On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:45:04 -0700, Gualtier Malde
wrote:

Greetings -

I have an overhead-mounted VHF which works fine in that position, but I want to
be able to lower it to eye-height for certain things, such as using the Digital
Selective Calling menu. The normal screen is LCD sort of gray on lighter gray
and difficult for these old eyes to see with bifocals etc.

I looked at an arm sort of thing from Fisheries Supply and it was too short and
cumbersome. I wonder about a scissors-type lift. I would only need up/down,
not in-between.

I have tried to Google but apparently don't know how to ask the correct
question. I hope someone in this group has solved the problem and will share it
with me.

gm


I suspect that the main problem is whether the various wires going to
the radio are long enough to move it up and down. As far as the
mechanics I would think that one or another of the various television
wall mounts might be adapted. Another possibility might be to re-mount
the radio at an angle so that it is still over head but the screen and
controls are facing downward, at an angle, to be directly facing you
when you looked up.

Cheers,

Bruce