THC> I've always installed my own radios, speakers, etc.  
 THC> When I got a scanner, it seemed only natural to 
 THC> install it myself.  Ditto with the CB.  I don't think 
 THC> it ever occurred to me to try a professional.
    I installed my own stack rack and equipment, but I did have the 4ga wire
from the power distribution box run into the cab by a local car stereo shop,
they put the gold connectors in and used enough fuses to protect everything.
    Cost me about $90 in parts and labor, but that was almost 5 years ago, 
never have had the first problem and they had all the right tools to do it in 
an hour and a half...it was worth it!
 THC> while at the same time completely protecting it from 
 THC> getting crushed, rubbed, crimped, etc.  Actually, what 
 THC> I wanted (and ended up ordering) was the exact same 
 THC> bracket that came with my trunk-mount CB antenna.  So 
 THC> I called up Tandy and said I broke my old one and wanted a new one.  
)
    Ahhh...I see..never run one quite like that myself  :)
 THC> The bracket won't actually hold the antenna.  It's 
 THC> just so I can securely and safely route the coax to 
 THC> the magnetic-mount scanner antenna I've been wanting 
 THC> to use as a permanent fixture on the car.  Routed 
 THC> through that bracket, I suspect the magnet can let go 
 THC> and the antenna still won't rip my scanner out of the 
    I had a mag mount on the roof, coax run through the bottom of the door,
behind the seat and up to the ham radio....antenna got knocked off the truck 
one day and ripped the antenna off...broke the coax...but the radio came out
just fine...
     "A moment of silence for the Larsen Dual Band Antenna"
:)
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