receiver antenna placement (antenna guide)

[Keith Black]

For anyone looking for an easy and effective method of running your antenna
inside the fuse I suggest you try the following suggestion by George Kennie.
I had struggled with different approaches in trying to force feed the
antenna wire down those little antenna tubes then I read Georgie's method
and it's completely removed the frustration factor.  Thanks again Georgie!

BTW, when this first appeared on the list just over a year ago there was
talk of putting it on the "Tips" section of the NSRCA site. I looked and
it's not up there. I think it would be a good addition.

Keith Black

----- Original Message ----- 
From: george kennie
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 12:29 PM
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the wire is withdrawn it is wise to place a small piece of  foam over the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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JonAlan Wise" <wise at alaskalife.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 11:05 PM
Subject: receiver antenna placement


> Hi all, What is the best way to run the receiver antenna on a composite
> fuse pattern plane? I am building a Temptation, I`m thinking of putting
> the antenna in a tube inside the fuse. Will this work or will it create
> radio reception problems? Any other ideas? Thanks Jon Wise
> Anchorage, Alaska
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