. Of course I haven't started this yet, so have yet to discover all the problems, but have investigated enough to know it's well within possibility. |
Bluecanary25
New member
Username: Bluecanary25
Post Number: 2
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Friday, May 20, 2005 - 9:01 am: |
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Thanks for the Welcome, encouragement and info.
Remote head radio,,, yes that is what i will attemp to do. Tech808 I believe I will use a radio with simple controls to experiement with.
I have a 2950, but she is staying intact!!!
73's to everyone! |
Ibacbfreq
Junior Member
Username: Ibacbfreq
Post Number: 38
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 1:17 am: |
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I am thinking about doing this to a 257. I think it would only need a 25 ribon cable and some ferrils in it. This is one of my "free time" projects.= it will never get done. 73's |
Sg569
Intermediate Member
Username: Sg569
Post Number: 122
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 11:42 am: |
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I have kicked that idea around for awhile, was told "That will not work", haven't givven up on idea, just found lazy way to mount grant xl in the dash. I'm right there w/ Ibacbfreq.
sg569 |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 2698
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 7:04 pm: |
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hummmmm my ft-100 and the ic-706 you can remove heads ....... why not a XL? it might be a PAIN but heck go for it! |
747
Intermediate Member
Username: 747
Post Number: 109
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 8:03 am: |
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Ibacbfreq,
If you're going to need a 25 pin ribbon cable, why not use something like a 25 pin serial cable? that way you can have a connector on the back of the head that is removable just by removing the 2 screws and unplugging? And of course, a similar receiving plug on the radio end?
What you would end up with is an attaching cable similar to that of the Magnum 357DX that connects the head unit to the amp which can be put in your trunk!
Just a thought!
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