Fitted some radios

pipeliner · **Posted:** Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:14 am

Here in Oz a lot of us use HF radio for emergency communication in the outback, and I recently had both HF and a UHF CB fitted. The aerials mounted nicely on the TJM front bar.

The HF is the one on the right - only the autotune base is shown, the 6' whip that screws on the top is not fitted for the photo.

mrkake · **Posted:** Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:05 am

Very Cool.

That bumper looks like aluminum. Is that just the paint?

pipeliner · **Posted:** Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:43 am

No paint, just aluminium (sorry, alOOminum to you lot! we say al-you-min-ee-um).

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:11 am

Dang that one on the D/S is Huge! :shock:

Crazy looking.

The Al-U-Mini-Um bumper is Killer. I wish we could see some other designs in Al. (man i need to learn to Tig weld AL!)

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:47 am

JJ, you mean passenger side, right? Driver side is on the left looking at the picture. :lol:

COKJ06 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:42 am

Ha Ha! Good catch!

JeepPilot · **Posted:** Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:26 pm

That's one hardcore looking machine, very impressive.

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:01 pm

Tokyojoe wrote:

JJ, you mean passenger side, right? Driver side is on the left looking at the picture. :lol:

ummm...yeah.... Passenger side. :lol:

jeepmedic46 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:23 pm

very impressive

dog_party · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:14 pm

Holy...! That HF antenna is HUGE! I thought you had two snorkels when I first looked.

That front bumper is beautiful!

pipeliner · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:22 pm

dog_party wrote:

Holy...! That HF antenna is HUGE! I thought you had two snorkels when I first looked.

The bit you can see is the autotune base which automatically tunes the antenna to the frequency you have selected on the radio - there's a 6' stainless steel whip that screws on top of that.

dog_party wrote:

That front bumper is beautiful!

Yes, I like it.

dog_party · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:36 pm

Sorry for so many questions, but...

Is the HF autotune base flexible at all? What is the range of the HF antenna (with whip attached)? How many frequencies? Is it satellite communication, or tower-based? Is it in country-wide use?

Who is the manufacturer of your front bumper?

Oh, and is that the ARB snorkel?

By the way, I'm jealous of your 6-speed manual. Not as if that makes any difference, but...well, I'm REALLY jealous.

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:45 pm

the bumper is TJM, http://www.tjmbullbars.com/

Airflow Snorkel, is only avaible through DPG Off-Road for us in the US but he is a good guy I got my lift through him bc he is an ARB dealer
http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/vie ... highlight=

pipeliner · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:03 pm

You won't find my bar on the TJM website, for some reason. This is it. Part number is 074AP17N36Q

Airflow snorkel is made by Gibson. Fitting is best left to an expert as it involves cutting through three layers of bodywork to get into the side of the airbox.

riptricket · **Posted:** Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:48 am

how and where did you have your antenna enter the cab?

pipeliner · **Posted:** Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:39 am

riptricket wrote:

how and where did you have your antenna enter the cab?

The HF radio is mounted right at the back and the cables come up through the floor area

but I have to say I haven't yet bothered to crawl underneath to see just how the fitter routed them!

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