WRNA710AZ Posted July 27, 2021 Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 I saw that some people are 3-D printing mounts for the IC-2730A control head. Has anyone seen them for sale? Icom is out of their minds with their mounts and pricing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweiss3 Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 https://www.ebay.com/itm/264978469221?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item3db1f29165:g:WD0AAOSwc-Ff2XWT&amdata=enc%3AAQAGAAACkPYe5NmHp%2B2JMhMi7yxGiTJkPrKr5t53CooMSQt2orsStdebXPz4ZTXCT8FI9kPBh0ZYeQpC53FYkNj5Ew5plt67RZntArmc2h4DzEeKtIc85PI9lwBBmpRNHebtbyF3HuqhDpbb7byuA4Jaz2A5cX4Mvd1ZHTWLXUldlvh5MzXM4%2BLNOfdGoMmVX6uCodqkLTNZfFCj5eaxgEyWCuCdkBdoBW8mijFsfyu2VuqHyTAahYHu7YDcdcjKIaU%2B50JItF0NdGknfK3iaFRpsywhWcaTDLEC6Mf45eXJCJxHPbTI810%2B125CCzkUJAzyVv0K59n84w%2Fe6owbhJsFZr9CYVEkufviKLfW16TQ13uwBTNGDDS9%2BAIVf9UKvFNM6iS7bg8leQ8qsgOrerEQQpgckwU5I7XU74TSEr7NEyZEAs2HupaAwupfrbMpQ94F3Kyzmrsd7OeN72slGHEJDqlME7aBf4YlUUwGKEYH4SzrGWj%2B1zJUD19ZT3Za6xhN6pMehB34FDkmPGrdnOucw06iqbbmTX7FrNKrzsZ77FJm5fJjVDcIxDepzJGHAx3Wj%2BgwZOSvhaLLI2u5DmUxNXnZ939k3FTsKK1KKbJ4LQ%2FEfzSiniUix6hpN6vIouyj19wInJ41YiytwdB9oqmAfvgHPW674PmS5KqEe2Zs8Z08U%2Fh1vSg%2FnDJnbNdTo%2BIr4yg5S4wtbGTps4o3dg3EYafkRw3IUcw5Y5sEpryvNXN9SmPsC%2Bot4ATS27U1Kro%2F4ST2J7eT6L2kbyVs%2BuHnSXMlon6W2rjvhORuAL%2Fy3aOdbvtqQX9iuJApLK%2FKir4NdUXT5mLMUQVa7V2gbhMg0nR4VCgOPwBB9uIGNPCTDC9Mb849|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2334524 or https://www.ebay.com/itm/264622318409?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item3d9cb82349:g:ZckAAOSwT6leOHfM&amdata=enc%3AAQAGAAACkPYe5NmHp%2B2JMhMi7yxGiTJkPrKr5t53CooMSQt2orsStdebXPz4ZTXCT8FI9kPBhzVb1m1M93ovRBkqh%2BbN3co6cuahMD4mMxOtTZyKAi9VgYYri8kio0P%2FmTbqwQJyDCCB0DuRMKyZrMJ%2BPs%2BvYP6MLlatAVcVnEPP%2Fg4otGPXFk1deDkbfUT%2FOY1OJMAUL5X4niO3hUL0ZVANaNcCIFSVy6GlQ7gjo9GvZggdzIBc5Yo739UzmQkmfGlHqZ1d6X1orf15i6fKl7Cg6M0C7hhuNlkuWb%2BCilJOos9Wo%2FraCr%2BaeZ6iDaEQlyMAr242la%2BmZFUeaQE3JIbRxDiSxlEC%2FC6L0m%2BGR3t3CAr72P4bCidIB8BaTuGq973T8vxtF%2FBrqWmjhCYxsIRrcFEDAGg4HZ7A3vaD3cMzLrtlXzbjYt1%2BQDeV2vOMPB4i7VrZw3Dq2qgFduafFEEVd5LpXm88sP%2BqyDeU9NEsLo2vsm%2B6lOtbRmADdFK1dT9SSL%2B0lKBc5dAz96s%2Bn5ZeUNUkAI9yCKGc1%2Fnblocqae06bTGmBoLqvRf%2F7i%2FdjdocH5q7nEAOEtqvcaRwp1pUq5ZWFDfy%2FPORO4urdFZN9u1f48Zkc7QL1hWKl5XFaMMb0%2B1kyV1AJ5imxvloP7hjXi4hh0U42l2dZIoqz88XHUNf2nb6Ox2ZdYxmWGHKi3agi1UKGIgN2Xbive9sQCECy0k%2Bx3okIfBLmOECM4YOY4d%2FDH1n%2BPZzzsgZTMr6TrhkY4yhRhaKPZF2iCilzrwNF0EZA7eGnWRZL5yGof2LURXOcF8Hg0edME3mTCS00Ycdg9RJxwYUp879HI%2F1a%2FvKkjrK%2FDdETceDWj2qLL%2BbzCnw50Wn|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2334524 Either of those what you are looking for? WRNA710AZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRNA710AZ Posted July 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 15 hours ago, tweiss3 said: https://www.ebay.com/itm/264978469221?