Here's the URL to the page on TenTecWiki with a photo of the mounting
http://tentecwiki.org/doku.php?id=296
Dave
WA3MKB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Ciotti" <lciotti1@gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:44:23 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [TenTec] WTB: Mobile mounting bracket for Ten Tec Scout
If someone had a photo of one of the TenTec ones I am sure I could fab one up.
Looking at the Radio I don't see any "extra" holes to use a mounting
points, but a "bucket" style one is a different animal.
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Stuart Rohre <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu> wrote:
> John,
> Yes, the "pan bracket" was a clever low cost item. You could replicate
> it with an aluminum cookie pan, and then a U bracket upside down for the
> attachment to the lip of the pan and to the underdash area.
> Some folks prefer to tilt mount the Scout facing up on the transmission
> hump where you don't have a console part. You can fashion a box of wood
> with a simple hold down to hold the Scout. I have even seen use of
> Bungee cords around the radio, if you have holes drilled to have the
> feet set down and provide a slide free retention of the radio feet.
> The cords make a quick release to enable locking the rig in the trunk
> when the car is parked, or others use a towel to cover the radio so that
> it is out of sight. A grey towel does not show dirt as much as a white
> towel would and worked for years for a ham friend.
>
> -Stuart Rohre
> K5KVH
>
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