2003 FORD Expedition - 20 Mobiles!! - Install Pics...
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2003 FORD Expedition - 20 Mobiles!! - Install Pics...
Here is a recent install we did at our shop - i figured some people up here would like to see some of the pics - the full description and more pictures are on our website at http://www.allcommtechnologies.com/wbz_truck6.html
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- Dale Earnhardt
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I sent my wife the url to her at work, and told her that this was my "dream truck" (in white, of course).
She replied "you are a sick, sick man". She doesn't even like to ride in my Bronco with 7 radios in it.......
Ah, that's what dreams are made of. "A man's reach should exceed his grasp".
Jack
She replied "you are a sick, sick man". She doesn't even like to ride in my Bronco with 7 radios in it.......
Ah, that's what dreams are made of. "A man's reach should exceed his grasp".
Jack
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HOLY HELL
I concur with all of the above. Great googaly moogaly. What is this thing for anyway. I'm guessing news media with all those scanners. I'm going to venture a guess there is some sort of enhanced electrical system here?
I concur with all of the above. Great googaly moogaly. What is this thing for anyway. I'm guessing news media with all those scanners. I'm going to venture a guess there is some sort of enhanced electrical system here?
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"I'll eat you like a plate of bacon and eggs in the morning. "
- Some loser on rr.com
eBay at it's finest:
Me: "What exactly is a 900Mhz UHF CB?"
Them: "A very nice CB at 900Mhz speed!"
- Some loser on rr.com
eBay at it's finest:
Me: "What exactly is a 900Mhz UHF CB?"
Them: "A very nice CB at 900Mhz speed!"
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WBZ is a television station in Boston, so it was done for a media person. My guess is a freelance photographer probably with a WBZ contract - probably makes some serious cash.
Regardless, most of them sit in their vehicles and listen for stuff to go down. I think most of them work the 11pm-7am timeframe when a station doesn't want ot pay people to be on-call for events, but still wants footage for news if anything happens overnight.
Depending on the terms of a contract, my guess is that these photorgraphers can work for several stations, and share the raw footage to be later edited.
I'm not 100% sure on the whole contracted photographer - since Allcomm says it's for WBZ on their site, but regardless, they still need to monitor a lot of stuff.
A decent amount of stuff in boston is 800 trunked, T-band, and then most of the rest of the state is an interoperability nightmare - VHF, UHF, 800 conventional/trunked.
You might as well be prepared for everything.
Any chance we can get some larger more detailed photos of the wiring and the acutal console itself?
Still - very nice job, i'm quite impressed.
-Alex
Regardless, most of them sit in their vehicles and listen for stuff to go down. I think most of them work the 11pm-7am timeframe when a station doesn't want ot pay people to be on-call for events, but still wants footage for news if anything happens overnight.
Depending on the terms of a contract, my guess is that these photorgraphers can work for several stations, and share the raw footage to be later edited.
I'm not 100% sure on the whole contracted photographer - since Allcomm says it's for WBZ on their site, but regardless, they still need to monitor a lot of stuff.
A decent amount of stuff in boston is 800 trunked, T-band, and then most of the rest of the state is an interoperability nightmare - VHF, UHF, 800 conventional/trunked.
You might as well be prepared for everything.
Any chance we can get some larger more detailed photos of the wiring and the acutal console itself?
Still - very nice job, i'm quite impressed.
-Alex
Here are some of the close-ups of the wiring and radio stuff.
This shows the floor in the open position, exposing the radio chasis', the inverter (big white thing), the strobe power supply, and all the wiring
This shows the floor in the closed position, and you can see exactly where we constructed the false floor (the new carpet matches pretty good, but not 100%, and hinged it as you can see from the other pics.
Here is a closeup of the console, you can see the Havis laptop stand, his GPS setup, as well as his 3 watt (woo hoo) cell phone, light switch panel, and custom audio mixer. (as well, of course, as the Relm Scanners, Bearcat Scanners, Vertex Mobile, and A-5 Spectra (top) and X9000 A-9 Head (right below it). The Motorola Radio Handset is wired to the X9000.
Also, in regards to some of the other posts above, the truck is owned by WBZ TV-4, but I am not positive what sort of Video contract Nat has with them.
This shows the floor in the open position, exposing the radio chasis', the inverter (big white thing), the strobe power supply, and all the wiring
This shows the floor in the closed position, and you can see exactly where we constructed the false floor (the new carpet matches pretty good, but not 100%, and hinged it as you can see from the other pics.
