Mounting your mobile scanner...

[yfdgricker]

Just interested in seeing how many people out there in cyberspace have a mobile scanner in their vehicle?

I (finally) have a uniden MR-8100 mounting in my 2000 Cavalier. Below are two photos of the rig. I'll have a couple more photos with the wire tubing in place.  Haz helped out with this installation.

[jim trk 1]

All that vehicle needs now is a light/siren mounting console in the car.  It also would be nice to have YFD lettered on the side of the car.  I hope to have a mobile scanner next year sometime.  I can see it now, "YFD photo unit responding to the box 5."

[dcmkris]

I have one that I take in the car with me it fits right in place in the consoul.  I have a mobile gain antenna semi-permanetly mounted on the car.  Up here in MI we are required to have a State police permit to carry it.  If caught without it the penalty is $500.00 and charged with a felony crime.

BTW we need permits for both mobile and in car scanners.

[Hazguy]

If I am in Michigan, I can officially tell the police where to shove their scanner law .... as a Ham Radio Operators, we are allowed to carry equipment that can listen to public service frequencies per the FCC for Emergency Communications purposes.  ( I have the text of that law floating around here somewhere .....)

 As for my scanner installation, heres a few pics:

[Hazguy]

NO No No Jim ..........

 "YFD Historian .. en route to (address here)"

  or as Greg and I jokingly say:

  "Hotdog and Marshmellow One .. responding to (address here)"

  LOL

[visiting dcmkris]

Hazguy I'm sorry I should have included HAM radio operators in there.  It kind of slipped my mind. :oops:  

People overreact to this law, as it's simply a 2-minuet process to fill in the application and one stamp.  Lo and behold a week or two later you have your permit.  

I have never heard of any out of staters getting harassed by police here in MI.  I only got the permit after being told to by an officer while I was pulled over.  He never used the law against me except to say other officers would not be so understanding.  Every profession has it's donkeys :lol:

[yfdgricker]

While surfing, I found this site which does a great job listing the various state scanner laws.

http://www.grove-ent.com/LLawbook.html

Also listed on the site is FCC PR Docket No. 91-36 which exempt amateur radio operators from most if not all state scanner laws. I haven't had a chance to read through it though

Enjoy!

[yfdgricker]

Here is a mounting job in a 2001 Checy Blazer. I don't think there are enough radios in this SUV.

From http://www.dapcom.com/mobileradios.htm

[yfdgricker]

Ok I thought I would update my photo. In addition to the Uniden MR8100 scanner mounted in my vehicle, I've also added a Radio Shack HTX-252 2meter Amature Radio transceiver in my vehicle. As you can see in the photo, I made some slight modifications to the arm holder to accomodate the 252.

[SFD333DFD720]

We've got a BC780 mounted in an '04 Silverado....we had speakers put in next to the stereo speakers in the door....I will post pictures sometime tomorrow.

[SFD333DFD720]

Here are some pics...

[SFD333DFD720]

last one..sorry its blurry

[Ryan98948]

here is my scanner in my pickup.
it is a uniden bct7

[pgoogs]

I bought a Radio Shack Pro-2066 off of e-bay for two reasons:
1) It has DIN mounting and fits in the dash under the stereo of my Toyota Tacoma.
2) It receives CB channels so I don't have to mount a CB in the truck to listen in when traffic comes to a stop on 80. etc.
I don't have a picture of the install but  I see somebody else mounted a scanner in the dash.  I run an extention speaker that is mounted on top of the dash so I can hear it better.  I used to use a hand held in the truck but the mobile is alot nicer!!!

[WEFR15]

Just got a new Bearcat BC789D with the APCO-25 digital card and have mounted it in my work truck.