HF Mobile Install In A Ram 2500
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- In today's video I am going to show you how I did an HF Mobile Install In A Ram 2500! I also show you where I bonded the truck to get a better more efficient ground plane. Most of what is used in this HF Mobile Install is from my last vehicle. This project ended up being easier than I had originally anticipated. The items I installed are the Yaesu FT-891 and the ATAS 120A. I have heard people trash talk the ATAS 120A, but I have been told the key to the ATAS 120A is grounding.
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Great video. Thanks for the detailed walkthrough. The ATAS-120 is on my list of HF gear for the RV, so the grounding tips were very helpful. Like you, I’ll be pairing it with my FT-891
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. The nice thing about the FT-891 is it has a setting, like the FT-857D, for the ATAS 120A. It is nice to push a single button to tune up the antenna.
nice install Craig .. i dropped out of the hobby 8 or 10 years ago.. but working on getting everything up again
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Good to hear you are coming back. Hope to hear you on the air!
I had a 2006 Ram 2500 and just mounted the Antenna mount near the back of the tailgate on the driver side and it worked quite well! And your right allot of people do not appreciate the Atas 120a antenna most likely because they do not have it installed correctly or grounded properly! On the same truck prior I had it originally mounted on the tool box ( I ran a ground wire from the frame to the mount and it worked well) but as it’s a large Antenna I didn’t like it that high in the air while driving! On my channel I have a video of operating HF Mobile with this setup! 73 K4BBC. P.S. I now have my FT-891 and ATAS 120a on our 2013 VW Jetta TDI Sport Wagon and it works great!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I was told by one of the employees at my local HRO, who used to work for Yaesu, that grounding the ATAS 120A is the key to getting it to work well. I will certainly check out your video!
Very informative video, I'm just getting ready to do an install on my 2020 Silverado. Your video will help me tremendously! I didn't know about the opening the floor which will makes it a whole lot easier to run the coax! Great job!
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Bonding is key for mobile HF. And definitely a must for the ATAS-120a. I have never had an issue with my ATAS-120a and Ft-857D and have worked Japan,Europe, the Americas, and Australia mobile from Florida . Great video and clean install.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I had the same setup originally. The FT-857D and ATAS 120A worked flawlessly for me.
How important for UHF/VHF?
@@kentuckyproud4575 not important.
Nice clean install. I have the FT-857d and did a install on my 2011 RAM 1500.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I used to use an FT-857D in my car. Sometimes I wish I never sold the Ft-857D
@@WJ6FRadio I still have two 857d. I thought about getting the new 891. But what about 2m/70cm? I don't need to mic or two antennas.
That is an awesome setup, you've definitely peaked my interest in setting up my truck like that as well. Thanks for the share. I subscribed.
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WJ6F you’re welcome brother.
Nice Install, I have a Hi-Q antenna and wouldn't work with the mount you used so I made my own. I have a 2006 Ram with diesel and get some noise on 40m not real bad but I will do as you did on the bonding thanks for the video of how you did that, one of my first contacts on mine was to Puerto Rico, 73!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Have you tried using ground strap and bonding the exhaust system? I have heard the exhaust system, for some reason, can create noise. I also use the snap on ferrite on the positive and negative power cord.
@@WJ6FRadio , No I haven't done that yet and I have the ground strap and Have heard the same thing. My noise isn't terrible but I think the exhaust will be the first I try.
Nice job, that install is clean 👍
Thanks for watching! I came out better than I thought it would, and easier.
Nice! Thank you for this :) I have the 83 gmc Sierra diesel. Love that old square body :) I'm needing to do this very project soon as well♡♡♡ I appreciate your help!
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Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. A friend of mine had a 1984 GMC Sierra Classic. To this day it is still one of my favorites trucks and would love to have one with a 4" lift.
@@WJ6FRadio lol... you and me both, brother! ;) ♡
Perfect bonding A+
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Great video helped loads thankyou :) new subscriber
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I have a 2020 2500 Diesel. Where do you run the power, ground and coax? for instance how do you get the coax into the cabin from the back and where did you go through the firewall for the power and ground? I purchased everything, including the antenna, from your Amazon marketplace. GREAT video by the way.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I ran the power through the fender well and then down the front of the door jam and into the cab. For the coax cable i run it through the bottom of one of the back doors. I have not yet found how to get the coax into the cab as of yet. I am not up for drilling holes in the cab at this point.
@@WJ6FRadio I'm not sure if it helps, and I'm not sure of what model Ram it was. But I watched a video might have been a CB, and the guy ran the coax through a grommet on the passenger side B pillar. He split the grommet and he said there is a hole on the inside behind the trim to bring it in. He also bought a replacement grommet for about 5 dollars to replace later if he sells the truck. I have a 2002 dodge and looking for ideas on mounting. I also might be mounting a 400 XDR. I'm familiar with Lido heavy duty mounts, but what did you use to connect the two radio heads together. 73 N5BSB
Very nice install indeed
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Thank you for creating this video of your Ft 891/ATAS 120 install!!!! Question: where did you obtain the bonding strap?
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I got the bonding strap from HRO (www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-012449). You can also find it on Amazon.
How/where did you get the DC cable through the firewall? Did you have to drill or was there an existing opening? 73
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I don't drill holes in my vehicles. What I did was fished it through the top of the fender, down the door jam and then into the cab. It isn't the prettiest, when the door is open, but I don't have to worry about my resale/trade in value due to additional holes.
Very nice video! I like how you showed where all the grounding points were. I tried using one of those antenna lip mounts for my 2m/70cm antenna and it just wobbled a lot and scratched part of my body. However I did not use a grounding strap. Would that have made the mount more stable?
