antenna guide

[RC Steve Sterling]

Sounds like this might be a good one for the tips section on the nsrca.org
web page.

OK George??

Steve
  -----Original Message-----
  From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On
Behalf Of george kennie
  Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 10:29 AM
  To: discussion at nsrca.org
  Subject: Re: antenna guide


  Sounds to me like you guys are making this more difficult than it is. Just
take a standard set of Nyrod tubes and install the outer casing into the
fuse in a position where you feel it will be secure( I try to locate as far
away from any control cables as possible). This outer tubing has an inside
diameter of approximately 1/8" so it presents no resistance to the insertion
of the antenna wire. O.K., now what you do is cut approximately a 1/2" piece
off of the inner size tubing. Take this 1/2" piece and slide the very end of
your antenna wire into it 'til it just exits the opposite end from the
insertion end and hit it with a very small drop of Cya. Now go fishing
through your stash of music wire and pick out a piece of about .020 wire and
just push the inner plug to the end of the outer tube.Remember, it's Nyrod
so it will slide in very easily and you will have no fear of nicking the
antenna because you are pushing on the plug, not the wire itself. It will be
necessary to place your finger on the entrance hole as you withdraw the
music wire so that the wire wont pull the antenna part way back out. Once
the wire is withdrawn it is wise to place a small piece of  foam over the
entrance hole jammed in place with some kind of keeper in order to prevent
vibration from backing the antenna out of the tube. As long as the foam
piece is pressed over the entrance hole, there is not enough space around
the antenna wire itself, inside the tube, for it to be able to back down the
wire.
  When you want to remove it just remove the piece of foam and it slides out
like it was on ball bearings.
  Georgie
  Michael H Lance wrote:

    Try using a really thin guide wire to pull it through the tube instead
of jamming it.This removes the chance of cutting or kinking the antennae
during insertion.Use of a little talc, or similar, as seen earlier in this
thread will make things easier yet.









    Mike Lance

    NSRCA #659

    AMA #4498



    -----Original Message-----
    From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
On Behalf Of Del Rykert
    Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 7:41 PM
    To: discussion at nsrca.org
    Subject: Re: antenna guide


    I have been using the smaller Nyrod as a sleeve and slide the wire down
inside it after it is glued inside the fuse. The small size allows the wire
to slide yet to small to allow kinking. I would be fearful of cutting the
wire using a rod to jamb it down the tube. You don't want to create an
electrically shorter antenna length.
         Del K. Rykert

         AMA - 8928
         NSRCA - 473
         Kb2joi - General
      ----- Original Message -----
      From: Emory Schroeter
      To: Pattern NSRCA
      Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 3:09 PM
      Subject: antenna guide
      Hello,
      What kinds of ways are you all using to guide your antenna through the
fuse? I just haven't found a way that I liked a whole lot. I want something
that is pretty easy to get the antenna in and out, even at the field. I've
used some guide tubes, but I always needed a pushrod to ram it back in so
that I had a fully extended antenna. Just looking for some ideas. Thanks in
advance.
      Emory Schroeter.
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