Bit of information on antennas.

Submitted: Saturday, Feb 06, 2010 at 21:19
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Gidday

I usually split my time either sleeping in the car on trips, or taking a camper van to use as a base station. As far as the latter is concerned, I purchased a 19” LCD screen and connected it to a Japanese antenna which I already had.

No matter what I tried, it wouldn’t receive a signal.... or at the very best, a foggy reception.

So I called an expert in to have a look at it, and after one and a half hours spent in 40+ heat, he was just about ready to give up (me too).

We were sitting in the garage with a couple of bottles of water, when he said ‘I’ll check the connections’.

You guessed it, the antenna point was full of dried out mud. At some stage I must have forced the connection too hard, and damaged the pin.

Now I spray the connection on the van before going away and, place a bit of Gaffa tape over it. Since then there have been no problems with mud or dust.

Regards

Kim

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