Colorado 7 UHF placement

Tell me about it. Did consider the space under the steering wheel but theres a port there. I'm unsure exactly what its's for but I reckon my UHF jammed in front of it may get in the way. "Sorry honey the old UHF wont fit. Need a new one"

I fitted my UHF into that space in my MY15 D-Max, I put it to one side of that OBII (??) port that is used for service diagnostics to connect to the car.
I also put my electric brake controller to the other side of the port. Both units can be easily removed to provide access to the port when required.

Have to agree with Bob Y on getting a new unit.

Have added this photo as an example, Slats.

Procrastinated long and hard about where to site this UHF, and was reluctant to drill any holes in the console, so chanced on a roll of double-sided tape from Bunnings. Mounted it as shown and it hasn't moved in over 12 months, including during a very hot Summer.



FYI, the UHF is a GME "Plug-n-Play" kit, at less than $300, and set up in our Falcon sedan. Only use it to monitor Ch40. If I was fitting one to a 4wd, I'd spend more for one with all the fruit on it.

Bob

+1 to considering a replacement.

I have a MU-X which is v similar to the Colly 7 and a split unit box goes under the left driver side kick panel connected via RJ45 or the like to the handpiece with controls. Tidy, audible. The handpiece can be disconnected and put away between trips.

Totaly agree with you Peter

What's this "big chop" you allude to Peter?

A few years ago the UHF radio bands were reorganised so that the radio channels were split to provide twice the number of channels. The UHF CB band was part of this restructure. There is a period of grace where we are permitted to continue operating our old 40 channel radios. The decision will be made next year as to when this period of grace will end. The big chop is expected to be somewhere in 2017.

All radio transmitters in Oz must be licensed. There are several types of licences that transmitters may cover different classes of transmitters. The licences that that we operate low power devices like radio linked microphones, CB radios and model radio control under are called Class Licences. You can read about the CB Class Licence here. The class licences specify that the radio transmitters must conform to specified standards. After the period of grace has expired, the standard covering the 40 channel equipment ceases to be a standard for CB radios.

After the expiry date, if you operate your 40 channel equipment then you are operating unlicensed equipment.

I am a bit biased towards Icom gear.
There are plenty of 400Pro's kicking around, a good set, capable of 128 channels, and programmable.
Keep your eye out on ebay and the other usual sites, sometimes you can pick up a bargain. I recently bought an Icom F-6023 commercial UHF for $100. Reprogrammed with 5W 80ch CB, all is good. My UHF gear is all Icom now, F-2010 in the car, 400pro in the ute and F-60V handhelds between the two.

Beware of some 40ch normal CB radios that have simply had the EPROM replaced, as these may or may not be narrowband capable. This will cause interference on the channels either side of the channel in use.

In any case, get quality gear and you will only have to get it once.

HTH

Well the old uh100 is on ebay http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=301703023325&globalID=EBAY-AU

Got a new GME unit on the way. Winning