Kim wrote:
Anyone have a mobile radion installation in a Mazda vehicle? Mine is the
SUV-style and I am just looking for ideas on antennas that have worked,
comments on any noise problems, placement of radio, etc.

Radio placement in new vehicles can be a problem. If this is a VHF
radio, I have an idea based on what I did in my Suzuki Vitara.

I used one of my coffee cup holders on the center console. I made a
plaster of paris insert that fit in the hole, had a copper pipe set in
the middle of it, and attached the radio to the copper pipe. I put
plastic wrap around the inside of the hole. to keep it from sticking,
and when the plaster cured, I took an old black sock, plopped the
plaster piece in it, cut the sock off at the top of the piece, tucked
the edges in and tied it off with a tie wrap. Sounds strange, but it
actually looks pretty good, and the radio can come out and be put back
in in seconds.

- Mike KB3EIA -