HF in an 80 series - wheres yours?

Have a Codan in an 80. Box goes on the cargo barrier in front of the Engel. Welded a bracket onto the rear wheel carrier to carry the aeriel. Works well

Same as previous post, Wouldn't rwecomend putting it under the seat due to sand & Dirt.

Depends on whether it's a remote head or a local. Local have to go in the front with you somewhere, they're difficult. Remote usually has head where you can see it and the box in the rear or hung from the cargo barrier....you do have one don't you ? Aerials are either whips or autotunes. Whips are often mounted on the bullbar in the eastern states anyway. Autotunes are usually mounted on the rear for legal reasons....that's not where they work best but oh well.
If you mount the box under a seat not only do you get all the dust etc all over it, but also run the risk of drownding it if you find a hole that's deeper than you thought.

I have an 80 series that had a double DIN radio. I had this radio remove and had a CD/radio installed. My HV radio sits in the same hole under the CD/radio. They must both be single DIN to fit.

For your info...we have had a Barret mounted under the passenger seat of our '98 80 series for about 5 years now without a hiccup at all.

The head is on the centre console in front ot of the shift levers which is very accessible and the auto-tune is mounted on the spare wheel carrier between the wheel & the body.

If you are interested give me a email address & i'll shoot off a couple piccies.

Regards

Neil.

I mounted mine on the back of the centre console...

Davoe, I have my Codan 8558 under the passenger seat with a remote head around the altimiter etc. Previous to that I had an amateur HF box in the same location. Not an issue with dust & dirt. Mounting on the cargo barrier seemed to me to make it more vulnerable to damage from items inside the car. Also consider cable routes etc. my cabling runs through the chassis rails where possible or the trims etc.
RF earthing is most important - antenna, radio & head. Torriodal cores or ferrite beads around cables entering the radio can help with RF feedback etc.
I have some pictures of my setup at http://www.qsl.net/vk3cat in the mobile page.
Cheers Tony.

Davoe- I stuck mine between the inside trim and rear quarter panel in the boot. My only concern is that on a water crossing, If I park in deep water I am cactus.

If you take out the plastic trim panel on the RHS of the boot, there is a pretty big area you can use for hiding a radio. There is a conduit channel running the length of the inside of the car just inside the RHS doors (unclip the door protective steps to get into it) and the grommet on the front of the firewall has a few spare nipples to get power and aerial wires thru. Try and avoid running wires down the centre of the car because of driveline interference.

Under the window on the right of the boot, I had a factory speaker sitting on a galv frame which fixed to the body in 3 places. I tek screwed on the HF radio cradle to this and it all fits in place nicely, is well hidden and cables are hidden and protected.

The other option I am still looking at is removing the rear grab handles above the boot windows and putting in a fixed shelf just under the roof for this stuff and a PC.

my coden is mounted under the passenger set of the 80 series gxl with remote head next to gear lever aerial on mount at rear. fitted new 18 mts ago (sofar ok) safe driveing mal

My old 6924 Codan stands behind the centre console ockey strapped to the console. Should I sink the truck in a creek I could quickle grab it and the Satphone and jump into a life raft....lol

Now and then I may listen to VKS but on the whole it just sits there waiting to be used in anger.