Joe wrote:
> I was looking into buying a Prius. When I talked to the Toyota salesman, I
> told him I was a ham and asked if there were any known issues on installing
> an all band, (VHF-HF) 100 watt, radio in the car.
>
> He was most emphatic when telling me that the installation of any electronic
> transmitting device in the car, outside of a garage door opener, would void
> the warranty.
>
My wife has a Prius. I asked about installing the ham rig. They would
install it just as they did in my 4-Runner. The only things they
recommended were not to exceed 100 watts, and not to connect directly to
the battery as it's a very small battery. However I could install a
relay that would give power directly only when the car was turned on.
BTW, most of today's US manufacturers also give a limit of 100 watts but
check as some "in the past" have said a transmitter would void the
warranty. Make it a quick detachable mount.
73
Roger (K8RI)
> Needless to say, Toyota lost a sale. Subaru won. No problems, saved 10
> grand, and get 35 mpg on trips...ragchewing on HF all the way.
>
> Sorry about the interference issues with your Sequoia. Guess the salesman
> knew what he was talking about.....
>
> Joe Wolfe
> WA6RKN
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> Subject: Re: [RFI] Car Advice
>
>
>
>> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:38:06 EST, Jimk8mr@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Any experience or recommendations of something to get or something
>>> to avoid?
>>>
>> I had MISERABLE luck with my Toyota Sequoia -- 100W on 20M crashed
>> the car's computer and put me in "limp home" mode in the middle of
>> the Nevada desert. Luckily I was able to reboot it by pulling
>> battery leads off and restoring.
>>
>
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