Wiring Codan 9350 autotune to Prado 120

Good morning William

You are buying one of the easiest and best HF's that Codan ever made - good choice mate.

I have a NGT transceiver mounted on the cargo barrier on my Patrol with the head on a RAM ball mount just to the left of the gearshifts.

I had a transceiver install place here in Tamworth (Independant Comms) do the install as I am friends with the owner - the 9350 is mounted on the RHS of my Kaymar wheel carrier and the cables come into the vehicle via the RHS tail light assy so no drilling or grommets.

I was a bit concerned that the cables might get crushed but the rubber seals around the assy seen to have negated that concern as the NGT works a treat.

One thing is critical on any HF and that is the earthing for the antenna and the transceiver body - Codan use a wide flexible braided copper strap. Mine goes from the 9350 to the body of the Patrol and the same on the transceiver itself. As I said the NGT works perfectly with this setup.

If you need any other advice David at HF Sales near Brisbane is a great guy and knows all about HF - sadly not too many of his sort left these days.

Good luck with the install and I might hear you on the airwaves sometime.

Cheers

Dont know about the 120.In my 105 series i mounted my main unit under the passenger seat(yes my vehicle doesn't leak water)I run the Auto tune coax/control thru the floor drain gommet of rear rhs passenger footwell sealed it then inside the chassis rails to exit at rear in spiral plastic shielding.Its very important that the Antenna has a good earth to the chassis which is the flat earth strap. 1052 HF Radio Club

Hi William, I have a 120 Prado but I have a bullbar mounted tap antenna so my cable runs will be different. In my case the main unit is on a shelf I put up high at the back utilising the threaded holes above the windows.
With a lot of juggling I have the control head, and speaker in front of the gearshift.
If you don't have a radio manual there are two things to be aware of.
Keep the power cable and the control cables well apart or you can get distorted transmissions. Ok together for short distance such as same grommet.
You must connect the remote head and main unit before connecting the power lead to the battery, otherwise the thing locks up.
There are some good threads in the archives e.g. 28936,57079.
I have an 8528 so I am assuming the above applies to later models.
I ran cables by removing trim plus under carpet after removing front seats.
Above all have very good earthing.
Cheers, Graham VKS 5893
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