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how would you secure this antenna?
- Thread starter mr_fx
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I would think that the best place to secure the antenna would be to the luggage rack. How you would do that, cord or plastic/plexiglass bar would be up to you and your resources. A simple cord will cause the antenna to 'lean' to the right when going down the road. Maybe not excessively, but some. Using an insulating rod/bar would cause that 'lean' to be less, but it'd still be there. I think I'd attach the support to somewhere near the bottom of the coil.
- 'Doc
- 'Doc
I agree with Doc. I would secure it to the rack with something rigid like plexiglass or PVC etc. Depending on how handy and how imaginative you are make a two piece clamp to fit around the whip or simply bore a hole in it and slip it over the whip.
Two things:
1) Think you made the center load waaay too heavy - and therefore trying to make a bad situation better that might not have a happy ending. It is just too top/center heavy!
2) You might be able to make the rod below the coil out of thicker ga metal tube - as well as lightening up on the weight of the center load - considerably. Then it should be OK.
**EDIT**
Oh yeah; I also agree that the luggage rack is the best place to mount it.
If nothing else is done to it, changing out the bottom section with a stiff tube should correct 80% of its 'wamblness'.
1) Think you made the center load waaay too heavy - and therefore trying to make a bad situation better that might not have a happy ending. It is just too top/center heavy!
2) You might be able to make the rod below the coil out of thicker ga metal tube - as well as lightening up on the weight of the center load - considerably. Then it should be OK.
**EDIT**
Oh yeah; I also agree that the luggage rack is the best place to mount it.
If nothing else is done to it, changing out the bottom section with a stiff tube should correct 80% of its 'wamblness'.
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I've done this before with PVC pipe. You use a t-connector on both ends. T-connector has to large enough to slide over the antenna from the bottom before it screws into the mount.Once attached I filled the gap around the antenna with that yellow spray foam insulation. Once set up I trimmed off the excess. I don't even remember how I attached the other end to the roof rack on the jeep. I painted the pvc black and it looked pretty good. It worked too.
he center is made out of thin PVC... with a 3/4" fiber glass rob bearing the load in the center
Maybe I could get rid of the PVC, go to an open air coil with NO form, shorten the coil down to 40-10m and widen the spacing
bu how would I build the coil strong enough to hold up to 70-80 mph with out a form to wrap around?
Maybe I could get rid of the PVC, go to an open air coil with NO form, shorten the coil down to 40-10m and widen the spacing
bu how would I build the coil strong enough to hold up to 70-80 mph with out a form to wrap around?
Here's one way however it is subject to detuning from ice and snow as well as salt build up if that is a factor in your area.
