On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Peter Gottlieb <[email protected]> wrote: > The antenna has a pretty clear sky view right now. I have about 75 feet of > cable, 25 feet that came attached permanently to the antenna, might be > RG-59, and a 50 foot extension which is a new piece of good quality RG-6 > CATV cable. > > Perhaps the antenna (came with the tbolt in the ebay deal) is not that good > and I should get something better before taking the effort to get it up in > its permanent location?
YES. Especially you need to solve the cable problem. A better antenna will have a connector so you can have one continuos run of cable all the same type. also the timing antenna will mount to a 1" pipe and you can make the connection inside the pipe. With a 75 foot run you need to start thinking more seriously about cable. No, I don't think your antenna has a very good view of the sky. the plot says the overhead view is good but the horizon is blocked. The "good view" means that from the antenna's location you can see the horizon all the way around 360 degrees (except directly North, that does not matter.) You need to place the antenna high enough to se over thatblockage you have to the So. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
