What do you have in your Car

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FireCpt809
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Re: What do you have in your Car

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wow a 7 yr old tread ..
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azlooker
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Re: What do you have in your Car

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Wonder if the whacker herd has been thinned out by now? LOL!
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kf4sqb
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Re: What do you have in your Car

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Well, since ya'll revived it:

'94 Ford Explorer

64 ch. (soon to be 128 ch.) VHF Syntor X9000 w/ both PS & Ham freqs

Sirius "Sportster" sat. radio (gotta have my Octane & Liquid Metal!)

VHF Systems Saber III w/ both PS & Ham freqs (goes with me pretty much everywhere)

Some flavor of Code3 single strobe dashlight w/ red lenses in the top of the windshield

Turn-out gear

Lots & lots of tools

Future additions:

Systems9000 siren

Wildcard DEK

Uniden "President" HR2510 10m Ham (and CB 8) )
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Look for the new "Jedi" series portables!

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Re: What do you have in your Car

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I'll take a stab now that this thread's been resurrected...

T83/A9 Spectra
T44/A7 Spectra
Sys9K Siren/PA
Wildcard DEK
FT-7800
Dual head amber LED flashers front and rear.
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kb9suy
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Re: What do you have in your Car

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Hmm lets see....
In my 2007 Dodge Magnum

radio package...
kenwood vhf tk7180 remote mount 45w radio public safety ham antenna specialists glass mount antenna
kenwood uhf tk8180 remote mount 45w radio public safety ham antenna specialists glass mount antenna
motorola W3 astro spectra vhf 45 watt on a comtelco vhf spring loaded black powder coated quarter wave drilled.
Toughbook cf-28 computer with ledco docking station.
siruis satellite reciever
vhf xts5000 model 3 for work and play mostly worked.
vhf astro saber 2 for a second throw radio.
uhf astro saber 3 for mostly play a little work.
All kinds of gear tools equipment to get the job done.

whelen lin3 in the grill with dual strobes
wig wags
dual led dash light
tir3 towards the side in the rear
2 single federal signal viper leds on the rear hatch
strobes in the reverse and stop lights.

It gets the job done. Nice and low profile.

And a occasional throw light just incase lol I never use it.

Federal signal fire beam
federal signal fire ball II
or a whelen responder dashlight from the 80's just to feel nastalgic
N4KVE
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Re: What do you have in your Car

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Just a few radios. A M34 438-470 Spectra connected to a 100 watt TPL amp, & a 30 watt 900 MHZ GTX. Both for ham freq's. Also a "R" split AS3 for when I leave the car. That's it. Nothing else. GARY N4KVE
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Josh
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Josh wrote::o Wow, some of you guys' vehicles are loaded with crap.

I, on the other hand, being on a limited budget, and not employed by Law Enforcment, am living happily with what I have in my '94 Ford Escort.

Most occasions: GP300 UHF (GMRS and 423/428Mhz DPW frequency) in change holder between seats, GP300 or GP350 VHF in my hand.

Special occasions: GM300 VHF, magnetic antenna. OR, Maxtrac800 radio. But, when I don't want to be carrying the GM300, I use a battery eliminator, and antenna adaptor to hook the GP350 up to the car.

Nothing special, but who cares! Soon, I'll have an MTX8000 to replace my STX 821, too.....OOOH, I can afford to replace my 1985 equipment with 1995....I'm moving on up! :) ;)

One thing, I don't have (and never will) is any NEXTEL iDUM garbage....Nexthell interferes to much with my local public safety as it is.


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Good golly a lot changes in seven years....

My 2007 Focus has an Astro Spectra PLUS (800), CDM1550XLS (VHF) a VRS750 and SVR200 (both UHF).... cheapo kenwood CD/AM/FM deal with USB for jams. I also keep an HT1250LS+ in there to work with the VRS/SVR units as mobile-extending is the new hotness.

