[MLB-WIRELESS] Galaxy Antennas

[Simon Hall]

What would the effect on dipping the Antenna grid in plastic to give it a
protective coating? Provided of course the plastic is not RF absorbing.

Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Talbot [mailto:richardt at frontline.com.au]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 1:11 PM
To: melbwireless at melbwireless.dyndns.org
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Galaxy Antennas



As I said in the original email, attach a short cable and N connector so
people could buy a Nic, Pigtail, premade length of LMR-400, and plug it
straight in ready to go.

    In order to modify them you need to:
        Remove the guts
        Cut the dipole off,
        Drill a larger hole on the metal piece at the bottom
        Feed through the coad and solder to the board without shorting the
shield to the core
        Re-glue the feedhorn together
        Hope that the glue you used will hold the thing together.

My feeling was that not everyone would have time, interest or skills to do
this.  A secondhand, modified Galaxy Antenna is a much beter deal than a new
commercial job (although you get slightly less performance).  Others of us
like to build and know how to solder and terminate antenna feeds properly.
Each to his own.

Richard

----- Original Message -----
From: <lkhoo at csc.com.au>
To: <richardt at frontline.com.au>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Galaxy Antennas


> >I was going to modify them for people and offer them as a prefabricated
> unit
> but I doubt anyone wants to pay any more than this anyway.
>
>
> Prefabricated? In what way were you going to modify these?
>
> Lucas
>



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