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Installation in a Mazda Miata / MX5 /Eunos	Reply
by G8OSN on July 22, 2001	Mail this to a friend!
Hi, Anyone done a successful rig install in a Mazda Miata (US), MX5 (UK) , Eunos and can share details, please? 73 Brian G8OSN

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by K8KAS on August 17, 2001	Mail this to a friend!
Your joking right? You drive a MX5 for sure, it is not a crusier. I have laid my two meter on the seat and used a mag mount on the windscreen, but to really install a station forget it. This just isn't the car to go play radio in..just my opinion and I have owned my MX5 since 95..

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by G8OSN on August 18, 2001	Mail this to a friend!
Hmm! Not a car to play radio in? I have to ask why not? Ok, maybe not a full blown multiband station, but a 2m / 70cm set up to liven up the drive to work would be nice. Thing is, we Brits tend not to 'cruise' ;-) 73, Brian

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by KG4GVQ on August 22, 2001	Mail this to a friend!
I haven't installed a radio in a Miata, but have owned two of them ('91 and a '94) and have installed many radios is tight spaces. My suggestion would be to mount a 1/4 wave 2 meter antenna (or dual band) to the trunk lip, route the cable through the trunk and in to the cabin behind the rear seats. You could mount a Yaesu FT-90 either under or behind one of the seats, and remotely mount the control head on the center console or dash. Greg

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by KE4DM on August 29, 2001	Mail this to a friend!
I'm in the process of setting up to run 2m and 10m in my miata. What I plan to do is use mag mount antennas on the trunk lid (will probably add ground strap to the underside) and install the radios in a large briefcase which will sit on the passenger seat when I'm operating and will go in trunk when its parked (never leave anything in the passenger compartment of a convertible that you can't afford to lose!).

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by K9LZJ on September 2, 2001	Mail this to a friend!
I have a 2000 Miata, and have installed a remote head dual band Kenwood radio. Used velco to attached the control head right in front of the stick. Used the piano wire dual band antenna by MFJ. Rig is in the trunk, attached directly to the battery. Mike lives in the glove box, and I just open it when I want to make a contact. It seems to work great, and it is nice to monitor the wx band to know when the top needs to go up, and monitor the local repeaters. Great little car. Hank, K9LZJ - Greenfield, IN

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