Laurie
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Am I the only one to find this bracket useless, as it doesn't clear the back of the radio on rotation or allow the coax plug to clear either? Am I missing something, or have I bought a wooden puzzle to look like a vhf radio
Am I the only one to find this bracket useless, as it doesn't clear the back of the radio on rotation or allow the coax plug to clear either? Am I missing something, or have I bought a wooden puzzle to look like a vhf radio
Why not...see my last post?? the gap needed is so small I'm going to cut away the bracket I have....I guess you can't hope for a simple bracket to be able to offer universal positioning and in some arcs it will obstruct the cable entries. When mounting an Icom a few years back, I found that the supplied bracket would neatly hold the radio flat above a shelf, but wouldn't fit upside down so I could hang it below the shelf - it didn't have sufficient throat to reach the holes on the radio! Not as neat, but some bent ally plate using the original locking discs and all was well. Even now from time to time the original bracket falls out of the glove compartment of the car...
Rob.
Why not...see my last post?? the gap needed is so small I'm going to cut away the bracket I have....
Sorry to be a necromancer and resurrect old posts - but did you get this sorted? i'm finding it a massive PITA - not sure if to hack saw the bracket, take a file to the back of the radio - or start from scratch and make a new bracket..
Otherwise, I don't understand what it is that you (or the OP) are trying to do.
Sorry to be a necromancer and resurrect old posts - but did you get this sorted? i'm finding it a massive PITA - not sure if to hack saw the bracket, take a file to the back of the radio - or start from scratch and make a new bracket..
The problem you have, is the GX1600e has a plastic cooling frame cover over the back - not sure why and looks like an afterthought as it has identical serial / model number stickers as seen on the VHF unit once this plastic covers removed - this plastic cover is wider at the top than the bottom, so out of the box only allowing for desktop mounting
my understanding was that the desire was to use the bracket to mount the radio on a vertical surface