Get that man a Ham license application! N6GPP
On 5/30/07, Chicago D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just have to say thank you to the SOCAL Wireless. > > After the drilling, sanding, soldering, etc. etc, I have a functioning > cantenna. Who would have figured... I'm pretty pumped about it. > > I went with the 27mm mark to drill. I hope I made the right > decision. I stripped a piece of the LMR-400 coax cable, made sure not > to knick the copper core, only to pound the end with a hammer to get a > wedge shape. > > Soldering took forever. I'm still very much getting used to the > allowable margin of error when it comes to soldering 1mm base of > copper core to a N Female connect chassis mount. > > I was only able to use two screws to hold the connector in place. How > one is supposed to reach around beyond the 'wedgy thing' to put in > each other nut is a mystery to me. As a result the connector is at > bit of an angle to the can. > > Thanks again. > > I'm not sure if they will appear, but below is my first cantenna. > > [IMG]http://i19.tinypic.com/4vnpxmr.jpg[/IMG] > > > > > -- "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge." Dr. Stephen Hawking "It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully" --Aristotle "Who knows useful things, not many things, is wise." Aeschylus (458 BC) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
