2003 FORD Expedition - 20 Mobiles!! - Install Pics...

allcomm1 · Post by **allcomm1** » Fri May 30, 2003 10:23 am

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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Post by Pj » Fri May 30, 2003 10:27 am

Whoa....and we need all of those radio's because.....?

Nice job!

jcobb · Post by **jcobb** » Fri May 30, 2003 10:28 am

Jesus H. Christ! Hayzus Cristo! Holey Moley! Great jumpin' Jehosafat!

My mouth is agape........and drooling!

I would need someone to drive whilst I played!

Jack

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Fri May 30, 2003 10:41 am

It's even better to see in person. Took a peek in the windows on a Doughboys' ( Police Supply Store) run and all I have to say is Damn!

jim · Post by **jim** » Fri May 30, 2003 11:45 am

Holy effing sheet, mon!

....and you can't communicate with which planet now?

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Fri May 30, 2003 1:12 pm

Thats some mighty impressive install work. And I thought I took pride in my installs. Two thumbs up!

Dale Earnhardt · Post by **Dale Earnhardt** » Fri May 30, 2003 1:38 pm

all I can say is dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Now I thought I seen everything,but that is the best I have ever seen, looks like a mobile command center, just in a mini version lol

Post by **alex** » Fri May 30, 2003 1:59 pm

I'm quite impressed myself. Very cool setup.

I'd really like to know what the total bill for that install is - out of pure curiosity.

Amasing to see what you can stuff in an expidition.

Regardless, maybe sometime when I'm back in boston, i'll come across that porcupine.

-Alex

jcobb · Post by **jcobb** » Fri May 30, 2003 3:06 pm

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

W4KRR · Post by **W4KRR** » Fri May 30, 2003 6:23 pm

Allcomm, are those scanners Bearcat 780's or the new 785 digitals?
Nice job in any case!

--K--

nmfire10 · Post by **nmfire10** » Fri May 30, 2003 6:28 pm

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?

allcomm1 · Post by **allcomm1** » Fri May 30, 2003 6:28 pm

Actually both, the one mounted on the back of the console is a 785. The one mounted to the false floor is a 780.

KC8NIY · Post by **KC8NIY** » Fri May 30, 2003 6:30 pm

If I only I could win the lottery

That is AMAZINGLY CLEAN

FFParamedic571 · Post by **FFParamedic571** » Fri May 30, 2003 6:45 pm

Last year I did a 2002 PI for a local freelance Radio/TV reporter with 10 radios and scanners Cell and Nextel. All I know is his install bill would have paid my mortgage and then some...

Post by **alex** » Fri May 30, 2003 7:05 pm

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

allcomm1 · Post by **allcomm1** » Sat May 31, 2003 6:28 am

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.

bnn121 · Post by **bnn121** » Sat May 31, 2003 6:40 am

Just how long did this take you and was there more than just you working on it?

nmfire10 · Post by **nmfire10** » Sat May 31, 2003 11:26 am

allcomm1 wrote:..... and custom audio mixer....

Ok, that ranks among the top 10 signs you have too much radio gear in your vehicle...

What is the portable radio strapped to the "Avionics Bay" for?

davkenrem · Post by **davkenrem** » Sat May 31, 2003 6:07 pm

I'm getting a "woodie"!!!

KE3UC · Post by **KE3UC** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 1:59 pm

Just wondering, how many man hours were involved in this project ?

Are there any other pictures of the antennas ?

KitN1MCC · Post by **KitN1MCC** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 3:34 pm

now that the way to do it.

those relm scanners are damn good radios

nmfire10 · Post by **nmfire10** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 5:29 pm

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.

Twisted_Pear · Post by **Twisted_Pear** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 6:55 pm

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

davkenrem · Post by **davkenrem** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 6:57 pm

I can't imagine trying to listen to all that at once. But it really is a cool install. Makes me wish I needed something like that.

code3media · Post by **code3media** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 9:18 pm

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
code3media
- Be SAFE! -

davkenrem · Post by **davkenrem** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 9:28 pm

It really is one of those "bragging rights" kinda thing.

n3obl · Post by **n3obl** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:31 am

Are the relm mobile scanners still availble??

Frank N3OBL
FF/EMT

code3media · Post by **code3media** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 10:36 pm

Relm has discontinued those scanners. You can still find them online though.

elkbow · Post by **elkbow** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 5:51 pm

I LIIIIIIIKE IT......only thing I would change is install it in a Humvee. Other thing, if I had a wiring problem, I wouldn't want to look for it.

Damn nice....

Heterodyne · Post by **Heterodyne** » Wed Jun 11, 2003 6:53 pm

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?

Susan157 · Post by **Susan157** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 10:06 am

Great Pics and Lots of RF units But We do Not
Need All This In The Great White North.

Very Good Install.

nmfire10 · Post by **nmfire10** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 7:25 pm

Susan157 wrote:

Great Pics and Lots of RF units But We do Not
Need All This In The Great White North.

Very Good Install.

I think there are more recievers in that truck than there are transmitters up there

Heterodyne · Post by **Heterodyne** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 2:16 am

nmfire10 wrote:
Susan157 wrote:

Great Pics and Lots of RF units But We do Not
Need All This In The Great White North.
I think there are more recievers in that truck than there are transmitters up there

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.

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)

tiredfireman · Post by **tiredfireman** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 1:15 pm

Odd, I don't see any photos of the trailer carrying the extra batteries and 12volt genset for the power

E911EMT · Post by **E911EMT** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 12:14 pm

This is kool to see how much time and effort that went into it but how can they listen to all of the scanners???

allcomm1 · Post by **allcomm1** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 5:30 pm

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

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