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item3db1f29165:g:WD0AAOSwc-Ff2XWT&amdata=enc%3AAQAGAAACkPYe5NmHp%2B2JMhMi7yxGiTJkPrKr5t53CooMSQt2orsStdebXPz4ZTXCT8FI9kPBh0ZYeQpC53FYkNj5Ew5plt67RZntArmc2h4DzEeKtIc85PI9lwBBmpRNHebtbyF3HuqhDpbb7byuA4Jaz2A5cX4Mvd1ZHTWLXUldlvh5MzXM4%2BLNOfdGoMmVX6uCodqkLTNZfFCj5eaxgEyWCuCdkBdoBW8mijFsfyu2VuqHyTAahYHu7YDcdcjKIaU%2B50JItF0NdGknfK3iaFRpsywhWcaTDLEC6Mf45eXJCJxHPbTI810%2B125CCzkUJAzyVv0K59n84w%2Fe6owbhJsFZr9CYVEkufviKLfW16TQ13uwBTNGDDS9%2BAIVf9UKvFNM6iS7bg8leQ8qsgOrerEQQpgckwU5I7XU74TSEr7NEyZEAs2HupaAwupfrbMpQ94F3Kyzmrsd7OeN72slGHEJDqlME7aBf4YlUUwGKEYH4SzrGWj%2B1zJUD19ZT3Za6xhN6pMehB34FDkmPGrdnOucw06iqbbmTX7FrNKrzsZ77FJm5fJjVDcIxDepzJGHAx3Wj%2BgwZOSvhaLLI2u5DmUxNXnZ939k3FTsKK1KKbJ4LQ%2FEfzSiniUix6hpN6vIouyj19wInJ41YiytwdB9oqmAfvgHPW674PmS5KqEe2Zs8Z08U%2Fh1vSg%2FnDJnbNdTo%2BIr4yg5S4wtbGTps4o3dg3EYafkRw3IUcw5Y5sEpryvNXN9SmPsC%2Bot4ATS27U1Kro%2F4ST2J7eT6L2kbyVs%2BuHnSXMlon6W2rjvhORuAL%2Fy3aOdbvtqQX9iuJApLK%2FKir4NdUXT5mLMUQVa7V2gbhMg0nR4VCgOPwBB9uIGNPCTDC9Mb849|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2334524 or https://www.ebay.com/itm/264622318409?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item3d9cb82349:g:ZckAAOSwT6leOHfM&amdata=enc%3AAQAGAAACkPYe5NmHp%2B2JMhMi7yxGiTJkPrKr5t53CooMSQt2orsStdebXPz4ZTXCT8FI9kPBhzVb1m1M93ovRBkqh%2BbN3co6cuahMD4mMxOtTZyKAi9VgYYri8kio0P%2FmTbqwQJyDCCB0DuRMKyZrMJ%2BPs%2BvYP6MLlatAVcVnEPP%2Fg4otGPXFk1deDkbfUT%2FOY1OJMAUL5X4niO3hUL0ZVANaNcCIFSVy6GlQ7gjo9GvZggdzIBc5Yo739UzmQkmfGlHqZ1d6X1orf15i6fKl7Cg6M0C7hhuNlkuWb%2BCilJOos9Wo%2FraCr%2BaeZ6iDaEQlyMAr242la%2BmZFUeaQE3JIbRxDiSxlEC%2FC6L0m%2BGR3t3CAr72P4bCidIB8BaTuGq973T8vxtF%2FBrqWmjhCYxsIRrcFEDAGg4HZ7A3vaD3cMzLrtlXzbjYt1%2BQDeV2vOMPB4i7VrZw3Dq2qgFduafFEEVd5LpXm88sP%2BqyDeU9NEsLo2vsm%2B6lOtbRmADdFK1dT9SSL%2B0lKBc5dAz96s%2Bn5ZeUNUkAI9yCKGc1%2Fnblocqae06bTGmBoLqvRf%2F7i%2FdjdocH5q7nEAOEtqvcaRwp1pUq5ZWFDfy%2FPORO4urdFZN9u1f48Zkc7QL1hWKl5XFaMMb0%2B1kyV1AJ5imxvloP7hjXi4hh0U42l2dZIoqz88XHUNf2nb6Ox2ZdYxmWGHKi3agi1UKGIgN2Xbive9sQCECy0k%2Bx3okIfBLmOECM4YOY4d%2FDH1n%2BPZzzsgZTMr6TrhkY4yhRhaKPZF2iCilzrwNF0EZA7eGnWRZL5yGof2LURXOcF8Hg0edME3mTCS00Ycdg9RJxwYUp879HI%2F1a%2FvKkjrK%2FDdETceDWj2qLL%2BbzCnw50Wn|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2334524 Either of those what you are looking for? Thanks but, you still need the MBA - 2 or MBA-5 to work with those mounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayoverthere Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 It rankled a bit but I broke down and bought the bracket for the body, and the plate/magnets for the control head. Definitely shop around, as the prices vary. There is a kit with both mounts (bracket/plate) for cheaper than buying each individually. I want to say I got mine from the antenna farm. That said, for actually holding the control head, it's currently on a magnetic phone mount suction cup mounted to my glass top desk. In the car I have a cupholder power supply with a gooseneck magnetic phone holder that should work perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daschnoz Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 Yeah, that pi$$ed me off too.... $250 radio, $100 to be able to secure it. My hunch... they're competing with Anytone, Baofeng, et al, on the price point of the radio. The Anytone is $225.... for