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Re: [TenTec] WTB: Mobile mounting bracket for Ten Tec Scout

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] WTB: Mobile mounting bracket for Ten Tec Scout
From: Louis Ciotti <lciotti1@gmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:44:23 -0400
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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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