Recent content by c316buckeye

1.5 now, good to go. thanks again for all the help. you folks take care out there, be safe, and God bless. 316 in Ohio

1 sawblade on each side of the body would double the rigidity, i would think. surface preparation is key. mark me down as guilty, for reading for marketing literature than technical.

thank you for your time spend compiling all of those resources on that website. amazing how one can get by successfully for over 20 years with the same simple stuff, having no problems. things get complicated when we desire more. 6 months ago, i had no idea what single sideband was. i been...

yahoo! that would look neat with a 36" sawmill blade on the roof, a few washers, and some clearcoat to prevent rust. the car is all black, so i will write Blackcat360 on it somewhere with your permission. 3 bolts and washers would hold that to the roof real good. I'm for function and low swr...

thankfully, no cluster blinking at this time. when the trimag and coax was all tight, i put 4oz of liquid electric tape around the roof hole and all 3 magnets so it was all sealed. verified with product manufacturer of the tape that no metals were ingredients. swr didn't change when liquid tape...

i never considered or thought about a roof mounted antenna. used to having a mirror bracket or mag mount for open coil antenna to withstand 70mph + wind speed. thanks for the input.

that's some very valuable information. i was considering applying a coating without removing the trimag, as to not interrupt it's connection with the car. my line of thinking was if the roof wasn't reflective, it would help. the snow and ice covered the roof and mount, but the antenna was clean...

-small sedan -trimag mount -tram bigcat antenna -lmr400 straight down through roof to radio -best swr i could get out of 3 antennas was 2.0 -2 inches of snow/ice on roof and swr is now flat. This goes against what i am researching, as snow, ice, salt, etc usually raise swr. several of us are...

i don't put much stock in that website. science has neverbbeen able to accurately predict solar output. usually when they do, they get it wrong. just have to play the cards 1 day at a time and learn all the history of past cycles. the health of our degrading magnetosphere is the side of the...

solarham.net spaceweathernews.com i still don't know what exact condition to look for, but found how to monitor most of them. will look for the Australian magnetosphere standoff animation later. X flare, next 6hrs, skip was busy