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[Vinny]

(04-29-2018, 10:26 AM)Highpower Wrote: That, and the fact that it occupies a lot less space in the cockpit. It gives you more options as to where you can mount the face plate (control head). On top of the dashboard for example where you wouldn't want the bulk of the entire radio. It's a standard feature of some of the newer radios out there, so I'm assuming Vinny's product allows owners of non-removable face plate radios to convert their own vs. having to buy another new radio.  

Back in the day they sold car stereos with removable face plates to try to reduce radio thefts from vehicles. The idea was that you took off the face plate and then carried it into the house/store/work/wherever with you. That was too much of a hassle for most people and they just threw the face plate in the glove box instead out of sight. The thieves figured that out pretty quickly so it didn't do much to dissuade them from breaking into your car anyway.

This only works with the Yaesu FT-100. The radio has the removable faceplate and Yaesu used to make a separation kit for it. Unfortunately they stopped making it - it was a bit expensive anyway. Besides anti-theft it allows you to put the radio closer to the antenna. The newer ones use CAT-5 cables to connect the two, this radio didn't.