receiver antenna placement (antenna guide)

[george kennie]

Thanks Keith,
I allmost put it up there again but was hesitant. I didn't want people to think
that I was beating my chest again, so thanks for beating it for me.
I'm really glad that this has been a useful idea for you. One thing additionally
that I now do to deal with the back-out problem is to take about a 1&1/4" long
piece of 3/16" dowel and chuck it up in a power drill and sand a really long
taper on it, allmost to a point. I then take a small triangular file and file a
groove lengthwise down the side of this spear approximately 3/64" deep. You then
locate this groove positionally over the location of the antenna wire itself and
force it into the end of the Nyrod and "Voilla" you now need no foam or other
retainers.No need to ca it as it stays in very well if you make the taper long
enough and you can also pull it out in the future when removing the receiver.
Georgie

Keith Black wrote:

> 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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