Mobile Radio Installation Recommendations and Tips
Hello dear reader,
First, I leave you with a short manual made by Icom Inc., which gives very basic but important tips anyone should have in mind when installing an ordinary 50W VHF or UHF transceiver in their car or other vehicle.
Icom Inc. - Mobile Radio Installation
Now, one of the SGC's manuals, about more advanced and high powered mobile installations. Although this manual focuses on certain SGC equipments (which I'm not advertising), many of the ideas and tips may still apply to your project or give you important ideas about security in high power HF mobile installations.
"In the early days of radio, mobile radio also had its humble beginnings. The first mobile radio systems, aboard passenger-carrying ships, used low and medium frequencies, and the mode was CW (“continuous wave” using Morse code). Special shore stations installed to handle ship traffic quickly became an important safety feature, the obvious benefit being the safety of passengers.
The first land mobile systems were able only to receive.
Around 1920 some police agencies had dispatch systems that
operated around 1600 kilohertz. These early systems were
bulky, heavy, and not very efficient by today’s standards,
but the many benefits of mobile communications helped to
accelerate the radio art.
As a result, today’s systems permit flexible communications
almost anywhere, with installations in just about anything
that moves—automobiles, trucks, even sub-compacts. High
frequency mobile radio, made more effective with the introduction of SGC’s external coupler mount (the QMS system),
allows long distance communication for commercial, industrial, military, and scientific organizations as well as the
Amateur Radio Operator— without the need for the expensive repeater systems required for VHF and UHF communications.
This book will guide you through the installation of your SGC
500-watt mobile system. It also contains information, techniques, and procedures that apply to radio gear from other
manufacturers."
Rui MR Pinto
2011/02/05
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