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747
Intermediate Member
Username: 747
Post Number: 122
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 10:56 am: | 
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Can anyone give suggestions to new 2005 vehicles that would be less picky than others when running power? Say a 4 pill?
I'm in the market for a new car or minivan (don't laugh LOL!), 4 door, and want to be able to easily mount my gear in it and run power without frying the on-board computer.
Any suggestions? |
Bulldog369
Intermediate Member
Username: Bulldog369
Post Number: 265
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 1:01 pm: |
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toyota |
747
Intermediate Member
Username: 747
Post Number: 123
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 3:01 pm: |
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ANy particular model? |
Brewdirect
Intermediate Member
Username: Brewdirect
Post Number: 129
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 4:59 pm: |
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Mazda not good...blew a sensor when I keyed up two different times. |
Chainsawiowa
Junior Member
Username: Chainsawiowa
Post Number: 36
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 6:28 pm: |
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Golf Cart |
Duck246
Junior Member
Username: Duck246
Post Number: 35
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 6:39 pm: |
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I have an 86 yota, my 2 pill sits right next to the computer for the most part... No issues yet. |
Mdiver
Intermediate Member
Username: Mdiver
Post Number: 274
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 8:00 pm: |
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I have a 2002 Tacoma and run a Texas Star 667-v and it sits on the passinger side no problem..--but no radio on key down.
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Sonny
Member
Username: Sonny
Post Number: 50
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 8:14 pm: |
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Well my Truck is out of your idea but I run a 800 watt amp driven with a VR9000 and a Wilson mag mount my truck is a 2005 Dodge 3/4 ton Cummings which already comes with two batteries nuf said 
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Wolverine
Intermediate Member
Username: Wolverine
Post Number: 383
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 2:41 am: |
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Ford Crown Victoria. Mount the antenna smack dab in the center of the roof, above the glass line. The only problem I see, is that you may pick-up fuel pump noise in your Receive, from the pump doing it's thing, moving the old petrol. use good quality coax on the antenna and patch cords, to prevent rf leaks into your computer. Don't use the cheap stuff. Mini 8x is good. Hope this helps.
Wolverine.
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Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 1021
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 12:55 pm: |
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TOYOTA CAMRY was 1 of the 1st cars in 90's to have MAJOR RFI/COMPUTER problems. 100 watt radios were frying computers of hams camry's everywhere! |
Wolverine
Intermediate Member
Username: Wolverine
Post Number: 387
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 6:17 am: |
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As I recall, those 100 watt radios were VHF ham amplifiers. In the Ford 5.0 Mustangs, those amps would cause the "Passing gear" to kick in, if you are driving, and decide to key up the linear. I recall that the article stated that VHF hi- frequency rf, can seep into all kind of nooks and crannies, to get to the car's computer, as opposed to lower frequency 11 meter amps. The article also went on to say, that it doesn't help, that a foreign export car's sheet metal is not as dense as their american counterparts. This was an old article in I believe was, Popular Communications.
Wolverine. |
Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 1049
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 9:34 pm: |
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i seem to remember it being mentioned in QST, but, yeah, that's how the story went...& why the big bad cbers use their '80's chevys for BIG watts. |
