Military Vehicles, January 1997,: Re: M135 AN/VRC-10 Radio Installation

Re: M135 AN/VRC-10 Radio Installation

Tanker06@aol.com
Sun, 12 Jan 1997 00:50:36 -0500 (EST)

In a message dated 97-01-11 15:24:56 EST, you write:

> ... but I have seen pictures of the big trucks with
> antennas. It appears that the obvious place to put
> the radio mount, is under the dash, supported from
> the floor, as well as from the fire wall and possibly
> some support from the top, as the radio and power
> supply together, are in the 100 lbs. range. It looks
> like in doing this, there would still be foot room under
> the unit, and the controls would be easily accessible
> and visible, to both the driver and passenger. Is
> this correct?

Sean,
I can't speak for the M135, but I do know that with the
M35-series, that those trucks equipped with radios had
them mounted under the passenger's seat. Yes, that'd be
a pain in the ass to change freq's, but that's the proper way
to do it with those. You'd have to look at a commo manual
for that radio series to get the correct installation procedure.
(I installed enough of them in -151's, Hummers, -35's, -113's,
etc. And the M35s were the bigger pains in the butts! :>)

Jerry