17-03-2024, 10:54 AM
So the palaver continues 
I ordered one of the bullbar antenna mounts that has a spring loaded pin that lets you lay the antenna down - in my case this is the facilitate moving the wander lead on the multi-tap vertical.
Good grief, I have had to almost entirely re-engineer the thing - adding jumpers and scraping paint to get any sort of ground connections through the various pieces!
Then, as a kicker, the antenna base has an SO-235 connector, except the design of the mount doesn't allow enough room to actually connect and disconnect the PL-259. So out with the angle grinder, hammers, spray paint etc. to reshape a few things.
Waiting on the paint to dry before I reassemble it and test it...
At least it's a cooler day with a bit of rain, so not a bad day to be getting tooly around the workbench.
I ordered one of the bullbar antenna mounts that has a spring loaded pin that lets you lay the antenna down - in my case this is the facilitate moving the wander lead on the multi-tap vertical.
Good grief, I have had to almost entirely re-engineer the thing - adding jumpers and scraping paint to get any sort of ground connections through the various pieces!
Then, as a kicker, the antenna base has an SO-235 connector, except the design of the mount doesn't allow enough room to actually connect and disconnect the PL-259. So out with the angle grinder, hammers, spray paint etc. to reshape a few things.
Waiting on the paint to dry before I reassemble it and test it...
At least it's a cooler day with a bit of rain, so not a bad day to be getting tooly around the workbench.
Colin
Barossa Valley, SAP. PF95ln
(aka VK5CSW)
Barossa Valley, SAP. PF95ln
(aka VK5CSW)