UHF Radio in a BA Falcon

Any chance it will fit around the boot??

Kev

Why not consider a glass mount. Police use them all the time in unmarked vehicles. Or perhaps a magnetic base.

Steven
Check out this web site

Site Link

We had a XR6 turbo and mounted a Icom IC2010 in it, the radio had a remote head that we mounted underneath the tissue box holder in that little cubby hole in the consol and we mounted the radio body under the seat.

The antenna was mounted from the rear boot on a bracket we designed, the bracket has 2 holes in it for 5mm bolts, you drill 2 holes in the arm that lifts up the boot....not the body ...you then drill a hole in the body under the rear windscreen in the corner out of site to run the cable through.

The bracket we designed is contoured to suit the underside if the boot lid.

I can send you photos if needed ir sell you the bracket, the bracket is not something you can easly make at home as it has steeped reverse folds, it toke me about 10 hours to design the first one.

We have full metal work and engineering facilities.

Regards Richard

Regards Richard

Hi Steven, my work fits antennas on "Z" brackets to BA Falcons with no problems. Put it on the L/H side using the first mudguard bolt above the headlight. Run the coax beside the bracket and you should be right.

Regd's Darryn

Hi Steven
I have a mate who mounted the UHF set in centre console & the aerial on the parcel shelf inside the car on a BA GT using one of those stubbie little aerials about 3' or 4 inches long and yes it worked quite well. Good enough to know what was going on up ahead on the road.
Hope that is of some use to you, have a great weekend.
Cheers Steve.

Steven H,

I have a BF Falcon XR6T & it's fitted with a GME TX4400 in the tissue box holder. The antenna was a problem at first as you have said. The problem was solved by fitting a Laser Clear UHF 4.5 dbi Transparent Antenna which is omni directional & dual polarisation which fits over the rear view mirror onto the windscreen. You don't notice it there.The small cable plugs into the antenna, feeds just under the roof lineing, down the left door/winscreen channel & under dash to radio. It's size is only about 6x4 inches & I believe price is about $70. They were made for unmarked Police cars etc. The beauty of them is that they are vandal proof & don't let the world know that you have a radio. The output has been boosted on the UHF for additional performance due to fitment of enforcement frequencies.

Hi Steve, what about the very small bar that bolts up where your number plate goes then your number plate bolts to that, there mainly used for driving lights. They are available from supercheap and are about $70. Providing when you screw it up to where your number plate goes you have a metal backing earthing shouldnt be an issue should just earth itself via the two bolts. Cops use them for the lights above there number plates and I had one years ago on my camry mainly so I could put some driving lights on it but didnt want a dicki looking nudge bar which will cost you in the vicinty of $400. Just a thought. Regards Steve M

Hi Steven
I did not 'fit' my UHF radio to my 2yo model Falcon coz it is a leased one and they dont like holes drilled everywhere.
For my Kakadu trip last year I bought a GME TX3400 I think it is (the split one) and just had the small screen and speaker sitting loose on the centre console all the time. The main box with the speaker sat on the floor under my seat and I could hear it OK. I bought a magnetic arial base which I plonked in the middle of the roof and feed the cable thro the back door up to the base and it sat there beautifully, even over the worst corrugations. Cant tell you which arial I had but it just looks like a phone arial.
By the way, all the advice I got was that the roof is by far the best place for an arial.
The whole thing worked well, and also made it so easy to transfer the unit to my recently purchased Cruiser.

Cheers, Dalb