The Rig in my Rig

This is just going to be a quick post about my rig (radio) in my rig (truck). I am an over the road trucker so I spend several weeks at a time driving the country. I eat in my truck, sleep in my truck, and rag chew in my truck. For several years I basically had no radio and was a VERY inactive ham, but the greatest thing about driving a truck is that it takes most other distractions away. With that in mind I thought it would be a terrific idea to get a ham radio in my truck. So I shopped around and found a nice Yaesu FT-2900R that works GREAT for the truck. It has 75 watt high power, is relatively compact (I have had smaller) and is super easy to use. The size of the radio itself was perfect because it wedges perfectly into a cubby hole built into the dash of my 2012 International Prostar. With a programming cable and some software I can easily hit every repeater I come across.

Is it ideal? No. I want to get an HF rig (probably a Yaesu FT-857D) and swap out the FT-2900 for a dual bander (I am eyeing an Icom ID-880H which would also give me D-Star capability.) But for the time being I am quite happy with the performance of the FT-2900.

Stay tuned for future upgrades to my mobile "Shack."  73's WW1F