Date:         Sat, 5 Jan 2002 21:47:50 -0800
Reply-To:     Wayne Hagan <waynehagan@MAC.COM>
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From:         Wayne Hagan <waynehagan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Center Console
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I put in a Cobra Children's Band radio for emergency use in the backcountry
where cell towers disappear. In the model I have, all the controls and
circuitry are in the handset that I hung on the overhead shelf behind the
driver seat. I used a glass mount antenna (not the best) on the window in
the back that is covered by the hanging closet. The tiny power supply is
mounted on the closet surface behind the dr. seat and runs off the aux.
battery under the dr. seat. Reaching over my head to grab unit is not the
most optimal, but since most of the airwaves are full of garbage I rarely
use it. In a previous van I had I mounted it dead center on the ceiling
behind the wind shield and ran the wiring under the headliner and down the
column to the fuse panel. Very convenient, but started to build up a callous
on my skull from all the times I smacked my head on it coming from the back
of the van to the front. The all in one unit is nice for hiding when in
burglar territory.
-Wayne

> From: Douglas Ford <vanagons@NTPLX.NET>
> Reply-To: vanagons@NTPLX.NET
> Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 13:19:41 -0500
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Center Console
>
> Question,
> Does anybody have a CB rig in their van?
> I've picked up a nice Cobra, but unless it gets mounted in a center
> console, can't see a way to make it readily accessable.
> (have an auto, and dash console from EuroCamper's)
> Thanks,
> Doug
> '90 GL