<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On 23/08/2009, at 8:56 PM, <a href="mailto:vk2hlt@netspace.net.au">vk2hlt@netspace.net.au</a> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Kenwood TMD700 mic only plugs into tranciever, My other radio Yaesu FT857D is <br>the same ? Also not sure what " modern " cars you speak of DG but the VE <br>commodore has enough room for a party under the front seats :) Also my 2004 <br>Prado has room for a couple of radios under each seat, neither of these <br>vehicles are slightly concerned by high power radios in the cabin space.<br>Cheers Tim<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>Hrrm, weird - can't really see the point of a remote-head unit if you've got to run two cables to the front of the vehicle.. When I said the front of the car, I was talking the actual front - i.e. the dash, where you're going to have your mic ;) I've seen a few folks put stuff under the seats, but I'd be too worried about a) them getting soaked if you get water into the car, and b) getting beaten up by stuff rolling around from the back seat.. That and I dont' know about the VE, but the VT and VY's we have, there's only about an inch of clearance under there if you drop the seats to their low setting, and personally I don't want a transceiver right next to the firing whatsits for the seatbelt pullers (the ones that go off with the airbags in an accident). That and even under the seat, you're going to need an extension to get the mic up to the dash..?</div><div><br></div><div>My old VR, and my current VTii die in the arse if you hit transmit with a transceiver in the front of the car, and my VTii, and the missus' VYii, the tacho drops to 0, and the cruise control drops out, if the antenna isn't tuned in when you transmit on HF..</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>
DG</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Damien Gardner Jnr<br>VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust<br><a href="mailto:rendrag@rendrag.net">rendrag@rendrag.net</a> - <a href="http://www.rendrag.net/">http://www.rendrag.net/</a><br>--<br>We rode on the winds of the rising storm,<br> We ran to the sounds of thunder.<br>We danced among the lightning bolts,<br> and tore the world asunder</div><div><br></div></div></span></div></body></html>