Tag Archives: FJ

Testing out the air-wound choke

Yesterday I managed to get out to a home renovation store to purchase a three foot length of 4″ diameter ABS sewer pipe for my mobile installation. I cut a 6″ section from the pipe, drilled some tie-down holes and … Continue reading

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More on the mobile install …

So I managed to sneak in a little bit more work on the mobile install the other day, and here are some of the things I did: cut 5/8 and 1/4 wave whips for 2m fabricate new mount for NMO … Continue reading

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Mobile (FJ Cruiser) amateur radio install

So it has been two days of disassembling, designing, cutting, welding, test fitting, soldering, painting, you get the idea… Although I quite enjoy custom fabrication work, sometimes I just want to fast-forward to the results portion of a project. This … Continue reading

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