EXTENDING XTVA HHCH

26M10 · Post by **26M10** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:26 am

Well I saw this very cool installation of a XTVA in the rear of an SUV with the HHCH mounted in the front of the vehicle.

Having concerns about sheilding on mike lines and such I decided to attempt the same thing with my XTVA. I always could use a 2nd radio when something is going on and want to dedicate a channel.

So I set out to see if I could get it to work and it did.

I used a 25 foot T1 sheilded cable and a Female to Female sheilded barrel connector. I also have a tri-band austin antenna connected to it so I can use VHF/UHF or 800 radios in it.

Works great...Less filling...Total cost.....$7.00 for the female-to-female barrel connector (I had the T1 cable left over from something else)

I will post some pictures in the next couple of days.

4n6inv · Post by **4n6inv** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:58 pm

What about the speaker? Where'd you mount that? Are you using the HHCH or regular mic?

matt_tjaden · Post by **matt_tjaden** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:43 pm

I just installed an XTVA today in the rear of an SUV. The guy wanted his mic in the glove box and the speaker under the seat. I used a new cable left over from the cell phone days to extend the mic cable. It worked out great. As for the speaker, they use a four conductor cable. I used two cable butt-spliced togeather and it reached with no problem.

4n6inv · Post by **4n6inv** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:51 am

The "old cell phone" cable was exactly what I was thinking of. I'm just wondering about trivial things like adjusting the volume, scan, mode, etc., with the radio being out of reach. I live in a really small town, but there are times that I want to listen to only PD, SO, or FD, depending on where something is happening. I just bought an XTVA and haven't gotten it yet. I have the HHCH for it already. This sounds like an interesting project...

26M10 · Post by **26M10** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:36 am

That is exactly how I extended the speaker.

i am using the HHCH...