Ham Radio Install Done

[JoHo]

I tried with all my might. Blood and sweat involved. 5 hours later. No radio in car.

The difference ended up being 2 inches in depth and half an inch in depth greater between your Yaesu FTM-400XD and my ICOM ID-5100a. Got close a few times, but the clearance of the radio needs to be completely above those bars for the glove box to close.

Tried mounting on top of the glove box as well, but that pushed the radio against the AC blower and prevented glove box closing as well.

The easiest part was wiring up the my desired aux switch. Took all of 15 minutes.

Next option is to just store it in the glove box and drill holes...

Today... I made it work with my Kenwood TMV71a which is also too long to fit nicely on the bracket. the thing that is actually in the way a hidden shroud that blocks off another inch or some of space before getting into the trim that you actually see from the cabin. If you go in there and cut that, our longer radios then will fit without interfering with the glove box.

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[JoHo]

Today... I made it work with my Kenwood TMV71a which is also too long to fit nicely on the bracket. the thing that is actually in the way a hidden shroud that blocks off another inch or some of space before getting into the trim that you actually see from the cabin. If you go in there and cut that, our longer radios then will fit without interfering with the glove box.

A wrote up some backstory for this install, it's in my build log if anyone is interested.
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/thre...ite-2024-2dr-badlands-7mt.101020/post-2478090

 

[Astronaut]

I finally got my radio and antenna set up and running. It was a lot easier than I thought. I routed the antenna cable through the floor and side trim in about 20 minutes to get it to the front and under the dash. I put the radio above the glove box/ under the dash. I then routed the mic behind the infoscreen to the driver's side, where I hung it on a drive-side molle panel . Then, I put the radio controller up on the dash using a 1" ball mount. Lastly, I pulled out the grommet between the engine and cabin to cut it for the power cables, which was pretty easy to do. Overall, I am pretty happy.

Equipment

• Radio: 50 watt Mobile Dual Band Radio install - FTM-400XDR
• Antenna:
  • Comet, CA2X4SR
• Cables
  • Power Cable:
    • Yaesu DC Power Cables (9 ft.) - 14 gauge wire with a 15 amp fuse
  • Radio to Faceplate cable: Yaesu Separation Cables CT-162 (19 ft.)
  • Antenna Cable
    • Comet Antennas 3D4M (13 ft.)
    • PL-259 UHF CB Coax Cable (6 ft. extension)
• Mounts and Brackets:
  • Radio Mount
    • Under Dash Mount for Amp/Radio fits 2021+ Ford Bronco
  • Faceplate Mount
    • HuddExpo Yaesu FTM-400 1" Ball Mount to use with a Small RAM Double Socket Arm and a 1" Ball Adapter to fit into dash.
  • Antenna Mount
    • Flag Antenna Mount Bracket
  • Mic Mount
    • IAG I-Line Molle Panel Kit

I'm going to install my FTM-500 like you installed your FTM-400. Can you explain how you ran the antenna cable? Thanks!

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