Events

DX Engineering Goes Mobile!

Posted by OnAllBands on October 10, 2024 at 2:02 pm

For those living within driving range of Summit Racing Equipment/DX Engineering headquarters in Tallmadge, Ohio, we hope you were able to participate in our first-ever Mobile Cruise-In October 3, 2024 in the Summit Racing parking lot. (Summit Racing is DX Engineering’s parent company.)

The event was billed as an opportunity to meet other local hams, check out new gear and open-box specials in the DX Engineering Showroom, and, most importantly, display your vehicle’s mobile radio setup and see other unique ways hams install their mobile rigs.

outdoor group mingling near DX Engineering tent — (Image/DX Engineering)

Hams from the surrounding area arrived to show off a variety of ways they go mobile. Members of the DX Engineering team were there to capture the camaraderie and ham spirit that invariably happens when amateurs get together to make eyeball QSOs and swap operating ideas:

man standing near truck with ham radio antennas — Ron Stoller, KB8LNK, brought his 2015 GMC Sierra to the event. The truck was equipped with Alinco, Icom, and Yaesu radios and multiple antennas, including three mounted under the back windshield on a metal rack built by Stoller. The Orrville, Ohio, Extra Amateur license holder designed the rack so he could lower the three antennas to a flat position if needed. (Image/DX Engineering)

man tilting large mobile ham radio antennas onto truck bed — KB8LNK demonstrates his three-antenna mobile antenna rack. (Image/DX Engineering)

close up of a mobile antenna base mount — (Image/DX Engineering)

trucks parked with several mobile ham antennas installed — (Image/DX Engineering)

several ham radio transceivers installed in a vehicle console — (Image/DX Engineering)

rear view of an SUV with several ham radio antennas installed — (Image/DX Engineering)

group meeting around an SUV with ham radio antennas — (Image/DX Engineering)

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Couldn’t make it to DX Engineering for the cruise-in? No problem. Our celebration of all things mobile radio never stops.

We understand that it was logistically impossible for most OnAllBands readers, who operate from every corner of the globe, to attend the cruise-in (for our New Zealand fans, for example, it would have required an 8,607-mile excursion).

But take heart. You can still go mobile at DXEngineering.com. There, you’ll find everything you need to enjoy the fun and practicality of having ham radio communication at your fingertips when you’re on the road or off.

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Popular Mobile Radios & Accessories at DX Engineering

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Mobile transceivers from Icom, Yaesu, Alinco, and AnyTone, including these models:

ft-891 yaesu mobile radio — **Yaesu FT-891 HF/50 MHz All Mode Mobile Transceiver** (Image/Yaesu)

icom mobile radio ID-5100 — **Icom ID-5100A-D VHF/UHF Digital Transceiver** (Image/Icom)

alinco mobile radio head unit — **Alinco DR-735T VHF/UHF Transceiver** (Image/Alinco)

DX Engineering “Getting Started” Mobile Packages

mobile ham radio antenna package — **DX Engineering “Getting Started” Mobile Package with Yaesu FTM-3100R VHF FM Mobile Transceiver**, including Comet Mobile Antenna Adjustable Roof Mount, and Comet Vertical Antenna and cable assembly. (Image/DX Engineering)

Mobile Transceiver Mounting Brackets for Icom, Kenwood, and Yaesu
Mobile Device Holders and Mobile and Media Device Mounting Accessories from Icom, Lido, Nifty, PanaVise, Ram Mounts, and more

floor mount radio holder arm — **Lido LM-300 Gooseneck Mount** (Image/Lido)

Mobile Hand Microphones

icom handheld speaker mic — **Icom HM-154 Mobile Hand Microphone** (Image/Icom)

VHF/UHF Mobile Vertical Antennas from Comet, COMPACtenna, Diamond, Hustler, Larsen, MFJ, and Moonraker
Mobile Whip Antennas from Bushcomm, DX Engineering, Diamond, Larsen, MFJ, and Moonraker
Mobile Antenna Mounts from Comet, COMPACtenna, Diamond, Hustler, Larsen, MFJ, Moonraker, and more