Here is a closeup of the console, you can see the Havis laptop stand, his GPS setup, as well as his 3 watt (woo hoo) cell phone, light switch panel, and custom audio mixer. (as well, of course, as the Relm Scanners, Bearcat Scanners, Vertex Mobile, and A-5 Spectra (top) and X9000 A-9 Head (right below it). The Motorola Radio Handset is wired to the X9000.
Also, in regards to some of the other posts above, the truck is owned by WBZ TV-4, but I am not positive what sort of Video contract Nat has with them.
Ok, that ranks among the top 10 signs you have too much radio gear in your vehicle...allcomm1 wrote:..... and custom audio mixer....
What is the portable radio strapped to the "Avionics Bay" for?
"I'll eat you like a plate of bacon and eggs in the morning. "
- Some loser on rr.com
eBay at it's finest:
Me: "What exactly is a 900Mhz UHF CB?"
Them: "A very nice CB at 900Mhz speed!"
- Some loser on rr.com
eBay at it's finest:
Me: "What exactly is a 900Mhz UHF CB?"
Them: "A very nice CB at 900Mhz speed!"
Just Wondering
Just wondering, how many man hours were involved in this project ?
Are there any other pictures of the antennas ?
Are there any other pictures of the antennas ?
I have a Relm as well. I found the reciever is great but the PL feature doesn't work too well. A lot of crap blows right through it. Secure Net, paging overload, even sometime closing the squelch knob.
"I'll eat you like a plate of bacon and eggs in the morning. "
- Some loser on rr.com
eBay at it's finest:
Me: "What exactly is a 900Mhz UHF CB?"
Them: "A very nice CB at 900Mhz speed!"
- Some loser on rr.com
eBay at it's finest:
Me: "What exactly is a 900Mhz UHF CB?"
Them: "A very nice CB at 900Mhz speed!"
- Twisted_Pear
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That's insane. Not incredibly practical or cost-effective considering it's all mostly for receive (I'll bet). But an awesome install job.
I wonder what the current draw is with everything turned on and sqwaking. Is this something a stock Expedition electrical sys can handle since it won't handle a lot of transmitting?
-W
I wonder what the current draw is with everything turned on and sqwaking. Is this something a stock Expedition electrical sys can handle since it won't handle a lot of transmitting?
-W
- code3media
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WHY?
Not that I am not impressed with the setup, and wished I had the cash to do something like that, but isn't that why the scanner was invented? I do some stringer work on the side, and get along just fine with a couple of scanners, and I live in Los Angeles.
Great job though, must get pretty loud in there!
Ryan
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Great job though, must get pretty loud in there!
Ryan
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Relm
Relm has discontinued those scanners. You can still find them online though.
- Heterodyne
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So what is that H
So what is that HT strapped in there for? In case you get lost in the wires and need to call in a search party?
Great White North (Canada I Mean)
Great Pics and Lots of RF units But We do Not
Need All This In The Great White North.
Very Good Install.
Re: Great White North (Canada I Mean)
I think there are more recievers in that truck than there are transmitters up thereSusan157 wrote:
Great Pics and Lots of RF units But We do Not
Need All This In The Great White North.
Very Good Install.
"I'll eat you like a plate of bacon and eggs in the morning. "
- Some loser on rr.com
eBay at it's finest:
Me: "What exactly is a 900Mhz UHF CB?"
Them: "A very nice CB at 900Mhz speed!"
- Some loser on rr.com
eBay at it's finest:
Me: "What exactly is a 900Mhz UHF CB?"
Them: "A very nice CB at 900Mhz speed!"
- Heterodyne
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Re: Great White North (Canada I Mean)
Keep in mind that Susan lives in the nosebleed section of Nothern Ontario, where the bears roam unchallenged and the mosquitoes eat West Nile for breakfast.nmfire10 wrote:I think there are more recievers in that truck than there are transmitters up thereSusan157 wrote:
Great Pics and Lots of RF units But We do Not
Need All This In The Great White North.
Down here in civilization, 20 mobiles is pretty much a neccessity...
If I wanted to go visit her from here I'd need about 10 hours worth of CDs, a shotgun, twenty stout men and some beaver pelts & fire water to trade with the noble savages for passage on their sacred lands.
(grin)
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ford expo 20 mobiles
Odd, I don't see any photos of the trailer carrying the extra batteries and 12volt genset for the power
Gettin' too old for this... but still kickin' anyways
To answer the questions of some, the console equipment used in this install is Troy and Havis-Shields, and can be purchased in our online store at the below link.
http://www.allcommtechnologies.com/havis_store.html
Mike
ALL-COMM
http://www.allcommtechnologies.com/havis_store.html
Mike
ALL-COMM