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For those that havent seen it......
a little picture show i put together with movie maker
after the "M107 Seen from Space" debacle , I wasn't going to post anymore pictures here .. but a friend asked me to share this
YouTube - 338 Show.wmv‏
i finally got around to building/installing this in my 06 ford diesel !!
It worked like a charm !!!
I can actually talk on the radio again with out tha all to familiar "where's the lawn mower" response I have grown accustomed to hearing !
thanks for the info
definitely gona give this a try .
I drive a 06 F250 powerstoke ..
with radio wired into the fuse panel i get a very loud "buzz" in the TX .. to the point that some thought i was in close proximity to lawn mower ! LOL
rewired strait to the battery with some success , but still a slight...
Yup .. But our street view is a few years old. I dont know when they will update it
the "satellite" view was updated this year.
You could not see the antenna in the old "satellite" view .. to say the least it was a surprise to see it so clearly
Its all good , some folks find the need to nick pick everything
That's cool , may be an administrator can change the title to "M107 seen from Goggle Earth"
In the mean time I will continue to post up my radio related posts & pictures, and title them as I see fit for those that enjoy to look...
Who said anything about a satellite ??
But ...
Your right this was most likely taken from the belly of an airplane flying between 15,000 feet and 30,000 feet
At that elevation i would consider the area a rather large "space"
in computer modeling the director lengths worked out well
the driven and reflector elements will have to be adjusted
spacing was also adjusted some .. Boom length is factory for the M107
if it works as good as the factory M107 with a little better band W , i'll be happy
i wanted something different and like playing around with stuff
The M107 is very narrow banded . when tuned per the instructions you don't have to get very far from center frequency to see an unacceptable match.
I am hoping the change with the larger diameter element will broaden the...
i thought i would share my new project with the antenna gurus hear
this is my insulated split driven element for my M107
all the hardware and tubing comes from DX engineering , i got the 1/2" Teflon from ebay , and the tubing ends came from Charger.
I plan on direct feeding this element , but...
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