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Installed a military VHF antenna on the 712M
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:09 am
by Dr-Nuts
Found an military NOS VHF antenna locally and then picked up a Humvee mount and installed them n the pinz. The antenna has a tuning switch so it works great on 27MHZ and ok on 2 Meters. Did not want to drill into the pinz body so installed it on the heater cover. What do you think?
Mark
Re: Installed a military VHF antenna on the 712M
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:24 am
by pcolette
Nice mounting job! It looks really good at that spot. I bought one of those antennas years ago - I may finally get around to installing it.
Is that the one piece front bumper with guard that SAV was selling?
Re: Installed a military VHF antenna on the 712M
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:47 am
by Dr-Nuts
Yes on the bumper. Wanted a little bit more protection from an off center impact. Probably wishful thinking but it is a much stronger bumper then the stock unit. The brush guard was from SAV and it is a real pinz unit designed for jungle terrain as I recall.
The Humvee sugar scoop bracket is smaller then most of the others out there and fit nicely onto our heater cover. Tried to make the antenna and bracket look as stock as possible.
Mark
Re: Installed a military VHF antenna on the 712M
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:53 am
by edzz
Looks good, I always like modifications that don't require new holes.
What part of the world are you in?
Re: Installed a military VHF antenna on the 712M
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:24 am
by Dr-Nuts
I reside in the peoples republic of Massachusetts.
Mark
Re: Installed a military VHF antenna on the 712M
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 11:39 am
by GenevaPinz
Nice, clean install!
Did you avoid the factory antenna location (mount in the middle of the front roll bar) to avoid issues with overall height? Because it is just an exercise of bolt the plug off - bolt on the antenna base, and wires remain inside the front cab.
Re: Installed a military VHF antenna on the 712M
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 4:46 pm
by bonefish635
Looks great.
You might have this covered (I can't make it out on the pics), but those spring mounts allow huge lateral play in an aerial. On the K bodies there are two guy lines per side, to control the movement of the aerial. You might find that just one, vertical, guy line allows it to sway out to the side too much for everyday driving. Bound to be an easy fix though.
Tony
Re: Installed a military VHF antenna on the 712M
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 4:54 pm
by Dr-Nuts
The Pinz Barely fits into the garage so much so that we had to remove the antenna base from on top of the cab and replace it with a flat plate.
When driving the antenna is secured at about 45 degrees like in one of the pics and after a two hour drive last week on the highway the antenna did not have any issues. I also thought this may have been a problem with a single guy-wire but so far it turned out to be a non issue.
Mark
Re: Installed a military VHF antenna on the 712M
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:01 pm
by undysworld
How far out from the rub rail does this protrude?
Re: Installed a military VHF antenna on the 712M
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:09 pm
by Dr-Nuts
I would say maybe 2 1/2-3" but for sure it is well inside the side mirror protrusion.
Mark