Excellent idea, Mike!

Even though I have found a way to use the mobile mounting bracket for my 
current installations, your home-brew mount sounds quite nice, and will be 
something I may consider in the future.

Thanks for sharing this!

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 4:05 PM
Subject: A Desk Mount for the TMVV71 or Similar Rigs


> At one time, I had my TMV71 mounted beneath a shelf using the mobile
> bracket, but leaving the control head attached.
>
> When I changed desks, I did not want to put holes in the shelf, at
> least not yet. But leaving the TMV71 flat on the desk made it hard to
> work the knobs.
>
> One day while a cabinet maker was doing some work at the house next
> door, I gave him the dimensions of the radio, with a half inch or so
> added to the width, told him what I wanted to do, and asked him for a
> scrap of whatever wood he might have on hand.
>
> He went through the small pieces that were left over from the job,
> found a piece of 5/8 inch ply wood that was suitable, then cut it to
> my measurements.
>
> After a hand sanding job that would have caused my high school
> industrial arts teacher to think that maybe I did pay attention now
> and then, my wife stained and varnished the board to match my desk.
>
> I then put 4 stick-on rubber feet on one side of the board, and
> installed the mobile mounting bracket on the other. The TMV71 now sits
> in the bracket rather than hangs from it, and the height above the
> desk is just right for easy use. The rubber feet add just a little
> more elevation, and keep the radio from sliding around the desk.
>
>
> Mike Duke, K5XU
> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
>