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. It may depend on where it was mounted the curvature of the vehicles body, and if it was tightened down enough.
I'm running the 891 and fc50 tuner with the moto antenna, I was thinking of changing antenna to the 120 but wasn't sure on coverage/swr's. On my 400 I run a basic 2/440 1/2 wave lp mount. Anyway, how are you liking the 120? would you by it again, do you need an ext. tuner?
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I like the ATAS 120A a lot. I used it with my FT-857D as well. Those radios are designed to work with the 120A so no external tuner is needed. You push a button on the radio and it goes to work. Have to make sure it is properly grounded though. I have used it to talk around the world.
Great video. Did you add a tuner to the 891? I was at HRO Saturday and that was a suggestion. Do you bond both side of the truck the same way? Sorry. I have lots of questions because this would be my first install ever. Thanks. K6RRJ
How are you liking this combo?
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I really like the combo I have been using.
Nice! Thanks for the video. What is a "Blue C"?
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. The Blue Sea is a power distribution panel. The battery connects to it then you add the radios. It has fuses for each separate item and make the install much easier in my opinion.
For that money you can pick up a used screwdriver antenna that would work much better. I get the whole bolt on thing was easy to do but that antenna is not very good. It barely can hold 100 watts look at the specs on it. 120W 7/14/21MHz (SSB, CW; 50% duty cycle). You can even build a Don Johnson screwdriver that will run circles around it for less than half the cost of the ATAS. I get that it works but you can do better for sure.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I have no complaints with it since I have made contact to Europe, Japan, and New Zealand. That being said I have been thinking about picking up either a Taheel II or perhaps a Hi-Q. For used look on QRZ. It seems there is a bit of everything for sale there.
Nice clean install. I’m putting this same radio and antenna in my Duramax. Question, which mount did you go with for the remote face installation? Thanks!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. The mount is from a company called Lido. I used their cup holder mount and to ,make it fit better I used a PVC reducer I think it is 4" - 3"
Don't the hood brackets with their bolts provide an electrical contact between the hood and the frame?
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. As lame as a response as this may be..... I had wondered the same, and asked since everything is bolted to something and all of it terminating at the frame, then wouldn't bonding not be needed? I was told it had to do with how it flows across the vehicle.
Nice install. I am considering a Yaesu FT-891 with ATAS 120 in my new GMC truck. I will start with using my Anytone HT with a external mic and battery minder I already own along with a Comet Triband VHF/UHF antenna mounted on a lip mount. Did you ever try your mobile installs before you bonded? Thanks and have a very good day. 73 de KI5HXM
I am new to this and am trying to figure out rhe lip mount. Do the lip mounts come with coax and how did you run coax from your mount. I previously had a msg mount for my HT and the braid got torn up. Just wanting to make sure I don’t do something stupid. Lol. Thanks. 73 de KI5HXM
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I never did the bonding when I drove uni body vehicles, like my old Honda Pilot. For that one I merely put a braided line from the ATAS 120A to the body of the Pilot same with the HF radio. For the Ram 2500 I dod not try it without bonding.
@@WJ6FRadio I am back again after some family interruptions. Life happens. 😀 Did you use a duplexer to feed HF/50 to the FT-891 & VHF/UHF to the FTM-400? I can go back and look at the video again to see if you already answered my question. Also I think you mounted the ATAS on the tailgate door. If that is true, do you have any trouble with the swinging of the antenna on that mount? I had assumed I would mount it to the fixed side next to the tailgate on my truck (probably near the tail light so I would have room for clearance/obstructions). Final question - Do you like the FT-891 & ATAS-120 combination? What I mean is would you purchase it again? Thanks for answering all of my “noob” questions. All the best, 73 de KI5HXM
What did you do about the enormous noise coming from the fuel pump and/or the on-board computer? I have a 2011 RAM 2500 with the Cummins diesel engine and operating on 80 or 40 with the motor running is almost impossible. Thanks for a nice video.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. From I have been told bonding to the exhaust will help as will snap on or ring ferrite filters, which I have one on both the positive and negative power cables. Using the ATAS 120A does not tune to 80 meters.
@@WJ6FRadio Thanks, I'll give those suggestions a try. - 73 - Barry - W4TGA
Let me know if that s takes care of the issue.
@@WJ6FRadio I will.
What antenna mount is that?
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. The one I used in the video is the Diamond K400. It is currently going for $41.95 here is a link to it. www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-003077
Very nicely done! K8JLW
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WJ6F Of course! I have the 891 and bought an ATAS a few months ago but got scared off on installing due the grounding necessary. I might have to rethink since you make it look easy. Maybe I’ll catch you on air sometime.
Reid Lanham I have another video that shows how I ground the 120a in my previous car.
You gotta stop making videos. You're making me work. I have the Little Tarheel II mounted but I still need to do the bonding and grounding.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Same could be said of you! Every time you make a video It costs me money. I have thought about swapping the ATAS 120A for the Tarheel II, but I do like how the FT-891 will tune the ATAS 120A.
@@WJ6FRadio I just went out and sanded underneath the mount to "start" the grounding. Seemed to make an improvement. Bandwidth on 20 is quite wide now. 40 got better than it was. I have to get some grounding wire now.
My last mobile install, there is video on it, I only did a ground from the ATAS 120. It was an SUV so I didn't bond it in anyway. Also grounded the radio
What mount are you using for the two control heads at the end of the video. It looks like it might be a cupholder of some sort. Do you remember the model number and where you got it?
Thanks for watching and commenting!! The mount I am using is from a company called Lido. They sell there products at Ham Radio Outlet.