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<p>[QUOTE="Voyager1968, post: 4226515, member: 20482"]Thank you sir. I know about the 18' myth, and that you only need enough to get from the radio to the antenna. Personally, I haven't been fond of the overheads, until my recent Volvo adventures. The mount is on the dash, but the strap is about 2/3 of the way back on the radio and thus, when I hit the bigger bumps, the radio gets quite a bit of vibration up front. </p><p><br /></p><p>From what the mechanics told me, they do a "professional" install, running the coax through the firewall to the antenna. Like I said, I just don't want them coiling it up and causing an rf choke. In reality, I wish I could do the install myself, but company policy says no. I guess they had problems with guys destroying the interiors doing their own installs and hook ups, so they said "no more"...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Voyager1968, post: 4226515, member: 20482"]Thank you sir. I know about the 18' myth, and that you only need enough to get from the radio to the antenna. Personally, I haven't been fond of the overheads, until my recent Volvo adventures. The mount is on the dash, but the strap is about 2/3 of the way back on the radio and thus, when I hit the bigger bumps, the radio gets quite a bit of vibration up front. From what the mechanics told me, they do a "professional" install, running the coax through the firewall to the antenna. Like I said, I just don't want them coiling it up and causing an rf choke. In reality, I wish I could do the install myself, but company policy says no. I guess they had problems with guys destroying the interiors doing their own installs and hook ups, so they said "no more"...[/QUOTE]
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