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HINTS KINKS STEVE SANT ANDREA, AG1YK, HK ARRL. ORG  TOYING AROUND, ROTARY
REPAIR AND BANISHING BEES LEG O HAM NEW CAR NEW PUZZLE.  HOW DO I INSTALL
MY MOBILE RIG, WHICH FIT FINE IN MY 1997 TAURUS, IN A 2011 CAMRY?  AS HARD
AS I TRIED, I COULDNT FIND A GOOD PLACE TO MOUNT THE REMOTE HEAD FOR MY IC
208H TRANSCEIVER WITHOUT IT INTERFERING WITH A VEHICLE CONTROL OR BEING
UNREADABLE BECAUSE OF THE VIEWING ANGLE.  I EVEN TRIED A CUP HOLDER MOUNT
BUT FOUND THAT THE HEAD STILL ENDED UP FLOATING IN THE WRONG PLACE AND I
LOST A CUP HOLDER.  I CONCLUDED THAT THE ONLY PLACE TO SAFELY OPERATE THE
HEAD, KEEP IT OUT OF THE WAY OF THE AIRBAG SYSTEM AND CLEARLY READ IT WAS
JUST ABOVE THE DASHBOARD VENT.  YET, THERE WAS NO EASY WAY TO MOUNT IT
BECAUSE OF THE DASHBOARD SLOPE, WHICH AIMED THE HEAD TOWARD THE FLOOR.
AFTER TOYING AROUND WITH A FEW IDEAS, TOYING AROUND BECAME THE ACTUAL
SOLUTION I NOTICED THAT THE VERSATILITY OF LEGO BUILDING BRICKS WAS JUST
WHAT I NEEDED.  OUT OF THE HUNDREDS OF BRICK SHAPES ID SEEN, ONE OF THEM
HAD JUST THE RIGHT ANGLE TO LEVEL THE REMOTE HEAD.  WITH THE BRICKS MOUNTED
TO ONE OF THE SMALLER LEGO BASEPLATES JUST FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO CONTOUR TO
THE DASHBOARD CURVE, I COULD GIVE THE WHOLE THING A STABLE BASE AND PLENTY
OF MOUNTING SURFACE AREA SEE FIGURE 1.  LUCKILY, BOTH GRAY AND BLACK BRICKS
WERE AVAILABLE AND MATCHED THE CARS INTERIOR CLOSE ENOUGH.  ANOTHER
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