I need to say you did an excellent video. I have the Is same radio with the ATAS100. I used to have the FT100 That had a much larger display. I also have that same microphone But forgot how to use all those features.Thanks for the refresher.
I used a little earth cable pinned in the mount to ground it to an exposed bolt on the car, worked really well and meant no need for grease like you have there.
Obrigado Victor, sim escolhi este setup para operação móvel. Tenho que dizer que a Atas da muito jeito sendo que se pode ajustar em qualquer frequência. Também o rendimento não é nada mal. Consigo ser escutado com bastante facilidade. Abraços Diego
Excellent set up !!! Thanks for sharing !!! i hope to contact you on the air .I use the same radio ,and antenna on my car,but your setup is very nice ! 73 Gus
Just tune to a nearby band. I tune to 40 meters or 30 to hear SW. If unlocked you can tune exactly there but wouldnillegally tx 7 watts there for a few seconds
About 30 years ago Diamond sold a "fold-over" mount that would allow one to fold the ATAS120 (or any other antenna) into the trunk (boot). Much to my sorrow, for reasons unknown Diamond quit manufacturing them and they have since become Unicorns! After about 25 years of use, mine finally broke and cannot be repaired. I had found precisely ONE on eBay but sadly I wasn't quick enough to snag it! I spent a few hours today reinstalling my ATAS onto a trunk lid mount, but I no longer live in the Chicagoland area, instead having decamped to southwest Arkansas where my house is located in the Hot Springs National Park. Lots of trees and tons of room for antennas!
Did this many years ago on my VW TDI. Be warned, the ATAS-120A does not hold up well under the stress of highway speed wind loading. All the vibrations will eventually loosens the components internally and will fail and will require complete disassembly. My advice is to detach the antenna from the mount when you're on the highway, install it when stationary to use, repeat.
thanks for your advice. I already took it apart once and didn’t find anything wrong. Put it back together and worked just fine. After some time I got the same problem. Swr is jumping, not stable. I believe it need an inspection again. I use it on the highway.
yes that is true. When the Atas is fully retracted is presenting resonance on those two bands. I’ve installed a dedicated VHF/UHF with its own fixing base on the other side of the trunk cause a duplexer like that is more expensive. 73
I am looking at one and it adds £60 to the project! Not really happy that the antenna doesnt come with a mount either.. I have a gutter/rail one to try and looking at the tripple magnet ones.. ATB - 73! @@IZ0MTW
@@IZ0MTW Before I finished reading your response, I was going to comment that there are some duplexers with lower insertion loss than some of my cheaper coax adapters, but as you said...that cost more. Having a dedicated line is just fine, though, since you'd do better with a 5/8th on 2m anyways. Digging the video. 73 de W4PHO
Thanks for your suggestion. I have smaller speakers but due to the high noise inside the moving car you should pump up the volume and those mostly go on distortion, that’s why I opted for a bigger one, to have more sound pressure without too much distortion.
I need to say you did an excellent video. I have the Is same radio with the ATAS100. I used to have the FT100 That had a much larger display. I also have that same microphone But forgot how to use all those features.Thanks for the refresher.
Thank you very much for your kind comment. Happy I’ve helped someone.
73
I used a little earth cable pinned in the mount to ground it to an exposed bolt on the car, worked really well and meant no need for grease like you have there.
The FT-857 is very tactile which makes it great for mobile ops.
Nice install!! Also nice Old Skool Alpine// !!! I used to do car stereo and alarm installs...de KA4YMC 73's
Nice installation!
Excelente setup! Sem duvida que o 857 e a Atas são uma boa escolha para móvel. Um abraço
Obrigado Victor, sim escolhi este setup para operação móvel. Tenho que dizer que a Atas da muito jeito sendo que se pode ajustar em qualquer frequência. Também o rendimento não é nada mal. Consigo ser escutado com bastante facilidade.
Abraços
Diego
Can you share how you feed the radio with electricity inside the car ? 73
Just the positive cable from the radio to the battery direct. Negative pole via car’s chassie.
very good informative video, thank you for sharing.
Could you please tell me the model number of the metal angle you purchased on AliExpress?
I’ve replaced it with a tougher one later on. That went in the bin.
What was the metal bracket you bought from AliExpress?
try look for Yaesu icom bracket
Excellent set up !!! Thanks for sharing !!! i hope to contact you on the air .I use the same radio ,and antenna on my car,but your setup is very nice ! 73 Gus
will the 857 tune shortwave frequencies or CB if you have an appropriate antenna?
Just tune to a nearby band. I tune to 40 meters or 30 to hear SW. If unlocked you can tune exactly there but wouldnillegally tx 7 watts there for a few seconds
How keep theft of thre antenna when you leave your car?
About 30 years ago Diamond sold a "fold-over" mount that would allow one to fold the ATAS120 (or any other antenna) into the trunk (boot). Much to my sorrow, for reasons unknown Diamond quit manufacturing them and they have since become Unicorns!
After about 25 years of use, mine finally broke and cannot be repaired. I had found precisely ONE on eBay but sadly I wasn't quick enough to snag it! I spent a few hours today reinstalling my ATAS onto a trunk lid mount, but I no longer live in the Chicagoland area, instead having decamped to southwest Arkansas where my house is located in the Hot Springs National Park. Lots of trees and tons of room for antennas!
when I leave the car for the night I unscrew it and take it home
Fits great
Thanks, I think the same!
Did this many years ago on my VW TDI. Be warned, the ATAS-120A does not hold up well under the stress of highway speed wind loading. All the vibrations will eventually loosens the components internally and will fail and will require complete disassembly. My advice is to detach the antenna from the mount when you're on the highway, install it when stationary to use, repeat.
thanks for your advice. I already took it apart once and didn’t find anything wrong. Put it back together and worked just fine. After some time I got the same problem. Swr is jumping, not stable. I believe it need an inspection again. I use it on the highway.
Very nice
I think if you get the correct Duplexer you can use 2mtr/70cm's as well!
yes that is true. When the Atas is fully retracted is presenting resonance on those two bands. I’ve installed a dedicated VHF/UHF with its own fixing base on the other side of the trunk cause a duplexer like that is more expensive.
73
I am looking at one and it adds £60 to the project! Not really happy that the antenna doesnt come with a mount either.. I have a gutter/rail one to try and looking at the tripple magnet ones.. ATB - 73!
@@IZ0MTW
@@IZ0MTW Before I finished reading your response, I was going to comment that there are some duplexers with lower insertion loss than some of my cheaper coax adapters, but as you said...that cost more. Having a dedicated line is just fine, though, since you'd do better with a 5/8th on 2m anyways. Digging the video. 73 de W4PHO
U could get rid of the speaker cable and plug into the headphone jack on the side of the radio.
can prob plug into your car's head unit as you described in your video! (sorry I hadn't gotten that far when I put the first comment up! ;) )
Try adding a 3' patch cord and see if it will auto tune 10 mhz. Your ATAS 120 is much faster than my old ATAS100
Hi, I put a new support and gave it a good electrical contact with the chassie. Now tunes flawlessly everywhere.
If only it was possible to use this antenna from a 2nd floor lanai
Cheers from SY1DAL... 73s
cheers!
THERE ARE SMALLER SPEAKERS THAT YOU CAN PUT THESPEAKER IN FROINT OF THE STICK SHIFT EMPTY SPACE BUT OVER ALL GREAT VIDEO
Thanks for your suggestion. I have smaller speakers but due to the high noise inside the moving car you should pump up the volume and those mostly go on distortion, that’s why I opted for a bigger one, to have more sound pressure without too much distortion.