I just keep a 40 channel 4 watt handheld in the console. The last time I used it was when I took a couple of tons of cardboard to the recyclers. They used channel 5 to talk to people to let them know when they had the vehicle weight and could leave the scales. Otherwise, you had to go inside and tie up the scales which tended to piss off others.
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Also, there is this microphone, I have one.
http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-006492
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of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
I more or less wanted something compact and all in one. Since I took the FT2800M out if the white Jeep I'm thinking about NOT installing it in the new Jeep. It's just big and I hate it sticking out everywhere.
Take a look at the FT-90.. Someone I used to be friends with has one and they are TINY... 50 watts on VHF, 35 on UHF.. I wouldn't talk on them on high power very long though, as there is almost no heatsink to speak of... The radio itself was roughly the size of my Wouxun HT at the time if I remember right..
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This is what I would do, too. In fact, that's what I did with the FT 857D. All I have up front is the control head, mic, and a small speaker. The radio itself is under the rear seat. I just double sided foam taped the head to the dash, and it has been fine since I put it in a couple of years ago. Just about all the manufacturers make some kind of radio with a remote mountable head. I also have an FT-8900 that would work that way, too, but I keep it in the house since it would be redundant in the truck. I'm sure Kenwood and the others have something that would work for you.
A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory
RIP ALBI-W3MIV RIP RUSS-W5RB RIP BOB-VK3ZL