Secured to floor with bolts and nylon lockwhashers
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| This is the radio, an IC2200, 2m with 65w output | Homemade bracket made by the local blacksmith before spraypainting
| Sandra reaching in to get the power cables, with a little help from Greasemonkey
| Me feeding the power cables through an unused grommet
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Connecting power to the battery
| Battery connection
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Carjacking in progress by grandson Austin
| A safety measure in place for me
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Drill, baby, drill
| Connecting power to the radio
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Bracket installed and ready for radio mounting. | Secured to floor with bolts and nylon lockwhashers First antenna install, an easy trunk mount. This one worked "ok", but not great
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Radio mounted ready for testing, cables not yet hidden away
| Power turned on
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Checking everything out. It's Alive!
| Scoping things out for a better antenna installation
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Ready to drill
| Committed now
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Putting in the NMO mount in newly drilled hole
| Antenna on roof works much better
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