antenna guide

[george kennie]

Be my guest, Steve.
Georgie

RC Steve Sterling wrote:

>  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 Once the wire is withdrawn it is wise to place a small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:
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>     > 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.
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>     > Mike Lance
>     >
>     > NSRCA #659
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>     > AMA #4498
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>     > -----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
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>     > 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
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>     >
>     >      AMA - 8928
>     >      NSRCA - 473
>     >      Kb2joi - General
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>     >      ----- 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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