{"id":1292,"date":"2011-09-07T07:59:21","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T12:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2011-09-07T08:00:26","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T13:00:26","slug":"antenna-entry-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/?p=1292","title":{"rendered":"Antenna entry point"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Today’s run:\u00a0 out to the highway and back (2 miles) with the dog ]<\/p>\n

Here is a picture of my antenna feed into the house.\u00a0 It is the old double-sash window trick.<\/p>\n

I’m using about a five inch wide piece of particle board cut the same length as the window opening.\u00a0 Since this means the window cannot be locked, I put some more wood blocking up at the top of the sliding section.\u00a0 And I stuffed some junk into the space between the window panes.\u00a0 I suppose if someone wanted to pull down the upper sash they probably could get in.\u00a0 But they could also break the glass if they wanted in that bad.<\/p>\n

The multi-conductor connector is for the rotor cable.\u00a0 I use a black Radio Shack project box to mount\u00a0 the 9-pin (?) Radio Shack connector.\u00a0 The cable comes through a hole in the wood and the box.\u00a0 I wanted to keep the bugs out and I couldn’t mount the connector directly to the wood, so the project box was an easy way to go.\u00a0 I flubbed with my first attempt at a square hole in the project box.\u00a0 I covered that up with black duct tape.<\/p>\n

I have 4 UHF feed-through connectors:\u00a0 1 for a vertical 144\/440 Mhz on a pole near the house, one for the G5RV wire, one for the HF beam and one for the 144 VHF beam.\u00a0 The last connection on the right is a feed-through to a ground rod.<\/p>\n

On the outside, the particle board is partially covered with a copper sheet.\u00a0 The UHF feed-through connectors all go through the copper.\u00a0 I have an 8 ft ground rod connected to the copper sheet and the ground feed-through into the house.\u00a0 The only thing not really connected to the ground is the rotator cable.<\/p>\n

If we leave the house for any length of time I disconnect the rotor and antenna cables here.<\/p>\n

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