United States Amateur Radio Station NC9C

My main vehicle currently is a 2016 Ford F250 SuperDuty Platinum.  It is equipped with the 6.7 liter PowerStroke TurboDiesel (which generates a lot of RF, but can be managed).  It is a crew cab, short bed 4x4 with a Leer 122 camper shell.


I have it equipped with a Yaesu FTM-350 dual band that is a little over 9 years old that I pulled out of my previous vehicle. I can get on HF with a Kenwood TS-480 SAT going to a Little Tarheel II antenna.


I also have a vintage (25  years old) Midland 79-290 SSB CB going to a Wilson 500 antenna.  (I drive a lot of photo road trips out west and it's great to know whats going on when I'm on the interstate.)  And I have a Uniden HomePatrol II scanner mounted.  As a a retired cop, I still like to know whats going on.


To control the RFI on the truck I used various ground straps around the truck including the exhaust system, both engine batteries, bed to frame, tailgate to chassis.  I used ferrite cores around the wiring harness off main computer, engine management system and more.  The radios are powered from a gel deep cycle marine battery located in the bed of the truck hooked up to a West Mountain Radio auxiliary battery isolator management system that charges the battery when the ignition is on.  It's been over 4 years and everything still works the way it should.