Still no NexTel.... the MTX8000 I spoke of was sold off in August 2002 when I upgraded big time to an XTS3000... actually all the radio spoken of are long gone.
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Re: What do you have in your Car

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2007 Ford Explorer:

UHF Q split XTL5000 O3
VHF Astro Spectra W3
XTVA with W3 for the 800 XTS.
Colt MK18
Glock 19
radioinstl
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Re: What do you have in your Car

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2003 Chevy Tahoe Special Service
30" Troy console with lock box w/arm rest and cup holders
800 XTL5000 O5 DES/AES
S Split UHF XTL5000 O5 DES/AES midpower
VHF 110w XTL5000 O5 DES/AES w/astro Siren with dek
SYS9000 wildcard switch box controlling R.C. Tronics RCT-01233 control board
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Impress drop in Charger with 800 XTS5000 M3 DES
Thales drop in charger with Liberty DES/AES
UHF (s) XTS5000 M3 DES/AES on side of console with converted Motorola window belt clip mount
Thales MBITR convertacom with display/control mic - with clear MBITR DES/AES running off a STI-CO all band antenna
uniden 996T scanner with GPS
Motorola MW800 with Verizen EVDO and internal GPS
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azlooker
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Re: What do you have in your Car

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Wow! I feel naked without all those flashy, blinky lights! All I have are my factory 4-way flashers!

2007 Hummer H2

Motorola Spectra 927Mhz Ham Radio
Icom IC-7000 Ham Radio
Yaesu FT7800 Ham Radio
EFJohnson 5300 VHF
EFJohnson 5100 VHF
Motorola Astro Saber with vehicular adapter UHF Ham Radio
SGC 2000 HF
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Re: What do you have in your Car

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My 07 Mustang GT just has an XTL5000 03 Q split.
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MT2000 man
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Re: What do you have in your Car

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Wow, since I last posted in this thread 7 years ago, I have since gotten a totally different car, with no radio equipment in it (except if you count the portable that I carry on my in the car from time to time). I've since sold all my mobiles, and am strictly all portables as of now. I'm sick of drilling holes in my new vehicles, only to trade them off every 1 - 2 years.
WB6NVH
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Re: What do you have in your Car

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1967 Imperial Hardtop

TLD1100 IMTS Car Telephone
X51LLT 4 channel Motran (CHP)
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Re: What do you have in your Car

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2000 Mercury Mountaineer

42-50 Mhz Maratrac A9 with low band Mot Spectra antenna drilled into the roof
VHF Spectra A9 with 1/4 wave drilled into roof
SVP LCS850 Siren/Light controller
SVP Saber Lightbar (halogen and strobe)
SVP Mini Phantom (Red/Red) off the rearview mirror
Corner strobes in the front
wig/wags
Pair of Whelen Dash Miser remote strobes hanging off the roof inside the rear hatch

When I get bored, I change out the Motorolas for a Kenwood TK-630/730 dual band/single head

Portables carried:
Kenwood TK-190 Low Band
Motorola MT1000 32 Ch Low Band (The old reliable - the kenwood sits in a box in the back for decoration)
Motorola PR1500 VHF (work radio)
Motorola Saber III (my toy)

Plus.....
the turn out gear
Survivair SCBA (shhhhhhhh - don't tell DOT i've got a compressed gas cylinder)
200' 11mm rope
flares
a couple laptops
3 or 4 flashlights
2 rubbermaid boxes with tools and stuff

And if i move stuff around just right, there's room for my wife and kids!!!!
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Re: What do you have in your Car

Post by motorola_otaku »

Not done with mine yet, but my final config will be:
-W9 VHF J-split 40W and W9 800 Astro Spectras chained together using the HRR setup
-W4 Range 2 UHF Astro Spectra
-Syntor X9000 110W lowband
-Model 1 12W MCS2000 for 900 MHz
-The fabled Astro Saber AVA/HHCH kit
-Motorola HHCH CB, as seen on Hamsexy
-2x BCD996T scanners
-No woo-woo lights, sirens, or wacker gear. I'm not even sure I want to put the spotlight back on, even though they're handy for night work.
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