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Turnstile antenna question #1

Open kc3rhn opened 2 years ago

kc3rhn commented 2 years ago

Hi @alicjamusial,

I'm new to amateur radio and stumbled on your 70cm turnstile antenna tutorial. I'm building one of my own and have a quick question for you. In fig. 8, it looks like you have something attached to the active elements to help attach coax - I can't tell what those pieces are.

Many thanks!

alicjamusial commented 2 years ago

Hi @kc3rhn - unfortunately I have no idea how it is called. It was just a random metal thing from the electric shop, that I cut to the small pieces and put two screws in it - one to squeeze the rod and second to attach the small ring crimp to it. I think any solution that will help you to hold rods in place and attach a cable to it will be fine.

Best regards.

kc3rhn commented 2 years ago

@alicjamusial Thanks for the advice! I thought there might be a specific part for this but I have some spare pieces I can probably use. I'll let you know when I get it up and running (hopefully as part of a satNOGS ground station!)

alicjamusial commented 2 years ago

@alicjamusial Thanks for the advice! I thought there might be a specific part for this but I have some spare pieces I can probably use. I'll let you know when I get it up and running (hopefully as part of a satNOGS ground station!)

Good luck, fingers crossed! :)