04-08-2024, 08:43 PM
Well, some progress.
As I may have said elsewhere, the three supports are up. Three hockey stick eave mounts with a 1m long 40mm PVC pipe cross bar and some custom rigging saddles for the halyards.
This morning I started out getting the "cable duct" done. The penetration ended up being a 50mm PVC pipe section with two 90° bends. A visit to the hardware for a new hole saw and some stainless scourers interrupted play.
Finally the first antenna went aloft. A G5RV Jnr that I found in the same box where I found the old 20m dipole. A fair amount of pruning of trees was needed to get it in clear air, well clearish air.
Got it cabled all the way to the antenna termination plate near the radio. I had just pulled out the nanoVNA to have a look when the full time whistle blew and I was called away to a lunch with friends (that I swear I did not know had been organised).
So the results are not yet in... Nor are any photos yet!
As I may have said elsewhere, the three supports are up. Three hockey stick eave mounts with a 1m long 40mm PVC pipe cross bar and some custom rigging saddles for the halyards.
This morning I started out getting the "cable duct" done. The penetration ended up being a 50mm PVC pipe section with two 90° bends. A visit to the hardware for a new hole saw and some stainless scourers interrupted play.
Finally the first antenna went aloft. A G5RV Jnr that I found in the same box where I found the old 20m dipole. A fair amount of pruning of trees was needed to get it in clear air, well clearish air.
Got it cabled all the way to the antenna termination plate near the radio. I had just pulled out the nanoVNA to have a look when the full time whistle blew and I was called away to a lunch with friends (that I swear I did not know had been organised).
So the results are not yet in... Nor are any photos yet!