Yes. I've run a Paragon (believe it or not, with the rig sitting on the
passenger seat) off and on in a 900 and 900S, although they were/are mid
80's vintage. No ill effects at all there, probably because the car's still
mostly steel, and uses only an analog controller for engine functions.
I used connections directly to the battery (actually to the high current
terminal block near the battery for + and the battery frame connection
for -) for power, fused at 40 amps at the battery end, and the magnetic
(fast) trip 20A breaker recommended by Ten Tec at the radio end. The power
can be fed into the passenger compartment without making any holes in the
firewall by routing the wire under the back corner of the hood and under the
top of the hinged edge of the door (the passenger door, in my case). I use
automotive 10 ga wire for the hookup. I use Hustler antennas mounted on the
rear bumper.
The only EMI/RFI problems I've had are from car to radio, and none on HF. I
had no ignition noise problems with the Paragon.
Hope this helps. Your mileage may very with a different rig.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Mendelsohn <alex.ai2q@worldnet.att.net>
To: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 5:17 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Mobile in a Saab 900
>
>
>Does anyone have any experience running a 100W-class Ten Tec rig mobile in
a
>Saab 900? Mine's a 1994, and I'm thinking of going mobile again, but was
>wondering if anyone has any experience with EMI/RFI, or other effects.
>
>Vy 73, Alex AI2Q in Kennebunk, Maine .-.-.
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