stealth install on a 96 KW W900L questions

[kilog55]

dont want alot of wires running around so i figured i would hard wire the contact posts on the dash to the battery with 8g wire would this be a good idea. could i wire it to the jumper posts under the hood if i couldnt get my hands in the dahs to rewire the posts?

gonna be adding a 4600T w/ SWP for RAR and want to do it right the first time.

also on the 29 i have in now once and awhile ill have to crank the squelch clockwise cause ill get alot of "noise" like just driving around it will be at 3 on the top of the meter (in the red) but no one is keyed up or talking. what would it be? just interference from something out there?

[BuckSnort]

My radio in town like on the walmart parking lot
or driving down main street seems to always be
around 3 on the meter with the truck running or
not, But if I go out into the country the meter
settles down to 1 or so...

[kilog55]

yeah that seems to be the situation im having, especially on I-84 kinda annoying to have to keep screwin with my squelch cause sometime i forget to turn it back

[rayray1963]

dont want alot of wires running around so i figured i would hard wire the contact posts on the dash to the battery with 8g wire would this be a good idea. could i wire it to the jumper posts under the hood if i couldnt get my hands in the dahs to rewire the posts

Rewiring the factory contact posts in a big truck is not that hard of a deal. Just run the wire to it from battery (both +/-) and fuse both close to the battery. 6ga wire would work great with a 30 amp fuse in line. With the Connex 4600T you really need to make sure your swr is right, so maybe up grading the coax at the same time would be a good idea too, routing it through the dash while your in there.

Ray