an added $25 I get Icom quality... it's a no-brainer. Icom makes up the difference in the other stuff needed to make the radio usable. In the end, I did the same thing as you... just buy the right thing. Everything that I found, 3rd party, looked like junk. It's an Icom thing though. The 2730 isn't unique on this. You bought a radio, they sold you a radio. Peripheral hardware .... that's not what you bought, you bought a radio. Mention to any HAM that you're buying a new Icom, and you will hear "watch out". If it's not listed as "in the box", don't assume that it's in the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweiss3 Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 45 minutes ago, daschnoz said: Yeah, that pi$$ed me off too.... $250 radio, $100 to be able to secure it. My hunch... they're competing with Anytone, Baofeng, et al, on the price point of the radio. The Anytone is $225.... for an added $25 I get Icom quality... it's a no-brainer. Icom makes up the difference in the other stuff needed to make the radio usable. In the end, I did the same thing as you... just buy the right thing. Everything that I found, 3rd party, like it junk. It's an Icom thing though. The 2730 isn't unique on this. You bought a radio, they sold you a radio. Peripheral hardware .... that's not what you bought, you bought a radio. Mention to any HAM that you're buying a new Icom, and you will hear "watch out". If it's not listed as "in the box", don't assume that it's in the box. That's not quite limited to Icom. Yaesu, Connect Systems, even Anytone are all the same way. FTM400 has a head bracket that is useless, connect systems has a method to detach, but you have to configure the remote bracket yourself. In the end, there isn't possibly a way to put a single bracket in the box that would work for even 30% of the users, so they don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n4gix Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 Connect Systems CS800 and CS800D radios are simple. Just remove the front bracket from the radio and use it as the remote head mounting bracket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweiss3 Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 On 7/27/2021 at 7:53 PM, WRNA710AZ said: I saw that some people are 3-D printing mounts for the IC-2730A control head. Has anyone seen them for sale? Icom is out of their minds with their mounts and pricing! Did you end up getting this handled? On 8/2/2021 at 4:26 PM, n4gix said: Connect Systems CS800 and CS800D radios are simple. Just remove the front bracket from the radio and use it as the remote head mounting bracket. Even with that, I still had to make a bracket to attach the head bracket to the car. WRNA710AZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n4gix Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 Ah, I see. I got lucky and my control head & mount slid into an existing pocket below the factory AM/FM/Cassette radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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