[450] more pics and improving.....

David McKenzie kb1fsy at vhfwiki.com
Tue Mar 10 18:09:41 EDT 2009


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On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Rich <t41 at optonline.net> wrote:

>  Here are a few closer pics of the "main stack" improvements.
>
> Weedy with the keen eye was able to notice that the way I had the scanner
> antenna mounted on the mast below the 2/440 stick was quite bad, so I was
> able to improve it somewhat with spare parts and very little effort. It is
> now about 8.5" away from the mast whereas before it was only 2.5". Not much
> difference, but I will work on fabricating a bracket to get it a little
> farther away. Even with that small change I can notice about an S-unit
> better on most signals, so as usual the weedmaster was correct!! You can see
> the before and after pics of that below, as well.
>
> Peace Out!!!!!
>
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> old setup
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> new setup
>
>
> old scanner mounting
>
> new scanner mounting
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