On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 2:50 PM, <b...@lysator.liu.se> wrote: > ... 3m > of antenna cable is no problem. Antenna position is more important than > the exact type of antenna. I'd rather have a decent antenna at a very good > site, than a very good antenna at a slightly worse antenna site
3M is trivial. 30M will work fine too. I agree about the location really mattering more than anything else. What I did was drill a 2" hole through the roof up from the attic and push a 10 foot gallanvised iron plumbing pipe up. The antenna sits on thop ithe pipe and is higher then the roof top ridge and then the cable go down the center of the pipe. I pipe flange on top of the pipe makes a perfect mounting platform. I used a timing antenna comes inside a white pointed plastic radome. These sell for just under $30 on eBay. Maybe it is coincidence or not but the four holes pin the standard pipe flange match up with the four holes in the bottom of my antenna and there is enough room inside the hole in the center for an "N" connector. It is worth getting the antenna "done right" because it is the most important part of the entire system. Those dome type antenna are worth it. the shape is designed to shed both bird poop, and snow. Birds can be an issue with a flat top antenna, no snow here. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.