receiver antenna placement (antenna guide)

[Jeff Hughes]

The question I have is: how do you glue the nyrod in a focus? Mine sits on
two formers and I can't quite figure a good way to glue it in without
getting glue everywhere.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Black" <tkeithb at comcast.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: receiver antenna placement (antenna guide)


> Nice addition, I may give that a try.
>
> Currently I just stuff the opening of the nyrod with some very resilient
> foam, that has worked well. In addition I've put some fuel tubing over the
> end of the nyrod, the antenna goes through the fuel tubing. I did this
> because coming out of the nyrod the antenna had to make a 90 deg turn to
get
> to the RX and I had about 3" to 4" of antenna that was not covered. The
fuel
> tubing helps protect the exposed section of the antenna and makes the 90
deg
> turn nice and gradual rather than having a 90 deg bend occur right at the
> nyrod opening.
>
> Keith Black
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "george kennie" <geobet at gis.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 12:40 PM
> Subject: Re: receiver antenna placement (antenna guide)
>
>
> > 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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