There is one other advantage to using the seatbelt method. It will still
be covered under your homeowners policy. This is not the case when the
radio is permanantly mounted.
73 and happy mobiling, Paul K9PEP
At 02:54 AM 5/7/99 -0400, cmurcko wrote:
>
>Yes, I'd concur with this if an under the dash mount were used. I've used a
>Paragon I mobile, but that radio always sat on a seat, with a seat belt.
>Really. Never had problems that way, but it certainly wasn't a permanent
>mounting. The radio didn't stay in the car.
>
>Steve Ellington wrote:
>
>> > Has anybody done this? Am I off my proverbial rocker?
>>
>> I don't think the Omni series would hold up under a lot of vibration.
>> The connectors would probably start giving you trouble, filters would
>> shake loose etc. The 706 is built like a brick. Don't know about the FT100
>> yet.
>
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>73, KE3KR
>Chuck Murcko
>chuck@topsail.org
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