I made all of my own 19" rack face plates with 16 ga. sheet steel that I had
sheared to size at a local shop. I then laid out the size cutout I needed
and used a jig saw to cut the openings. I filed out to the lines and bent
some support brackets for the radios. I tack welded the brackets with my 110
volt mig welder. I use double sided tape on the brackets in spots to keep
the radio from moving but I could have put screw holes and bolted just as
easily. I have a varied assortment of radios mounted in this manner. I have
a radio shack HTX 242 mounted next to a GE MVS. I also mounted a desktop
Bearcat BC860 vertically in this manner.I have 3 GE speakers mounted in one
face plate. I used a hole saw to cut out for the speaker hole but I could
have drilled holes in circle and cut between them. I have room to add on and
it gets my radio equipment out of the way. If anyone wants to see it let me
know.
Dean
"N8KDV" wrote in message
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Bill Crocker wrote:

There is a company out of California, called NovexComm. They
manufacture,
and sell various rack mounting options for radio equipment such as Icom,
Collins, Drake Kenwood, Ten Tec, JRC, etc. You may have seen their
racks
for the Icom R7000, R7100, and R75, on eBay.

I emailed them yesterday, inquiring about rack options for the newer
Uniden
BC780XLT, BC796D, etc. I received an immediate reply from Dick
Robinson.
He claimed there is a significant start-up cost, every time they offer a
new
model, for design, and tooling, and that they can't even consider it,
unless
there was an initial demand for 50 units.

How much dang 'tooling' can be involved in cutting a hole in a piece of
metal?
How much 'design' is involved in cutting said hole in a piece of metal?



I currently own two Unidens, a friend of mine owns four, and I noticed
the
guy at MilAir Comms (http://www.milaircomms.com/ ) owns seven Unidens,
in
that form factor. I think as popular as they are, coming up with an
order
for 50 might not be out of the question.

I'm thinking, it would be really cool to have maybe one that holds a
radio,
and a speaker (which he provides also). Or possibly one rack, that
holds
two radios!

Check out his web site, and pictures. Use your imagination, as to how
neat
your Uniden's would look, mounted by this method. Let me know what you
think. Maybe we can stir up enough interest to have them built!

Here is his contact info, if you're interested:

NovexComm
Richard Robinson
K4EIH/6
2978 Luna Ave.
San Diego, CA 92117-2512
http://www.novexcomm.com


Thanks,
Bill Crocker