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That is exactly what the "Queen" was trying to convey in one of his videos several months ago.

The speakers are plenty loud even driving down the road with the front windows down and the volumes just passed mid-way.

Pictures are always cool.

No attempt to make people jealous, just throwing out some stuff to help people with coming up with their own ideas on their mobile installations. Thanks on the comment.

I finally made time to install the above subject radio in my 21 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD Dually Diesel Pickup. I've been wanting to do that since I bought the Truck almost 4 years ago. I did make time for the Motorola XTL5000 UHF High Powered Remotd Mount sometime ago. The installation was a piece-of-cake and I had no problems with the install. The subject radio is the 840 channel version and I only have a few VHF channel programmed in the radio. I am not a licensed Amateur Radio Operator, thus I do not have any HAM channels programmed. The VHF radio will mostly be used for my car racing activities, in addition to the UHF radio. The UHF radio is CPS tuned for max 50 RF watts for GMRS. I'm using a Laird/ T E Connectivity B1443S Antenna with Spring 2-3 dB Omnidirectional mounted on the cab roof along with my CB K40 and B4502 UHF antennae. The VHF antenna was tuned with the VSWRs for 154 Megs at 1.05:1 which resulted in .5 reflected at 55 watts measured with my Bird 43. The radio draws about .5 DC amps on standby and about .6 amps receiving. The radio draws about 7 amps transmitting. Both radios draws approx. 14 amps when both radios are keyed simultaneously. The radios draw their power directly from my auxiliary battery which is charged by an auxiliary alternator, and are connected to a chassis grounding point.

Passing a basic test by memorizing the published test answers does not make a person knowledgeable on the subject. It just gives the "Less-Than-Knowledgeable person with a good memory of the test answers authorization to transmit on freqs that they have no business of doing so. The Technician License Test requirements is a joke when it really does not serve any purpose other than separate people with good memories from the people that can't remember/retain the published test answer information that has nothing to do with the legal operation of radio devices in a specific band. Show me one question on the Technician License Test that demonstrates the person's knowledge/skill/ability to properly program and operate a radio device, suchas the TID TD-H3 or a Motorola XTS5000 "Q" model radio device on the subject radio band (2M or 70cm).

If the subject radio has a FCC ID of 2A4FBTD831, this radio does not have any Type-Accepted to transmit on any freq between 450-470 MHz, thus can not legally transmit on any Part 90 & 95 allocated frequency in that range. It is my understanding that Part 97 radio devices do not need a Type-Acceptance to transmit on 420-450 MHz freqs.

Just bend it to your liking. I had to do the samething on my 23 Wrangler IZARUBI for a Lip-Mount because the curve in the hood which made the antenna point off-to-the-side. Most likely, you will end up with a gap under the mount at some point.

You're right, no one is going to jail for a violation of a city code and they can't go to jail for a violation of a city code. A violation of a city code is civil and not criminal and can only be assessed a civil penalty thus, pay a fine and/or could have a lien placed against his property.

Yes, our beloved Queen's Jeep's license plate and his Business/Production name gave me the idea to come up with my license plate configuration.

Your comment definitely does not warrant a response nor do I want to come down to your level.

Speaking of "Sad" and now I have to bring this fact up. Although, it wasn't on 11M, it was on 2M. I was going to lunch with a friend a couple days ago and he is a HAM guy, and he had his 2M radio on and there was a true real life to God "Sad HAM" on the air crying and whimpering for about 30 minutes with another HAM dude. I could not believe it. Yes, its true, there really are "Sad HAMs" in the world, the Queen was right.

Yes, they have, maybe not for on GMRS freqs. Ask the guy who told me to go "F" myself over the air on a Part 90.20 freq one time and he spent three years at a Terminal Island Federal Institution, paid a $10,000 fine, was prohibited from owning any radio equipment, and had to write me an apology letter, if the FCC doesn't take action and have people end up in jail. This guy was arrested and charged with both federal and state statutes. He was popped when he was getting off a LA RTD Bus with a portable radio illegally programmed with public safety freqs.

No, the Lightbar wasn't turned on because I had to reason to light up the roadway during the day and the light bar would not have had any affect doing so.

Yah, the NMO mount could be too close to the light bar. But it doesn't matter anymore. The Jeep is a poor radio antenna platform.

After posting my test results on the performance/evaluation of the Firestik II antennae about 2-3 weeks ago, and of course there were forum members that said the Firestik II antennae where one of the worst antennae and the placement of the antenna on my Dutch-Corporation Owned American made Non Asian Wrangler Rubi was also one of the worst locations, and that I should be using a NMO Trunk Lip Mount clipped to the rear edge of the Hood at the cowl, and a C27 base load antenna, for better performance results in the Farz. Well, I decided to bite into that carrot and I purchased two Antenna Specialist/Antenex/Laird/T E Connectivity C27 Base Load antennae and the NMO Trunk Lip-Mount and I conducted my Farz test today identical to the test as I did with the two Firestiks. I ran the same route and used the test point locations. The transmitting and the receiving vehicles, radios, noise floor level were identical, as the previous test. The C27 antennae were tuned and the VSWRs were in the very low 1's. Today's results revealed that the Firestik II antenna outperformed the C27 base load antennas. Just to recap the test with the Firestiks, I was able to have readable communication at 2.25 miles in the AM mode and 3.25 miles in the FM mode. With the C27 antennae, the AM mode revealed readable communication up to the 1.25 miles and the FM mode revealed readable communication up to 2.5 miles. Guess what my Jeep Creep friends, I will be using the following antenna for my CB Radio communications: because this did not work to be the best:

It's still an Asian car

I assume that the driveshaft that broke was an OEM driveshaft and not a Tom Woods, Adam's, or a JE Reel driveshaft? When I use a vehicle beyond the limits of grocery getting, I always replace the weak OEM parts that normally fail under extreme conditions as a piece-of-mind thing. I did the samething with my racecars. I replaced all my cheap Jeep weak soon-to-be-broken parts such as all the suspension and steering and driveline components with heavy-duty parts immediately after I got my Jeep. It barely had 2,000 miles on it when I started ripping off the cheap stuff that will break on the trail.

Yah, I know, the Jeep has horrible numbers but I rather own and drive a Jeep than any Asian or British car.

God, I hope that I never stoop down to that level. Then, I would have to give up my license plate for something that relates to a Tundra or 4 Runner. If I ever did that, I would check myself into one of those special White Coat institutions.

After being accused of amoralling my tires by our beloved Queen, and then I responded to that allegation saying it was the glare off his freshly polished front chrome bumper on his "Notarubicon". Today, I took my Jeep for it's annual ceramic treatment and to have the Arizona Pinstripes buffed out and of course they a fantastic job as usual. Unfortunately, and after I specified, "No Armorall" treatment on the tires so I don't get ridiculed and lose all respect by not only our beloved Queen, also by my fellow Jeep Creep Friends. They even armoralled the Spare Tire and the damn steps of my rock sliders. Now it is very slippery climbing into the vehicle. I hope I can gain some respect back.

And keep some of your newfound friends from dropping some dimes on you.

Depending on the radio he is using, it may be Part 95, Subparts A & E allowed.

In order to not piss-off the FCC you would need a Radio Station Authorization licensed to transmit that Part 90 freq with a BANDwidth not to exceed 4 KHz.

And also below GMRS channel 15 (462.550 Megs).